Amazon puts selling restrictions on certain categories, subcategories, or brands. This prevents new merchants from selling these products. You need to get those items ungated, which means approved, before selling them on the marketplace. Follow these

Amazon puts selling restrictions on certain categories, subcategories, or brands. This prevents new merchants from selling these products. You need to get those items ungated, which means approved, before selling them on the marketplace.
Follow these simple directions if you want to get ungated on Amazon:
1. Sign up for an <a href="http://services.amazon.com/">Amazon Professional Seller</a> account. Unlike the regular Individual Amazon account, the Professional Seller account will cost $39.99 per month and you must have it to be ungated.
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2. Go to the Seller Central, click Inventory, and select Add a Product.
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3. To get ungated, you need to choose a product in the category, subcategory, or brand that you want to sell. You can find this product by searching the brand (ie: &#x201C;Disney&#x201D;) or using the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). Please note: if you decide not to sell the specific product you put on the application, that&#x2019;s fine. You&#x2019;re just trying to get ungated for a category or brand.&#xA0;
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4. Listing Limitations Apply will appear next to gated products in the search results- click the link.&#xA0;
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5. Click Request Approval. If Amazon isn&#x2019;t accepting applications for that category or brand, it&#x2019;ll appear below the Request Approval button.&#xA0;
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6. Make sure you fulfill any listed requirements (performance metrics, annual revenue, length of time selling, etc) and send all requested documentation. This will include:&#xA0;
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<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Official Invoice with contact information for your supplier</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Letter from manufacturer or brand owner if you&#x2019;re buying wholesale</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Fee (if applicable)</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Other documentation</li>
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Not all categories or brands will have the same ungating process. Some of them will require a good deal more documentation. For example, here is how to get ungated for supplements:
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How To Get Ungated To Sell Dietary Supplements On Amazon
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<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;">Follow steps 1 through 6 above for getting ungated on Amazon.&#xA0;</li>
<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;">Send an invoice with the following:&#xA0;</li>
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<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Dated within 180 days of your application.&#xA0;</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Your name and contact information, including billing and shipping address. Make sure it matches all the information in your Amazon Seller account.&#xA0;</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Contact information, including name, address, email, and work phone for the manufacturer, sales rep for the brand, or supplier.&#xA0;</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Itemized list of at least 10 items that have been paid for.&#xA0;</li>
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<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;">Submit product photos that you took (not stock photos) with the following:&#xA0;</li>
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<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Name of the manufacturer or brand.</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Product number (either UPC or EAN).&#xA0;</li>
<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">All 6 sides of the packaging so it&#x2019;s clearly displayed and easily legible.&#xA0;</li>
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<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;">Submit additional documentation that must be one of the following options:&#xA0;</li>
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<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Finished product Certificate of Analysis (COA). It must be issued by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited lab plus an ISO certificate with accreditation body and number.&#xA0;</li>
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A finished product Certificate of Analysis (COA) from a laboratory that is compliant with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP). This includes a valid GMP certificate of the manufacturing facility. Amazon accepts GMP certificates from the following third-party programs: NSF, GRMA, UL GMP, USP GMP, Eurofins, SAI Global, SGS, Intertek, TGA, and SSCI.
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<li aria-level="2" style="font-weight: 400;">Evidence of Product/ASIN enrollment in one of the following third-party quality certification programs: NSF/ANSI 173 Product Certification, NSF Certified for Sport, BSCG Certified Drug Free, Informed-Choice/Informed-Sport Program, USP Dietary Supplement Verification Program, or UL Brand Certification Program.</li>
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How To Get Ungated On Amazon

In some cases Amazon may restrict you from selling dietary supplements or require you obtain approval before listing in certain categories. One of the requirements may be to obtain a certificate of analysis (COA). An overview. A document attesting th

In some cases Amazon may restrict you from selling dietary supplements or require you obtain approval before listing in certain categories.
One of the requirements may be to obtain a certificate of analysis (COA)
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An overview
A document attesting that specific goods have undergone specified testing with specified results. In international trade, is usually the result of an agreement between the seller and the buyer, or a requirement of one of their governments.
The certificate of analysis is mostly used for food products, wines and spirits, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. T
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his certificate can be issued by a certification authority&#xA0; or at the manufacturer&apos;s laboratories.&#xA0; Usually the analysis is done on samples representing a certain percentage of the total of the goods sold.
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Obtaining a COA
While a request for a Certificate of Analysis is routine within the Amazon Marketplace it is not a standard practice for distributors, wholesalers or merchants to have on file for every SKU they sell. To complicate matters even further, the brand itself may not have a certificate of analysis on file and the results of the analysis may not even make any mention of the specific brand.
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Collecting a COA may be a painstaking process for an Amazon Marketplace Reseller. Under the circumstances, the reseller should find an alternative to providing this kind of documentation. If no alternative exists, here&apos;s what you can do:
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1. Contact the brand. Reach out to the brand directly and ask them if they have one on file.
2. If the brand doesn&apos;t carry one on file, ask if they can refer you to the lab that performed the analysis. The lab may keep an open database of certificates which you can then download and submit to Amazon.
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GreenDropShip supports Amazon Sellers. However, when it comes to providing a COA, it is not within the practice of distributors to have one on file. This is a standard that is unique to the Amazon marketplace. Sellers should ensure that they are in compliance with Amazon COA requirements and part of the compliance measures may mean having to research the laboratory for the brand in which they must offer documentation.

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