"Amazon KDP is Too Risky" - WARNING to All Publishers

About this video

The creator addresses fears that Amazon KDP is too risky because Amazon can terminate an account overnight. His central argument is that lack of control is not unique to KDP: real estate, stocks, and crypto are driven by markets, a Facebook ads agency was hurt by Apple’s tracking changes, YouTube creators faced algorithm changes and an ad revenue drop, bloggers were hit by Google updates, e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses were disrupted by COVID supply chains and shutdowns, affiliate programs can close or stop tracking, and employees can be fired. He also argues that building under Amazon brings benefits — Amazon handles customer service, shipping, and fulfilment, and provides a huge existing customer base that enables organic, passive sales, whereas an owned website still needs SEO or paid ads to be discovered. Quoting comments from experienced publishers in his Facebook group, he says mistaken bans do happen but accounts are typically reinstated quickly after replying, and that most bans follow rule-breaking such as plagiarism, trademarked terms in titles, fake paid reviews, or putting books in irrelevant categories. His conclusion is to follow the rules rather than be scared off.

Key takeaways

• No business or job offers full control: markets, platform policy changes, algorithm updates, and employers can all remove income overnight
• Amazon’s platform dependence comes with offsetting benefits: handled customer service, shipping, and fulfilment, plus built-in customer traffic
• An owned website is not automatically safer, since discovery still depends on Google ranking or paid advertising
• According to the experienced publishers quoted, mistaken bans are usually reversed after responding to Amazon
• Most terminations described follow avoidable violations: plagiarism, trademarked keywords, fake reviews, and misleading category placement

Episode details: published February 6, 2023 · 10:50 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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