Be prepared. 
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Iâm prepared.
I have snacks and we just got more labels for the shipping printer.
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Whew!
We will have time for taxes âŠ
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Amazon is dropping for us, but all of the other platforms are doing great, so overall, I think weâre actually up.
But I think that for this to really affect Amazon, you would need to boycott not only the things listed, but also anything using AWS; which I think is a large number of the better known streaming services.
Ainât gonna happen.
This boycott will hurt us small sellers a lot more than it will Amazon or its shareholders.
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âŠNo Battery
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They are having their own little troubles on that side of the business. Might not be public knowledge.
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Only article I could find directly addressing Amazon, but it looks like the blackout was a non-event (as expected).
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A nearly 30 day boycott wonât work for people who have 3-12 packages show up a day. Not sure I would worry too much about this one
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I got a few orders on the 28th which is more than I got on the 1âst so the blackout did not work on me.
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Breitbart - not the most reliable news source.
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Some would agree with you. People who read it for news probably wouldnât.
Say rather that itâs a site likely to downplay, condemn, or deride any sort of social justice initiatives, regardless of their intent or efficacy.
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Hereâs Forbes, a Chinese-owned magazine, saying the same thing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kirimasters/2025/03/02/amazon-defies-economic-blackout-as-sales-climb-during-boycott/
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There are also articles from USA Today and Newsweek.
This story got / is getting coverage, it just isnât making the big headlines because it isnât making a huge impact.
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I think this new, longer, Amazon-specific boycott will have zero effect on Amz sellers; itâs not getting the national media attention that the 1-day general boycott did. In fact, this forum is the only place Iâve seen any mention at all of a boycott thatâs longer than one week. Even the previously-mentioned 1-week Amazon boycott, starting on the 7th, isnât getting much coverage at all. The media has moved on, and so have shoppers.
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I think the national media coverage is beside the point.
Occasional Amazon shoppers are irrelevant to Amazon. To make any kind of noteworthy impact, itâs the consistent shoppers, the Prime members, who would need to sustain an Amazon bloackout, and to do that they would need to change their shopping habits significantly. There is no indication that there is any appetite from consumers to actually consume less (as opposed to just shopping somewhere else, or not shopping for a day and then buying the same things later) and therefore e-commerce platforms, regardless of what you may think about them, are gonna be fine.
As for the sellers who rely on these platforms, the results may be more hit-or-miss, as some products and business models may find themselves more impacted than others. Big picture, though, I donât see this going anywhere. Americans are shopaholics and will continue to shop, and so the companies that cater to them will do OK.
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If a boycott is successful, it is news.And its proponents will use any method they can to proclaim success. We know about some successful consumer actions in the recent past.
When it is unsuccessful, most of the publicity is from sources aligned with the opponents, so we know the lesser amount of publicity associated with the results means that lying is unnecessary. The opponents are rarely as organized and motivated as the proponents.
So national media coverage IS still worth considering.
Boycotts rarely succeed when they are seeking a result which is not in line with polling data on the issues they are based on. Recent polls on controversial issues are not in conflict as much as pre-election polls were.
If we believe Jeff Bezos believes in polls, Amazon is not at risk for a significant loss of revenue based on these issues, at this time.
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Well said. This isnât one of the normal 90/10 issues. Probably closer to 65/35 but itâs not in favor of the cause.
Furthemore, people are too lazy to give up their Amazon drugâŠ
Product is too cheap, and too damn convievent.
It meant nothing on Friday and it will mean less spread over 24 daysâŠ
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Iâm ahead of the timeline. Been boycotting Amazon for monthsâŠ
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In the âfor what itâs worthâ department, since we were headed off on a real vacation this year I shut all my sites down, including not allowing sales on eBay since I didnât want to have to come back and start shipping again tomorrow morning if any orders came in. As a result, no loss due to the âboycottâ so far.
My last Amazon order shipped on 2/17 so that I didnât have to worry about any âpendingâ stuff.
I came off of the Amazon vacation setting at about 2pm when we stopped to eat on the way home. Airline âfoodâ does NOT qualify as âfoodâ.
I got an order in less than an hour and have several more sitting here. They have to ship FRIDAY with my 2 day handling time.
The question always comes up about how long it takes to get orders after you go into vacation mode.
From my experience that can vary widely for sellers but I have NEVER had a delay of more than a few hours before sales show up. In this case, there are 7 sellers and I am NOT the âFeatured Offerâ despite being the lowest price (seems everyone raised prices while I was gone). Also it is not a spectacularly popular item.
My guess is that it depends on:
- how much demand there is
- how competitive the price is,
- and (conspiracy theory time) does Amazon âlikeâ certain sellers enough to toss them a bone at times.
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We here at the SFTAOTMRADS ("Society For The Advancement Of The Mighty Rutabaga And Delectable SpamÂź) have recognized that being the case for years - nay, decades - but for some inexplicable reason the three of us (me, myself, and I) have failed to make much headway in getting airlines to abandon the practice of serving up stale nuts, thrice-warmed hash, powdered eggs, & related tripe, and then calling it a day.
Nevertheless, we I keep butting a flinty noggin against the wall of corporate obstinacy, because Dum Spiro Spero.
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