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@mark_aleks @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos Losing sellers from bad practices in 2020 to 2025 will do that. Check their new seller sign ups, all time low.

@voltagefba @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos It used to be Amazon made decisions for the customer, like keeping prices low. Now their decisions are to scrape more profit. Classics play for a mature business on the public market.

Freakin Amazon. Amazon's switch to DD+7 on payouts really set us back yesterday on one account. Instead of $60K we got $20K, which was enough to pay ad spend on that account. @amznsellerhelp you're not helping small to mid-sized businesses. @JeffBezos neither are you. Terrible business practices. Do something.

@Traveler2236 I think he's NOT referring to the people of Iran. Reading comprehension is so hard these days. He's talking about the old guard. The past is dying in light of a new change coming fast.

Get ready. I told you early 2025 what was going to happen before crypto moons.

@BlackLabelAdvsr @amznsellerhelp Like I said 😂

@voltagefba @amznsellerhelp neil, you are arguing with a bot.

@Njtehian @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos You had a typo, it's spelled "MORONopoly" 🤣

@voltagefba @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos Definition of a monopoly

@Astronaut_1988 @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos @dharmeshmehta You said it "without touch of reality"

@voltagefba @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos We sellers are being punched left and right. When push comes to shove amazon will feel that they have done enough damage . These c suite managers without touch of reality have done so much damage that it may go to point of no return . Shame on you amazon @dharmeshmehta

@kip_roland @amznsellerhelp Like talking to a brick wall. "Don't worry we'll be more transparent in how each transaction is going to screw your brand out of business. Hold tight while we grab some lube to make it easier."

@amznsellerhelp @voltagefba Very helpful that you described the problem in detail and offered ZERO solution.

@BlackLabelAdvsr @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos They already are

@voltagefba @amznsellerhelp @JeffBezos And they will get away with it.

@amznsellerhelp This isn't frustration, this is beyond that. Plus arguing with you here is like arguing with a bot. Worthless. We don't want transparency in how you're screwing us. We want you to reverse the policy before we go ape shit on your brand.

We hear your frustration, Neil. With the change to DD+7, funds from orders are held until seven days after the order delivery date. Some sellers may see their transactions displayed at an account-level reserve, rather than as individual deferred transactions, while we complete rollout of transaction-level visibility to deferrals. Account Level Reserve (ALR) traditionally holds funds for refunds, claims, and chargebacks, but may temporarily include DD+7 transactions as we transition our system. This means sellers may see an increase in account-level reserve balances without corresponding transaction-level visibility. This does not impact when funds are released. Funds will continue to be released seven days after order delivery date and applied to the available balance as per Payments based on delivery date. We are actively working to complete rollout so that DD+7 transactions are consistently visible at a transaction level. We appreciate your patience as we complete this transition and apologize for any confusion caused. -Lou

@jtsarafa Great insights!

My pretzel brand went from $0 -> $700k/mo on TikTok Shop (more than Pepsi) and is the #1 food item on the platform. Here’s every secret I’ve never shared before:

.@ajassy @dharmeshmehta @JeffBezos @amazon Three hits in one week. A 3.5% fuel surcharge on FBA. Ad spend pulled from our proceeds instead of credit cards. And DD+7 still squeezing cash flow on top of it all. You just wiped out the credit card float that small sellers depend on. Many of us are spending well over a million dollars a year in ads on your platform. Those points aren’t perks, they’re margin. Gone. The downstream is simple: tighter cash, less inventory, fewer launches, higher prices, reduced selection. The exact opposite of what makes your marketplace work. Your marketplace is still growing. Ads are growing double digits. Why take the short-term cash grab and choke out the sellers fueling that growth? Give people room to reinvest, not reasons to pull back. Walk this one back.

@Molson_Hart Terrible business practices for their seller community. Someone is not caring about what we’ve built. We’re tripling our TikTok shop and retail efforts as fast as possible.

Amazon is holding $63k of our money against $7k in refunds and $0 in chargebacks when we've been selling on the platform for over 10 years and have $156,000 in inventory in their warehouses. Is this about protecting Amazon or the interest they can make on holding the $63k?

@spect3ral Does it analyze better than the manus connector?

10 free Claude Code skills for Meta Ads. No API keys. No MCP setup. No coding. 👇 Just export a CSV from Ads Manager, drop it in, and run the command These all work with standard Meta Ads exports. Nothing connects to your account. Your data stays on your machine. 1/ Creative fatigue scanner Tracks CTR decay, frequency buildup, and CPC inflation across every active ad. Categorizes each one: 🟢 healthy, 🟡 warning, 🔴 critical. Tells you what to pause and what to refresh. 2/ Wasted spend finder Scans for ads and ad sets producing zero conversions. Groups the waste by theme, attaches dollar amounts. Most accounts have 15-25% hidden waste. This finds it. 3/ CPA spike diagnosis Paste current vs. previous period data. It isolates the root cause — audience fatigue, creative decay, bid shifts, budget ramp too fast, external factors. Ranked by dollar impact. 4/ Audience overlap detector Maps every ad set's targeting against every other ad set. Flags where you're bidding against yourself. Shows the exact overlap percentage and the CPM cost. 5/ A/B test analyzer Calculates statistical significance on your test data. Tells you if your winner is actually a winner or if you're calling it too early. Includes sample size recommendations. 6/ Budget reallocation modeler Models what happens to CPA at different spend levels using your actual historical data. Shows where scaling works and where returns collapse. 7/ Weekly performance report Paste this week's numbers. Get an executive summary, campaign table, creative rankings, audience insights, and a prioritized action list. Plain English. No jargon. Ready to send. 8/ Ad copy generator Feed it your product brief and audience data. Gets back 20+ copy variations — short, medium, long-form — across Meta's placement specs. Feed, Stories, Reels — character limits handled. 9/ Competitor ad library analyzer Give it a competitor name. It pulls their active Meta ads from the Ad Library, categorizes by theme, identifies their top hooks and angles, and suggests what to test against them. 10/ Lookalike audience refresher Audits your current lookalike performance. Flags which ones have degraded (they decay every 60-90 days). Recommends which seed lists to update, what % to test, and which to retire. Setup: → Download the .md files → Add them to a Claude Project as knowledge → Export your last 30 days from Meta Ads Manager → Start asking questions Works with Claude Pro ($20/month). No terminal required if you use Claude Projects. Comment "Skills" and I'll send you the full guide (must be connected)

@michaelpatron0 Someone isn’t running the ship up on deck, they’re hanging out in the engine room telling the helmsman to accelerate towards the ice berg

Hey Amazon, here is something you didn't think about. Your growth is usually measured by adding new sellers. How do you expect a new seller to launch a product and spend on PPC when you hold all their funds and don't allow them to pay PPC with a CC? I guess the ole...

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