Amazon removes RavPower, a popular phone battery and charger brand

Amazon has confirmed that RavPower, a popular phone battery and charger brand, has been removed from the company’s store shortly after Aukey and Mpow were removed. Earlier in the month, the first gadget went missing from the shortlist which raised questions amongst customers. The company itself has taken the responsibility for removing the listings.

It is not surprising at all after The Wall Street Journal’s Nicole Nguyen published a story about how she received a gift card offering her a flat $35 discount on the RavPower charger she purchased in exchange for a review. The in-exchange review is against Amazon’s policy.

Following my fake review story, listings for Amazon-native electronics brand RAVPower are gone.

The company offered $35 gift cards for reviews on a product that was sold directly by Amazon itself. RAVPower acted as a wholesale vendor on that listing.https://t.co/6nazZZ5Wtb pic.twitter.com/znp9u48YHV

— nicole nguyen (@nicnguyen) June 16, 2021

The existing links to the charger brand either lead to Amazon’s “sorry we couldn’t find that page” or listings that state “currently unavailable.” Notably, Aukey and Mpow have listings on some pages (currently unavailable), but RavPower has none.

Also, RavPower has its own online shop that is high-ranking in Google search, which doesn’t make it fully dependent on Amazon.

Earlier, Amazon had not acknowledged if it removed Aukey and Mpow but gave a general idea that it had a provision to suspend sellers who violate the integrity of its store. The company later confirmed the removals to The Verge.