Amazon grew North American sales 9% in the third quarter of 2024, year-over-year, to $95.5 billion. It grew International sales 12% in Q3 to $35.9 billion (and 12% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). Worldwide paid units grew 12% in Read more
Amazon sellers had previously been able to filter reports by individual product (using the ASIN identifier). But the company announced on Friday that sellers can now filter business reports data by ASIN in Seller Central. The filter allows sellers to Read more
Amazon added five new visual search features to its mobile shopping app in recent months “to help you quickly find what you’re looking for on Amazon,” according to a post written by Mita Mahadevan, Director of Visual Search and Search Read more
Amazon said this week’s Prime Big Deal Days was its biggest October shopping event ever, but as usual, its press announcement was shy on details. More Prime members shopped this year’s event, “resulting in higher sales and more items sold Read more
In late July, Amazon recommended sellers send their FBA inventory to fulfillment centers in August and September in preparation for the holidays. Now some sellers are reporting issues when attempting to send their inventory in October due to storage capacity Read more
The idea of Amazon and PayPal partnering would have seemed impossible just a few years ago for several reasons – including the fact that eBay owned PayPal until it was forced to break up by activist investor Carl Icahn in Read more
Amazon is holding its 3rd annual Prime Big Deal Days sale on October 8 – 9, 2024, in which it offers exclusive “early holiday deals” exclusively for Prime members. Amazon will offer new deals as often as every 5 minutes Read more
Amazon is encouraging sellers to offer discounts for its upcoming Prime Big Deal Days in October, telling them their participation would help them build awareness and boost sales. The sale, offered exclusively to Prime members, is also another enticement for Read more
There are reports that Amazon is forcing some vendors to migrate to a seller account, just before the busy holiday season. There are some significant differences between the two types of accounts, and Amazon consultant Chris McCabe warned the new Read more
Sellers frequently complain about the quality of customer service on most online marketplaces. This week, Amazon invited sellers to rate support staff after each email interaction, even before their cases have been resolved, stating it was making the change based Read more
