On May 21, Amazon ran a Seller Central news blurb with the attractive headline of “Increase Sales and Get Storage Fee Discounts of 50% to 75%.” Tempting, right? Indeed, but there’s also much more to this Amazon logistics story. Catch this conversation between Seller Labs CRO Jeff Cohen and Amazon logistics expert and Hub Dub […]
Amazon’s beta Templated Messaging feature for Buyer-Seller Messaging in Seller Central is aimed at improving the buying and selling experience with standardized messages. Whenever Amazon changes anything inside of Seller Central, the collective selling community’s ears perk up. We all want to know what has changed and how it affects sellers, shoppers, and service providers. […]
In an attempt to protect buyer privacy and enhance customer satisfaction, Amazon has begun rolling out Customer Phone Number Anonymization. This new addition to the Amazon Terms of Service is a supplement to “Appropriate Treatment of Customer Phone Numbers” as included in the Prohibited Seller Activities and Actions guidelines. The policy change also signals an […]
Today I sat down with CJ Rosenbaum, Founding Partner and Managing Attorney at Amazon Sellers Lawyers. The firm represents sellers dealing with Amazon account suspension, policy violations, and intellectual property law. I wanted to cover three main topics with CJ: What he’s seeing in 2019 as the year takes shape. Trademarks and how to apply for […]
Project Zero is Amazon’s latest program that puts the power of combating counterfeit products into the hands of brand owners. Amazon’s Project Zero program is the latest tool created by the company to fight the scourge of counterfeit products on its site. Project Zero is an invite-only program where U.S. brands have to join a […]
With a new year comes the impetus to make resolutions and changes. All too often, we overreach on these good intentions and end up not meeting our goals; in turn, feeling as if we’ve let ourselves (or others) down Then the failure narrative sets in and we psych ourselves out for future success while adding […]
Protect and improve your products in 2019 on Amazon with a trademark, Brand Registry and listing optimization for maximum security and sales. The new year always feels like a fresh start. Even if it’s just a changing number. That shouldn’t diminish the energy that is felt by everyone—the energy to improve. There’s no better time […]
We surveyed hundreds of Amazon sellers and discovered that half of them don’t know they can directly ask a buyer to leave a product review. Amazon product reviews have been and will continue to be a sticky topic for sellers and third-party service providers. But this isn’t surprising, especially with how Amazon has changed its […]
Eighty-three percent of Amazon sellers believe linking back to their product detail and storefront pages in buyer-seller emails is acceptable within Amazon’s Terms of Service. Buried inside the bowels of Amazon’s all-encompassing seller Terms of Service exists a section with guidelines for contacting buyers using the Buyer-Seller Messaging service. Here you’ll find five bullet points […]
Chris McCabe is back on the blog, helping businesses with Amazon suspension prevention! This time, he’s taking the position of “emergency preparedness”, and helping Amazon sellers with their plan of action should their accounts be suspended. For those of you unfamiliar with a POA request, or “plan of action”, count yourselves lucky. A POA is […]
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