Dropshipping from Amazon, need a fix for Gift Card problem

[agent006140]

I know many Ebay sellers are doing AMZN to Ebay dropshipping but they dont talk about it
on Ebay forum

[hattmall]

Yes of course there are bots that make purchases.... Are people really making manual purchases? It's not just gift cards though, accounts using no gift cards are getting closed I think. Also accounts not using prime are getting closed. I have had accounts using gift cards closed that are 100% valid gift cards. I just read an article about chinese sellers though that make accounts in bulk, buy their own product and send to real people's address randomly to make reviews. I think this abuse is possibly what triggered the recent crackdown. It is / was a big enough problem that the FTC had a warning about it. Just google "random amazon package".

Certainly don't know what the solution is though. I think your just going to have to make a ton of Amazon accounts, use small value gift cards and make 1 or 2 orders per account and possibly be prepared to charge back any giftcard that gets stolen by Amazon.

[forest1]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Our first account lasted for like 6 months. It was an aged account with real identification. We ran mid-six digits through that account. It was working fine that whole time, then just stopped. We had two other accounts, both ran similarly. One lasted another month. The next one like a week. Then the last two within 24 hrs were shutdown.

Most of the accounts had gift cards use blocked. The aged account allowed us to use the remaining balance. Two of the new accounts were just shut down and can't login. We also had a business account that ran for a while and then had password/login issues that can never get resolved.

So its 6 accounts total. The new accounts and business account can't be accessed at all. The older personal accounts can be used but no gift card. The real accounts all had real credit cards. The last test run didn't have prime, so no card needed. About 100.00 of gift cards were redeemed and it shut down.

Most of the gift cards, about a grand in all, were lost.

Were you exclusively using gift cards? And not shipping any orders to yourself?

[agent006140]

I just find out from another forum,dont know if you guys know already,AMZN now allows anyone to report AMZN prime members dropshipping from AMZN-
THERE IS A LINK WHICH ALLOWS ONE TO REPORT=

IF YOU would like to report that I suspect that an Amazon User is posing as a Seller on eBay and is using their Amazon Prime account to drop ship items for sale on eBay. This violates Amazon Prime rules (and eBay rules). If they are a legitimate Re-Seller that's fine but I received only gift receipts with the order so that seems to indicate they are misusing their Prime Account.
Gift Receipt numbers are:
(list 10 letter barcode)

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Everything points to gift card usage, but it could be shipping to all of the different addresses. Any suggestion on how to tell?

Our return rates are very low.

may be someone reports you,are we allowed to use our prime account to run a business?

[NormanNormal]

Originally Posted by agent006140

I just find out from another forum,dont know if you guys know already,AMZN now allows anyone to report AMZN prime members dropshipping from AMZN-
THERE IS A LINK WHICH ALLOWS ONE TO REPORT=

IF YOU would like to report that I suspect that an Amazon User is posing as a Seller on eBay and is using their Amazon Prime account to drop ship items for sale on eBay. This violates Amazon Prime rules (and eBay rules). If they are a legitimate Re-Seller that's fine but I received only gift receipts with the order so that seems to indicate they are misusing their Prime Account.
Gift Receipt numbers are:
(list 10 letter barcode)

Where is this link? Let's see it.

[agent006140]

It is on Ebay forum,but when I click on it,it asked me to sign in,then I sign in and then there are options like chat with us.
I think the lady who posted it did chat with AMZN and got the response I listed above.
I will see if I CAN find the thread later

[agent006140]

could it be that AMZN does not like it because buyers do not have t o join prime to get items shipped free or cheap and shipping is a big expense for AMZN.

[Mac_]

Originally Posted by Pinion

My wife and I have been dropshipping from Amazon for a while now. It has worked well for us. We are buying high-quality discount Gift Cards (with as much verification we can get) and then redeeming them on Amazon.

Recently, they closed an account down with high sales volume. We opened a new account, eventually, that one closed, and then each newer account are closed too.

We recently went through some serious medical issues and this is all we have. We need to keep our sales channels working.

So, I don't know what I need from this site, but someone has got to be using gift cards or another medium to increase their margins.

If anyone can point us in the right direction, that be great. We would be forever grateful and hopefully, pass on a tip or two in exchange.

Thank you in advance.

Hi there

Did you ever getting around to resolving this? If so, what did you do to combat this?

Kind Regards