“Reduce excess inventory this spring through Amazon Outlet” (Source: Amazon News)
- If you sell with Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Amazon Outlet provides you with an opportunity to improve your inventory health.
- Featuring products via Amazon Outlet can help you boost sales, improve cash flow, optimize inventory levels, and reduce storage fees. And, there are no additional fees to participate in outlet.
- Amazon Outlet can now be reached on the mobile shopping app under the ‘Programs & Features’ section of the main menu.
- Based on outlet’s seasonal trends and customer marketing focus this season, eligible items in categories such as Lawn & Garden, Sports, Outdoors, Tools & Home improvement, and Apparel are expected to have increased exposure on outlet.
- Customers who often shop in these categories will be able to find outlet through Amazon home page advertising, direct email, and more.
- You can use the ‘Manage Excess Inventory’ page to identify products eligible for Amazon Outlet deals and submit deals for approval using the menu to the right of eligible listings.
- Read the full article here
“Updates to FBA New Selection” (Source: Amazon News)
- As announced in January, Amazon will expand FBA New Selection this year because of the positive response from sellers.
- To make it easier to offer new products through FBA, the program provides free storage and removals for eligible, standard-size items, and free return processing for apparel and shoes.
- If you’re a new FBA seller, you can get a $100 discount on Amazon partnered carrier shipping.
- In addition, FBA New Selection offers new benefits including Sponsored ads, no ASIN limit, oversize item eligibility, and improved benefits for apparel and shoes.
- To qualify for the new benefits, eligible parent ASINs must be received at a fulfillment center on or after April 1, 2021.
- To learn more and enroll, go to FBA New Selection.
- Note: All fee waiver benefits are tracked from the date that the ASIN is first received at a fulfillment center.
- Read the full article here
“Amazon Refunds Buyers at First Scan – Before Sellers Can Exam Returns” (Source: eCommerceBytes)
- Amazon extended its “first-scan” refund policy to more sellers, providing for a more consistent experience no matter from whom a buyer has purchased an item they wish to return.
- Amazon said that beginning May 4th, it would introduce the Refund at First Scan (RFS) feature to all sellers who use the Prepaid Return Label program.
- Products returned through Amazon’s Prepaid Return Label program will automatically be eligible for RFS, and its already mandatory for seller-fulfilled items and for sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA).
- “With RFS, you will no longer need to rush to process a refund within the two business day SLA,” Amazon explained. “Customers will receive a refund after the first carrier scan when they drop-off or ship back their return using an Amazon prepaid return label.
- Sellers will continue to be notified about refunds by Amazon notification emails for all refunds processed with RFS.
- While Amazon said refunds issued through RFS are eligible for SAFE-T reimbursements in cases where buyers send back a damaged or materially different return, some sellers were concerned about the new policy.
- One seller said scammers would get their money before sellers know what they actually send back. Another said Amazon denied almost every Safe-T Claim they filed.
- Read the full article here
“Improve your listing quality using bulk upload in Listing Quality Dashboard” (Source: Amazon News)
- You can now review your product listing quality in one place with the Listing Quality Dashboard.
- Amazon has added bulk upload functionality, which allows you to add all the missing relevant attributes for multiple ASINs at once.
- This change will improve discoverability, reduce customer returns, and enable page views, inventory and sales search filters of your products.
