Tag: Amazon
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Recommendations Before Starting FBA Wholesale Business in the United States
If you are an international seller based outside of the USA, who is interested in doing a so-called FBA arbitrage or wholesale business model in the country, I would like to share with you some tips, which will make the process easier for you. Unlike elsewhere in the world, American suppliers are often reluctant to…
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Read this before you register on the Amazon.AE site
If you are considering to start selling on the Amazon AE marketplace, be careful not to trigger a suspension due to related Seller Accounts. Amazon considers Amazon.ae to be a part of its European region, which means that if you already have an existing EU account, you cannot open one using a different e-mail address.…
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This is Amazon’s Untold Regional Marketplace Division
As new international Amazon marketplaces started emerging once in a few months, starting with Australia and continuing with United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia or Singapore, many third party Amazon sellers struggled with their attempts to expand without risking a suspension due to related accounts. As everyone knows, Amazon allows sellers to operate a single Seller…
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Amazon wants sellers to upload Product Videos into their listings
If you are a third party seller doing business on the Amazon platform, you must have noticed the recent avalanche of e-mails from the company, where they are inviting you to upload Product Videos into listings to increase sales or reach more customers. Product Video, which is a new thing in the Amazon terminology, refers…
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Amazon Europe keeps pushing sellers into VAT Calculation Service
If you are doing business across Amazon’s European marketplaces, you must have noticed the recently introduced Invoice Defect Rate. Despite any failure to comply with the metric currently doesn’t negatively affect seller accounts, it is only a matter of time before it changes. Amazon keeps aggressively e-mailing sellers with alerts over the Invoice Defect Rate…
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Different types of workers at Amazon’s FBA warehouses, according to Reddit
Everyday work routine at Amazon’s FBA warehouses has always been a mystery to most third party sellers. A recent trending post from Reddit reveals the list of Amazon FBA warehouse worker stereotypes, according to the employees themselves. Your FBA inventory may get handled by one of those people, as described in the original post, published…
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Submissions to the Product Assurance Team are getting stuck in the Blacklog
Recently, Amazon started requiring sellers to submit different types of conformity documents for products ranging from jewelry to toys across their European and American marketplaces. Requests for documents can be found under “Product Compliance Requests” within the Account Health page and sellers who fail to address them in a timely manner will find their listings…
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Amazon Transparency is now available in Australia and Japan
The recently launched programme Amazon Transparency, which offers brands a way how to maintain the sale of authentic items on Amazon platform is now available in Japan and Australia marketplaces. What you may not know is that Transparency can also help you: Prevent the sale and shipment of counterfeit products to Amazon customers and beyond.…
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Manage your Amazon advertising in a single dashboard
Amazon recently introduced a new dashboard where its third party sellers can link multiple sponsored ads advertising accounts across UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, or North American accounts for the US, Canada and Mexico. Here you can view the full announcement: ➡️ If you are an Amazon Seller who needs help with any Amazon-related…
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Amazon launches climate-friendly program to promote sustainable products
Amazon announced the launch of a climate-friendly program to help customers shop for sustainable products, as part of its commitment to be net carbon neutral by 2040. Customers will now see products meeting specific requirements with a ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’ label, Amazon said in a statement. Third party sellers are said to be incentivized to…
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Sell Subscription Boxes through Amazon
If you are looking for new ways how to grow your e-commerce business, there is a service called “Amazon Subscription Boxes“. It enables qualified sellers to list, sell, and manage their subscription box products on Amazon.com. Here you can submit your initial application: https://sell.amazon.com/programs/subscription-boxes/apply.html?ref_=sdus_asb_apply_01 The main program benefits include: ➡️ If you are an Amazon…
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Are these the new Feedback removal guidelines for sellers on Amazon?
Having unjustified Seller Feedback removed on Amazon has always been a nightmare for the majority of sellers. While the official published criteria only mention a few applicable cases, communication sent by Amazon Seller Support representatives suggests that there may be some additional “secret” exemptions for removal. Buyer has agreed through the buyer/seller messaging that they…
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Add your name to Athena’s anti-monopoly petition
Athena, which is a broad coalition of local and national organizations representing communities of people connected to Amazon recently started a petition aimed at breaking up its monopoly. Whether you are a third party Amazon Seller or an Amazon employee, your participation may help achieve a positive change. Here you can read the full petition…
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Blocked listings under Holiday Selling Requirements can now be relisted
If you are one of the Amazon sellers who were affected by last year’s Holiday Selling Requirements, you can now relist any listings, which are still in a “Blocked unless FBA” status. There are two available options how listings can be relisted; you either do so manually one by one or using an inventory file.…
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Red wording is being shown on all Amazon orders in the US
Starting late December 2020, all orders received within North American Amazon marketplaces began displaying a red alert with the wording “! Net Proceeds will not include VAT for Marketplace Facilitator order”. Some sellers are reporting that the wording already disappeared while others are still seeing it. Here you can view a screenshot displaying the alerts:…
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Delivery Driver Who Stole Kid’s PS5 Birthday Present Fired By Amazon
Amazon fired an employee who left without delivering one of the countless PlayStation 5 that disappeared on launch day in the UK. The driver was caught in surveillance cameras by Jenni Walker, who bought a PS5 as a birthday present for her son and ended up becoming one of the immense victims of the controversy…
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Amazon covers unhappy shopper‘s $300 vehicle bill after her order went wrong
As you know, Amazon has a reputation of always striving for customer satisfaction, even if it means letting them keep both the item and payment, often out of the third party seller’s pocket, in cases when something goes wrong with the order. Amazon shoppers can hardly tell the difference between purchasing directly from Amazon and…
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Be careful if you think that Playstation 5 will get you easy money
Following the launch of Playstation 5, which became sold out immediately, many e-commerce sellers sadly saw this as a great opportunity how to make money quickly and easily. They purchased numerous units of the long-awaited devices in advance, only to attempt to resell them with a significant profit to desperate parents seeking the perfect Christmas…
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Watch out for post-glitch Amazon with resurrected Blocked Listings
As the Amazon platform is still recovering following yesterday’s Amazon Web Services glitch nightmare, sellers are still reporting various errors occurring within their Seller Accounts. The issues include for example problems with confirming shipments or updated pricing not being reflected on Amazon’s site. However, there is a much more frightening problem of previously deleted Blocked…
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Participate in a new survey by Amazon “About Your Marketing and Advertising Experience“
In a recent wave of surveys by Amazon Corporate, the company is asking their sellers regarding their experience when marketing and advertising on the platform. Make sure to insert your comments, which will be reviewed by Amazon executives and may improve things for everyone. Here you can access the survey (which is by invitation only):…
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Updated Intellectual Property Policy on Amazon
Recently, Amazon made some changes to their policies regarding Intellectual Property, addressing mainly concerns about proper usage of trademarked terms when describing compatible items. Access the updated policy here: https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/G201361070?ref=nslp_at_GNN56ADBKG3STJJW_nslnk_1_G201361070 And here you can view the original announcement: ➡️ If you are an Amazon Seller who needs help with any Amazon-related issues such as suspensions,…
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Amazon’s Holiday Selling Requirements have been just implemented
This year’s Holiday Selling Requirements have been already enforced across all international Amazon marketplaces. If you found your listings for products belonging into the toys and Games category blocked (Blocked Unless FBA), it means that you failed to meet the previously published requirements. Your FBM listings will remain unavailable for purchase from November 2, 2020…
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Participate in a new survey by Amazon “About Your COVID-19 Experience“
In a recent wave of surveys by Amazon Corporate, the company is asking their sellers regarding their experience with trading on the platform during the COVID-19 pandemic. Make sure to insert your comments, which will be reviewed by Amazon executives and may improve things for everyone. My suggestion is to mention that account deactivations due…
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Changes on Seller Central Homepage Navigation Menu
According to the recent e-mail announcement, marked as “Important”, the Seller Central Homepage will relocate two tools. The Brand Analytics report will move from Reports navigation menu to Brands menu. The Brand Dashboard report will move from Performance navigation menu to Brands menu. Here you can view the full notice sent to third party sellers: And second e-mail regarding the matter: ➡️ If you are an Amazon…
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Amazon Advertising apologizes for sending incorrect e-mails to sellers
Earlier this week, I informed you in my article about Amazon Europe sending their sellers spammy e-mails written in Chinese, invitinh them to participate in a survey: It was unclear whether this was intentional, however Amazon now e-mailed sellers with an apology and a request to disregard the erroneously sent communication: ➡️ If you are…
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Participate in Account Deactivation Experience Survey on Amazon
If you are one of the recipients of Amazon’s latest “Selling on Amazon: Account Deactivation Experience Survey“ e-mail, then you must have been shocked after seeing the subject and then relieved when reading the actual content of the message. Amazon is asking all recently suspended and reinstated sellers for their feedback with the appeals process.…
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Amazon Europe sends sellers spammy e-mails in Chinese with invites to participate in a survey
Today, many third party Amazon sellers who are doing business across the European marketplaces received a series of spammy e-mails written solely in Chinese, but sent from official Amazon e-mail addresses, asking them to participate in a survey. You don’t need to worry if you clicked on them, as they are genuine. But the language…
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Changes to shipment confirmation for seller fulfilled orders on Amazon
Amazon recently announced a change affecting shipment confirmation across all their international marketplaces. Beginning 1.Jan 2021, online marketplaces will be responsible for charging and collecting VAT for sales to the UK from overseas sellers to comply with the new VAT regulation announced by the UK government. This update will be made to comply with the…
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You can still submit your Early Black Friday Deals on Amazon Europe
As the Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020 holidays are approaching, many sellers are looking for clever ways to boost their sales. The submission window for Early Black Friday and Black Friday Deals on Amazon Europe is still open. Amazon will be providing marketing across TV, Radio, Social Media campaigns with an audience coverage comparable…
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Make sure to set your shipping costs on Amazon Sweden properly
As already mentioned in my previous article, Amazon finally launched their long awaited Swedish marketplace. While many sellers welcomed the new business opportunity, others woke up to discover unwanted orders which needed to be shipped abroad, with an insufficient Estimated Delivery range and no shipping cost paid. And it looks like Amazon was already overwhelmed…
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Enroll in Automate Pricing using a pre-populated file
Automated Pricing now comes with a new feature which enables users to upload their items into the Seller Central’s repricing tool using a pre-populated file. This file will save you time, only requiring you to enter which rule you would like to apply and your minimum price and maximum price if you did not previously…
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Amazon Sweden is live with orders incoming
The long awaited Amazon.SE marketplace has been finally activated on 28.October with FBM orders instantly being received by sellers. All Estimated Delivery Dates are extremely short by default, so if you haven’t removed your automatically translated listings and opted out of offering them on the platform, you should adjust your General Shipping Settings to prevent…
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Amazon’s updated Communication Guidelines will go into effect on 3.November
The recently announced update of Amazon Communication Guidelines will start being enforced starting 3.November 2020. Amazon now e-mailed its third party sellers to alert them of this happening. Here you can view the full e-mail: ➡️ If you are an Amazon Seller who needs help with any Amazon-related issues such as suspensions, listing blocks or…
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Amazon Prime is sued over Holocaust survivor’s interview in their latest Borat movie
The estate of a recently deceased Holocaust survivor filed a lawsuit to keep her interview out of Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming “Borat” movie, saying she thought the film was a serious documentary. Judith Dim Evans, who passed away this summer, was approached to talk about the Holocaust by the “Borat” creators for what she thought…
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Trump Wants E-Commerce Companies Liable For Counterfeit Sales
President Donald Trump made a push to hold e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon and eBay accountable for counterfeit goods sales through fines and civil penalties, ordering federal law enforcement officials to prepare a legislative proposal to codify that policy. In a memo to the homeland security secretary and the attorney general, the president directed certain federal…
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Amazon releases their COVID-19 statistics, revealing that more than 19,000 workers got infected
Amazon recently released comprehensive data on the spread of the coronavirus among its employees, disclosing that more than 19,000 workers, or 1.44% of the total, contracted the virus. Between 1.March and 19.September 2020 Amazon counted 19,816 presumed or confirmed Covid-19 cases across its roughly 1.37 million Amazon and Whole Foods Market front-line employees in the U.S. The information…
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Transgender man sues Amazon for gender-based harassment and discrimination claiming he was denied a promotion after telling his manager he was pregnant
A transgender man is suing Amazon claiming he was denied a promotion after telling his manager he was pregnant. Shaun Simmons, who works at the Amazon fulfillment center in Princeton, New Jersey, filed a federal lawsuit against the company for pregnancy and gender-based harassment and discrimination. Simmons claims he was harassed by coworkers and denied…
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Amazon Transparency is now available in Australia and Japan
The recently launched programme Amazon Transparency, which offers brands a way how to maintain the sale of authentic items on Amazon platform is now available in Japan and Australia marketplaces. What you may not know is that Transparency can also help you: Prevent the sale and shipment of counterfeit products to Amazon customers and beyond.…
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Amazon releases their COVID-19 statistics, revealing that more than 19,000 workers got infected
Amazon recently released comprehensive data on the spread of the coronavirus among its employees, disclosing that more than 19,000 workers, or 1.44% of the total, contracted the virus. Between 1.March and 19.September 2020 Amazon counted 19,816 presumed or confirmed Covid-19 cases across its roughly 1.37 million Amazon and Whole Foods Market front-line employees in the U.S. The information…
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Hundreds of Amazon parcels spill over road in the UK
An Amazon lorry has crashed on a motorway, causing hundreds of parcels to spill out onto the carriageway. Shocking photos have been shared on social media showing the overturned lorry stretched across the central reservation and blocking traffic along the A27 near Emsworth, Hampshire. According to reports, the 62-year-old driver of the lorry was rushed to hospital with serious…
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Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers lowers its fees to 1.5%
Amazon’s official payment solution, Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers, has announced lowering of its fees to 1.5% for 20 currencies and 9 international Amazon marketplaces. The list of marketplaces includes US/CA/MX/UK/DE/IT/FR/ES/NL. Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers is an optional service that allows sellers to receive their global Amazon disbursements directly into their home country bank accounts. Many…
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Protesters marched outside Jeff Bezos’ luxury mansion to demand the Amazon billionaire pay more taxes and take responsibility for the 20,000 workers infected by COVID-19
Protesters marched to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Beverly Hills mansion to demand the company address environmental and labor issues that unraveled during the pandemic. The event saw a coalition of labor and environmental activists gathered at Will Rogers Memorial Park on Sunset Boulevard to decry Bezos and his multi-billion dollar e-commerce empire during ‘The Wrong…
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Shocking US Anti-Trust Investigation Report into Amazon is here and confirms what we all already knew!
American lawmakers who spent the last year investigating the practices of the world’s largest tech giants said this week that Amazon, along with three other companies exercised and abused it’s monopoly power and called for the most radical changes to antitrust laws in half a century! In a 449-page report, lawmakers said the four companies had turned…
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My video guide to Amazon Seller Identity Verification!
I prepared the most detailed guide addressing all verification issues, which includes great tips how to prevent a suspension. The following topics are discussed: How to become a Verified / Veteran Customer How to properly upload your documents Direct links for checking your verification status Why your card might get rejected as invalid Risk factors…
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Another nightmare for third party Amazon sellers titled “Action Required: Compliance requirements for your product listings“
In September, nearly all third party Amazon sellers discovered worrying e-mails in their inboxes, informing them about documents being required for specific listings. Some sellers had thousands of listings affected, while others just a handful. The Account Health dashboard reveals a new field called “Documentation Requests” – where all the listings scheduled for removal are…
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Customers in Amazon Go Grocery stores can now pay using the palm of their hand
Amazon recently launched a new palm recognition system at two of its Seattle stores that allows customers to pay for items with a simple wave of their hand. Called Amazon One, the technology creates a unique ‘palm signature’ for each individual by gathering surface-area details and links it to a credit card. Users simply bring their…
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Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
Amazon has embarked on an extraordinary hiring binge this year, adding up an average of 1,400 new workers a day and increasing its power as online shopping becomes more popular in the coronavirus pandemic. The hiring has taken place at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, at its hundreds of warehouses in rural communities and in countries such…
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Participate in this survey by Amazon Corporate
Amazon Corporate is doing a survey of their customers, including third party sellers aimed at their use of the site. If you are interested in participating, you will also have the option to agree to being contacted by Amazon representatives so they can discuss with you about your feedback. Here is the survey announcement, along…
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At least one dead after a shooting at Amazon warehouse in Jacksonville
A woman died and a man was rushed to a hospital for treatment Tuesday night after a shooting at the Amazon Fulfillment Center on Pecan Park Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. It is believed that they both were Amazon employees. A woman, who works at the center and asked to remain anonymous, said…
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Amazon requests sellers to update their Business Hours as buyers
If you are buying and selling on Amazon, it is very likely that you received this e-mail from the company, requesting you to update your business hours. It is questionable what is the purpose of providing this information, but we believe it will be used for improving the timing of delivery of your Amazon orders…