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    💡 Seller Poll: What Were Your Growth Challenges in 2025?
    by Seller_xkwDczt8sPSmx
    Amazon replied

    Hello sellers,

    We've been monitoring thousands of seller discussions in the Grow Your Business category, and have observed clear patterns in 2025. Understanding these trends helps us prioritise the resources and support you need most—but we want to hear directly from you about what's impacting your business.

    What We're Hearing From Sellers

    Based on analysis of over 4,000 forum discussions in Grow Your Business in 2025, here are the top challenges sellers are facing:

    Advertising & Campaign Management

    • Adverts stopping unexpectedly or failing to run
    • Campaign manager access issues
    • Budget restrictions and profitability concerns

    Payment & Financial Issues

    • Disbursement delays and fund holds
    • Lending programme challenges
    • Invoice and financial tracking problems

    Pricing & Promotions

    • Strike-through price display issues
    • Promotion cancellations
    • Voucher configuration errors

    Sales Performance

    • Traffic and order volume declines
    • Seasonal performance variations

    Promotional Events

    • Deal eligibility and suppression
    • Event performance below expectations

    Share Your Experience

    We're opening this discussion to understand what's genuinely happening in your business right now. Your insights help us advocate for better tools, clearer policies, and more effective support.

    Please Tell us:

    • Which of these challenges is affecting your business most significantly?
    • What specific obstacle is preventing you from growing right now?
    • What solution or resource would make the biggest difference for you?
    • Have you found any strategies that helped you overcome these issues?

    Your detailed responses help us identify where to focus our efforts. If you find a comment that resonates with your experience, upvote it to help us see which issues are most widespread.

    Let's work together to identify the priorities that matter most to your success.

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    Sales decline
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    Hi Guys this should be my busiest month but sales are oncourse to be lowest month for years but sales are alarming and am worried the is something wrong with my account is anyone else having trouble

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    never use youlend to borrow money for you amazon business.
    by Seller_CmEMllw4ogEUE

    Never use YouLend—this company will stress you out. They never clearly explain the terms and conditions of the money you are borrowing from them. They start calling you the very next month to begin repayment. I have never had this issue with Amazon. Also, the interest rate is extremely high. For a £30,000 loan, I had to pay £7,000 in interest in one year.

    Even if your business is a limited company, you still have to give a personal guarantee as a director.

    If your sales go down even a little, YouLend’s customer service will call you three times a day, every day, to make sure you keep up with the instalments. They send threatening emails, and no matter what you do, you have to pay—there is no leniency like there is with Amazon loans.

    Please never make the mistake of using this company, or you will regret it.

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    revenue is stuck at the same numbe
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    Hello has anyone else noticed that their revenue is stuck at the same number since the morning as well as units ordered? We have been getting orders since then however they are not adding.

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    Amazon sales tank what are you doing about it?
    by Seller_eh18p6n4mh4NW
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    So we are in year 9 of selling on Amazon. This year, with over 500 SKUs our sales are appalling. Our prices are competitive, our products are on trend and all metrics are ok. What's lacking is buyers. At present we are 44% down on the same period last year and this October was our worst in 9 years. @amazon reading these forums we are not alone. Yes, the economy is pants but as you increase the charges on us year on year what are you doing in return to give us buyers? Is this turning into a tired old oil tanker business that can't steer itself out of the storms?

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    Fall into Success: Maximizing Your Autumn Sales Potential 🍂
    by Seller_xkwDczt8sPSmx
    Amazon replied

    Hello sellers,

    As autumn gets underway, it's crucial to optimise your Amazon business for one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. Here are the key tools and strategies to help you maximise your Q4 operations:

    Key Amazon Tools to Leverage:

    • Inventory Performance Dashboard - Essential for managing stock levels during peak season transitions. This tool is particularly crucial for Q4 when maintaining optimal inventory levels can make or break your holiday sales.
    • Product Opportunity Explorer - Discover seasonal shopping trends and identify potential opportunities in your category for autumn and holiday merchandise.
    • Amazon Search Terms Report - Use this report to research trending search terms and understand how shopping patterns shift during key Q4 events like Prime Big Deal Days, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday.
    • Amazon Ads Academy - A free resource to level up and optimize your spend on various campaigns.
    • Amazon Promotions - Create compelling deals around autumn essentials, Halloween merchandise, and early holiday shopping!
    • Advertising Console - Leverage Amazon Ads to launch seasonal campaigns that capture autumn, Halloween, and early holiday shopping traffic. Consider creating unique campaigns that capture themes from each major shopping event.

    Key 2025 Autumn Shopping Events to Prepare For 🛍️:

    1. Prime Big Deal Days - Starting Tuesday, 7th-8th October

    2. Halloween - Thursday, 31st October

    Early Holiday Shopping Season Prep:

    1. Black Friday - Friday, 28th November

    2. Cyber Monday - Monday, 1st December

    💡Note: Make sure to review the Key Considerations from the full Retail Holiday Calendar for guidance on making the most out of these events.

    Optimization Checklist:

    • Review last year's Q4 performance data, particularly focusing on inventory stockouts and successful promotional strategies.
    • Update seasonal keywords in listings to reflect autumn and holiday shopping terms.
    • Refresh product and ad images with seasonally relevant content.
    • Plan your promotional calendar around upcoming events.
    • Set inventory reorder points accounting for longer Q4 lead times.
    • Ensure your customer service strategy can handle increased volume.

    I hope this helps you prepare for a successful autumn season! What strategies have worked well for you during previous Q4 peaks? Share your tips or ask questions below.

    Best,

    Indy

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    🚀 Black Friday Prep Hub: Your Complete Seller Success Toolkit
    by Seller_xkwDczt8sPSmx
    Amazon replied

    Hello Sellers,

    Black Friday and Cyber Monday can make or break your Q4 performance, and proper preparation is key to capturing your share of holiday sales. To help you make the most of this opportunity, @Seller_t9kvdr2yixQej and I’ve curated these essential resources for your final prep phase.

    📊 Deals

    🎯 Promotions

    💰 Vouchers

    Peak Season Essentials

    ‼️Important Reminder‼️

    If you’re posting about issues you’re experiencing, your discussion thread should not be used as your primary path for reporting or issue resolution. While Community Managers want to help, we can only escalate issues that have exhausted their primary resolution path. This path starts with a Seller Support case.

    With this information in mind, please ensure you provide a quick summary of your issue AND the case ID to help us assist you as quickly as possible.

    Your feedback will help us connect with the partner team on roadblocks, and guide improvements to future content and events.

    💬Share With Us

    What final preparations are you focusing on this week? Share your strategies below, and don’t forget to upvote helpful replies below!

    Best of luck to all of you who are participating in the event!

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