Amazon invited sellers who list on Amazon Handmade to attend a Holiday Maker panel next week. “This is your chance to hear directly from your fellow Handmade makers on their top tips and tricks for preparing your business for a Read more
Amazon will hold its Prime Big Deal Days event in October this year, and sellers who use its FBA fulfillment service will have until September 13 to get their inventory to US fulfillment centers. Last year, Amazon held the Prime Read more
Amazon will raise FBA fulfillment fees during the 2024 peak holiday shopping season starting in mid-October. In Thursday’s announcement, the company told sellers its seasonal fee was similar to those charged by other major carriers and would cover increased fulfillment Read more
Amazon told sellers it would protect their account from fallout from the recent CrowdStrike IT outage, which CNN said had been described as “the largest IT outage in history” that could cost Fortune 500 companies alone over $5 billion in Read more
Amazon grew North American sales 9% in the second quarter of 2024, year-over-year, and grew International sales 7% in Q2 (or 10% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). Worldwide paid units grew 11% in the quarter, and third-party sellers accounted Read more
Amazon is running a Labor Day sale beginning August 26, 2024, and invited sellers to submit deals to participate. “These time-bound promotional offers can increase product discoverability and sales,” it said. The Amazon Labor Day sale runs through September 3, Read more
Amazon is a distributor, according to an order from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and is therefore responsible for recalling defective or unsafe products sold through its FBA fulfillment program. An Amazon spokesperson told EcommerceBytes it plans to Read more
Amazon is shortening the window for sellers to make claims when the company loses their inventory in its fulfillment centers, starting in October. But the following month it will begin proactively reimbursing sellers who use FBA when fulfillment centers report Read more
The Better Business Bureau lets consumers leave reviews for and file complaints against businesses, but now the BBB has teamed up with one of those businesses to crack down on fake reviews. Amazon announced on Thursday it has filed a Read more
Adobe said consumers spent $7.2 billion on July 16 (Tues.), the first day of the Prime Day event. That’s nearly 12% higher than last year and the biggest ecommerce day (and mobile shopping day) so far in 2024. Online sales Read more
