Amazon sellers are getting a short reprieve from an unpopular FBA policy change that the company announced in December that was set to take effect on March 10. Instead, Amazon is delaying the policy until the end of March, it Read more
Amazon acknowledged a glitch that affected USPS shipping labels and said it had taken steps to protect sellers who purchased labels from its Buy Shipping and Veeqo platforms. As we reported last week, Amazon sellers said tracking numbers on labels Read more
Before Amazon runs its big Prime Day sales event each summer, it runs a spring sale in March that is open to all customers, not just Prime members. Amazon has run spring sales in Europe annually, and last year, it Read more
Amazon is testing a new feature that will send mobile shoppers to brands’ own websites when they can’t find the item on the Amazon marketplace. “We’re now testing a new shopping experience in beta where we’ll show select products in Read more
Amazon is obsessed with showing shoppers accurate delivery estimates. As a result, Amazon changed how sellers’ Order Handling Capacity settings are set. As of February 7, Amazon will automatically set a threshold that is a conservative estimate of the volume Read more
Amazon grew sales 10% in the fourth quarter 2024, year-over-year. North America segment sales increased 10% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 8% year-over-year (or 9% excluding changes in foreign exchange rates). And AWS segment sales increased 19% year-over-year. For the Read more
Amazon said US members of its Prime program saved an average of over $500 on delivery fees. In its announcement on Tuesday, Amazon said it also achieved record delivery speeds in 2024, with over 9 billion items arriving same- or Read more
Amazon is requiring sellers to verify their emergency contact number through a one-time password. It used the acronyms ECN and OTP in its announcement on Thursday, informing sellers that it was initiating the new ECN verification beginning the previous week Read more
Amazon announced on Tuesday the availability of a new portal for sellers to review FBA inventory “reimbursable opportunities.” Using the Inventory Defect and Reimbursement (IDR) portal, sellers can now “more efficiently” manage all of their inventory-related defects and reimbursements within Read more
Amazon confirmed to media outlets that it is laying off 200 employees, but there’s not enough information to know how it might impact roles interfacing with online sellers. An Amazon spokesperson providing outlets with the following statement: “We’ve adjusted parts Read more
