#76 - Changes in Amazon Fees 2022, Accounts hijack, and much more
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2022 US Referral and FBA Fee Changes Summary
As we all get ready for another big holiday season, we would like to thank you for once again putting your trust in Amazon to power your business this year.
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A scammer paid off Amazon employees to help him hijack accounts, an internal memo viewed by Wired revealed. He "recruited our employees over LinkedIn and Facebook," Amazon's security team wrote in the memo.
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U.S. Is Amazon’s Least Competitive Marketplace
The U.S. is Amazon’s least competitive marketplace. Despite having the highest number of sellers, they each receive more traffic per seller than on the other marketplaces.
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Good to Know
Customer Service by Amazon (CSBA) is a paid program that allows you to leverage Amazon’s customer service network to manage customer inquiries on your self-fulfilled orders.
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Amazon Upstream Storage for FBA Solves for Supply Chain Issues
Amazon upstream storage is a new program the company is testing with FBA sellers to streamline inventory replenishment in its Fulfillment Centers.
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Amazon to Stop Accepting Visa Credit Cards Issued in The UK, Citing High Fees
Amazon has told some customers that, from Jan. 19 onward, the company will no longer accept Visa credit cards issued in Britain. Visa said it was “very disappointed that Amazon is threatening to restrict consumer choice in the future.”
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Multichannel eCommerce Analytics Leader DataHawk Announces a $7 Million USD Series A Equity Funding
DataHawk’s AI-enhanced, centralized analytics, & optimization platform helps brands run their eCommerce businesses better. This financing round will support AI enhancements and a US office expansion.
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Amazon’s Push for Lower Prices Could be Bad for Shoppers Everywhere
Some sellers are urging brands they partner with to get lower-priced listings elsewhere adjusted or removed, which could drive up prices around the internet.
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Marketplaces Offer Sellers New Tools, Services and Incentives as Competition Heats Up
Retailers say they will increase their use of marketplaces, which is leading to a surge in new incentives by marketplaces eager to bring them on board.
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The firm and other third parties accessed the data because of one of Amazon's own internal programs. Wired likened it to Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal when people's data was secretly scraped.
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Amazon Ads Wants to Help Travel Outfits by Sharing Its Customers’ Buying Habits
It's not just all about Amazon Web Services anymore when Amazon reaches out to travel industry customers. It is still early days but Amazon Ads may one day crimp travel brands' spending on Google and Facebook.
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Amazon Is the Default Search Engine
Two years ago, Nike stopped selling its clothes and sneakers directly to Amazon. The brand has since done exceptionally well scaling its digital sales. And yet, consumers continue to look for Nike on Amazon.
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Amazon Rate Hike to Hit Sellers in January 2022
The good news for sellers who fulfill their own orders: there are only two referral-fee changes, and both are decreases, although those sellers will likely be impacted by the higher shipping costs announced by carriers.
ecommercebytes.com
Covid Didn’t Accelerate E-Commerce
U.S. e-commerce penetration is currently at levels it would have reached even if the pandemic didn’t happen. While Covid boosted e-commerce spending in 2020, that acceleration perhaps wasn’t a step-change after all.
marketplacepulse.com
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It's Heyday for the Best SMB Brands in the Amazon Marketplace
Doing business on Amazon is now very streamlined. Imagine building a business doing $10 million of revenue with no employees, physical store, or real estate.
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Berlin Brands Group Raises $100 Million Amid Fundraising Rush For Amazon Aggregators
The deal comes after Ardian sold its 40% stake in the Berlin-based Amazon brand buyer to Bain Capital in a $700 million debt and equity deal in September.
forbes.com
When Your eBay Order Arrives in an Amazon Van
eBay sellers are still using Amazon as a drop shipper, according to a buyer who was describing what they called one of their worst buying experiences.
ecommercebytes.com
Burned by Counterfeits, Amazon and Weber Grill Rogue Sellers in Suit Over Bogus BBQ Covers
The defendants are listed as a series of seller accounts, most of them with addresses in China, and one in Florida. Amazon says it has shut down the accounts.
geekwire.com
Amazon’s Attack on Women’s Health
A company that treats a common pelvic ailment will soon have all its FDA-compliant medical devices listed on Amazon—in the ‘adult’ category.
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Tips and Tricks
How to Find the Best Amazon FBA Coach for 2021
In this article, we’re going to go over How an Amazon FBA coach can help you, What to look for in an Amazon selling coach, Tips from the experts here at Jungle Scout, Jungle Scout programs and coaching, and more.
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How a decades-old business model became part of a side-hustle trend that affects nearly every shopper on the internet.
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Multichannel eCommerce Analytics Leader DataHawk Announces a $7 Million USD Series A Equity Funding
DataHawk’s AI-enhanced, centralized analytics, & optimization platform helps brands run their eCommerce businesses better. This financing round will support AI enhancements and a US office expansion.
datahawk.co - [SPONSOR]
With Amazon’s FBA Storage Cuts, Buy Box Experts Helps Sellers Avoid Q4 Stockouts
Buy Box Experts, an Amazon account management firm, says that the reduction of Fulfillment by Amazon inventory storage could cause Q4 stockouts. They are warning sellers to strategically decrease product demand if a stockout seems imminent.
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In this guide, we’re going to go over Why you should add product videos to your Amazon listings, Who can add a video to a listing (hint: not just brand registered sellers), Best practices for creating product videos, and more.
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Podcasts
22 Product Research Strategies for 2022
In this 2-part series, Bradley and Helium 10’s brand evangelists share their best product research strategies to help your 2022 blow 2021 out of the water.
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