Like other marketplaces, Amazon allows sellers to purchase discounted shipping labels on its platform, known as Buy Shipping. Amazon offers certain protections to sellers who use it, since it gives the marketplace greater visibility into the sellers’ fulfillment of orders. Read more
Amazon grew sales 9% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, or 10% excluding changes in foreign exchange. North America segment sales increased 8% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 5% (or 8% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). AWS segment Read more
An Amazon spokesperson told Reuters that it is having a “strong response from selling partners to Prime Day 2025.” But the Reuters reporters, who spoke to four merchants and six consultants who collectively advice hundreds of Amazon sellers, said merchants Read more
Amazon sellers are all too familiar with the concept of “gating,” which is when marketplaces restrict most or all sellers from selling a particular brand. Recently a seller described how working to become ungated can be a moving target, after Read more
Amazon advised sellers to prepare for the next Prime Day, which as we previously reported, will be a 4-day sale instead of spanning 2 days. Last month, Amazon reminded sellers who used its fulfillment services that they had until May Read more
Etsy, Amazon, and eBay recently announced their latest initiatives using AI (artificial intelligence) to improve their marketplaces. Etsy is using AI to personalize shopping; Amazon is using AI to crack down on counterfeits; and eBay is using AI to improve Read more
If Amazon doesn’t carry a particular product a shopper is searching for, it will now serve as a proxy to find the item elsewhere. Shoppers can then either go directly to the brand’s website, or have Amazon facilitate the sale Read more
Amazon’s answer to cheap-but-slow-to-arrive goods from sites like Temu is called Haul, and it’s now available on the desktop. Amazon Haul, launched in November in beta, was previously available only through the Amazon Shopping app and offers products with “ultra-low Read more
Amazon confirmed it laid off some people in its FBA fulfillment organization (a small percentage of the organization globally, it said) after The Information reported the layoffs on Thursday. While the article is behind a paywall, reporter Theo Wayt tweeted: Read more
Amazon is now offering new pickup and return options for customers on military installations. Buyers can pick up packages and make label-free, box-free returns at over 90 US Army and Air Force stores across the US. Including the new 90-plus Read more
