Amazon is holding $17,000 of my earnings. I need $1,600 to keep my case alive

Hi everyone,

My name is Nuzhat Shazad. I’ve been working as a small Amazon seller for the past few years. I built everything slowly — packing orders myself, dealing with customers, and trying to make an honest living.

A few months ago, something terrible happened. Amazon froze $17,000 of my earnings from orders that were already delivered to customers. I didn’t break any law or take anyone’s money — this is money I actually earned.

I followed Amazon’s process and filed an arbitration to fight for my funds. I even paid the initial filing fees. But now my case is suspended because I can’t afford the $1,600 arbitrator fee. If I don’t pay it before the deadline, the case will be closed, and I’ll lose every chance to get my money back.

For Amazon, $1,600 is nothing. But for me, it’s everything. I’ve worked so hard for that $17,000. I’m running a GoFundMe campaign to try and raise this amount. If anyone can help — even a small amount — or just share my campaign, it could keep my case alive.

I can provide proof of the suspension notice and case documents** if anyone wants to verify
Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-pay-the-arbitration-fee

Even if you can’t donate, your advice or signal-boosting would mean the world to me. Thank you for reading my story.

Hello @nuzhatshah-909,

thank you for joining the forum. I am sorry to hear that your Seller Account has been deactivated.

What was the reason for the deactivation they gave you? Could you share her all correspondence received?

Regarding the arbitration, have you used a lawyer? The must have informed you that the whole arbitration will cost about $30,000-$50,000 and even if you receive the withheld funds back, it is unlikely you will see any of the funds back.

Please note that pursuing or threatening any kind of litigation without having money is a very bad idea.

I can freely help you with appealing the deactivation. But I need to see all the correspondence.

thanks for sharing this information.

I almost gave up on my account because my Amazon account get deactivated 5 month ago. Then I got into touch with someone who managed to get it fully activated in just five days, my earnings was released and I get my fund withdraw and everything started working again.