Tag: fba
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How to opt out of Amazon FBA Multiple Destinations Program
Over the last few months Amazon has quietly (and sneakily) enrolled thousands of sellers into a new program of theirs called the Multiple Destinations Program. What is the Multiple Destinations Program you ask? It is something new from Amazon that will cause your shipments to get split to multiple locations in exchange for a small…
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Amazon will be ending its Small and Light program on August 29
Today, I would like to bring to your attention a noteworthy announcement from Amazon that may have implications for your business. The announcement pertains to the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Small and Light program in the United States. For some time now, this program has allowed you to enroll low-price, small, and lightweight products, availing…
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Amazon will be providing more insights for FBA returns
This week, Amazon announced updates to the Manage FBA Returns Dashboard, which will give you more insights that can potentially help you identify opportunities for improved return rates within your business. With the updated Manage FBA returns dashboard, you will have access to valuable information related to return rates for each product category. This data…
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Requirements prior to starting a FBA wholesale business on Amazon
1) Form your LLC and obtain the necessary documents: To start a wholesale FBA Amazon business, you’ll need to create a legal entity and obtain important documents such as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), a Reseller Certificate, and your LLC documents. 2) Set up a dummy e-commerce website: You can create a dummy e-commerce website…
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Basic tips for a successful FBA arbitrage business on Amazon
1) Research & Validation: ➢ Criteria Matching: Before starting your product research, make sure you have clear criteria in mind for the type of products you want to sell. This will help you narrow down your options and save time. ➢ Product Research: Use various online tools such as Keepa, Scan Unlimited, Helium 10, and…
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New delivery window requirement for FBA shipments on Amazon
Recently, Amazon announced a significant change to the way how FBA shipments from unsupported carriers are managed within the Seller Central. Starting 24.April, Amazon will be rolling out a new Send to Amazon requirement, which will mean that if you use a non-partnered carrier for small parcel or less-than-truckload shipments, you must provide a delivery…
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Expensive new seller FBA mistakes that can be easily avoided
1: Not Abiding By Marketplace Rules As an FBA seller, you agree to abide by the Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement when you start selling on Amazon. Same goes for the Terms of Service. These include pretty much every rule and regulation on the marketplace. Breaking any of them can be a very expensive mistake! As soon…
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Important update regarding your Amazon FBA inventory at AFW1
This week, Amazon e-mailed their third party sellers regarding FBA inventory stored in the AFW1 warehouse, which was damaged due to severe weather causing structural damage to that facility, forcing it to close. It is expected to remain closed until at least the end of April 2023. According to the notice, Amazon will be soon…
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What are Amazon’s updated FBA Capacity Limits?
Effective March 1, 2023, the new Capacity Limits system will replace the weekly updates with one single monthly limit for each storage type. Amazon will assess and announce the estimated inventory limit on the third Monday of each month via the Capacity Monitor in Seller Central and an email notification. In addition to a capacity…
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Common challenges which you will face as an Amazon Seller
There is no doubt that Amazon provides a stellar system for merchants to reach out to their customers and fulfill orders in an efficient manner. That is the reason why over 300 million people globally buy on the Amazon marketplace each year and over 2.5M third-party sellers (FBA and FBM) are active on the platform.…
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Shipping products into Amazon US FBA straight from China as a new seller
When you are a new seller doing FBA, you will firstly need to carefully review all Amazon help files, which include detailed instructions, videos and guidelines concerning every step of the process. Start with the general Amazon FBA help page in Amazon Seller Central. Here you can click on the terms highlighted in blue to…
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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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Amazon will dropship your items across different global marketplaces
Recently, Amazon announced that they will be expanding deals consisting of local FBA inventory being offered and sold on international Amazon marketplaces globally. This means that if you list a product on the Amazon US marketplace and have the program enabled, Amazon will create listings across all of their global marketplaces on different continents. While…
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Amazon is Now Asking Sellers to Register for Fulfilled by Amazon and keeping the Fulfillment Method Gated
Recently, Amazon started asking some third party merchants on their platform to register for Fulfilled by Amazon in a separate registration application, which keeps the FBA option greyed out and disabled if the sellers fails to proceed and obtain approval. This applies to all Seller Accounts with no FBA history, including old, established stores. When…
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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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Update to automated inventory removals on Amazon starts October 14
Recently, Amazon announced a change to their automated unfulfillable inventory policy, meaning that unsellable units which have been in their FBA warehouses for more than 14 days will get automatically removed. Previously, the policy only applied to units which have been in FBA warehouses for over 30 days. You can still submit removal orders for…
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What are the benefits of wholesale FBA arbitrage reselling?
FBA Arbitrage is the process of finding low-priced products online and selling them on Amazon for a higher price. This can be a profitable business model for those with the time and resources to invest in it. There are a few key things to remember when pursuing FBA Arbitrage. First, you need to find a…
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Learn how to increase your profit margin by reducing FBA Fees
When it comes to business, profit margins are very important. This is because they show how much profit a company makes after all its expenses have been paid. The higher the margin, the more profit the company is making. In this article, you will learn, how an Amazon Seller managed to save thousands of dollars…
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Amazon Drastically Slashes FBA Restock Limits Ahead of Christmas Season
Last week, thousands of third party Amazon Sellers with pristine IPI score metrics accessed their accounts to discover that Amazon suddenly reduced their storage allowances by up to 50% or even more! Those, who were patiently watching their restocking limits for months and anticipating an increase prior to Chtistmas were left in a shock, seeing…
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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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Send to Amazon Workflow will be Mandatory Starting September 2022
According to Amazon’s alerts published in the Seller Central’s Manage FBA Shipments section, Amazon FBA shipping interface will be fully updated on 1.September 2022: Check out our Send to Amazon workflow Sellers who have registered with FBA before June 23, 2022, can continue to use the old workflow, Send/replenish inventory, to create new shipments until…
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What is Unsuitable Inventory on Amazon?
Recently, Amazon has been sending e-mail notifications to their third party sellers announcing the introduction of a new policy regarding Unsuitable Inventory. Amazon stated that any FBA inventory for which an affected merchant suspected by the company to be selling counterfeit or otherwise illegal goods fails to provide invoices will be destroyed at his own…
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Send to Amazon will replace Send/replenish on September 1
Amazon is constantly making updates to the features of the Seller Central, which includes a new ”Send to Amazon” interface. According to a recent e-mail announcement sent to third party Amazon Sellers, the company will be replacing the ”Send / Repelnish Inventory” function with the ”Send to Amazon” feature. August 31 is going to be the…
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Amazon will start requiring FBA Shipment tracking information
According to a Seller Central announcement, starting 1. October 2021, Amazon will be requiring tracking information for all shipments sent to their warehouses outside of the Amazon Partnered Carrier program or Amazon Global Logistics. This will significantly increase workload for Amazon sellers based outside of Amazon’s main marketplace countries, where it isn’t possible to purchase shipping directly…
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New Send to Amazon FBA workflow
Amazon recently launched a new interface which affects the creation and management of FBA shipments called “Send to Amazon”. You can currently try it on their US platform. The workflow will allow you to save time, create reusable case-pack templates to provide box content information or pack single-SKU and mixed-SKU boxes before you create shipments.…
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How to Choose the Best Wholesale Products to Sell on Amazon
The “best wholesale product” depends entirely on your situation, product selection, demand trends, your business model, the capital you have available, and your fulfillment methods all play a major part in answering this question. I can offer you these steps/elements that will lead you to the right answer. It is a very good idea to…
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Updates to the FBA New Selection program Starting April 1, 2021
According to the latest Amazon announcement, the company is now expanding their FBA New Selection program, which means that benefits will be extended to oversize items, the 100-ASIN limit removed, and storage will be improved, along with removal benefits for select categories. Here you can view the entire announcement e-mailed to third party sellers: ➡️…
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Amazon announces the opening of four new FBA warehouses in Canada
This week, Amazon Canada announced updates and improvements to their FBA policies, along with the opening of four new fulfillment centres. The changes include relaxing of ASIN-level restock quantity limits to cover 2 months of sales along with free inventory removals. Here you can view the full e-mail announcement from Amazon Canada: Here is a…
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Heavy and bulky FBA listing launching on April 1, 2021 in Amazon Europe
Starting 1.April 2021, Amazon will be increasing the maximum dimensions and weight criteria for FBA in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Some FBA services (such as Pan-European FBA and the European Fulfillment Network) are not currently available for Heavy and bulky FBA items. You will also need to ensure your items are…
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Update to FBA returns processing fee on Amazon Europe effective March 1, 2021
Amazon will be eliminating the FBA returns processing fee for products belonging into the Watches and Jewelry category and reducing it by 50% for Clothing, Shoes and Handbags. Here is a photo of the notice: Here is the full text of the announcement found in Amazon Europe Seller Central dated 1.March 2021: As previously announced,…
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Temporary delay in returns processing in the US due to ongoing severe winter weather
Despite Amazon isn’t taking any steps to protect the accounts of their sellers against negative consequences of the pandemic or poor weather, the company is asking for patience, as they are experiencing a delay in receiving and processing customer returns. For some returned units, there will be a delay in either getting the inventory back…
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Meltable inventory restrictions start April 15, 2021
Starting 15.April 2021, Amazon will no longer be accepting shipments containing meltable inventory into their FBA warehouses. “Meltable” refers to all heat-sensitive products, including but not limited to chocolate, gummies, and select jelly- and wax-based products. such as chocolate. If you cannot move your products before the deadline, submit a removal order. All products in fulfillment…
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Inventory Performance Index threshold will change to 450
Remember the times when the dreaded Inventory Performance Index was introduced with a 350 points target a few years ago? Amazon, which keeps making their policies stricter and difficult to follow every day is now increasing the minimum score for avoiding storage limits being imposed to 450. While most sellers are being hit with low…
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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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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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Upcoming fee for FBA shipments without box content information
Starting early 2021, Amazon Canada will be introducing a so-called “FBA Manual Processing Fee“ of up to $0.11CAD per unit for shipments without sufficient box content information. Here you can view the full announcement e-mailed to third party Amazon sellers doing FBA across the Canadian marketplace: ➡️ If you are an Amazon Seller who needs…
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Inventory Incorrectly Disposed Reimbursements
Thousands of third party Amazon sellers who are enrolled in the Fulfilled by Amazon program received notices, alerting them of their inventory being incorrectly disposed, rather than returned to their address on file. Disposed inventory doesn’t necessarily end up destroyed, but you can find it being resold as “Used – Like new” under Amazon’s Warehouse…
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Launch of Partnered Carrier Programme (PCP) for Less than Truck Service on Amazon Europe
[whohit]Launch of Partnered Carrier Programme (PCP) for Less than Truck Service on Amazon Europe[/whohit]Amazon’s Partnered Carrier Programme (PCP) to send small parcels to Amazon fulfilment centres is now available for Less than Truckload shipments if you are enrolled in Fulfilment by Amazon. The new service currently applies to UK and Germany. In addition, you can…
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Make your FBA inventory available before it arrives to Amazon’s warehouse
[whohit]Make your FBA inventory available before it arrives to Amazon’s warehouse[/whohit]A new feature called “FBA In-Stock Head Start” has just launched, enabling third party sellers to make their inventory available for sale before it gets received in Amazon’s FBA warehouse. Here you can view the e-mail from Amazon announcing it:
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Amazon USA raises the IPI target for Unlimited Storage to 500
[whohit]Amazon USA raises the IPI target for Unlimited Storage to 500[/whohit]Following a difficult period affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Amazon Sellers were left shocked after Amazon suddenly raised the minimum IPI score target for maintaining the “Unlimited Storage” from 350 to 500. Sellers whose FBA inventory isn’t performing well will therefore face limits…
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Amazon begins rolling out bigger UPS and FedEx-style delivery trucks
[whohit]Amazon begins rolling out bigger UPS and FedEx-style delivery trucks[/whohit]Amazon USA is launching a new fleet of bigger trucks like those favored by rival package carriers UPS and FedEx, as it fights to fix pandemic-fueled delivery delays that sent customers into the arms of competitors like Walmart. The world’s largest online retailer ordered more than…
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Now you can make your FBA items available across Amazon CA and MX from single inventory
[whohit]Now you can make your FBA items available across Amazon CA and MX from single inventory[/whohit]If you are doing FBA on the Amazon USA marketplace, you can now have your products fulfilled out of it’s inventory, without the need to create any separate shipments to Canadian or Mexican warehouses. It is possible under the new…
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Update to Stranded Inventory Removal on Amazon
[whohit]Update to Stranded Inventory Removal on Amazon[/whohit]Starting 30.June, Amazon will no longer be classifying Stranded Inventory as unsellable, but instead it will be automatically removed based on each seller’s removal settings. Here you can review the full announcement:
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Quantity limits removed for shipments to Amazon
[whohit]Quantity limits removed for shipments to Amazon[/whohit]After several months which were affected by the global coronavirus pandemic, Amazon finally lifted all restrictions on shipments to their FBA warehouses. The update has been announced in the Seller Central:
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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…
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Long-term storage fees to return on 15.June
[whohit]Long-term storage fees to return on 15.June[/whohit]Today Amazon announced in their e-mail to third party sellers that it’s Long Term Storage charges will resume starting 15.June 2020, following a short break caused by the global pandemic. Here you can review the full announcement dated 10.June 2020: “Hello from Fulfillment by Amazon, We will resume the…
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Massive fire at Amazon FBA Warehouse
[whohit]Massive fire at Amazon FBA Warehouse[/whohit]Firefighters battled a fire that completely destroyed a large Amazon FBA warehouse Friday morning near a freeway in Redlands, Los Angeles. Video from the scene showed big rig trailers, including at least one Amazon trailer, on fire. https://www.foxla.com/video/691868 Firefighters said the building, estimated at about 600,000 square feet, is a…
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Fight Amazon’s algorithm and get your FBA BuyBox back
[whohit]Fight Amazon’s algorithm and get your FBA BuyBox back[/whohit]If you are a third party seller doing FBA on the Amazon platform, apart from inability to ship most types of items into their warehouses due to the coronavirus pandemic, you must have noticed a shocking development. Unlike in the past, “non-essential” FBA items such as toys…
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FBA Items Now Completely Suppressed From View
[whohit]FBA Items Now Completely Suppressed From View[/whohit]Following several changes in Amazon’s algorithm which were imposed as a reaction to the global pandemic, the company now started completely hiding some FBA items from view when a customer accesses it’s detail page. FBA offers by third party sellers are simply suppressed and won’t show up at all…
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Amazon loses appeal against closure of French FBA warehouses
[whohit]Amazon loses appeal against closure of French FBA warehouses[/whohit]On Friday, Amazon lost their appeal in France against the government’s decision to keep their FBA warehouses closed due to health and safety concerns. A court in Paris upheld a ruling that Amazon must stop selling nonessential goods as it carries out a risk assessment on how…