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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2021, 02:13:25 AM »
I was always warey of mpow ever since I ordered bluetooth earbuds and wired earbuds came, back before they had many reviews.
You really don't need fake reviews,
Amazon had a program to kickstart with 5 reviews, where you can award the reviewer with a $5 amazon gift card
They recently retired the early review program

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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2021, 02:13:49 AM »
AFAIK not every seller is eligible do Vine. Most buyers do not leave a review even when requested.

Every brand registered owner can do vine. If you aren’t brand registered you may as well not be considered a private label seller. Read my other post about reviews.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2021, 02:17:20 AM »
They recently retired the early review program
Are you sure?
Look at this.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2021, 02:18:11 AM »
Are you sure?
Look at this.

Yes it’s gone since March. Doesn’t mean the reviews were deleted you just can’t enroll any new products in the program.

ETA: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/202147280
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2021, 02:18:58 AM »
The 5 reviews program (ERP) was deprecated, but point still stands. Vine is free and offers 30 reviews which is a nice amount to start with. And you also have the request a review feature which boosted the review rate by 10x compared to previously. It takes just a month or 2 to get more than enough review to build traction.
It can take a lot longer. Your forgetting that when selling a popular product there are 10s of other seller competing against you.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2021, 02:23:27 AM »
A quick Google search for Amazon Free Stuff turned up a few places to get free stuff from.

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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2021, 02:23:48 AM »
It can take a lot longer. Your forgetting that when selling a popular product there are 10s of other seller competing against you.

No one is promising you success. But if you have good product with 50-100 reviews, PPC is on and offering a good price, that is a recipe for success. You can also buy your way to 1k reviews and still get nowhere. Bottom line the product is the biggest differentiator and I will always discourage sellers taking the cowardly and honestly, stupid way out.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #27 on: May 13, 2021, 02:24:53 AM »
A quick Google search for Amazon Free Stuff turned up a few places to get free stuff from.

There’s literally thousands of places to get free garbage
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #28 on: May 13, 2021, 02:26:44 AM »
No one is promising you success. But if you have good product with 50-100 reviews, PPC is on and offering a good price, that is a recipe for success. You can also buy your way to 1k reviews and still get nowhere. Bottom line the product is the biggest differentiator and I will always discourage sellers taking the cowardly and honestly, stupid way out.
Yep. Well said.

(And don't forget, an incredible and well optimized listing/keywords.)

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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #29 on: May 13, 2021, 02:27:44 AM »
No one is promising you success. But if you have good product with 50-100 reviews, PPC is on and offering a good price, that is a recipe for success. You can also buy your way to 1k reviews and still get nowhere. Bottom line the product is the biggest differentiator and I will always discourage sellers taking the cowardly and honestly, stupid way out.
Where do you those 50-100 reviews from? All your competitors are getting 1000s of reviews while your trying to generate them organically?

Your also forgetting that you can make a lot of $ on Amazon selling junk.
Make a nice listing, do a lot of PPC while getting tons of fake five star reviews. Even if people buy it and realize its junk, most don't end up actually returning it. 
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #30 on: May 13, 2021, 02:38:08 AM »
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #31 on: May 13, 2021, 02:39:11 AM »
Where do you those 50-100 reviews from? All your competitors are getting 1000s of reviews while your trying to generate them organically?

Your also forgetting that you can make a lot of $ on Amazon selling junk.
Make a nice listing, do a lot of PPC while getting tons of fake five star reviews. Even if people buy it and realize its junk, most don't end up actually returning it.

Dude. You’re trying to justify why scamming customers and running a dishonest business on quicksand is a good idea, even when there is a straightforward, honest method to make money for a much longer term. I don’t care if 99% of frum sellers do it (they don’t), I will still call a spade a spade every chance I get.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #32 on: May 13, 2021, 02:42:00 AM »
Dude. You’re trying to justify why scamming customers and running a dishonest business makes sense even when there is a straightforward honest method to make money for a much longer term.
Incorrect. While there are extreme cases of sellers generating 1000s of fake reviews on a garbage product, there are many (Jewish) sellers who will get about 10-20 reviews just to start the listing off on the right track.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2021, 02:47:25 AM »
Incorrect. While there are extreme cases of sellers generating 1000s of fake reviews on a garbage product, there are many (Jewish) sellers who will get about 10-20 reviews just to start the listing off on the right track.

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Joe: Honest sellers can get 50-100 reviews pretty easily nowadays, Vine gives 30 reviews to start
Larry: But you need 1000’s of fake reviews to be successful
Joe: You can succeed without the dishonesty of scamming customers
Larry: I’m not talking about dishonest sellers, I’m saying honest sellers should scam 10-20 reviews even though they can get 30 reviews on day 1 without resorting to dishonesty.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2021, 02:47:39 AM »
Anker must be racking it in now!
Until Anker gets caught...
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2021, 02:48:30 AM »
FTT

Joe: Honest sellers can get 50-100 reviews pretty easily nowadays, Vine gives 30 reviews to start
Larry: But you need 1000’s of fake reviews to be dishonest
Joe: You can succeed without the dishonesty of scamming customers
Larry: I’m not talking about dishonest sellers, I’m saying honest sellers should scam 10-20 reviews even though they can get 30 reviews on day 1 without resorting to dishonesty.
Find me one new private label product with 30 vine reviews.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2021, 02:50:46 AM »
Find me one new private label product with 30 vine reviews.

All of mine? If anything you’re doing nothing but proving my point. If no one else is doing it besides me, boom there’s your competitive advantage. Why be an idiot and pay for something that’s available for free and carries zero suspension risk?
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #37 on: May 13, 2021, 02:51:30 AM »
Dude. You’re trying to justify why scamming customers and running a dishonest business on quicksand is a good idea, even when there is a straightforward, honest method to make money for a much longer term. I don’t care if 99% of frum sellers do it (they don’t), I will still call a spade a spade every chance I get.
Do you know any Frum Amazon sellers that sell private label products?
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #38 on: May 13, 2021, 02:52:26 AM »
All of mine? If anything you’re doing nothing but proving my point. If no one else is doing it besides me, boom there’s your competitive advantage. Why be an idiot and pay for something that’s available for free and carries zero suspension risk?
Send me the link to a private label product on Amazon with 30 Vine reviews.
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Re: Aukey Kicked Off Amazon After Fake Reviews Scandal
« Reply #39 on: May 13, 2021, 02:52:44 AM »
Do you know any Frum Amazon sellers that sell private label products?

Quite a few
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