Dropshipping is not banned. Having someone else’s name on the packing slip is.
Amazon permits dropshipping only if you are the seller of record on all packing slips and documentation. So the appeal turns on paperwork and on who ships. Show that your details appear as seller of record, and confirm you have ended any arrangement where another retailer ships directly to your customers.
Amazon permits dropshipping only if you are the seller of record on all packing slips and documentation. That is the whole test, and it is why the appeal is a paperwork appeal rather than a business-model defence.
A supplier who ships on your behalf, under your name, with your details on the slip, is a fulfilment arrangement. A retailer who ships their own parcel to your customer is not.
Sellers in this position often want to argue that the customer was served well and the item arrived on time. That is not the issue Amazon raised, and answering a different question is how an attempt gets spent for nothing.
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