Dear fellow sellers,

Pull up a chair. You’re going to want popcorn for this one.

Amazon just suspended our entire Belgium account over a single ASIN: B0C44266R5. The reason? According to Amazon, our dry, dual-tipped cotton swabs apparently contain the “medicinal ingredient: Povidone-iodine.”

Let me be crystal clear: these are DRY cotton swabs, individually wrapped, no liquid, no iodine, no magic potions, no wizardry. Just clean cotton on a stick. We even uploaded product photos to prove it. They’re about as medicinal as a Q-tip in your glove compartment.

Here’s the kicker—this ASIN was already flagged once, and then cleared and reinstated by Amazon back in September 2024. We provided evidence. They agreed it was compliant. Fast-forward to today, and bam—full account suspension. This, despite the ASIN never being sold, never linked to a violation, and now deleted entirely from our catalog.

We currently run over 600 active ASINs, do $500K+ monthly, employ 20 staff, and have zero history of violations. All of that is now frozen because the system linked “cotton swabs” with “iodine.” We’ve taken every proactive measure imaginable, yet here we are—penalized over a catalog mismatch.

If this can happen to a clean listing that’s never shipped a unit, it can happen to any of us.

We’re appealing directly and respectfully asking Amazon to reverse this enforcement and reinstate our account. In the meantime, if you've faced something similar—especially misclassification or catalog glitches—drop your story below. We need each other's support more than ever.

And if anyone from Amazon’s teams is listening: cotton swabs - iodine. Let’s fix this.

RockDealer