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Amazon account health and compliance
Policy changes, compliance deadlines and the account health rules that can pause a listing or a whole account. Read these before Amazon emails you.
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- Compliance · No. 015 · Lithium battery notices keep landing through November 16If you sell US smart home or consumer electronics powered by rechargeable lithium batteries (Li-Ion, LiPo or LiFePO4), Amazon's new TIC path already applies. Think…
- Tools · No. 014 · Ask Seller Assistant for a chart, not a paragraphSeller Assistant now answers some questions with Visual Canvas, an interactive workspace of live charts, scenario comparisons and recommendations that reshapes itself…
- Account · No. 014 · Your assistant is only as smart as your intern is allowed to beIf you're a secondary user on someone else's Seller Central account, your permission level decides what Seller Assistant can see for you, from account health and…
- Customers · No. 012 · Your shoppers can see a year of your pricesAmazon's Black Friday guide tells customers to tap Price History on any product page, or ask Alexa for Shopping, to see up to 365 days of pricing data. The same…
- Compliance · No. 011 · · Lead tipThe kit you taped together has until January 11Amazon is rewriting its bundling policy. From Jan 11, 2027, most bundles sold as one ASIN need to come packed by the people who made the products, not by you.
- Compliance · No. 010 · · Lead tipThe insurance rule that ignores your sales starts MondayFor years, Amazon's liability insurance rule kicked in at $10,000 a month. On Nov 2, a second rule arrives, and it asks what you sell, not how much.
- Compliance · No. 010 · Small shop, safety category: the $10,000 line no longer covers youThe new requirement turns on category, not volume. If any of your products sit in a category with enhanced safety listing requirements, you need a policy that covers…
- Compliance · No. 010 · Already insured? Find the expiry date.For sellers based in Mainland China, Amazon will reject newly submitted policies that don't come through the Amazon Insurance Accelerator starting November 2. A valid…
- Tools · No. 009 · Seller Assistant made the earnings release. Bring questions on Nov 18.Amazon listed Seller Assistant workflows, which handle routine tasks like restocking and pricing around the clock, among its Q3 highlights for sellers. When a tool…
- Account Health · No. 007 · · Lead tipYour business buyers keep office hours. Friday, Amazon checks yours.If you ship your own orders to Amazon Business customers, a 90% Business Hour Delivery Rate stopped being a suggestion on September 30. October 30 is when Amazon looks…
- Compliance · No. 006 · Editing a stocking stuffer? Answer the hazmat questions firstSince October 26, creating a listing or editing an existing one in four categories brings up new dangerous goods questions. Amazon says the answers help it identify…
- Seller Central · No. 005 · Your tools moved. Amazon left a map.Amazon calls the new Seller Central its biggest upgrade in a decade. Tools now sit in workspaces for supply chain, orders, marketing, finance and more. Seller Assistant…
- Seller News · No. 005 · Keep the fine print in your pocketToday's lead story was a short Seller Central News post that plenty of sellers will never notice. The Amazon Seller app has a Stay informed tab with a Seller News…
- Account Health · No. 004 · Stop sharing the login. Amazon is about to make you.Amazon is moving Seller Central sign-in to passkeys, which are tied to your device and password manager and resist phishing. It doesn't support one sign-in shared by…
- Customer service · No. 003 · Let Amazon answer the holiday inbox, maybe for freeIf you ship any orders yourself, Customer Service by Amazon will answer those customers for you by phone, chat or email, around the clock. It's a paid program, but this…
- Compliance · No. 002 · Toy sellers get to test onceAmazon now offers a single consolidated specification for toys that covers what to test, how to label and how to package for each destination country, so one test…
- Account Health · No. 001 · The appeal process just grew a spineListing Protection reaches every Account Health Assurance seller in the US by the end of this year, worldwide in 2027. When a listing gets flagged, it usually stays…
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