Amazon Seller Support

Make your holiday selling easier with FBA and save up to $1,000

To make your holiday selling easier, we are offering an opportunity to save up to $1,000 when you use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) before December 31, 2009.

FBA is an innovative service in which sellers send their inventory directly to Amazon where it is stored and managed in a secure, climate-controlled facility. When orders are received, Amazon will professionally pick, pack and ship the product directly to the customer.

Learn more about our promotion and how FBA works.

2009 Seller Conference

July 10-13, Seattle Airport Marriott

The Sellers' Conference for Online Entrepreneurs 20009 (SCOE) is the independent Conference for entrepreneurs who utilize Amazon.com as a sales channel.  No matter what type of inventory you list or how long you've been selling online, SCOE has something to offer you to help you improve and grow your business.

This year, we'll be focusing on how to think creatively to thrive and succeed in challenging economic times.  If you are a media seller, we'll help you navigate the often tricky path to broadening your product offerings, showing you the way to  "think outside the books."  If you already offer non-media, we'll be inviting inventory-type specific specialists from Amazon to the Conference so that you can get some of your questions answered in person.  

Although the normal Conference attendee fee is $325 per person, if you click on http://scoe.biz/REFERRAL.html between now and June 15th, you can attend for the reduced fee of $250 per attendee.  We know that you will find great value in this conference, and will want to return again in upcoming years. 

Looking forward to seeing you at the conference! 

Rhonda, Conference Organizer
sellersconference@comcast.net

If Only Santa Claus Used FBA....

A Sellers Guide to a Successful Holiday Season Using FBA

I have been graced with the esteemed honor of composing the first posting on the Amazon Seller Support Blog and I can’t think of a better topic than to share some tips for sellers who use the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service.  In fact, you can also apply some of these tips to your own merchant fulfilled business practices during the most wonderful time of the year.

Here are my tips:

1.    Get your inventory to the Fulfillment Center as early as possible.

You may see a spike in sales over the holiday season. The more products you have sent to the Amazon Fulfillment Center prior to that spike, the less you’ll need to worry about running out of stock in the middle of the shopping season.  A good rule of thumb:  Start sending extra inventory to the Fulfillment Center starting November 1st. Send enough inventory to cover the volume you expect to sell over the holidays.

2.    Be attentive to the labeling of your products. 

Sellers who need to label their products prior to shipping to the Amazon Fulfillment Center should pay extra attention to how you label them.  The only scannable bar code that should be visible is your FBA sticker, and it must be completely affixed to the product.  Unreadable and missing labels can delay the availability of your product, so please make sure all other bar codes on the product are covered.

3.    Double- check the amount of products you have reported to be in the shipment. 

“So did I put 30 Red Ryder BB guns in the box or 29?”  When you pack your boxes being sent to the Fulfillment Center, please take the time to recount and verify the exact number of products in the box accurately matches the amount reported in the shipment information summary in Seller Central.

By following these simple guidelines you can greatly reduce the stress of this upcoming holiday season and ensure that your products will be available in the Amazon Fulfillment System.

Please check back often as we have many exciting information and tips that will assist you in your day to day selling operations and help you navigate this E-commerce river called Amazon.com.

--Joe G.