Quick Tip: Moving to the New Forum Experience
Hello,
The rollout of the New Seller Forums Experience will begin tonight and sellers will be gradually migrated over the next 7 days. We will post a series of Quick Tips to help you with this.
The first one is setting up your new forum account.
The business name that is currently found in your seller central account (under the global accounts tab) will be displayed on your profile page in the new forums experience. All forum members will be able to see the name of your business on your forums profile page in the new forums experience.
To provide the most choice and flexibility to you, when you migrate to the New Seller Forums Experience, you have the option of whether or not to tie your old posts to your display name. You can either:
A. Start fresh. Create a new forums display name. Your previous posts will remain associated to your previous display name and not associated with your business name in your new forums profile, and your old display name cannot be used by any other forums member. You will start the new forums without any post history.
B. Roll everything over. Keep your current display name and all previous posts. Your forums history and statistics will be associated with your display name in the new Seller Forums experience.
The first time you access the new seller forums, a pop up will display, providing you the two options.
Quick Tip: Moving to the New Forum Experience
Hello,
The rollout of the New Seller Forums Experience will begin tonight and sellers will be gradually migrated over the next 7 days. We will post a series of Quick Tips to help you with this.
The first one is setting up your new forum account.
The business name that is currently found in your seller central account (under the global accounts tab) will be displayed on your profile page in the new forums experience. All forum members will be able to see the name of your business on your forums profile page in the new forums experience.
To provide the most choice and flexibility to you, when you migrate to the New Seller Forums Experience, you have the option of whether or not to tie your old posts to your display name. You can either:
A. Start fresh. Create a new forums display name. Your previous posts will remain associated to your previous display name and not associated with your business name in your new forums profile, and your old display name cannot be used by any other forums member. You will start the new forums without any post history.
B. Roll everything over. Keep your current display name and all previous posts. Your forums history and statistics will be associated with your display name in the new Seller Forums experience.
The first time you access the new seller forums, a pop up will display, providing you the two options.
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Seller_rGtEcZnu0JTRD
Looks like it will be very quiet on here from tomorrow then with all those who have already declared they will not be joining the new forum, sad day for the forum, and all those people who desperately need help and will now struggle to get it.
End of an era.
Seller_0Amk0hnQkPWMH
How do we opt out of the new forum - or do we just stop going in any more?
Seller_7a38XNzczUOf8
I for one will still be using the forums but more of an observer than a poster. It is a shame you cannot remain anonymous. Seller support are going to be inundated not only with people who will no longer be posting on the forums but also the lack of experience and expertise from those that understand the system.
Those Youtube videos will be heavily relied upon now and Lord knows what that will lead to.
I don’t want my competitors to know about my issues and I don’t want competitors to benefit from knowing my problems.
The forum is like a family and ignorance is bliss but this unveiling will just create prison as opposed to an escape.
Seller_OCPQ5x3o5snzU
So if we log out of here and don’t log in to the new system everything will still have the old details ?
Seller_tRuvBEHDedp4q
I am still a little confused over older posts.
Firstly, I read it that if you create a new profile, you will be able to observe/read forum posts. Only if you then post will people see your business details under the new username.
Anything posted under the old profile will NOT have business name attached (as the account was not claimed so will be anonymised)
If however, you decide to keep old profile, then business details will be attached to old posts as well.
But now im reading it as even if you decide to create new profile - all the old posts will still have business details attached. In which case the only way to stop business details from being attached to posts would be to NOT login to the forum anymore and not select whether you want old profile or new profile.
Please tell me my first thoughts on the way it will work is correct and not the second?
Seller_Yja9oH7DLHk2I
This is a sad day. I agree with most of the other posters. I will now be an observer only.
Mind you, most of my posts are simply moans about Seller Support so I doubt they will be missed.
Seller_VHHjXRfBGam7u
I think it’s very interesting that the experienced members, those who help out other sellers and provide expert advice (key advice that can’t be got from Amazon themselves despite Amazon spending millions on ‘seller support’) have all expressed dissatisfaction at the new forum experience and none of the moderators appear to be taking any notice of any of the feedback and are not responding to any of the negative comments.
It will be a real shame if those experienced helpers dissapear from the forums and a big loss to Amazon
Seller_HbtEgJLFVZHWb
Maybe what we should do is meet up in another place instead: use another forum, and have our series of threads re Amazon there, re-grouped under a specific section of theirs?
But we’d have to find, decide & announce our next meeting place asap this week!
Seller_bjLw0eTdnAAE5
Either, ‘pull up the drawbridge’, or get ‘doxed’ by Amazon?
Is this compliant with GDPR?
Probably one of the most insane decisions Amazon have ever made
Seller_HbtEgJLFVZHWb
(Cont. from my last post):
…For example, what about aa forum like this one:
There are already lots of threads on Amazon (search ‘Amazon’ in search engine):
https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/search/323297/?q=amazon&o=date
It says you can join for free.
Then we’d give a tag name to each thread we start so they all end up in the same place if we search that tag name (eg: “New Amazon seller forum”) - maybe create an Amazon section, if it doesn’t already exist (I don’t have much time right now to go on searching and am not used to many other forums than Amz)…
Or is that a ridiculous idea?
