Category: Guides & Services
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What is Postponed VAT Accounting for UK Amazon Sellers?
Many Amazon sellers are reaching out to me asking for help with Postponed VAT Accounting for their businesses. This article outlines the most important information about the scheme, who can use it, and how to fill in your customs declaration and VAT Return. How does postponed VAT accounting work? After the UK officially left the…
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The Complete Guide to Completing Safety Data Sheets on Amazon
If you’re an Amazon seller, you know how important it is to prioritize customer safety. One crucial aspect of ensuring safety is properly completing Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for your products. These documents contain vital information about the potential hazards and handling procedures associated with the substances or mixtures in your products. In this blog…
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How to recover your Amazon Seller Account when Two Step Verification Fails
As you know, Amazon now requires all third party sellers to implement two step verification in order to access their Seller Accounts. Many sellers are reaching out to me and seeking help with regaining access to their accounts when they are unable to perform two step verification. This may happen when a seller loses their…
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Amazon FBA Online Arbitrage Business Model Explained
Online arbitrage (OA) is a popular business model that involves buying products from one online store and selling them on another for a profit. While it can be a profitable venture, there are several challenges that new OA sellers may face. In this post, we’ll discuss common problems and solutions for online arbitrage, including managing…
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Everything you wanted to know about Amazon Seller Account charge method requirements!
Suspensions due to invalid charge method on file are one of the most common reasons why Amazon Seller Accounts are getting deactivated. There is so much incorrect information on the internet, especially on the Amazon Seller Forums that sellers often struggle understanding how to properly manage their charge method. This article will address everything you…
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Essential tips for sourcing your Amazon products
Product sourcing for Amazon refers to the process of finding and acquiring products to sell on the Amazon marketplace. This can include identifying products that are in demand, negotiating with suppliers to obtain competitive pricing, and ensuring the products meet Amazon’s quality standards. As an Amazon seller, sourcing products is a crucial aspect of building…
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What does it mean when Amazon is requesting a video call Seller Identity Verification?
Amazon may require video call verification for sellers as part of their seller verification process. This process is designed to help ensure that sellers are legitimate and to prevent fraud. During the video call verification process, a representative from Amazon may ask the seller to provide identification documents, answer questions about their business, and provide…
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How to enroll into Amazon B2B?
Amazon Business is a B2B version of Amazon’s ecommerce platform. It is geared towards business customers who are looking for features like multiple users on one account, additional payment and credit options, and the usual Amazon benefits of low prices, wide selection and fast delivery. Amazon Business takes a simpler approach – creating a business-friendly…
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How can I upload the LUCID identification number on Amazon?
With a population over 80 Million and one of strongest economies worldwide, Germany is a lucrative market for many Amazon sellers! Many are thinking about expanding their business to sell on Amazon Germany. But apart from the promising market opportunities, there are also many barriers to great sales success. Germany is not only known for…
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Understanding FBA Reimbursements and Reversals
As a third party seller operating a FBA business on Amazon’s platform, you will be dealing with reimbursements and reversals. These charges occur when Amazon either loses or damages some of your units and determines that you are owned a compensation or when they manage to retrieve inventory for which you were previously erroneously reimbursed…
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Handling Customer Product Condition Authenticity Complaints on Amazon
If you received a notification from Amazon informing you that one of your ASINs is subject to a customer condition complaint, this article will guide you through the appeal process. Don’t worry, receiving a Policy Warning like this doesn’t necessarily mean that your buyer actually received his order counterfeit or that you sold fake items.…
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How to properly package your items for Amazon FBA?
Unfortunately for sellers, it’s not just a question of packing your items into any box you have lying around and sending it off to Amazon. Amazon has some specific packaging requirements for their FBA clients. It may seem onerous at first but when you think about the below, it’s really just common sense: Poorly packaged…
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A-Z Claim Guide Thread – Appeal Templates for A-Z Claims
As everyone knows, I really like sharing my experience and knowledge with selling on the Amazon platform gained after years of successfully trading here since high school (across all international Amazon marketplaces) and this guide thread should help all sellers who struggle with representing their case properly in cases when the buyer decides to open…
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Try Seller Union’s new Artificial Intelligence tool for Amazon Sellers
Recently, our team of talented software developers launched a new tool, which will help you generate 100% unique content for your business, entirely created by artificial intelligence! You can find it by clicking on the ”AI” button on the upper right menu on our website. Currently, our artificial intelligence offers you the option to generate…
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What to do when Amazon suspends your ability to create new FBA shipments?
If you are an Amazon Seller engaging in the Fulfilled by Amazon business model, you must have already encountered some inbound alerts. These alerts are typically sent once one of your shipments fails to comply with Amazon’s guidelines. But did you know that problems with FBA shipments can sometimes cause your shipment creation privileges to…
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How to reconcile invoices in Xero with incoming deposits from the sales channel
Once you have sent a settlement to Xero you will be able to reconcile the settlement against the disbursement Amazon, eBay, Shopify or Etsy will have paid out to your bank account. If you need guidance on how to send your settlements to Xero from Link My books read this help article. The good thing…
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How to reconcile foreign currency settlements through Xero
Reconciling foreign currency settlements against their local currency amounts in Xero differs depending on whether you use Amazon currency conversion tool or not. If you have entered your GBP bank account as the deposit account for all your Amazon funds, including those in EUR, USD and CAD, then Amazon will use their Amazon Currency Conversion…
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How to Remove Unwanted Seller Feedback Ratings on Amazon
Several years ago, Amazon completely changed their Feedback Removal Guidelines, making it nearly impossible to get any unwarranted ratings negatively impacting your standing on their platform removed. Seller Feedback Ratings for FBM (Fulfilled by Merchant) orders will get removed only if the entire comment constitutes a product review, contains obscene language or seller-specific personally identifiable…
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How to Comply with Responsible Person for CE-marked Products Requirement
If you are a third party Amazon Seller based in the UK and doing business across the company’s European marketplaces, you are already aware that since June 2021, CE-marked products require a Responsible Person and are otherwise being blocked from EU-bound FBA shipments. This is the case, because some product categories in the European Union…
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How to update your return authorization address on Amazon
To ensure you don’t miss notifications on customer return requests that need your manual authorisation, update your email address in Seller Central now. Authorising manual return requests within 24 hours improves customer satisfaction and reduces A-to-z claims which could negatively impact your account health. To update your email address: 1. Go to Notification Preferences under Settings…
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Correcting hijacked product images on Amazon
The problem of having the product images of your listings suddenly changed is a common issue impacting Amazon Sellers. Listing hijackers are behind it. In this article, you will learn how to handle the matter. Typically, Amazon listing hijackers will choose well-established listings with many Product Reviews, which are temporarily out of stock. However, sometimes…
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Retrieving reimbursements for warehouse damaged and lost Amazon FBA Inventory
Amazon FBA can help you grow your business on Amazon by giving you access to Amazon’s world-class fulfillment network and expertise. When it comes to inventory reimbursement, FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) has you covered. If your inventory is lost or damaged while in Amazon’s fulfillment center, you may be eligible for a reimbursement. Firstly, here…
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Looking for the perfect Amazon reimbursement software? Try Refund Sniper
[whohit]Looking for the perfect Amazon reimbursement software? Try Refund Sniper[/whohit]As everyone knows, Amazon is an infinite marketplace for the purchase and sale of products. They handle and process an immense quantity of goods and money, every single day. Unsurprisingly, the potential for loss of merchandise is great. FBA sellers are providing Amazon with much of the merchandise for sale, and as…