\nMy name is Mark and I am an\u00a0Amazon\u00a0seller consultant who has helped hundreds of sellers get approved in restricted categories like Beauty, Health and Personal care, Groceries, among others.<\/em>
\nThe approval for restricted categories is done within 24 hours or less after I agree working with you and the reason people work with me is because I take the payment of the service after I deliver the job as my service is 100% success rate which no one else can pull off, no invoices, no access to your account.<\/em>
\nOver 600 satisfied clients last year and I am sure I can help you as well.<\/em>
\nPlease feel free to ask me any question you may have as you will be missing this opportunity to get approved 100% guaranteed as dealing with this is not easy at all more if you have tried multiple times to get approved and still are unable to get it done.<\/em>
\nMy contact details are at the end of this email if you want to call me or if you want to deal with this over email just reply to this email.<\/em>
\nLooking forward for your response,<\/em>
\nMark with\u00a0ombaconsultants.com\u00a0Contact phone with Sarah 904 638 9142 From 8 am to 5 pm CT<\/em>
\nSkype mark.5010<\/em><\/p>\n
I reviewed Mark’s bare bones website and testimonials and decided to pay the $500 (discounted from the usual $600) fee for category approval.\u00a0 He laid out his scheme as such: I was to open another case with Amazon support, make a statement about how we’re having difficulty listing our products, then after receipt of a case number I was to pass it over to him to handle the rest. I followed his scheme to the tee, and to my astonishment, a mere 24 hours later, we ungated the great wall of Beauty category.\u00a0 More than 4 months of going through the proper channels, 40 emails with 10 \u201cunderwriters\u201d resulted only in disapproval and frustration.\u00a0 Here after one day and one support ticket, a nondescript company pulled the right strings and achieved the impossible. Of course, my suspicions only peaked after this encounter.\u00a0 I began asking myself how Omba consultants is related Amazon, who are they and do they collaborate covertly with Amazon\u2019s underwriters to obtain approval for restricted categories. How did they even know I tried to obtain Beauty category approval. \u00a0 Was there a back door way other start-ups used to pass the scrupulous screening processes of these restricted categories?\u00a0 These questions lead me on a search which unveiled a host of companies selling products that in my opinion lacked the sophistication and thoughtfulness of a competitive start-up in the skincare industry.<\/p>\n
To illustrate my case, I will walk you through a simple quest for a common first aid product many of use may look for on Amazon. I entered the term \u201carnica gel\u201d on the search bar of Amazon where I was instantly directed to Amazon\u2019s Choice, Roberts Research Laboratories Arnica Gel for $9.27.<\/p>\n
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Roberts Research Laboratories does not have its own website and appears to be sold through a distribution company, Demert Brands. \u00a0 Roberts Lab is listed as a market research consultant on their official Facebook page, and an accessories manufacturer established in 1964 on Manta with an annual revenue over 2 million dollars, while their LinkedIn company page shows 2-10 employees.\u00a0 As an advocate of clean beauty and nontoxic healing, it deeply concerns me that millions of such products containing harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde, paraben, dyes and fragrances with only a tincture of arnica water are being sold to the public under the guise of \u201ca natural healer\u201d.\u00a0 Even more worrisome is that there is no mention of a teratogenic ingredient, a retinol derivative, widely known for its carcinogenic toxicity and that should be strictly avoided in pregnant women.\u00a0 But the aim of this article isn\u2019t about consumers choosing healthier, more organic options for their skincare supplies.\u00a0 What I sought to investigate was the validity of companies who\u2019ve gained healthy and beauty category approval from the largest online retailer in the United States and whether their products may be harmful to the health of Americans. And that is when I ran into a company known as Oxkom.\u00a0 Who is Oxkom? A very popular seller on Amazon with over thousands of reviews and listings.<\/p>\n
Oxkom Amazon Storefront, About Us and Privacy Notice on Oxkom.com<\/p>\n
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The entire site is undeveloped, with deliberate intention it seems.\u00a0 As if its owners really don\u2019t want you to dig deep into their history, contact information or from where their products are obtained.\u00a0 In fact, in response to a buyer\u2019s formal complaint filed with the\u00a0 Better Business Bureau, attempts to contact the company with an address listed in Las Vegas, Nevada returned as undeliverable.\u00a0 Further research led me to an apology letter from another disenchanted buyer, revealing Oxkom claims to be a small company based in New York, but with no phone, no address, and no website.\u00a0 Only a massive presence on Amazon marketplace.<\/p>\n
Who are the\u00a0third-party vendors on Amazon and can\u00a0they all be trusted?<\/h2>\n
Amazon\u2019s large portion of third party sellers are \u201cretail arbitragers who offer an ever-changing assortment of goods, often acquired from grey-market dealers\u201d according to Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), a nonprofit research and educational organization.\u00a0 The most shrilling aspect of it all is most are sellers based overseas who\u2019ve leveraged Amazon\u2019s logistics network to beat the competition and get their products to U.S doorsteps.\u00a0 These subpar factories have the ability to produce knock-off which may contain harmful ingredients such as arsenic, cadmium, and other carcinogens.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t phase Amazon\u2019s primary mission to deliver fast and cheap products to its 63 million Prime members, as they recently obtained an ocean shipping license from the Federal Maritime Commission that will allow it to move freight from China to U.S. ports.\u00a0 From there it goes to their fulfillment centers strategically placed in the outskirts of cities, where reportedly warehouse temperatures sore to upward of 102 degrees, leaving employees and products smoldering in heat.<\/p>\n
So the next time you press the yellow button on Amazon for the purchase of that bottle of day cream or omega-3 fish oil, picture it leaving from a random overseas location of a grey-market dealer, crossing the Atlantic, landing in a blazing hot warehouse, then sitting on your doorstep for several hours before you pour it on to your face or\u00a0in your mouth.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no wonder reputable companies are disengaging from Amazon one by one.<\/h2>\n
Birkenstock took a bold step in stopping all sales in 2016 as counterfeits poured onto the market.\u00a0 CEO Kahen exclaimed, “The Amazon marketplace, which operates as an ‘open market,’ creates an environment where we experience unacceptable business practices which we believe jeopardize our brand. Policing this activity internally and in partnership with Amazon.com has proven impossible.\u201d\u00a0 According to Fast Company staff writer, Ben Schiller, Amazon \u201carguably, is a monopolist that hurts competition, kills jobs, and harms local communities.\u201d ILSR compares it to a 19th-century railroad baron controlling the \u201cunderlying infrastructure of the economy.\u201d\u00a0 Amazon isn\u2019t just an online retailer of books it once was 20 years ago.\u00a0 It is an almighty power that steers us to buy what it wants us to buy, and when it comes to items that have potentially harmful impact on our health, I don\u2019t think consumers would appreciate the invisible giant to control that fate.\u00a0 Precisely the reason a prominent manufacturer of nutraceuticals, Xymogen, has quit Amazon believing the model often co-mingles authentic and counterfeit products.\u00a0 The authority on clinical-grade skincare brand SkinMedica publicly express, that any of their products found on unauthorized sites is not to be trusted, of which includes Oxkom sold exclusively on Amazon.<\/p>\n
Buyer Beware: XYMOGEN Not Sold on Amazon.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Consumer Warning: Unauthorized Internet Resellers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The websites listed below who claim to sell SkinMedica\u00ae products have no relationship with our company and are not authorized resellers. Products sold through the below websites are diverted and therefore may be diluted, expired or counterfeit. Additionally, they may not be safe to use or perform as tested.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The company Omba, who forged Seaside Medical Technologies approval on a restricted category must have been\u00a0involved with a network of bad players gating Amazon\u2019s most sensitive categories.\u00a0 I withdrew the approval as soon as I obtained it because the integrity of my company and reputation was far more important to me than selling a few products on Amazon.\u00a0 I have since been a strong advocate against obtaining potentially counterfeit vitamins and topicals through Amazon.\u00a0 I spend a great deal of time researching, educating and providing sound advice on the supplements intended to treat various health conditions or symptoms. As a provider, I want to derive at health outcomes based on authentic products, not hampered by imitation, expired or stolen ingredients.\u00a0 To jeopardize that with unreliable or dangerous products from rogue sellers on Amazon is the last thing I\u00a0intend\u00a0for my patients.<\/p>\n Be wise when it comes to vitamins you put in your body or cosmetics you apply on your skin.<\/strong><\/p>\n Shop local or buy from trusted online companies whose innovations and economies stimulate\u00a0the communities they serve.\u00a0 The risk you take may not be worth the few bucks you save.
\nTo learn more about the fascinating story of Amazon\u2019s stranglehold on US economy and how to implore change both in policy and mindset of the American people to avert unscrupulous practices of this trillion-dollar monopoly, read ILSR\u2019s report.<\/a><\/p>\n