Amazon seems to be rather hot and cold as of late when it comes to emailing buyers. First, Amazon allowed its buyers to opt-out of unsolicited seller messages, which created panic and confusion when sellers started receiving a copious amount of bounced emails. Then it seemed Amazon abandoned its endeavor. As of the writing of […]
I was thrilled to appear on Facebook Live with Seller Labs’ Jeff Cohen yesterday to talk about sales tax. Taxes can be a dreaded topic, but the dirty little secret of sales tax is that it really isn’t that difficult once you get started. In case you couldn’t attend, or your mind is reeling from […]
Amazon recently updated how it enables sellers to authorize third-party access through MWS. When a seller authorizes a third-party service like Seller Labs to access their seller account through MWS, they now receive an email with the subject “Enabled MWS Developer Access Confirmation”. Here’s what the email says: In order to complete sign-up for MWS […]
This article was originally contributed by CJ Rosenbaum, Attorney & Partner at Rosenbaum, Famularo & Segall, P.C., BrandProtectionAmazon.com & AmazonSellersLawyer.com. Amazon has finally adjusted their policies when it comes to Intellectual Property complaints. Until recently, Amazon would immediately suspend a seller’s listings, and sometimes accounts, once they receive an IP complaint. Amazon would not provide […]
Selling online means opportunity for sellers everywhere. Whether it’s Amazon, eBay or somewhere in between, sellers are squeezing profits out of products with a variety of tactics. Sellers range from multinational brands, private label, resellers, arbitrageurs and drop shippers. A recent story on NPR about Internet middlemen shed some light on the selling practice known […]
Importing products from Chinese manufacturers to fuel private label Amazon FBA business has become the preferred strategy for many sellers over the past 18 months. As simple as many sellers may make it seem to start this kind of business, there are many unseen nuances involved that can stall sellers and their products quickly—product liability […]
There has recently been a bit of discussion about a new “Auth Token” requirement for the Marketplace Web Services (MWS) API that third-party merchants like Seller Labs uses to communicate with Amazon Sellers’ accounts. The MWS API is how our system learns about the orders that have been placed for an Amazon Seller’s account, and […]
A big problem I’m dealing with is keeping product in-stock. This past week I ran out of my two bestselling items because I failed to send new inventory in time. The stormy weather back East delayed the arrival of several packages. But the core of the problem is that I never did what’s called “fill […]
This past week I started selling organic prunes. Amazon was selling a 6-count version for roughly $30. It would be impossible to compete straight up with Amazon because of the additional fees a third-party seller incurs that Amazon doesn’t have to. For example, the 15% Amazon referral fee greatly increases my costs compared to Amazon. […]
We have been hearing a lot of complaints from Merchants whose Amazon listings are blocked. If you are looking at something like this in your seller central inventory view. It means for some reason that item is blocked on Amazon.It may be that you are not eligible to list that item or some sort of […]
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