KDP Account Terminated…How to Avoid and What to Do If it Happens

About this video

Sean explains how KDP accounts get in trouble and how to avoid termination, arguing the common theme is abusing metadata and creating a misleading or negative customer experience. He lists keyword stuffing in the title, illustrated by a ‘Dark Psychology and Stoicism’ title crammed with unrelated terms, and keyword stuffing in author names, such as splitting names into ‘Tony Buffett’ and ‘Warren Robbins’ to rank for famous authors. He also warns against publishing on trademarked terms like Fortnite, Nintendo, Pokemon and Instant Pot - advising checking uspto.gov - adding books to irrelevant categories just to win a bestseller badge, reusing the same interior for multiple low-content books or re-uploading pre-made interiors unchanged, and plagiarism. For checking, he suggests a reverse image search site and Grammarly Premium, which he says costs about 10 bucks a month. If suspended or closed, he advises checking KDP email daily, responding quickly, fixing the issue and staying calm and apologetic with support. He recommends ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, at about 10 bucks a month, as help contacting higher-level KDP/ACX support. He claims, from six years publishing, most people who did not knowingly do something shady get accounts back after talking to KDP.

Key takeaways

• Avoid keyword stuffing in titles and in author names - Sean says both abuse metadata and mislead customers
• Check trademarks on uspto.gov before publishing; he names Fortnite, Nintendo, Pokemon and Instant Pot as examples
• Do not add books to irrelevant categories just to get a bestseller badge, and do not reuse identical interiors under new titles/covers
• Check images and text for plagiarism before publishing, using reverse image search and Grammarly Premium as he suggests
• If warned or suspended, check email daily, fix the issue fast, stay calm with KDP, and consider ALLi for escalated support

Episode details: published March 23, 2022 · 13:48 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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