Tag: Amazon
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Amazon Temporarily Ends Seller Account Suspensions due to poor performance
[whohit]Amazon Temporarily Ends Seller Account Suspensions due to poor performance[/whohit]Following our several articles in which we criticized Amazon for failing to provide any support or protection to it’s third party sellers during the difficult coronavirus situation and suggesting them to postpone account deactivations, the company surprisingly complied with our requests, announcing today that suspensions will…
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10 TIPS How to Improve Your Sales During The Coronavirus Crisis!
[whohit]10 TIPS How to Improve Your Sales During The Coronavirus Crisis![/whohit]As the world is struggling with the coronavirus crisis and people’s lives and businesses are affected by strict measures enforced by their governments or marketplaces, many e-commerce sellers are finding themselves in a difficult situation – some failing to make money or grow their sales.…
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Nothing to do on Friday? Join Amazon’s webinar about COVID-19!
[whohit]Nothing to do on Friday? Join Amazon’s webinar about COVID-19![/whohit]As the whole world is struggling with coronavirus lockdown and strict measures are being implemented by governments of affected countries, third party sellers are fighting to save their livelihoods. But the common recommendation for everyone is to avoid social contacts and stay home. Amazon is offering…
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Planning to restock FBA inventory? Forget about it!
[whohit]Planning to restock FBA inventory? Forget about it![/whohit]These days, millions of Amazon’s third party sellers are unsuccessfully trying to create new shipments for their inventory to be sent into FBA warehouses. However, as they are attempting to do this, they are discouraged by this red message: Everything is a consequence of Amazon’s new policy prioritizing…
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Amazon announces Two Week FBA Storage Fee Waiver due to COVID-19
[whohit]Amazon announces Two Week FBA Storage Fee Waiver due to COVID-19[/whohit]Today, after significant criticism from the Amazon Seller Community, including our Seller Union, Amazon finally announced that they are going to waive the FBA storage fees for two weeks as a small compensation for the series of coronavirus related measures negatively affecting third party seller’s…
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Amazon acknowledges VAT postponement by EU countries
[whohit]Amazon acknowledges VAT postponement by EU countries[/whohit]Today, Amazon published an announcement where they mentioned how European countries took measures to help businesses cope with the difficult situation caused by coronavirus pandemic by postponing the requirement to pay VAT. Here you can review the full announcement:
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Amazon’s advice to third party sellers during the COVID-19 crisis? Cancel orders and deactivate listings!
[whohit]Amazon’s advice to third party sellers during the COVID-19 crisis? Cancel orders and deactivate listings![/whohit]As we presented in our two prior articles published on 26.March and 27.March, during the continued global pandemic coronavirus crisis, Amazon failed to offer it’s third party sellers any help or support which would lesser the negative impact on their accounts.…
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Download my pop song for Jeff Bezos: “Kika Angelic – Where Are You Jeff?”
[whohit]Download my pop song for Jeff Bezos: “Kika Angelic – Where Are You Jeff?”[/whohit]After being abused by a cabal of bullies on the Amazon Seller Forum and punished as the victim by it’s moderators, I recorded a professional pop song for Jeff Bezos. The song is called “Where Are You Jeff?” and in it I…
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Amazon extending return window for all FBM orders in Europe to three months
[whohit]Amazon extending return window for all FBM orders in Europe to three months[/whohit]As we already announced in our yesterday’s article, during the current difficult period affected by global coronavirus pandemic, Amazon failed to offer it’s third party sellers any protection to lessen the negative impact on their metrics. In addition, instead of offering help and…
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Amazon Lending loan payments postponed until May due to coronavirus
[whohit]Amazon Lending loan payments postponed until May due to coronavirus[/whohit]Good news! After all the negativity in today’s world, at least the sellers who took loans from Amazon have a reason to smile. Amazon is postponing the repayments until May due to coronavirus. Here you can review the full message sent to third party merchants:
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No protection offered to third party sellers by Amazon during the coronavirus crisis
As the entire world stands united to fight against the global coronavirus pandemic, Amazon failed to offer any measures to help sellers protect their accounts. [whohit]No protection offered to third party sellers by Amazon during the coronavirus crisis[/whohit]Merchants are encouraged to place their stores on Holiday Settings or increase the Handling Time, which is a…
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Amazon to waive April Long Term Storage Fees due to Covid-19
Today Amazon announced their intention to waive long term storage fees in some of their global marketplaces due to coronavirus. [whohit]Amazon to waive April Long Term Storage Fees due to Covid-19[/whohit]At the same time, removal orders will be delayed. Here you can review the full announcement of 24.March:
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The world is preparing for a global coronavirus lockdown
[whohit]The world is preparing for a global coronavirus lockdown[/whohit]This time last month, in the second half of February few people would be able to imagine what will soon become out of the 21th century world as they knew it. Developed countries or even entire continents are closing their borders to ban international travel, people are…
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Amazon sent luxury Moncler jackets to cancelled MARS robotics conference guests
Amazon warehouse workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis won a long-fought battle this month when the company agreed to provide some of them with paid time off benefits. [whohit]Amazon sent luxury Moncler jackets to cancelled MARS robotics conference guests[/whohit]Around the same time, another group of people connected to Amazon received an unexpected surprise…
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Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS executive who joined Google Cloud
[whohit]Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS executive who joined Google Cloud[/whohit]Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon sued Philip Moyer in July after he left the company to join Google. In its lawsuit, the tech giant argued Moyer’s move to Google would…
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Amazon suspending FBA shipment creation in the US and EU due to coronavirus fears
[whohit]Amazon suspending FBA shipment creation in the US and EU due to coronavirus fears[/whohit]According to the latest announcement, third party sellers on the platform will be temporarily unable to create new FBA shipments for specific categories of products until 5.April 2020 due to coronavirus fears. Here you can review the full announcement: Amazon also provided…
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Popcorn time! A whole movie about Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Have you seen it already?
[whohit]Popcorn time! A whole movie about Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Have you seen it already?[/whohit]Recently, Frontline – American television’s top long-form news and current affairs series released a movie called “Amazon Empire – The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos, which presents us the story and birth of one of the world’s most dominant companies…
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Amazon adjusting their referral and FBA fees across European marketplaces
[whohit]Amazon adjusting their referral and FBA fees across European marketplaces[/whohit]According to the announcement published within the European Seller Central, this year, Amazon invested more than $4 billion across the continent on infrastructure, programmes, people, and new tools and services to help sellers build their brands and grow your businesses. Therefore, they are announcing an upcoming…
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Support a petition started by Ed Rosenberg called “Amazon.com should only suspend the Asin NOT the Seller”
[whohit]Support a petition started by Ed Rosenberg called “Amazon.com should only suspend the Asin NOT the Seller”[/whohit]The Seller Union team would like to present you this very popular petition started by New York based Amazon community personality Ed Rosenberg, which can be found on this link: https://www.change.org/p/jeff-bezos-amazon-com-should-only-suspend-the-asin-not-the-seller Third party Sellers are 58% of sales on Amazon.com.…
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Hidden gem in Seattle – letter to Jeff Bezos painted on a building
[whohit]Hidden gem in Seattle – letter to Jeff Bezos painted on a building[/whohit]Today as I was walking back to my Belltown apartment in Seattle, I noticed this huge painted letter on the wall of a building. The building is just behind the Day One building of the Amazon HQ and I wonder if the recipient…
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Jeff Bezos issued with $16000 parking tickets during the renovation of his Washington DC house
[whohit]Jeff Bezos issued with $16000 parking tickets during the renovation of his Washington DC house[/whohit]Jeff Bezos, the Amazon billionaire reportedly paid a fortune in parking fines during the ongoing renovation works on his $23 million, Washington, DC mansion. A team of Bezos-employed appointees, who converted his home from a museum into a residence, racked up…
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Jeff Bezos Adds $13.2 Billion to His Fortune in Just Minutes
[whohit]Jeff Bezos Adds $13.2 Billion to His Fortune in Just Minutes[/whohit]Shares of Amazon surged by 12% to $2,100 in extended trading. Thursday in New York, after the largest U.S. e-commerce company reported fourth-quarter results that smashed Wall Street estimates. Bezos, already the world’s richest person, added $13.2 billion to his fortune in about 15 minutes. At the current price,…
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President Trump to hold Amazon responsible for sale of counterfeit items
[whohit]President Trump to hold Amazon responsible for sale of counterfeit items[/whohit]Bezos has been able to sidestep any liability for counterfeit goods. But the Trump Administration’s crackdown on counterfeit goods have backed the retail giant into a corner. The Trump administration unveiled new rules to combat counterfeit and pirated goods Friday. The new policies, which were published by…
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Amazon expands to the Netherlands
[whohit]Amazon expands to the Netherlands[/whohit]Amazon sellers are now able to find the Netherlands marketplace within their European Seller Central, raising the option to offer products for sale on this site. However, currently only bank accounts based in Netherlands are accepted as a deposit method, making it impossible for the majority of established sellers to register…