How many chances do I have to apply for an Amazon store? Is stealing images from Amazon a serious problem?

For merchants who are trying it for the first time, the question of how many times they can apply for an Amazon store may cause doubts. This article will deeply analyze the restrictions and opportunities for applying for an Amazon store and help merchants better understand the relevant regulations.

1. Analysis of the limit on the number of Amazon store applications:

On the Amazon platform, merchants who want to open their own stores need to go through a series of applications and reviews. However, Amazon has certain restrictions on the number of store applications.

1. Personal and Professional Selling Plans: Amazon offers two selling plans: Personal and Professional. Individual sellers can choose one of the plans according to their needs. However, if you have opened a store in the past and closed it, the number of times you can apply to open a store again will be limited.

2. Application Failure: If your store application is rejected, Amazon will usually ask you to wait for a period of time before reapplying. This waiting time can be several months or longer, depending on your situation.

3. Industry restrictions: In some specific industries, Amazon may restrict the application of new stores to control the sales volume of certain categories. This means that even if you have experience in store application, you may not be able to open a new store due to industry restrictions.

2. Is Amazon’s image theft serious?

On the Amazon platform, image theft refers to merchants using other people’s product images to display their own products without authorization. This is a serious problem that may lead to intellectual property infringement and user experience problems.

1. Severity: Amazon takes intellectual property protection very seriously and has a zero-tolerance policy for image theft. Once someone is found to have plagiarized someone else's images, it may result in the store being closed, the product being removed from the shelves, or even the account being banned.

2. Solution: To avoid the problem of stolen images, merchants should ensure that they use product images that they legally own and strictly abide by Amazon's intellectual property policy. If you find that someone else has stolen your images, you can protect your rights through Amazon's reporting channel.