Dave dives into Amazon&#x27;s updated policies that threaten sellers&#x27; credit card points and cash flow, including changes to DD7 payment terms. He shares tips on how to stay afloat amidst these challenges like getting a line of credit, and possibly using DDP shipping to get favorable terms for your next order of inventory. Key Topics How Amazon&#x27;s new policies on ad payments and DD7 impact cash flow How you can increase credit limits and ad spending thresholds Why you should apply for lines of credit and negotiate payment terms with suppliers Tactical steps to optimize cash flow, including invoice payments and DDP shipping advantages The ongoing black market for seeded Amazon accounts tied to fraud schemes The importance of preserving cash flow for business sustainability Timestamps 00:00 - Amazon&#x27;s new policies threatening seller cash flow 00:57 - The potential rollout of restricted credit card payments for ads 3:10 - Comparing Google/Facebook policies to Amazon&#x27;s upcoming changes 4:09 - The glimmer of hope: Amazon offering alternative payments 6:29 - Why ad spend is important for Amazon&#x27;s shareholders 6:56 - Why a decrease in ad spend could influence policy adjustments 7:56 - The role of invoice payments as a temporary cash flow solution 8:24 - How to request credit limit increases and their benefits 12:45 - The challenges faced with DD7 14:06 - Why Amazon pushed for DD7 16:02 - Fraud on Amazon Resources &amp; Links: Quiet Light Brokerage

E639: Maybe Credit Card Points AREN'T Going Away?

The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast

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**Podcast:** The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast

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What's up everyone? So we are about to hit cash flow hell in the world of eCommerce. The biggest cash flow burden that we've all faced over the last year or so has been the tariffs. So tariffs, you have to pay upfront. That's not great for cash flow. And then if you're an Amazon seller, last month, Amazon rolled out DD7 shipping reserves.

And then last week, we all got, well, I shouldn't say we, many sellers got notification that Amazon was going to stop allowing credit cards to be used for advertising. Now there is a big caveat there and maybe a glimmer of hope that I'll get to once we get into the pod. But in today's episode, I'm going to give you some real actionable things that you can do to avoid cash flow catastrophe.

Welcome to the Ecomcrew Podcast. Podcast that for nearly 10 years has been devoted to helping you to develop, launch and sell better D2C products for Amazon and beyond.

You probably have a couple of good ideas storming in your head right now for your next business. Maybe you finally want to launch a software tool now that Claude Code has offered to be your full-time developer for 20 bucks a month. Maybe you're saying screw it to digital life and you want to go up at a hostel in Bali. Who knows, but very few of us entrepreneurs ever do one business for our entire life. So if you're thinking that maybe now is the time to sell your business and move on to the next thing, well, the guys at Quiet Light can help.

I've sold businesses through Quiet Light Brokerage brokerage over the last several years and worked with multiple brokers there. And I can tell you sincerely that every broker at Quiet Light Brokerage is incredible. The brokers at Quiet Light Brokerage are not your stuffy bank types. They're all meat and potato operators like you and I. So if you're thinking about exiting your business, go to Quiet Light Brokerage.com and get a free confidential valuation.

All right. By this point, you have probably heard the news that Amazon was sending out emails to some, some sellers that they are stopping credit card payments for advertising. Now, this would be a massive blow to every credit card point hacker in the universe, or at least in the universe that also sells on Amazon.

So Amazon ad spend being put on your credit card has been a massive coup for accumulating a ton of credit card points, especially for Americans or people who kind of hack the system or pretend that they're American. So if you're listening and you're American, there's a good chance that you have either a Chase card or an Amex gold card, which is more or less allowing you to rack up points on your ad spend and also get four times multiplier on that credit card spend.

Now, I said Amazon sent that email to some sellers. Now, here's the really weird thing. Almost all sellers that I have talked to have not received notification about this new policy. Now, I am knocking on this very ...

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