Recently, getting news from the supply chain, Amazon began restricting sales of charging treasures from April 25.
According to the contents of the shots, The whole category of charging treasures is to limit the scope of sales, and the reason for restricting sales is that 'a lot of security accidents occurred before charging treasure'.
In addition, according to Amazon operations personnel, the current sales restriction policy is only for charging treasures with lithium batteries, and has no effect on other charging accessories.
Through the query, we found more information about Amazon's offline charging treasure:
From the dialogue between the seller and the operator, we can see that The event was banned charging treasure Amazon enforcement official platform for all mobile power that category.
Before the implementation of the ban, Amazon’s official did not communicate and negotiate with the seller. It was unilaterally forced to go offline. Amazon’s operating personnel also said that this was a sudden incident.
With regard to the banned sellers, Amazon has not given a corresponding solution for the time being.
A netizen claiming to be an American seller claimed that it had received a notification from Amazon that all charging treasurers that had not provided UL2056 certification before May 25th were all forbidden.
With respect to the security of Amazon's mobile power supply, in March this year, Amazon recalled a mobile charging treasure of its own basicms brand, totaling 260,000 units.
The main reason is that in the U.S., Amazon has received more than 50 reports of overheating of the charging treasure. It believes that the product has a security risk. This is also the fuse for the charge-lock sales event.
About UL2056
UL2056 is the world's first standard for mobile power, designed to protect consumers from personal and property damage caused by dangerous accidents such as mobile power fires and explosions, while helping manufacturers reduce costly product recycling and brand acceptance. Loss risk.
The UL2056 certification fee varies from product to product. Charging head nets learned through consultation with industry insiders that the certification fee for a single mobile power source is approximately 100,000 RMB. In the latter period, it will also have to pay 2 to 30,000 maintenance fees each year.
Certification projects and processes are also complex, so under normal circumstances, the certification period is about one year.
In addition, Through inquiry, it is known that Amazon currently has a series of shelves and chargers for mobile phone/laptop batteries and chargers. The products must obtain the corresponding UL certification qualification to be on the shelves.
As the problem of charging treasures gradually exposed, Amazon has realized many potential safety hazards. Forced despatch processing, although somewhat violent and impersonal, is also aimed at formulating a more complete regulatory system. This is good news for consumers. .
What do you think about Amazon’s forced offloading of treasure incidents?