Worried About Possibility Of Amazon Ban - Scared like hell!!!

by vij
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I used redirection without user input with Amazon. But found out it was against their terms and took it off within 3 days. I made about 200$ in those 3 days. Except for those 3 days I have been very careful to follow all their TOS.

Will Amazon ban me. Its been 1.5 months since, and their payment cycle is approaching and this is perhaps the time they generally evaluate.

Anyone has views on this. I am sh1t scared:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    If they did not catch you when the redirect was live, they will likely never catch you.

    Once the evidence of your shenanigans are gone, it is hard to recreate what you did.
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel J
      I am an Amazon seller as well as an affiliate. In my experience, Amazon will always give warnings before a ban. I've violated their policy 2 times now (completely by mistake) They wrote me a letter telling me to fix my mistake immediately and when I did, I checked a box that said I had complied and I'm back in good standing. Don't worry about it. They will usually give you a slap on the wrists and the benefit of the doubt, but they may watch you closer for a time so be sure that you're careful in the future.

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  • Profile picture of the author vij
    Thanks for taking time to reply to this thread tpw. Your post eased my fears a bit
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  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    Originally Posted by vij View Post

    I used redirection without user input with Amazon. But found out it was against their terms and took it off within 3 days. I made about 200$ in those 3 days. Except for those 3 days I have been very careful to follow all their TOS.

    Will Amazon ban me. Its been 1.5 months since, and their payment cycle is approaching and this is perhaps the time they generally evaluate.

    Anyone has views on this. I am sh1t scared:confused:
    What exactly does the bolded part mean, technically???
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    • Profile picture of the author vij
      @Daniel Thanks mate. Thats what I am hoping for if they do find it.

      Originally Posted by thebitbotdotcom View Post

      What exactly does the bolded part mean, technically???
      It means using a redirect to redirect visitor to Amazon from another website without any input from the user. Did it for 48-72hrs before I dumped it.
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  • Profile picture of the author ViperChill
    Sounds like you'll be fine, vij.

    Relax and have a beer
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  • Profile picture of the author matt5409
    i think if you were banned, you would have been contacted by now. let us know how it goes though, and well done for making the money that you did.
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