Kishan Madamala

Founder of Maxton & Company, an e-commerce brands company. Former Target store manager. Interested in Retail, Amazon, Shopify, etc. Diehard Minnesota sports fan

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@Aaron_Cordovez @amznsellerhelp Insane that you can do the type of volume that Zulay does and still have to deal with this BS.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@michaelpatron0 @amznsellerhelp Only after you do 30 minutes of work will you be granted the privilege of sending an email to a $5/hr overseas contractor who will then reply in 2 days with an automated message first.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

Some of this is just a difference in pricing schemes. Trader Joe’s is EDLP (Every Day Low Price). Safeway and Whole Foods are High/Low (stuff on club card or Prime deal is cheap, the rest is expensive).

[Rohin Dhar @rohindhar]

San Francisco Chronicle analysis of the cost of a bundle of groceries at various grocery stores in the city

Trader Joe’s is by far the least expensive and they didn’t raise their prices this year

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@AlecStapp @reihan @grok source for this?

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@guyfosel Great to see @amznsellerhelp not just deferring everyone to Seller Support. Hope we could see more of this in the future.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@amznsellerhelp @fbasoles Lol

[TBPN @tbpn]

Flexport CEO @typesfast: There's been an explosion in customs fraud since Liberation Day

"The way it works: the US is the only country that allows foreign companies to import goods into the country, with no legal entity, no requirement to have an employee locally."

"You can just import stuff into the country as a foreign company. And then you just lie on your declarations."

"These companies just cheat and there's basically no consequence."

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@michaelpatron0 @amznsellerhelp @amznsellerhelp When there is a global issue like this, it would be great if you could share the results of the case with everyone

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@CameronWalkerSZ Even worse to me is the quality of the replenishment algorithm. We’ve had stuff go out of stock in FBA and some stuff that just automatically sent the entire AWD inventory into FBA totally unwarranted.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@ShinghiD @amznsellerhelp I tagged @amznsellerhelp about the same issue a few days ago. And it’s apparently all over seller forums as well. Frustrating that there’s no global response addressing the issue. When they put an “At Risk” message on seller accounts, they can cause a lot of panic.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@PJeffcock @michaelpatron0 @amznsellerhelp Can’t believe they are still having these “At Risk” messages live when they know there are bugs with the document verification tracking and status

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@AmazonASGTG @amznsellerhelp Have they acknowledged any technical issues @AmazonASGTG?

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

Hey @amznsellerhelp what’s going on with the identity document verification for Amazon Canada and Brazil? After we submit the documents, the page turns back to the same original screen. It does not say on Pending Review or anything like that.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@michaelpatron0 CSR Biz giving the extra points bonus on Amazon Ads?

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@ShinghiD @amznsellerhelp @dharmeshmehta Agreed! No other page compares currently

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@michaelpatron0 @guyfosel Could be that or people just switching to cheaper similar items

[Aaron Rubin @aaronrubin]

Y'all know we could have just
1. Banned SHEIN, Temu, TikTok
2. Ended section 321
3. Required a responsible US person for all items sold in the US

China does all those things to the US.

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@Aaron_Cordovez @amznsellerhelp @dharmeshmehta Do you have a SAS rep, Aaron? Curious about your thoughts on that program

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@AmazonAndrew Seems like there would be a market then. A lot of sellers are fully remote

[Kishan Madamala @Kishan7]

@AmazonAndrew Could a new buyer rely on the factory to ship it into FBA without touching it?