Amazon account closed. Bummer
Published on March 12, 2019
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So apparently Amazon doesn't allow you to list prices on your website, (unless they are listed as part of their API) which I apparently did. Now, just when I thought I was starting to gain a bit of momentum with amazon sales, my account has been closed.
There's so many sneaky ways to get yor amazon associates account closed. I wish they were more transparent about exactly what you can't do instead of hiding it amongst legalese.
If you use amazon affiliate links on your website, make sure you don't have any static prices listed. I'm not sure if they mean you can't list prices for any product even from other affiliate programs or only from theirs.
Kind of frustrating but I suppose I will just fix it and reapply. I guess it could be worse. One more thing to add to my to-do list.
UPDATE: Perhaps sneaky was the wrong word to use. People are taking it in a way that I didn't intend. I only mean to say that it is hard for someone new to the game to read the TOS and actually understand it all and avoid making mistakes. I wish it were easier to understand. That being said I know this is not something unique to Amazon. Most TOS are like that.
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