Dodge a bullet with this new Amazon insurance policy, covering financial loss, reinstatement expert expenses and even tax audits.

Amazon seller account suspensions are a common occurrence and can be devastating for the businesses affected.

You’ve probably heard the horror stories about honest, hard-working sellers losing access to their accounts and having their payouts frozen. Their loans have to be paid and day-to-day expenses mount up, while costly reinstatement experts help them battle Amazon to get their accounts back as quickly as possible. But it can be a slow process, and success is not guaranteed.

Now a new Amazon suspension insurance option has launched for U.S. sellers, from leading underwriter NAS Insurance Services. The new cover, called Momentum, covers financial loss up to $1,000,000, suspension appeal expenses up to $25,000, and tax audit expenses up to $2,500.

With rates starting as low as $250 annually, it makes sense for all Amazon sellers to seriously consider protecting their accounts before they have their own horror stories to tell.

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eBay account suspensions are on the rise. Here’s why eBay suspends sellers, how the process works, and how to avoid it happening again.

This post is by Mordechai Epelbaum, an independent eBay business consultant and Tuvyah Schleifer, the founder and CMO of CRSeller, a bespoke marketplace services provider.

When there is a breach of eBay’s policy, sellers can have their accounts suspended. An eBay suspension means business interruption, and often a cascade of problems with serious implications for the seller.

Why does eBay suspend seller accounts? It’s their business to protect the community from bad buyers and sellers. They want to make sure that no one gets hurt. Not the brand, not the buyer, and not the seller.

Perhaps most importantly, policy violations hurt eBay’s reputation and, in the final analysis, that is why eBay cares about them.

In this post, we’ll explain why eBay accounts are suspended, how the process works, and how to avoid it happening again.

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With Promoted Listings, eBay sellers can pay to jump to the top of the search results. How can sellers use these ads to best effect?

eBay Promoted Listings is a pretty simple advertising scheme.

You just choose which items to promote, and how much of the sale price you are willing to pay. eBay then boosts your items from their normal positions in the search results to the fourth or fifth spots from the top.

If a buyer clicks on a promoted item and goes on to buy it, you pay eBay the percentage you set, in addition to the usual final value fee. If the item does not sell, you pay nothing.

Despite its simplicity, there’s still a lot to think about with eBay Promoted Listings. How do you choose which items to promote? How much should you pay? Should you promote them all the time or just sometimes? When should you adjust the amount you’re paying?

Here’s the top ten questions we hear from sellers about Promoted Listings, and how to make sure you get the most out of every extra penny you give to eBay.

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