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Avoiding related accounts issue
 

Hi
I have 2 Amazon accounts.
One account is old and opened in my name the other one is only 2 months old and in my friends name.
I want to start selling new ASINs on my new account.
And my friend's account will start(continue) selling ASINs that were previously sold from my account.
I will stop selling old ASINs on my account as soon as I run out of stock and will gradually start selling new ASINs.
Accounts have all different: devices, users, images without metadata, ISP, etc.
Can these accounts be linked just on the basis that we will be selling for about 2 months same ASINs and from the same city?

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

Accts selling the same ASIN's without a difference is not good for health. Might work for awhile, but sooner or later it would probably get questioned.

If these are private label items, then it will happen quicker.

Need to mix it up, 4 to 1 or higher ratio.

Selling the same items on different accounts is called listing manipulation and will get you shut down.

PhD

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

amazon take an inventory fingerprint , if it matches other members they may close one of the accounts as they allow only one account per person unless they give permission to open more

it is possible to move items from one account to anther one but gradually , like 20% per month

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

The process of moving from one account to another should be done very slowly. I would recommend 5% per month friend... depending on the price as well.

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

5% is too little , could be done with bestsellers but otherwise it is the actual sales that matter so moving items to another account must first consider those titles that actually sell

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

Go head you will not get any issue as long as accounts are totally different
I sell same ASIN on multiple accounts (to spread the sale) without any issue from past many years

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

it is about whole inventory which is potentially large

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

avoid bulk uploading within the first couple of months. fill your inventory with shelf fillers. Amazon is watching you very closely until you have some history.

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

right on - try not to mimic similar selling patterns

Re: Avoiding related accounts issue
 

If the accounts are completely separate, with no personal links between the two, then you can list the same ASINs on both without issue as e2free said.

If one went down then inventory alone would not trigger a reason for the second to go down as I have found out in the past.