Sellers May Be Paying Because Amazon Bought Too Much Warehouse Space: Report
Merchants are paying the price for Amazon’s decision to purchase too much warehouse space, according to a report.
Google Seeking to Build Ecommerce Competitor to Amazon: Report
Google is trying to find a way to create a rival to Amazon's marketplace for merchants with some new features in development, including one that lets visitors use photos to search for products, according to a report.
MDF CoOp Agreement: Amazon Vendor Tutorial
Managing CoOp agreements is vital to any Amazon vendor. These agreements lay out terms that have a direct impact on your costs, and therefore your bottom line. But before you can improve those terms, you must understand what is in these agreements.
Damage Allowance Amazon CoOp Agreement: What Vendors Should Know
A major CoOp agreement for Amazon vendors to monitor has to do with the damage allowance. This quick guide breaks down what the damage allowance is, where to find details about it within Vendor Central, and what you can do to lower this cost.
Amazon Offers Unbranded Packaging to UK Brands for Off-Site Orders in Pilot Program: Report
In a sign that Amazon is continuing to aggressively expand its logistics business, the company has now started offering unbranded packaging to merchants in the UK for products that are ordered off-site.
The Amazon Vine Program for Vendors and Sellers: A Guide
Launching a new product on Amazon is challenging for a lot of reasons. One very big reason is that strong reviews are a very important part of marketing that product, from winning the Buy Box to placing highly in product rankings when a customer searches for certain keywords.
What ‘Buy With Prime’ Means for Sellers Who Want to Control Their Data
Amazon recently announced their new Buy With Prime program, which will allow merchants to sell their products with Prime benefits on their own websites. Sellers should be aware that this has major implications when it comes to their data.
FAQ: I Need an Amazon Vendor Manager to Help Me With Something — How Can I Talk to a Real Person?
It's a frustration for many vendors: you have an issue that needs the attention of an Amazon vendor manager. However, every time you make a request, you get an automated rejection, and submitting support cases just doesn't seem to do anything.
American Amazon Sellers Increasing, Chinese Sellers Decreasing: Report
Changes both within Amazon and in the global economy may be causing a geographic shift among Amazon sellers, with a growing number of American sellers and a declining number of Chinese sellers, according to a recent report.
Amazon Vendor Central Training: How to Get Help With VC
Becoming an Amazon vendor is an exciting opportunity. It’s invite-only, which means Amazon has decided they want to buy directly from you. This gives you great visibility and takes a lot of the logistics off of your hands. But if you’re just getting started with Vendor Central, you’ve probably noticed it’s significantly different from Seller Central.
FAQ: How Do Time Zones Cause a Discrepancy in Payment Data?
Time zone issues are often a cause of headaches for sellers and vendors alike. They particularly impact reports where Amazon is providing the time when data is captured, and the most frequent place we see this problem rear its ugly head is on payment date range reports.
FAQ for Vendors: Why Am I Getting Data Errors in Vendor Central?
Running into data errors is a relatively uncommon but frustrating part of using Vendor Central, particularly when it comes to manufacturing and catalog data. Let's take a quick look at some of these errors and discuss why they occur (and what, if anything, you can do about them).
Three Quarters of Amazon Sellers Are Profitable, and 95% Plan to Expand: Report
A new report claims that three quarters of Amazon sellers are profitable, and 95% plan to expand.
FAQ for Vendors: Why Is There a Difference Between Payment Coop Summary and Payment Details in Vendor Central?
Vendors may notice discrepancies between the payment coop summary and payment details. Here's why that's happening.
Thinking of Launching Your Product in a New Region? Amazon Offering Sellers Up to $50K in Bonuses to Do So
Amazon has announced a new incentive program targeted at new sellers that would offer up to $50,000 in bonuses for launching their first product -- but current sellers can take advantage of the program as well if they launch a product in a new region after Jan. 1, 2022.
FAQ: Why Is My Seller Sales Dashboard Data Always Inaccurate?
One frustrating aspect of dealing with data in Seller Central is the fact that often the data in the dashboard doesn't match up with data from other sources. Let’s take a quick look at why that is, and what you can do about it.
New Amazon Seller Inventory Report: Manage Inventory Health
Amazon launched a new Seller Central inventory report called Manage Inventory Health. It replaces three reports that Amazon recently deprecated: FBA Inventory Age, Inventory Health, and Excess Inventory.
The Metaverse: What Amazon vendors and sellers need to know
"Metaverse" seems to be the go-to buzzword in 2022—and could have major implications for Amazon sellers and vendors in the near future.
Amazon Vendor Management Explained: Is It Right for Your Business?
Could an Amazon Vendor Central management company take things off your plate and allow you to focus on more important tasks? Here’s what you need to know.
New Frustration-Free Packaging Designs Released for Amazon Vendors
Amazon released innovative new designs for its Frustration-Free Packaging program that will make packaging certain kinds of products a lot easier (and reduce the likelihood of chargebacks).