19Oct

ICYMI: Amazon Seller News Oct. 12-19, 2019

Q4/Holiday News and Opportunities for Amazon Sellers Want Amazon to Promote Your Products During the Holidays? Be Prepared to Pay Millions. Amazon Charges Brands for Slots on Its ‘Curated’ Holiday Toy Guide 4 Tips to Improve  Amazon Product Detail Pages for the Holiday Shopping Season Seller Labs Q4 Upcoming Events: Webinar: “5 Tips to Crush […]
11Oct

ICYMI Amazon Seller News October 5-11, 2019

‘Tis Almost the Season: Q4/Holiday News for Amazon Sellers NRF Forecasts Strong Holiday Season, Despite Tariffs Black Friday: Influencer Marketing Tips to Add to Your Shopping List 4 Amazon Buyer-Seller Messaging Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make in Q4 2019 Now Until 11/15/2019: Prime Exclusive Discounts for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Now Open: “On […]
08Oct

Order Canceled: Amazon Giveaways Program Discontinued

Amazon Giveaways will soon dole out its last portable generator and chef’s knife. Recently, Amazon quietly added a statement to an internal page stating that “Amazon Giveaways is retiring and would like to thank all Hosts that contributed to awarding customers. The last day to create new giveaways is October 10th, 2019.” It appears that […]
04Oct

ICYMI Amazon Seller News September 28-October 4, 2019

Amazon and the Government: Antitrust and Monopsony Update Is Amazon on a Collision Course with the Government? Sen. Blumenthal Called Amazon’s Response To Delivery Inquiry “Evasive” The Recurring Question: Is Amazon a Seller? The Question of Liability and Lawsuits (Again) Amazon Beats State Farm in Hoverboard Battery Fire Suit Amazon Pay-to-Play (Or “All sellers are […]
27Sep

ICYMI Amazon Seller News: Sept. 21-27, 2019

Sellers’ Status of Relationship with Amazon? It’s Complicated. Amazon: Small Business Friend or Foe? Amazon’s Suspended Third-Party Sellers Aren’t Receiving the 30-Day Notice Period They Thought Amazon Inked (Original article title: “Why Amazon’s ‘Much Ballyhooed’ Suspension Policy Isn’t Protecting Third-Party Sellers in the Way They Expected”) Join us to discuss this complicated relationship! Register for […]
20Sep

ICYMI Amazon Seller News September 14-20, 2019

This Week’s Big News The WSJ has done it again (which is to say, it’s broken a big story about Amazon and put it behind a paywall). We covered the WSJ’s Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, Unsafe or Mislabeled Products in depth in the ICYMI: Amazon Seller News […]
13Sep

ICYMI Amazon Seller News September 7-13, 2019

Privacy and Security U.S. Senator Demands Answers from Amazon’s Ring Over Its Police Partnerships A Report Says Amazon Wants to Treat Customers in an Eye-Opening New Way (Is It Brilliant or Truly Disturbing?) Tariffs and Trade American Tariffs Are Having a Bigger Impact on U.S.-Based Amazon Vendors Than Their Competitors in China Online Sales Tax […]
06Sep

ICYMI: Amazon Seller News August 31-September 6, 2019

Amazon Storage Fees In the March 22 edition of ICYMI, I mentioned that: “From March 18–September 30, 2019, Fulfillment by Amazon will waive monthly storage and removal fees for the first 50 units per ASIN for up to 100 new-to-Amazon ASINs created by participating sellers in eligible product categories.” Amazon has now extended that promotion […]
30Aug

ICYMI: Amazon Seller News August 24-30, 2019

Happy Labor Day weekend! Before you sleep in or hit the park or fire up the grill, get your Amazon seller news and go into the long weekend in the know. Amazon Seller News: This Week’s Big Story That Wall Street Journal Article: Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, […]
23Aug

ICYMI Amazon Seller News August 19-23, 2019

What Constitutes “Winning” When It Comes to Amazon? Amazon’s Tiny Profits, Explained Le Digital Tax Makes Its Way to Sellers on the Amazon France Marketplace (And we’ve seen plenty of policy/fee changes that start abroad make their way to the U.S. soon enough.) Amazon Is Passing Along Costs of a New Digital Tax to Thousands […]