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HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Can someone from the Amazon handmade team please enlighten us handmade sellers how our items are supposed to be discoverable now that you removed ANY AND ALL WAYS TO FIND OUR ITEMS except through search? Why in the world would your team remove categories and subcategories out of handmade? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IN Q4? WHY? You all have single handedly destroyed so many small businesses that COUNT on holiday sales. I cannot fathom what head engineer thought- yes- PERFECT TIMING! Lets do it at Christmas. I have worked my butt off for years- YEARS here at Amazon Handmade and I have promoted Amazon, and defended it every step of the way when people laughed and scoffed at "handmade" at Amazon. Driving your own traffic is important- I do that, Running ads is important- I do that, having multiple selling platforms is important- I do that- BUT HAVING AND BUILDING ORGANIC RANKING IS IMPORTANT - and it is LITERALLY the HARDEST part to do- You say you are not removing handmade -if that is the case THEN WHY REMOVE CATEGORIES AND SUB? All handmade items were already discoverable on the 'regular" amazon.....so I don't really understand what this migration project is all about. Can you please respond with a CLEAR path that helps us to get back to some normalcy.
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Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Amazon does what is good for Amazon and I guess they don't want our 15% and is just fine with less revenue from Handmade sales.
We won't survive here. We can't just suddenly pivot your Etsy/Michaels/Shopify/GoImagine store pick up the slack after spending 9 years putting all your energy into Amazon and ignoring the rest.
If only we could apply for unemployment for this Amazon Handmade layoff.
Seller_Gd8HNmQJSr4l8
The writing has been on the wall for several years. This is a dying platform and has been for the last 18 months. It is CLEAR they do not care about handmade. They have neglected all the social media channels. I've posted numerous posts and comments on the forum for several years about the decline that has all fell on deaf ears.
I quit sending in FBA inventory and wish I had a cost effective way to get my inventory out of FBA. I have 200 light switch covers that I dropped to $5 just to get them sold and out of FBA. I either have to pay $200+ to get them all out, or I spend $20 a month on long term storage fees. For the first time this month, I might not even make enough on Amazon to cover the long term storage fees of that inventory.
These are all light switch covers that years ago I was selling for $16 and I would sell between 2-5 items a day..now I am lucky if I sell 2 items a week at $5. I'm still selling well on Etsy so it's not my price, it's not my product...it's straight up Amazon just being a trash marketplace for handmade sellers.
I've been putting all my effort into Michaels Makerplace and Etsy because Amazon is dead.
Amazon needs to really just grow some balls and either fix the platform or just tell us it's dead and give us free FBA returns as some sort of concession.
priscilla_amazon
Hi @Seller_CVXS7OOEFPqdB, we hear you and empathize with your frustrations. Our team is working on a solve for this and we hope to have more information for you as soon as possible.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
Sure, it will only cost you about $4000 to get it all back. I too stocked up for 2023 holiday season with items that never sold. Over $200 a month long term storage for me, or about $2k to recall it.
Seller_bKbl3m40jbryt
I never really truly understood where my traffic and sales came from over the years here, but I have a much better understanding now that my sales have slowed to hardly a drip since the categories got deleted. Kind of don't miss sweating about keeping the un-necessarily difficult stats in good standing that I have no control over though.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
While I do not doubt your sincerity, replies from The Team do not seem to acknowledge the evidence presented by seller after seller regarding sales and traffic loss of 50% since the announcement of this multi year project.
Sellers have been begging for help since August 2023, but all our reports are viewed as "anecdotal" evidence. A $200k seller recently reported in another thread about losing $100k in sales.
We keep telling you the house is on fire, and the response is that while a seller may believe it is on fire, Amazon will be building some fire trucks in the future to address this perceived need.
HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Can someone from the Amazon handmade team please enlighten us handmade sellers how our items are supposed to be discoverable now that you removed ANY AND ALL WAYS TO FIND OUR ITEMS except through search? Why in the world would your team remove categories and subcategories out of handmade? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IN Q4? WHY? You all have single handedly destroyed so many small businesses that COUNT on holiday sales. I cannot fathom what head engineer thought- yes- PERFECT TIMING! Lets do it at Christmas. I have worked my butt off for years- YEARS here at Amazon Handmade and I have promoted Amazon, and defended it every step of the way when people laughed and scoffed at "handmade" at Amazon. Driving your own traffic is important- I do that, Running ads is important- I do that, having multiple selling platforms is important- I do that- BUT HAVING AND BUILDING ORGANIC RANKING IS IMPORTANT - and it is LITERALLY the HARDEST part to do- You say you are not removing handmade -if that is the case THEN WHY REMOVE CATEGORIES AND SUB? All handmade items were already discoverable on the 'regular" amazon.....so I don't really understand what this migration project is all about. Can you please respond with a CLEAR path that helps us to get back to some normalcy.
HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Can someone from the Amazon handmade team please enlighten us handmade sellers how our items are supposed to be discoverable now that you removed ANY AND ALL WAYS TO FIND OUR ITEMS except through search? Why in the world would your team remove categories and subcategories out of handmade? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IN Q4? WHY? You all have single handedly destroyed so many small businesses that COUNT on holiday sales. I cannot fathom what head engineer thought- yes- PERFECT TIMING! Lets do it at Christmas. I have worked my butt off for years- YEARS here at Amazon Handmade and I have promoted Amazon, and defended it every step of the way when people laughed and scoffed at "handmade" at Amazon. Driving your own traffic is important- I do that, Running ads is important- I do that, having multiple selling platforms is important- I do that- BUT HAVING AND BUILDING ORGANIC RANKING IS IMPORTANT - and it is LITERALLY the HARDEST part to do- You say you are not removing handmade -if that is the case THEN WHY REMOVE CATEGORIES AND SUB? All handmade items were already discoverable on the 'regular" amazon.....so I don't really understand what this migration project is all about. Can you please respond with a CLEAR path that helps us to get back to some normalcy.
22 replies
22 replies
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Amazon does what is good for Amazon and I guess they don't want our 15% and is just fine with less revenue from Handmade sales.
We won't survive here. We can't just suddenly pivot your Etsy/Michaels/Shopify/GoImagine store pick up the slack after spending 9 years putting all your energy into Amazon and ignoring the rest.
If only we could apply for unemployment for this Amazon Handmade layoff.
Seller_Gd8HNmQJSr4l8
The writing has been on the wall for several years. This is a dying platform and has been for the last 18 months. It is CLEAR they do not care about handmade. They have neglected all the social media channels. I've posted numerous posts and comments on the forum for several years about the decline that has all fell on deaf ears.
I quit sending in FBA inventory and wish I had a cost effective way to get my inventory out of FBA. I have 200 light switch covers that I dropped to $5 just to get them sold and out of FBA. I either have to pay $200+ to get them all out, or I spend $20 a month on long term storage fees. For the first time this month, I might not even make enough on Amazon to cover the long term storage fees of that inventory.
These are all light switch covers that years ago I was selling for $16 and I would sell between 2-5 items a day..now I am lucky if I sell 2 items a week at $5. I'm still selling well on Etsy so it's not my price, it's not my product...it's straight up Amazon just being a trash marketplace for handmade sellers.
I've been putting all my effort into Michaels Makerplace and Etsy because Amazon is dead.
Amazon needs to really just grow some balls and either fix the platform or just tell us it's dead and give us free FBA returns as some sort of concession.
priscilla_amazon
Hi @Seller_CVXS7OOEFPqdB, we hear you and empathize with your frustrations. Our team is working on a solve for this and we hope to have more information for you as soon as possible.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
Sure, it will only cost you about $4000 to get it all back. I too stocked up for 2023 holiday season with items that never sold. Over $200 a month long term storage for me, or about $2k to recall it.
Seller_bKbl3m40jbryt
I never really truly understood where my traffic and sales came from over the years here, but I have a much better understanding now that my sales have slowed to hardly a drip since the categories got deleted. Kind of don't miss sweating about keeping the un-necessarily difficult stats in good standing that I have no control over though.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
While I do not doubt your sincerity, replies from The Team do not seem to acknowledge the evidence presented by seller after seller regarding sales and traffic loss of 50% since the announcement of this multi year project.
Sellers have been begging for help since August 2023, but all our reports are viewed as "anecdotal" evidence. A $200k seller recently reported in another thread about losing $100k in sales.
We keep telling you the house is on fire, and the response is that while a seller may believe it is on fire, Amazon will be building some fire trucks in the future to address this perceived need.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Amazon does what is good for Amazon and I guess they don't want our 15% and is just fine with less revenue from Handmade sales.
We won't survive here. We can't just suddenly pivot your Etsy/Michaels/Shopify/GoImagine store pick up the slack after spending 9 years putting all your energy into Amazon and ignoring the rest.
If only we could apply for unemployment for this Amazon Handmade layoff.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
HOW are handmade artisans supposed to recover from this migration project?
Amazon does what is good for Amazon and I guess they don't want our 15% and is just fine with less revenue from Handmade sales.
We won't survive here. We can't just suddenly pivot your Etsy/Michaels/Shopify/GoImagine store pick up the slack after spending 9 years putting all your energy into Amazon and ignoring the rest.
If only we could apply for unemployment for this Amazon Handmade layoff.
Seller_Gd8HNmQJSr4l8
The writing has been on the wall for several years. This is a dying platform and has been for the last 18 months. It is CLEAR they do not care about handmade. They have neglected all the social media channels. I've posted numerous posts and comments on the forum for several years about the decline that has all fell on deaf ears.
I quit sending in FBA inventory and wish I had a cost effective way to get my inventory out of FBA. I have 200 light switch covers that I dropped to $5 just to get them sold and out of FBA. I either have to pay $200+ to get them all out, or I spend $20 a month on long term storage fees. For the first time this month, I might not even make enough on Amazon to cover the long term storage fees of that inventory.
These are all light switch covers that years ago I was selling for $16 and I would sell between 2-5 items a day..now I am lucky if I sell 2 items a week at $5. I'm still selling well on Etsy so it's not my price, it's not my product...it's straight up Amazon just being a trash marketplace for handmade sellers.
I've been putting all my effort into Michaels Makerplace and Etsy because Amazon is dead.
Amazon needs to really just grow some balls and either fix the platform or just tell us it's dead and give us free FBA returns as some sort of concession.
Seller_Gd8HNmQJSr4l8
The writing has been on the wall for several years. This is a dying platform and has been for the last 18 months. It is CLEAR they do not care about handmade. They have neglected all the social media channels. I've posted numerous posts and comments on the forum for several years about the decline that has all fell on deaf ears.
I quit sending in FBA inventory and wish I had a cost effective way to get my inventory out of FBA. I have 200 light switch covers that I dropped to $5 just to get them sold and out of FBA. I either have to pay $200+ to get them all out, or I spend $20 a month on long term storage fees. For the first time this month, I might not even make enough on Amazon to cover the long term storage fees of that inventory.
These are all light switch covers that years ago I was selling for $16 and I would sell between 2-5 items a day..now I am lucky if I sell 2 items a week at $5. I'm still selling well on Etsy so it's not my price, it's not my product...it's straight up Amazon just being a trash marketplace for handmade sellers.
I've been putting all my effort into Michaels Makerplace and Etsy because Amazon is dead.
Amazon needs to really just grow some balls and either fix the platform or just tell us it's dead and give us free FBA returns as some sort of concession.
priscilla_amazon
Hi @Seller_CVXS7OOEFPqdB, we hear you and empathize with your frustrations. Our team is working on a solve for this and we hope to have more information for you as soon as possible.
priscilla_amazon
Hi @Seller_CVXS7OOEFPqdB, we hear you and empathize with your frustrations. Our team is working on a solve for this and we hope to have more information for you as soon as possible.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
Sure, it will only cost you about $4000 to get it all back. I too stocked up for 2023 holiday season with items that never sold. Over $200 a month long term storage for me, or about $2k to recall it.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
Sure, it will only cost you about $4000 to get it all back. I too stocked up for 2023 holiday season with items that never sold. Over $200 a month long term storage for me, or about $2k to recall it.
Seller_bKbl3m40jbryt
I never really truly understood where my traffic and sales came from over the years here, but I have a much better understanding now that my sales have slowed to hardly a drip since the categories got deleted. Kind of don't miss sweating about keeping the un-necessarily difficult stats in good standing that I have no control over though.
Seller_bKbl3m40jbryt
I never really truly understood where my traffic and sales came from over the years here, but I have a much better understanding now that my sales have slowed to hardly a drip since the categories got deleted. Kind of don't miss sweating about keeping the un-necessarily difficult stats in good standing that I have no control over though.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
While I do not doubt your sincerity, replies from The Team do not seem to acknowledge the evidence presented by seller after seller regarding sales and traffic loss of 50% since the announcement of this multi year project.
Sellers have been begging for help since August 2023, but all our reports are viewed as "anecdotal" evidence. A $200k seller recently reported in another thread about losing $100k in sales.
We keep telling you the house is on fire, and the response is that while a seller may believe it is on fire, Amazon will be building some fire trucks in the future to address this perceived need.
Seller_gwzuNYC3ogYNo
While I do not doubt your sincerity, replies from The Team do not seem to acknowledge the evidence presented by seller after seller regarding sales and traffic loss of 50% since the announcement of this multi year project.
Sellers have been begging for help since August 2023, but all our reports are viewed as "anecdotal" evidence. A $200k seller recently reported in another thread about losing $100k in sales.
We keep telling you the house is on fire, and the response is that while a seller may believe it is on fire, Amazon will be building some fire trucks in the future to address this perceived need.
