CJ Rosenbaum, partner of Rosenbaum Famularo, PC, law firm behind AmazonSellersLawyer.com, talks about safety suspensions for Amazon sellers in Europe and the UK.
Top 5 Issues for Amazon Safety Suspensions if Selling in the EU & UK:
There are different rules in the EU for intellectual property rights. Authorization to sell is part of the UK’s intellectual property law. It’s not part of US law. There are also different rules when it comes to safety issues.
Amazon Seller Safety Suspensions in UK & EU: What you need to know:
#5. Beware of Toys: The holiday season is upon us and toys are a very common issue. Watch out for toys. If it’s not part of your regular inventory, put it aside and focus on the rest of your inventory.
#4. Mind Your Packaging: You need product information on your packaging. Product information on packaging is not necessarily required in the Unites States. It’s entirely different.
#3. Identify Your Manufacturer: You need to have the identity of the manufacturer right on your packaging. Often it is there anyway, and it will be on your packaging, especially if you are doing retail arbitrage or buying wholesale / selling retail.
#2. Provide Contact Information: You need to have contact information for the manufacturer, right on the packaging. It could be an authorized representative or it could be the importer, but you have to have the information on the packaging itself.
#1. Provide Physical Address: In Europe, you must have a physical address for the source of that product on the packaging.