Hello Sellers,
If you ship your own orders, this one's for you. This August, we're launching a brand-new educational series dedicated entirely to Merchant Fulfilled Network (MFN) sellers — covering the shipping metrics, costs, and settings that directly impact your account health and bottom line.
What's Happening This Month?
We're kicking off MFN Roadmap: From Shipped to Delivered — a 4-week content series designed to help you understand, troubleshoot, and take control of the most common MFN pain points. Each week, we'll break down a different topic with actionable insights, best practices, and resources to help you ship smarter.
Here's How It All Breaks Down:
Week 1 (4 Aug): LDR & VTR — What Triggers Penalties?
Week 2 (11 Aug): Are You Overpaying for Shipping Labels?
Week 3 (18 Aug): Shipping Settings and Carrier Complications
Week 3 (20 Aug): EasyShip — Is It Right for Your Business?
Week 4 (26 Aug): LIVE Ask Amazon Event — The Final Stop
Here's What You Can Expect
📚 Educational Posts — One post per week with actionable guides, best practices, and clear explanations on each topic
💬 Community Discussion — Ask questions directly on each thread and engage with fellow MFN sellers
🗓️ Live Ask Amazon Event (26 Aug) — A full-day event where you can get your questions answered in real time
📌 Evergreen Resource — All content stays live permanently, so you can revisit anytime
Why This Series Matters
Shipping metrics and costs are some of the most common pain points we hear about from MFN sellers. Whether it's an unexpected penalty, a confusing label charge, or a carrier delay that wasn't your fault — these issues directly affect your account health and profitability. This series gives you a clear path to understanding what's happening, why, and what you can do about it.
Mark Your Calendar
26 August | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM BST — Ask Amazon Event: MFN Roadmap — The Final Stop. Bring all your questions from the series and get answers in real time from the Amazon MFN team.
The Road Starts Here! 🛣️
Over the next four weeks, we'll be posting educational content right here in the forums. While you wait for Week 1, jump into the comments below.
What's your biggest MFN shipping challenge right now? Which topic are you most looking forward to? Let us know — we're building this series with you in mind.
Hello all, an amazon accounts manager phoned me to ask me to send some of my pokemon card lots to fba as it would be cheaper than posting myself, these are USED items.
he promised he would have my back in the event of any issues.
i sent 18 lots on the 12th of july
arrived the 15th but not checked in (doncaster)
i had to wait until today to open a case and they are saying they want invoices (used items) which i obviously dont have.
they have now closed the shipment saying that NO items were in the box.
i have opened a reconcilliation case but they want invoices before they can proceed.
guess what - the so called account manager has disappeared as he has not answered any of my message to him.
moral of the story, dont believe what any reps tell you in a phone call and dont send to fba unless you are willing to lose the lot!
I am urgently requesting assistance regarding a recurring system-level technical issue with the "uk-18-knife" age verification attribute for our kitchen knife listings.
The Problem
Since July 10, we have received 74 duplicate performance notifications across 7 different ASINs, all alleging that our products lack the "uk-18-knife" attribute. Our products have been deactivated as a result.
We are fully aware of Amazon UK's requirements for selling kitchen knives:
*All products must be sold via FBA ✅
*The "uk-18-knife" flag must be uploaded via spreadsheet or product detail page ✅
We have complied with both requirements from day one.
What We Have Done (All Failed)
*Uploaded the product spreadsheet with full-update multiple times
*Edited each listing in "Manage All Inventory" and confirmed the age restriction setting
*Opened multiple support cases
*Submitted appeals via Account Health
*Each time we upload the spreadsheet, we receive additional performance notifications. The more we try to fix it, the more notifications we receive. We are stuck in a loop.
The Evidence That This Is a System Error:
For our older ASIN, the "uk-18-knife" flag is still visibly present on the front-end product detail page – yet the system continues to send notifications claiming it is missing.
For 3 of the new ASINs that have inventory in FBA, the flag is also present on the front end. For the other 3 new ASINs (currently in transit to FBA), we cannot observe the front end, but we have confirmed the attribute is correctly set in the backend.
This is NOT the first time. We experienced the identical issue in April–May 2026. After an extended process with Seller Support, the issue was eventually resolved manually..
Other sellers on this forum are reporting th exact same problem – the system fails to detect the "uk-18-knife" flag even when it has been correctly uploaded.
The Irony
Seller Support keeps instructing us to "upload the spreadsheet to update the uk-18-knife tag" – which we have already done multiple times. This is a circular response that does not address the underlying system failure.
Our Request:
*Review our case history and confirm this is a recurring system-level issue
*Escalate this matter to the technical team or internal review team – not to Seller Support (who keep giving us the same circular instructions)
*Help stop the repetitive automated notifications for these 7 ASINs
*Assist in manually restoring our products to active status
We are fully compliant sellers who have been selling kitchen knives on Amazon UK for a long time. This recurring system error is causing severe disruption to our business.
Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello moderator,
Unfortunately, we have just discovered that all previously successfully recovered ASINs related to the "uk-18-knife" issue were cleared by the system on August 13th and reappeared on the account status page, with a deadline for resolution by August 15th.
After these ASINs were restored, we did not take any action, but the system automatically 'returned them to their original state'. One of them also comes with an incorrect CITES classification and is still not available for sale.
We have submitted the complete ASIN list in Case 13174308852 and request urgent manual recovery. This time not only requires restoration, but also hopes that the team can thoroughly investigate why the system repeatedly clears compliant attributes, and fundamentally solve the problem.
We kindly request the moderator's assistance in urgently upgrading our case to the technical team, in order to avoid us falling into a vicious cycle of "recovery, loss, and appeal" again.
UK company. UK director. UK address. UK stock. UK VAT. Every document matched across Seller Central, HMRC and Companies House. Every submission complete. Every deficiency fixed.
Account still deactivated. Every reply is the same template. Every escalation goes to a different name and comes back the same.
If anyone has actually got their account back from a UK establishment rejection, share what worked.
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I'm hoping a Community Manager can take a look at this, because I've hit a wall where the stated rejection reason is checkably wrong.
Three ASINs of the same product in different pack sizes are under a Product Authenticity Complaints issue. Deadline is 18 August.
My latest appeal was rejected with: "The invoices were rejected because we could not validate the supplier on the government website for the country where they are located."
The supplier is a UK limited company. Their VAT number returns VALID on HMRC's own "Check a UK VAT number" service, and it returns the supplier's registered name and address exactly as printed on my invoices. They have an active Companies House registration, a matching registered office and a working phone line. I have supplied company number, VAT number, address, phone and website with every submission.
I don't know what more "validated on the government website" can mean than a valid HMRC VAT registration matched to a live Companies House record.
The wider picture, from Amazon's own data:
- Two sibling ASINs, same product, same stock, same two invoices, same supplier: 1,208 orders between them, zero negative customer experiences.
- The affected ASIN has exactly four NCX orders. All four were placed inside a 16-minute window on one afternoon, from linked buyer accounts, two of them delivered to the registered office of a company that was selling this same ASIN until its stock hit zero days earlier.
- Amazon has already removed or struck three pieces of counterfeit-themed feedback from those same orders, and my rating was restored to 4.9.
- It is a hydrocolloid patch you stick on your face. 5,681 packs sold across 1,670 orders, three counterfeit complaints ever, and all three are those orders.
- Account ODR is 0% across 5,233 orders in the last 60 days.
So Amazon's own systems have accepted that the feedback was illegitimate, while the authenticity complaint arising from the very same four orders still stands and now carries a brand-level warning on my account.
I have an abuse report open. Seller Support have told me in writing that they cannot review authenticity documents and cannot route or escalate abuse complaints to the investigation teams. That leaves me resubmitting into the same automated loop.
Community Managers - I have order IDs, case IDs and the Companies House and HMRC references ready to send privately. Is there any way to get a human to look at the supplier verification step specifically?
Amazon holding £7k after linked-account ban ??
Amazon banned my account around May for being linked to another banned account.
Amazon is currently holding approximately £7,000 of my funds and has not paid me anything. This might not be a lot to some but is a lot to our business.
Their email says:
“All funds will be held in your account until the matter is resolved.”
I'm approaching the 90-day mark on 18 August.
Has anyone here actually had Amazon release their money after a linked-account deactivation? How did you get it back?
At this stage my confidence in Amazon is low so anyone have any advice on how to get my money back. They have no right to keep my money.
Do I ?
Send a Letter Before Claim?
Contact a specific Amazon legal/payments department?
Use Amazon's dispute process?
Take Amazon to court?
Get a solicitor involved?
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'm posting this to understand whether other sellers are experiencing similar issues at LBA8 and to raise awareness in case it helps others.
I've had two separate LTL shipments delivered to LBA8 which are still showing as 'In Transit' despite being signed for at the fulfilment centre.
Consignment 1
One pallet was delivered and signed for on 18 June (40 days ago), yet it still shows as 'In Transit'. Seller Support have advised that no action can be taken until the shipment is closed.
Consignment 2
Three pallets were initially rejected. I understand around 15 pallets from the same vehicle, belonging to six different sellers, were rejected at the same time.
A list of issues was provided, but no evidence or photographs were supplied linking those issues to individual consignments. None of the stated rejection reasons appeared applicable to my shipment.
The shipment was subsequently rebooked, accepted and signed for on 22 July (6 days ago), but it also remains in 'In Transit' status.
Has anyone else experienced prolonged delays with shipments remaining in transit after delivery at LBA8? If so, how long did it take before Amazon acknowledged receipt and began processing...if indeed they did?
Hello, @Seller_VygaQRBv4Ssmh
The good news is that all products that were previously missing the "uk-18-knife" have been restored. But the last ASIN (B0------B3) is still stuck in an unsellable state.
I received a response from the case team today, stating that the product is restricted for "CITES (Endangered Species) and Northern Ireland tax purposes" - but this is a kitchen knife and has nothing to do with endangered species. This is clearly a system misclassification.
We have uploaded the form (987177020675) to ensure the completeness of the "uk-18-knife" , but the problem is not with the logo at all, but with the classification. This product is a new product, but it was mistakenly classified as refurbished/collectible by the system and bound with unrelated CITES restrictions, without any appeal channels. Previously, similar issues were successfully resolved through case 12815025362.
Please urgently upgrade Case 13142243312 to the technical team, manually correct the classification, and restore it for sale.
This is all we need now, thank you very much!
Hi Amazon Moderators,
I’m hoping a moderator can review and urgently escalate Case ID: 13151886352.
I believe there is substantial evidence that my ASIN has been targeted by a coordinated negative review attack.
Seller Support has responded by telling me to submit removal requests through Feedback Manager. This is incorrect, these are product reviews, not seller feedback, so Feedback Manager is not the appropriate reporting mechanism. More importantly, the evidence submitted in the case warrants a proper investigation into potential review manipulation.
The pattern I have identified
The suspicious orders were all placed on: 18/06/2026
The associated negative product reviews were then posted the very next day: 19/06/2026
In addition:
I am deliberately not publishing customer names, addresses or order numbers on the public forum. Amazon can see all of this information within the case.
The case evidence includes:
Review Name | Review Date | Review Link | Order Number | Order Date | Customer Order Name | Customer Address
It also contains the supporting screenshots and the Facebook group evidence.
The combination of:
same order date (18/06) → same review date (19/06) → addresses clustered within ~300 metres → names apparently not belonging to residents → actual residents independently reporting the unexpected packages on Facebook
appears highly unusual and, in my view, provides strong grounds for Amazon to investigate whether these orders and reviews are connected.
I want to stress that I am not asking Amazon to remove legitimate negative reviews simply because they are negative. I am asking Amazon to investigate what appears to be coordinated review manipulation and take appropriate action if the activity violates Amazon's policies.
Could one of the Amazon forum moderators please review Case ID 13151886352 and escalate the evidence to the appropriate Reviews / Community / Abuse investigation team, rather than directing me to Feedback Manager?
I am happy to provide any further evidence privately if required.
Thank you.