Search only when you need a block
Start searching with a clear booking goal. Pause as soon as you have the work you need, or when you are no longer available. Avoid leaving searching enabled without a reason.
Watch the tutorial ↗Best practices for FlexShark
Keep searches intentional, bookings practical and account decisions informed. Build these checks into your routine.
Pause searching before you start delivering
Do not run the bot while delivering a block. Pause before pickup and keep searching off throughout the delivery. Focus on the block you have accepted and avoid new commitments you cannot review. Never change settings while driving.
Use Stop bot on Dashboard to pause searching. Restart only when you have finished delivering, are safely parked and are ready to review another booking.
Understand the account risk
Amazon actively works to remove bots. Third-party automation can lead to warnings, restrictions or account deactivation. No schedule, mode or device count guarantees avoiding detection. These practices help you manage your settings and commitments; they do not establish permission to use automation.
Daily habits
Keep control of your searches
Use Single block mode
In Settings, enable Single block mode when you want one booking. This stops automation after one successful booking. Check the accepted block and confirm searching has stopped before leaving the dashboard.
Accept blocks you intend to deliver
Choose realistic stations, pay, duration and block start times. Avoid repeatedly accepting and forfeiting unsuitable blocks; refine your filters instead. Allow enough time for travel to the pickup station.
Watch the tutorial ↗Use one automation service at a time
Avoid running multiple tools against the same account. Competing tools can make bookings, session problems and setting changes harder to understand. Using one tool does not guarantee protection from Amazon account action.
Review auto-forfeit before searching
Check this setting for each upcoming block. Enable it only when you understand and intend the automatic cancellation behaviour. Verify the final setting, especially for a block you want to keep.
Watch the tutorial ↗Confirm bookings and notifications
Review Calendar and the official Amazon Flex app after a booking. Confirm the date, station and start time. Keep notifications working, but do not rely on a notification alone to confirm a booking or cancellation.
Watch the tutorial ↗Search planning
Choose a routine for your own market
Monday to Friday
Enable searching only when you are looking for a block. Once you have a suitable booking, pause immediately or confirm that Single block mode has stopped the search. Review your existing commitments before searching again.
Weekend planning example
If you use Friday 2:00 pm to Sunday 7:00 pm as your planning window, choose smaller search periods within it. Do not treat the entire window as an instruction to run continuously, and pause while delivering.
This is a planning example, not a verified universal release window. Offer timing and availability vary by market and demand. Compare your own recent results before choosing hours.
Separate search hours from block times
Schedule controls when FlexShark searches. Filters control which block days and start times it may accept. A Friday search can find a future Saturday block; disabling Saturday searches alone does not exclude Saturday deliveries.
Watch filters versus schedules ↗Check your account timezone and allow for daylight-saving changes. Save your schedule, then verify the global search switch. Review Amazon Flex Australia’s official FAQ ↗ for current booking and cancellation guidance; other regions may have different requirements.
When something changes
Respond to challenges and account notices
If you see a CAPTCHA
Pause FlexShark searching. Use the official Amazon Flex app and follow Amazon’s verification instructions. Do not repeatedly restart automation or try to bypass a challenge.
Keep automation paused while challenges or booking restrictions persist. Confirm you can use the official app normally before considering any further use. A successful manual booking does not prove automation is permitted or undetectable.
There is no verified fixed 48-hour reset. Follow account-specific instructions and contact Amazon support if the issue continues.
If Amazon sends an account warning
Stop automation and read the notice carefully. Use Amazon’s official support or appeal process where available. Do not assume changing schedules, removing devices or reconnecting an account will resolve a policy warning.
If searches or bookings fail
Check account connection, active filters, scheduled hours, payment access and unpaid invoices. Review the recorded reason in Block History before changing several settings at once.
For FlexShark support, include the approximate time, timezone and error message. Never share passwords, verification codes or the full Amazon redirected login URL.
Get help →Account security
Review old or unwanted Amazon devices
Device cleanup is account housekeeping. It is not a method of preventing bot detection, and this guide does not establish a three-device limit.
- Open Amazon Manage Your Devices ↗ for an Australian account. Use your local Amazon account settings for another region.
- Sign in directly on Amazon. Review the Devices list, including the Amazon shopping section if shown.
- Identify devices you recognise and still use. Deregister only devices that are obsolete, unwanted or unfamiliar; removing a device may sign it out.
- If a device is unfamiliar, review your account security, change your password if needed and enable two-step verification.
- If cleanup invalidates the FlexShark connection, pause searching and reconnect through the Amazon account-linking flow. Confirm readiness before restarting; contact support if a device-registration error remains.
Before you leave the dashboard
A quick final check
Do I need more work?
If you already have the blocks you need, keep searching paused. Confirm Single block mode when you only want one new booking.
Can I complete the next block?
Check travel time, existing deliveries, personal commitments and rest. Tighten filters before accepting work you may need to cancel.
Are my settings still correct?
Review enabled filters, block days and times, search hours, account timezone and individual auto-forfeit settings. Change one rule at a time so you can understand its effect.