We watched what sellers on the Russian market actually say, took notes, and collected here as much as we could verify. Every article lists the sources it rests on.
From account setup to customs, commission and the payout floor — what Turkish sellers and the Ozon Global Türkiye team say, contradictions included.
From seller videos and Ozon's own webinars: why the first reviews decide a card, how points-for-reviews works, and how sellers answer negatives.
Legal form, tax regime, the VAT threshold and the marketplace report, as sellers describe them. Not tax advice; rates and thresholds change.
As sellers tell it: where suppliers are found, how they are vetted on 1688, how long cargo takes, and which cost lines get forgotten.
Eight Russian-language videos on trafarety, top placement, search promotion and Ozon promos: what works, what burns budget, where sellers disagree.
Six Russian-speaking sellers on registration, the decisions before the first shipment, realistic starting capital, and how long first sales take.
Eleven Russian seller videos on high season: when the peaks fall, how far ahead stock ships, where acceptance and slots jam, and what follows the peak.
What sellers read on a rival's card, how the price index squeezes them, how they spot dumping: methods and contradictions from 18 Russian videos.
What nine Russian seller videos actually say about choosing an Ozon niche and first product: which screens, which thresholds, which red flags.
Where buyer questions land, what a good answer looks like, how disputes escalate and what sellers say about Ozon support.
Sellers in their own words: no refusal-letter shortcut in electronics, one return costs dearly, and the margin flatters while capital turns slowly.
What Ozon's content rating is built from, how the media, attribute and description blocks score, and where the seller sources contradict each other.
Who pays for each return type, where returned stock goes, how sellers claim for lost or swapped goods, and the deadlines that decide it.
Russian sellers in their own words: why apparel buyout rates are low, where the size chart belongs, how returns erode margin and how seasons freeze cash.
From seller videos and two official Ozon materials: the job of the first frame, the 8-second video cover, infographic limits, and what was measured.
Volumetric weight, free storage windows, paid acceptance, the oversize ladder and average delivery time — the mechanics sellers describe, with dated figures.
As sellers tell it: what blocks a card or an account, what the fines cost, when documents are demanded, and how to stay inside the rules.
Commission, logistics, acquiring, returns, advertising and tax: the cost lines sellers describe, the order they come off, and the mistakes they report.
As sellers tell it: how they build the title, which fields the keywords count in, the tools they use, and what they call myth.
As sellers describe it: what each item is wrapped in, what goes on the label, which lines cost money at acceptance, which mistakes lose stock.
As Ozon sellers describe it: who stores and ships under each scheme, where the cost piles up, and which goods belong where.