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Tag: Amazon glitch

Amazon Overstates Sales on Reports, Sellers Think, ‘If Only’

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon began displaying inaccurate sales data to sellers on Tuesday due to a glitch – some said the Amazon reports overstated their sales by double the amount in some cases. “I hope these numbers are correct and the sales start Read more

Marketplaces, News1099K, Amazon, Amazon glitch

Amazon Takes Steps to Protect Sellers from USPS Shipping-Label Glitch

March 2, 2025March 5, 2025 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon acknowledged a glitch that affected USPS shipping labels and said it had taken steps to protect sellers who purchased labels from its Buy Shipping and Veeqo platforms. As we reported last week, Amazon sellers said tracking numbers on labels Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon Buy Shipping, Amazon glitch, Amazon seller protection, Veeqo

Amazon Glitch Appears to Hit Sellers in the Pocketbook in the Short Run

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Sellers are dealing with a glitch that Amazon confirmed over a week ago, and the repercussions are coming at the worst time of year both for their pocketbooks and for their year-end reporting. The problem as we described last Monday Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon disbursements, Amazon glitch

Amazon Payment-Posting Lag Leads to Disbursement Delays

December 9, 2024 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon sellers are shipping orders, but Amazon is failing to post them to sellers’ payments dashboard. The problem started on Friday, and sellers continued to report the problem as of Monday evening. “No updates on payment dashboard,” a seller wrote Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon disbursements, Amazon glitch1 Comment

Amazon Bots Go Wild with False ‘Seeds and Plants’ Takedowns

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon falsely flagged listings as being miscategorized as “Seeds and Plants,” with many sellers reporting that bots misidentifying items including sporting goods, an industrial thread locker, shoes, toys, clothing, candy, books, and curtain rods included in the takedown notices. In Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon bots, Amazon glitch1 Comment

Amazon 20 Percent Off Coupon Was Too Good to Be True

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Ina Steiner
Amazon

The old adage “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is” came into play for some shoppers on Tuesday when they saw Amazon advertising a 20% discount code TELE20AB on many listings across the site. One person started Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon glitch1 Comment

Some Amazon Cancellation Notifications Slip through the Cracks

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon changed the way it notified sellers of order cancellation requests last year. However, the company confirmed months after the rollout that some cancellation notifications were slipping through the cracks, and it appears the problem persists in the New Year. Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon cancellation process, Amazon glitch

Amazon Experiences Order-Posting Delays on Tuesday

March 2, 2021 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon has an alert posted on Seller Central warning sellers of posting delays of orders. It advised sellers not to cancel orders and promised to protect their performance standards. The terse warning provided no further details. Subject: Technical Notification: MFN Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon glitch

Wednesday Amazon Outage Impacted Sellers

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon experienced technical issues that impacted online sellers. One reader said they were unable to access Seller Central for order processing, noting the problem was especially impactful due to the timing, coming right before the Black Friday shopping period. The Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Amazon glitch3 Comments

Amazon Shipping Is Back Up for Sellers after Outage

September 28, 2018 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Sellers desperately trying to get orders out the door on Friday ran into problems when Amazon Buy Shipping went down for about 2 hours. Sellers trying to print shipping labels encountered the message, “Buy Shipping Services are currently not available, Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon Buy Shipping, Amazon glitch

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