Guides hub
The complete BeforeYouStock library: 22 dated gate pages, the hub list, and the guides that deal with the mistakes and the services.
The tool
Pick a category and a selling model; get the new-account verdict, the documents, and the cost floor.
The list
Every category and product type that requires approval, with its day-one verdict.
Guide
Bought stock for a gated Amazon category before checking approval? The four real options — apply properly, sell it on an open door, return or wholesale it, or season the account first — with the math for each.
Guide
Amazon restricts merchant-fulfilled toy selling in Q4. What the holiday gate is, who it hits, the CPC paperwork underneath it, and the calendar a new seller should actually run.
Guide
Ungating services charge $200–$350 per category and need your account to work. What they can do, what they cannot, the buried FAQ sentence that matters, and when (if ever) paying makes sense.
Guide
The open categories that season a new Amazon account — used books, pet supplies, automotive basics and more — why history is the real currency, and how the ladder leads to the gated categories.
Category gate
Do you need approval to sell supplements on Amazon?
Product type gate
Can I sell protein powder on Amazon as a new seller?
Product type gate
Do you need approval to sell vitamins on Amazon?
Category gate
Do you need approval to sell pet supplies on Amazon?
Category gate
Do you need approval to sell beauty products on Amazon?
Product type gate
Can I sell skincare on Amazon as a new seller?
Product type gate
Can I sell baby feeding products and baby skincare on Amazon?
Category gate
Do you need approval to sell OTC medication on Amazon?
Category gate
Do you need approval to sell automotive parts on Amazon?
Category gate
Do you need approval to sell collectible coins on Amazon?
Product type gate
Do you need approval to sell candles on Amazon?
Product type gate
Do you need approval to sell phone chargers and wireless accessories on Amazon?
The checker gives you the gate. The Amazon Entry Kit gives you the paperwork: the per-category document checklists for all 22 gates on this site, the invoice-readiness worksheet, the starter ladder plan, the application-order playbook, and the rejection-recovery steps for when Amazon says no the first time.
Included in the $39 Amazon Entry Kit