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Amazon's Supply Chain as a Service
Yesterday, it introduced Supply Chain by Amazon, a collection of existing physical and online services and some new changes. It’s an end-to-end solution that handles the product’s journey from when it leaves the manufacturer to when the shopper receives it. The most significant change is opening it up to power non-Amazon sales channels.
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It was hard not to feel a hint of schadenfreude over the unusually public, mysteriously nasty firing of former Amazon worldwide operations czar Dave Clark, who’d last year joined a buzzy supply chain startup after getting beaten out for the top job at his former employer by his longtime rival Andy Jassy.
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In recent years, selling on Amazon has become a lucrative endeavor for individuals and businesses alike. With the rise of e-commerce and changing consumer behaviors, Amazon has established itself as a dominant platform for online shopping. If you’re considering entering the world of Amazon selling in 2023, it’s important to understand the current landscape and best practices to succeed in this competitive marketplace.
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Meet 3 Amazon Sellers Who Support Local Communities Every Day
Amazon recently gathered thousands of sellers in Seattle and tens of thousands virtually at Accelerate, Amazon’s premier annual seller conference, to connect and learn about new ways to scale and grow their businesses. So many of these sellers are going beyond their day-to-day work and turning their businesses into a force for good in their local communities. During the event, Amazon celebrated three of these amazing sellers.
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Amazon Announces Plan to Increase Pay for Contracted Delivery Riders
Amazon has unveiled plans to increase pay rates for contracted delivery drivers, investing a substantial $440 million over the next year to make it happen. While the exact bump in pay remains undisclosed, Amazon expects US drivers to earn an average of $20.50 per hour, according to the Associated Press. Many of Amazon's delivery service partners (DSPs) already offer rates surpassing this average.
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Final Two U.S. Based Defendants in Amazon Bribery Case Sentenced
Two significant players in a scheme to bribe Amazon employees and contractors were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to various federal charges for their scheme to corrupt the Amazon Marketplace with bribes, forged documents and false claims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. “For over three years these defendants grew their business by cheating: bribing Amazon employees, forging documents, attacking competitors with fake reviews, and even posting cartoonish obscene gestures on competitors’ order pages. Now they face the consequences,” Acting U.S. Attorney Gorman said.
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Amazon Just Launched a New Program to Cajole Sellers Into Cutting Their Emissions
Amazon unveiled an initiative to persuade its sellers to reduce their carbon footprints, reuse and recycle more of their material, and cut the amount of packaging they use when shipping products. Third-party sellers account for about 60 percent of Amazon sales, and cajoling them into more environmentally friendly practices will help Amazon meet its own sustainability goals.
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Trust Issues: Amazon Could be Fractured by Impending FTC Lawsuit, Reports Suggest
Amazon could face another major lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission later this month — this time with the potential to break up parts of the company. Amazon runs the world’s largest online platform for sellers; the company is also a seller on that same platform, through its own brands. That means a clothing company, for example, must compete with Amazon’s clothing brands.
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The social media app’s Shop option, prominently displayed between the For You and Following feeds where users watch videos, presents a never-ending scroll of “recommended” random products, according to an early version reviewed by Bloomberg, from a $2.99 Nike sweatshirt that appears counterfeit to a $6.99 statue of a “naughty dwarf” sitting on a toilet.
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This week at Accelerate, Amazon’s annual seller conference, the company announced Supply Chain by Amazon, an end-to-end, fully automated set of supply chain services that will provide sellers with a complete solution to quickly and reliably move products directly from their manufacturers to customers around the world. Supply Chain by Amazon enables sellers to benefit from Amazon’s advanced logistics, fulfillment, and transportation capabilities to keep products in stock, ship faster and more reliably, and significantly lower costs.
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‘Amazon Charges Me for These Returns‘: Amazon Seller Catches Customer Trying to be Slick With Return
The owner of Tabor Place (@taborplace), a business that creates products “for families trying to use less plastic,” posted the clip on Sunday. In it, she explains that she’s been selling her products on Amazon for five years and sometimes has “egregious” issues with customer returns.
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Flexport Launches All-in-One Supply Chain Solution for Entrepreneurs
By streamlining the supply chain process, Flexport aims to democratize the supply chain and provide entrepreneurs with the benefits of scale that were previously only available to big companies, according to the release. This allows entrepreneurs to focus on driving sales at lower costs and reduces the effort needed to manage their entire supply chain.
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How Amazon Cracked the E-Commerce Riddle in India
E-commerce giant Amazon completed 10 years in India in June. Although the company entered the Indian markets much after home-grown ecommerce platforms like Flipkart, Snapdeal, IndiaMART, etc, it has still become a major player in the space. Abhinav Singh, Vice President, Customer Fulfilment, Supply Chain & Amazon Transportation Services, Amazon India, believes that their success is driven by understanding the needs of the Indian consumer.
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Amazon Shipping has Price Edge Over Top Carriers, Execs Say
Most third-party sellers using the relaunched service pay at least 30% less compared to the list rate at other leading carriers, Ripley MacDonald, VP of Amazon Shipping, said in a Wednesday session at Amazon Accelerate. Amazon Shipping offers delivery on orders placed on Amazon.com, sellers’ websites and other channels.
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Selling on Amazon is Key for SMBs, But it Might Not Make Money
The family farm in Washington state sells legumes and grains direct to consumer (DTC). The COVID-19 pandemic led to “huge, steep growth patterns” for Palouse that the small retailer couldn’t keep up with. It was forced to shut down some ordering channels to keep up, with a growing focus on sales through Amazon.
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Report: Apollo Seeks Buyer For Amazon Brand Aggregator Perch
The private equity firm in 2001 pledged up to half a billion dollars in debt to Victory Park Capital, which invests in multiple aggregators, Perch among them. Now, as Bloomberg News reported late Friday (Sept. 1), Victory Park is seeking a buyer for Perch, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sources added that Apollo has gotten more involved in the sale as Victory Park has thus far not succeeded.
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Amazon Will Now Move Seller Product From Anywhere in Major New Initiative
Under Amazon’s newly announced logistics expansion, sellers can now move their products from Amazon’s warehouses to any of their other sales channels – including their own physical stores and warehouses unaffiliated with Amazon – instead of only to consumers’ doors.
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Amazon Launches Generative AI to Help Sellers Write Product Descriptions
Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) is helping people tackle tasks like building spreadsheets, captioning images, and writing essays, poems, and presentations. Now, Amazon is using the latest advancements in AI to dramatically improve the listing creation and management experience for sellers.
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Tips and Tricks
AI in Ecommerce: 11 Strategies to Leverage Artificial Intelligence in Your Business
Ecommerce business owners have a lot of competing priorities – conducting product and market research, writing product descriptions, building websites, answering customer service questions, and so many more. Among the long list of tools and solutions available to ecommerce businesses, artificial intelligence has emerged to help business owners and employees boost efficiency, automate operations, and focus on growth.
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9 Amazon Reviews Best Practices to Boost Sales and Trust
Amazon reviews are critical for sellers. Learn the best practices to help gain an advantage while staying compliant with Amazon's policies. Amazon reviews aren’t just testimonials; they are powerful tools that can make or break your sales on the platform. Here’s why Amazon reviews have so much impact.
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How to Write a Great Amazon Listing — and How AI Can Help
Of course, your listings need to be keyword optimized, but if the copy is bland, uninspiring, or missing information, you’ll likely miss out on sales to your competitors. Not all Amazon sellers are comfortable writing their own Amazon listings — as maybe they’re not strong writers, don’t understand how to conduct proper keyword research, or simply don’t have the time. In this article, we’ll provide you with six tips on writing a good, compelling Amazon listing.
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How to Close or Delete Your Amazon Account
If you no longer want to use your Amazon account, this post is for you. In this article, we will show you how to close or delete your Amazon account. This post is also helpful for users who have more than one Amazon account and want to delete some or all of them. Do note that you have to follow the same instructions to delete all your Amazon accounts.
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How To Gain Repeat Customers on Amazon
Repeat customers are more profitable every year they spend with a company across a wide variety of businesses, and this is true on Amazon as well. Amazon has over 126 million unique users visiting on mobile and 42 million unique users visiting on desktop. With this in mind, acquiring repeat customers should be an important part of your marketing strategy, especially since a repeat customer is less expensive to acquire than a new customer.
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Amazon Niche Finder: 6 Ways to Find the Most Profitable Niches
It’s a worthwhile journey though—because Amazon has 100s of millions of active users per month. In fact, 57% of consumers start their online shopping searches on Amazon. So, if you want a great place to find out whether or not people want to spend money on a particular niche, Amazon’s data is where you want to look. Let’s go over 6 ways you can find the most profitable niches to sell on Amazon.
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Podcasts
Kevin King’s Amazon Hacks & Never-Before-Heard Selling Story
Of course, your listings need to be keyword optimized, but if the copy is bland, uninspiring, or missing information, you’ll likely miss out on sales to your competitors. Not all Amazon sellers are comfortable writing their own Amazon listings — as maybe they’re not strong writers, don’t understand how to conduct proper keyword research, or simply don’t have the time. In this article, we’ll provide you with six tips on writing a good, compelling Amazon listing.
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