Amazon is adding new required product attributes beginning July 5, 2023, it informed sellers in an announcement on Thursday. The 25 new attributes span 52 product types and will be required for new product listings. “Providing attribute information can help Read more
Shoppers rely on product reviews to make purchasing decisions. Last year alone, 125 million customers contributed nearly 1.5 billion reviews and ratings on Amazon. But on Tuesday, Amazon said it has seen the emergence of an illicit “fake review broker” Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) has invaded Amazon product reviews. How can that be so, since real human customers leave the reviews? Someone spotted a new section on some product pages that provides an AI-generated summary of the item’s reviews with a Read more
Amazon encouraged sellers to add video to their product pages, even if they aren’t brand-registered. “You can now add video content to your product pages if you’ve been selling on Amazon for three months or longer,” it announced on Friday. Read more
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
Amazon reminded sellers who offer their own branded merchandise about its Brand Story feature that allows them to add information about their businesses on their product detail pages, and it linked to a guide to learn more. There are also Read more
Sellers who built tools using Amazon’s legacy MWS API program to interface with the marketplace have until August 31st to adapt to the discontinuation of the program to avoid disruption to their business automation. With Amazon MWS (Marketplace Web Service), Read more
Over 60% of sales on Amazon were from independent sellers in 2022, and independent sellers in the US sold over 4.1 billion products and exported over 260 million products, Amazon revealed in a new report on Tuesday. To get a Read more
Getting items to customers quickly is crucial for online sellers, but they don’t get to choose where their buyers are from; in the case of delivering to rural customers, things may get tougher. A year ago, Business Insider’s Emma Cosgrove Read more
Amazon often touts how its marketplace is good for small businesses, and last year, it launched new features to help them stand out. Now Amazon is testing a “Small Business” search filter to help shoppers isolate their search results to Read more
