Merch By Amazon Shut Down Temporarily - How To Pause Your AMS Ads

About this video

RJ Martinez discusses the temporary shutdown of Merch By Amazon in the US — he says the UK and Germany were still open — while his US listings were removed gradually and his sales fell, shown in a dashboard screenshot. He says, as his own claim, that Merch had been making him about $6,000-$8,000 a month and that he had been on track for his best month. He frames the shutdown as a good move, reasoning that Amazon wanted to avoid any risk of coronavirus reaching customers via shipped shirts, and urges sellers who rely on Merch income to adapt rather than give up. He points to Redbubble and Spreadshirt, which he says had not closed at that time, says his own team was transitioning to KDP, and speculates KDP would stay open because books are treated as essentials people still need. He closes with a walkthrough for pausing AMS ads: from the main dashboard open all campaigns, filter by active/enabled status, apply the filter, select the campaigns and click pause, repeating page by page if there are many; he also notes ads that are no longer showing may simply be left alone.

Key takeaways

• Merch By Amazon’s US storefront was shut down temporarily while, per the creator, the UK and Germany remained open
• Listings disappeared gradually and the creator’s sales dropped to near zero, despite Merch being a major income source for him
• Suggested pivots at the time were Redbubble, Spreadshirt and especially KDP, which he speculated Amazon would keep open
• To pause AMS ads: open all campaigns, filter to active/enabled, select them and click pause, repeating for each page
• His advice to affected sellers is to roll with the disruption, let things settle, and push forward on other platforms

Episode details: published March 28, 2020 · 6:58 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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