Amazon's follow-up sales may lead to affiliated stores. Amazon's affiliated stores refer to two or more stores that are linked together by Amazon, and Amazon will consider these stores to belong to the same seller. If a store is judged to be in violation by Amazon, then other affiliated stores may also be punished. Amazon will determine whether a store is affiliated based on various factors, including store name, address, phone number, email address, bank account information, etc. If two stores have too many similarities, then Amazon is likely to associate them together.