Warning to Amazon Sellers - FBA Warehouses Too Full?

by: mcposty

Why anyone trusts doing business with amazon is beyond me. They constantly do things against you without notice or explanation.

by: Santini

"Some sellers may suspect that Amazon is making more room in its warehouses for products from overseas sellers."

Overseas...overseas....hmmm...I wonder...could it be....CHINA???

by: White Rabbit

yep.. :-) Dragonboat secret policies will require a lot of space as we all know those chinese factories are overloaded with factory unsold stock in china. It is probably on its way already via containers.

by: Moonwishes

I've never understood the why's of FBA and how those people make any money at all since in my niche, the FBA sellers are the penny sellers or are pricing their items way more than other sellers.

I suppose this mean that these affected sellers will have to do their own fulfillment now.  

by: Patricia

Glad i never tried FBA but i can state that those listings get up front and the rest of us in the Handmade category get buried.

by: FLIPPER

This is just another indication of how poor retail sales are currently when adjusted for inflation (none of that around right? /s ) Take a look at major sporting goods retailers, many are reducing prices with sales, coupons, rebates, etc. 30-40% off. The U.S. stock markety is like a dinosaur that doesn't know it's dead yet. Just wait til late this summer or early fall Look out below!    

by: Chicago48

It sounds as if the products are slow sellers and AMZ doesn't want to take on more inventory.

by: topdog

We also ran into this problem last week. We were out of several SKU's of a hot selling model, but were stopped from sending in more. (Despite having a $250 price tag, we had sold 7 in the previous 30 days.)
We called in to Amazon the first time this happened, they fixed something and we could then send in those SKUs. The second time this happened, they were totally unhelpful, and gave conflicting answers as to what is happening.
I do not trust ANYTHING that they tell us, almost all of their reps are outsourced and completely clueless. My best guess is that their new program has some bugs in it, but they're not willing to fess up and fix things.  

by: Aussie770

This is not a new issue. Do a google search for "amazon rejected asin" and you can see it pops up every few months.

by: Moonwishes

@Topdog - does this mean you will list and sell them and fulfill the orders yourself?

by: RKTOYS

Amazon is too greedy to collect rent?  Wow.

by: Bidonmine

I smell another FBA fee coming...  

by: dander

gee Amazon also sells items and they know what is a hot seller and can get better deals. Maybe they decided that its better for them to sell items that they source, especially the high margin items and squeeze out everyone else out. After all their cloud knows all. Remember that 80% of what amazon themselves sell, they lose money on. Maybe they figured out that in some cases they make more money sourcing on their own vs the fees they collect from other sellers.  

by: donald

These companies have become so stupid and incompetent. They've done similar things to me.

by: ZoneTwelve

As a long time seller I have watched Amazon grow and change and continue to under cut FBA merchants at every turn. In my opinion there is no loyalty to the FBA sellers who have been responsible for nearly 50% of the explosive growth and success that Amazon has experienced. Instead of loyalty they are undercutting the sellers, stealing their product ideas and stabbing us in the back. What kind of business does that to their partners? Don't let anyone ever tell you that it's your business. We will be moving our brand away from amazon this year.