Hijacker Removal from your Amazon Listing

Hijacker removal from your Amazon listing

A lot of Amazon sellers contact us because their listings have been hijacked by another seller. They are generating lower revenue than before and the quality of the product is questioned by the users in the reviews. Their product ranks are getting down because someone else is providing the same product at a lower price. This is a very complicated situation because the businesses invest so much time and money to create a product, to obtain good reviews and to promote it. The new sellers on the Amazon platform are afraid because of the hijackers.

There are ways how you can prevent others from hijacking your Amazon listing. There are also various methods of how you can hijacker removal from your Amazon listing.

In short, there are 3 ways to remove hijackers:

  1. deal directly with Amazon through their support center (not always effective and time-consuming as you often need to do a test buy);
  2. legal way through cease and desist letters and often with an attorney representation (can be expensive and also not always effective);
  3. other ways, when you know somebody in Amazon who can help your case (quick and effective, but you need to have connections) or through software.

How can we help you? We use a variation of methods 2 and 3 to give you the quickest result. We can also help you to optimize & hijacker removal from your Amazon listing.

Is your Amazon account suspended? Do you need your listing or your account reinstated?  We can help with that too.

Please contact us for a custom quote. We are no longer able to offer one flat fee as each situation is different so we’ll need to look at your case before telling you if we can help and how much it will cost.

We work with trusted professionals who can help you with your Amazon listing optimization, Amazon suspensions, and hijacker removal from your Amazon listing issues. Our service is guaranteed.

TIPS to prevent hijackers on your listing

  • Get a trademark and be brand registered in the US (9-12 months)*, UK (3.5 months), or Germany (less than 1 month with accelerated examination).

Note: A UK or German registered trademark will remove hijacker removal from your Amazon listing with our help.

  • *Apply for Amazon pilot program to get early Brand Registry access through your US filed trademark by using Amazon’s pending trademark request program: https://brandservices.amazon.com/pending-trademark-request.
  • Differentiate your product with unique bundles, unique designs, and unique packaging. This will make it more difficult for hijackers to copy your listing.
  • Have your brand logo clearly evident on your listing and on your listing photographs showing the products.
  • Create a website with your brand name in the URL.
  • Send cease and desist letters: you can use attorneys if it gets complicated, but they are effective on their own.
  • Note the difference between a reseller and a hijacker:

Reseller

A reseller is someone who has purchased your product from you at some point and has decided to sell it on Amazon. While this can be annoying, they are actually selling your real product so it’s ok for them to do this. If you are not brand registered, there is little you can do to have them hijacker removal from your Amazon listing.

Hijacker (piggybacker)

A hijacker or a piggybacker is someone who is trying to sell a fake version of your product and is claiming that it’s the same thing. Sometimes they will try to replicate the packaging to make an exact copy, but other times it will be a totally different product.

Amazon account suspensions

If your Amazon account has been suspended, please contact us to get our flat fee quote.

Our method of helping Amazon sellers includes: 

  1. Reviewing everything the suspended Amazon seller provides to us.
  2. Working with the seller to identify the best ways the suspended seller can improve their business.
  3. Constructing a Plan of Action to obtain a quick reinstatement of the suspended seller’s privileges.

The entire process of drafting a plan of action for a suspended Amazon seller is focused on persuasive writing. Our goal is to persuade the person at Amazon to reinstate your selling privileges.

FAQ:

  1. How long does it take to write an appeal?

A: Allow 7-14 days to prepare after we have received all your information

  1. What information do you need to commence reinstatement?

A: Seller Performance Notifications, the client will be involved as we need to ask more probing questions to understand the situation. We need access to the account-specific to MYI, Seller performance notifications, A-Z Guarantee Claim, Orders, Buyer Seller Messages, and Seller Metrics.

  1. Can you reinstate an entire account as well as ASIN listings?

A: Yes, the primary job is to reinstatement the account. Once done, the listing will be reinstated as well.

  1. Can you guarantee reinstatement?

A: With account suspensions, nobody can give you a 100% guarantee. Our success rate is 75% for accounts reinstatement.

How to Avoid Amazon Account Suspension:

  1. Always follow Amazon Terms of Service.
  2. Monitor your Performance Notifications and check your metrics regularly.
  3. Label your packaging with Amazon barcodes, no UPC codes.
  4. Send only one follow up email to Amazon buyers.
  5. Promptly register your intellectual property, including trademarks, and apply for Brand Registry
  6. Ensure that you are not infringing on other accounts Intellectual Property rights (patents, trademarks, copyright)