I can not list my product with approved catalogue authorization
I have already applied for "brand name approval" and received an approval email. A "catalogue authorization" shows as approved on my account.
I want to list an item without GTIN but I get the same error message "Brand Name Approval Required: You have entered a brand name that has not been approved by Amazon. You need to apply for approval to list products using this brand name."
I've already done that. It's going in circles. I haven't been able to find this exact issue in forums. Any help would be much appreciated!
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"A "catalogue authorization" shows as approved on my account."
It sounds as if you are confusing AMAZON allowing you to list (or at least "ungate") an item or category and actually being APPROVED to sell a product. Amazon may have ungated you for a CATEGORY but there can be 100's of brands in the category and they ALL have their own restrictions.
AMAZON is only interested in FEES. They will allow a chimpanzee to list if it means they collect $$$$$.
Are you authorized IN WRITING by the BRAND to sell their items on Amazon? That means from the BRAND, not some random wholesale source that can NOT authorize anything – they only SELL.
If you do have an LOA, is it POSSIBLE that the brand has sent Amazon a "whitelist" of approved sellers and did not have you on it?
More and more brands are providing such a "whitelist" of their approved sellers and if YOU are NOT on the list you will be stopped in your tracks and probably hit with an IP violation.
I had one of my brands stop me because they CHANGED the company they hired to screen sellers. The NEW screener did not recognize my Amazon store name because I do all my purchases under a different LLC. It took a couple weeks to get straightened out and no problems since then.
