Ukraine Designs Safe Or Not For Merch By Amazon 2022 - Avoid Termination Content Policy Amazon Merch

About this video

Recorded during the war in Ukraine (the video’s title dates it to 2022; the year is not stated in the transcript), he answers questions about whether sellers can make Ukraine designs for Merch by Amazon and says he personally will not do it right now. He advises doing a simple Google search first if unsure about a topic, to understand what is happening and whether people are being hurt. He directs viewers to Merch by Amazon Resources > Content Policy, section on content related to human tragedies and natural disasters, and argues Ukraine war designs fall under that policy. He warns that a low BSR / trending sales do not make a design acceptable, that Amazon may initially miss violations while making sales, and that he expects a wave of takedowns and account bans/suspensions when enforcement catches up. He distinguishes timing: a Ukraine-related design that has been up since, in his example, 2019 — before the tragedy, as a general country-pride design with consistent sales — is different from uploading new designs to exploit a current tragic event, which Amazon can see from upload history. He shows a Merch search tool being used to search ‘Ukraine’ and says products shown there are already being taken down, either by Amazon or by sellers themselves removing them. He says he cannot tell individual sellers who deleted a design whether they will still be suspended, and frames the video’s goal as teaching sellers to research policy themselves and protect a long-term Merch by Amazon account rather than chase one trending niche.

Key takeaways

• Ukraine war designs are treated by him as falling under Merch by Amazon’s human tragedies / natural disasters content policy
• Trending sales or a low BSR do not override platform policy; he warns of takedowns and account suspensions
• Timing matters: pre-existing designs from before an event differ from new uploads exploiting that event
• When unsure, Google the topic and read the platform’s content policy before uploading
• He personally stays away from tragedy-related designs despite the sales temptation

Episode details: published March 6, 2022 · 8:01 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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