As online sellers look ahead to peak shopping season, there’s one issue they won’t have to worry about – the prospect of delivery disruption from a potential UPS strike. On Tuesdays, UPS announced via Twitter that its Teamsters-represented employees voted Read more
If you don’t use one of Amazon’s shipping-carrier partners to get your inventory from China to the US, you may now be able to allow Amazon to track those shipments anyway. Amazon introduced “ShipTrack” carriers, “which automatically provide end-to-end tracking Read more
Sellers who pay extra for visibility through Sponsored Products ads on Amazon may now have their ads appear off-Amazon as well. Amazon announced Wednesday it was expanding Sponsored Products ads to other apps and websites. All such ads will link Read more
Amazon is now showing certain US customers snippets of product reviews when shopping certain categories on a mobile device, it announced on Monday. But is it too good to be true? Is Artificial Intelligence capable of ingesting all product reviews Read more
Amazon sent a notice to sellers in Europe in May warning them of a “one-time cash flow disruption” due to a new reserve policy it planned to roll out this summer. On August 3, Amazon changed its reserve policy to Read more
Amazon will hold a second shopping event for Prime members this year, this one called Prime Big Deal Days to be held in October, the company announced on Tuesday. Last year Amazon held a “Prime Early Access Sale” on October Read more
Amazon will reopen Seller Fulfilled Prime service to new merchants on October 1, 2023, the company announced on Tuesday. Back in June, it had announced its intention to reopen the SFP program “later this year” – see, “What It Will Read more
Amazon has a new feature called Amazon Brand Tailored Promotions that lets sellers who are registered as brands offer loyalty discounts to customers. Previously discounts and deals were only tailored to existing Amazon membership groups such as Amazon Prime, Family, Read more
Amazon is adding 274 product attributes for 200 product types that will be required for new listings as of August 16. According to the August 4 announcement: “Providing attribute information can help increase sales by making it easier for customers Read more
Amazon’s new approach to its fulfillment centers is working, according to an announcement on Monday where it boasted it is delivering its largest selection of products to US Prime members at the fastest speeds ever. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed Read more
