This Trend Will BAN Your Amazon Account (Don't Do It)

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He warns sellers not to chase designs about breaking news on Venezuela and the U.S., saying turning human tragedy into a quick profit is one of the fastest ways to lose an Amazon account and your reputation. His core point: a design being live on Amazon doesn’t mean it’s compliant — Amazon moves slower than creators, and rejections, takedowns, and suspensions come later. He says Amazon and Merch by Amazon policies call out human tragedy, violence, and offensive/controversial material, including profiting from wars, attacks, invasions, or mass suffering, mocking death or specific victims, and targeting nationalities, religions, or protected groups, and that Amazon can reject, remove, suspend, or terminate without detailed explanation. He argues the math is bad: he says you might make $50 to $200 on a hot news event, then lose an account that could have made over $50,000 over time. His personal checklist asks: Are people being hurt, displaced, or traumatized? Does the design target a specific person, group, or country? Will it still make sense in one to two years without context? Would he be comfortable explaining it to a victim’s family? Safer angles, he says, are peace/anti-war messages that don’t target victims, or timeless freedom, democracy, and human-rights messages. Instead, he recommends evergreen micro-communities — hobbies, jobs, inside jokes, local culture, subcultures — and non-tragic seasonal waves like 100 days of school, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and Easter, noting he has been doing print-on-demand for over eight years.

Key takeaways

• A design being live on Amazon doesn’t mean it’s approved — enforcement, takedowns, and suspensions come later.
• He says Amazon policy targets profiting from tragedy, war, and violence, and mocking victims or protected groups.
• Run his checklist before touching breaking news: Are people being hurt? Does it target a group? Will it make sense in 1–2 years? Could you explain it to a victim’s family?
• A short spike isn’t worth a long-term account — he contrasts a possible $50–$200 with an account that could earn over $50,000 over time.
• Build on evergreen micro-communities and non-tragic seasonal events instead of fresh conflicts.

Episode details: published January 8, 2026 · 8:18 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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