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Welcome to our Ask Amazon Q&A with the Handmade partner team, focusing on your questions about the New Handmade Listing Experience!

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⚡️ What You Need to Know:

The Handmade partner team will answer all your questions posted in this event thread on Thursday, January 30th from 8 am - 5 pm PST.

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🔍 Key Details:

Amazon Handmade recently launched a new listing experience for Handmade products. The new experience provides Makers with added features and tools to showcase their handcrafted goods, which may improve products’ discoverability and increase their sales. To create a product on Amazon Handmade, sellers will use the standard Amazon listing experience with a new “Handmade Classification” attribute. Have any questions about the new listing experience? Please provide them as a reply in this event thread.

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💡 Submit questions below!

Post all your questions below! Our partner team will be reviewing the questions that come in throughout the day (as well as those submitted in advance), and we’ll do our best to respond as soon as possible during the day of the event.

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Note: We cannot provide legal advice or otherwise interpret regulatory requirements on situations that are specific to individual sellers.

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1099 K Social Security Mistake
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Dear Member

I need Help, on my 1099K I see the wrong Social Security number. How can I fix that?

Thank you

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Brand registry waiver gone
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my waiver seems to have been revoked after new listing experience launched... My brand nos show a unclaimed (according to seller central) and no longer can create a plus content or brand tailored promos) my store is there but can't access it through my external social media links

Seller central says they will investigate but can't provide timing for this

Anyone else in same boat?

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Amazon recently refunded one of my customers with the reason "General Adjustment". When I contacted Seller customer service I was told that the buyer claimed that one of the items was broken when they received it. I take pictures of every order before I ship because this is not the first time I have had an issue with fraudulent refunds. I provided the picture of the order and the tracking details to prove that the order was delivered successfully. Then the customer service rep stated that the item was damaged in shipping and that I needed to file a claim with the carrier. However, as soon as Amazon refunds a customer, the seller can no longer see the ship to information, this is needed to file a damaged package claim with USPS. Amazon also refused to provide me with proof from the customer that the item was damaged in shipping, also needed to file a claim with USPS. I would assume that Amazon did not require proof, because in my experience as a seller they never do. Scammers know this, and continue to get refunds and are allowed to also keep the item. What Amazon customer service reps don't seem to comprehend is that without sellers, Amazon would not exist. They need to stop catering to con artists and start protecting their sellers.

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My brand name is Tin + Steele. It is not trademarked but I would like to apply for brand approval (not brand registry).

The issue is that I currently have 2 amazon seller accounts. The first is under "Tin + Steele" and is for Amazon Pay, which I offer on my Shopify website - it was created years ago. When I got approached by Amazon to apply for Handmade, they told me that I would need to make a new Amazon seller account to access the handmade application link, so I made a new seller account under "TinAndSteele".

1. When I create a product under my handmade (TinAndSteele) account and try to use "Tin + Steele" as the brand, I get error 5461 saying I can't create new ASIN's for this brand - I am assuming because Tin + Steele is associated with my other amazon seller account which I wasn't able to apply for handmade with.

2. To get by this I tried to use "TinAndSteele" as the brand name, which then gives me error 5665, but when I try to get brand approval you need pictures showing this brand name exactly as written - but all of my products and packaging reflect "Tin + Steele" and it doesn't get approved due to the " + " instead of "And".

3. I tried to list a "Generic" product but when I click submit I am getting an error that states "changes to this product detail page are not allowed. if you want to sell a generic product, you must create a new product" - which I have done 3 times in a row and keep getting the same error when trying to submit the product listing.

I make the products, I am the [only] owner of the brand and I am absolutely exhausted at this point - this has gone on for weeks with no real help from Amazon support despite many cases and phone calls. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

Thank you!

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Hi there

I have used the Build International Listings feature to synchronize my Amazon handmade North America marketplaces FBM {Fulfilled By Merchant} in bulk listings across stores in Canada and Mexico to no avail.

I get the error message “-1647 Selected offers failed auto-translation of ASIN into Amazon.ca”

Is this supposed to create listings with photos, product descriptions etc...

I have a professional account btw

I am so confused, what am I doing wrong?

someone please help

thanks!

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Unable to Create Brand Tailored Promos
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I havent been able to create them since December.... I wrote to support handmade email and brand registry email.... they said they have found this to happen to several others and that there is no updates so far....

thats a pitty with all the brand cart abandoners that came in for holiday season ...

anyone else experiencing this and now the status of fixing it?

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Viewing it LIVE in Amazon search. My handmade listings are being moved into the WRONG categories in the marketplace. My stethoscope tag is NOT an office product! It is a stethoscope accessory under Industrial & Scientific / Professional Medical Supplies / Diagnostics & Screening / Stethoscope Accessories

Opened a case 16729114431 as I noticed 1 earlier and now in looking at my handmade listings, they are all being moved and are in office products. This would explain why we are suddenly selling our handmade items this morning. I am grateful for finally being visible but at least reclassify them correctly!

@Seller_RSwABJNHpHnEZ@Seller_RTAKHeZqlPLvF@Seller_RsATYbG9XP0HP@Seller_nS0jcFQNDLG3e

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I am trying to list a generic product but every time I get to the "Offer" page and select that I will ship the item myself, a popup appears that reads:

ERROR: Changes to this product detail page are not allowed. If you want to sell a generic product, you must create a new product. To create a new product, follow the process outlined in Add a Product tool. For more information, go to Amazon Generic Product Policy.

I've attached an image of the error as well.

I have created new products countless times and get this error every single time, I have no idea what to do - does anyone have experience with this and know what I may be doing wrong?

I got approved by Amazon Handmade a couple months ago but have been having issue after issue trying to list my first product - any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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I guess I'm just venting... but I’ve come across newly launched sellers, from China, who is copying my handmade item. The design is nearly identical to mine, and they even used the exact same verbiage in the description—except for omitting 'Made in the USA.' There have been 2 in the past week. The first one literally used some of my photos with my logo on it. I've also looked into the other items in their shop and it looks like they just steal designs from Handmade's bestsellers. I’ve reported them, but I’m curious if others have encountered this issue. How did you handle it, and do you have any advice? Also, it feels like it's taking "forever" for Amazon to investigate the copyright infringement since their listing is still up after reporting them yesterday. I thought handmade sellers had to be vetted? I remember having to prove that I was handmade. Does Amazon handmade not do this anymore?

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Like many others, we ship all of our Amazon orders via Seller Central using Amazon's "buy shipping". I just downloaded a "new orders" report and noticed the "delivery instructions field" where I'm noticing that quite a few buyers include instructions for the delivery drivers. We've shipped thousands of orders and now I'm wondering if we're supposed to be doing something with these instructions! (Doh!)

And if we ARE supposed to do something with them, why are they hidden within a report that most small sellers never bother to download?

Most of them are only mildly helpful/necessary so probably not a big deal but still not sure if we've been missing something important.

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About Handmade Community

Welcome to the Handmade Community, the place where makers share why Handmade is one of a kind!

Like the products you sell, members of the Handmade Community are unique, with special guidelines and questions. The Handmade Community helps makers find success selling in Amazon’s online store by providing an exclusive space where you can learn from and share knowledge with other makers who understand why Handmade is one of a kind.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Who is eligible for membership in the Handmade Community and how can I join?
    Only sellers approved to sell Handmade items in Amazon’s store are eligible to participate in the Handmade group. You will be automatically added to this group based on your eligibility. Interested in becoming a Handmade seller? See more details on the program here.
  2. I am an approved Handmade seller. Why don’t I have access to this group?
    We’re adding approved Handmade sellers to the community every few days, so there might be a short delay between the time you’re approved and when you can post. If you’ve been approved but don’t yet have access, please check back in a couple of days. In the meantime, visit elsewhere in the Seller Forums to ask a question or take part in a discussion.
  3. Who can contribute and post in the Handmade Community?
    Interaction and posting in this group is reserved for members only to allow for more focused conversations among Handmade sellers. To promote knowledge sharing across groups, all Forums members can read the Handmade Community threads.
  4. How do I opt-out of the Handmade Community?
    If you decide you don’t want to be a member of the Handmade Community, you may opt-out here at any time. Removal can take up to 7 business days.