Got this doozy of an email last week:
Hello,
We are contacting you because you appear to have violated the following policies on Amazon.com :
— Misuse of Ratings, Feedback, or Reviews
— Misuse of Sales Rank
— Misuse of Search and Browse
Prohibited behaviors on Amazon.com include, but are not limited to:
— Hiring 3rd parties to try to improve ASIN rank and/or reviews
— Sending packages to addresses where the recipient does not order or expect them
— Soliciting or accepting false or fraudulent orders
— Placing orders for your own products
— Compensating buyers for purchasing your products (including claim codes)
If this continues, you will not be able to sell on Amazon.com. Learn more about this policy in Seller Central Help https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/200386250.
The odd thing is that email sounds like I created a product and was trying to drive up sales when in fact I didn’t create any listings and did none of those things, so go figure. I had maybe 5 items that I’ve been selling the past month on FBM and only 1 FBA item. When it rains it pours…