using Amazon's platform to
export to the US Amazon, you
probably know that
Amazon often makes sudden changes to its terms and conditions
There are some changes
that have a significant impact on accounts that are directly linked to sales, emails from Amazon should not be overlooked.
However, depending on the content of changes to the terms and conditions,
showing the ability to respond flexibly
can be a big differentiator from other companies.
This naturally happens because some people cannot respond quickly
let's take a look at some of the major changes that have occurred recently
Mandatory tracking number
A tracking number
is
a tracking record that allows you to understand it has become completely mandatory.
Previously,
this was only applied
to certain categories such as office products and shoes with this change, all shipments
must be numbered .
Amazon America
calls
"Valid Tracking Rate"
you can check it from Seller Central
"PERFORMANCE → Account Health → Customer Metrics"
You can check the
total values for 7 days and 30 days under "Performance Targets" on this page , if this value falls
below 95%
you will be subject to penalties such as account review and suspension
Requiring a tracking number
means that you have to add
an option to the delivery method shipping costs have to be higher.
Until now,
sellers who
were able to handle low-cost airmail such as SAL will now all have to compete on the same playing field.
This may be a difficult change for sellers who specialize in non-stock sales
Listing fees for bulk listings
This change in terms
will be a blow to large-volume sellers.
New listing fees have
been for certain products
The condition for the commission is
sellers who have
a large volume of 100,000 or more listings for products that have not been sold by anyone for 12 months or more
will be charged $ 0.005 per month
sellers with no inventory who regularly list
large quantities of 100,000 or more items will be subject to this regulation.
Amazon
does not allow out-of-stock sales, this
change in terms and conditions can be seen as implicitly a countermeasure.
However, depending on how you think about
the terms are not that important, and if you
keep track of the 100,000 listings
delete
only the products with few sessions
by comparing them with the business report, you won't incur any fees. Questions and answers are not unnecessary.
Compulsory disposal measures for defective products, etc.
sellers selling with FBA
receive a return from a buyer, the
item is automatically returned to the FBA warehouse.
Then, Amazon will inspect the product and
decide whether to return it to stock or to overturn the stock determination as a defective product
are
now
whether to discard or
send back to Japan no action will be taken for 30 days.
Amazon will forcibly dispose of defective products
Of course, disposal is not free and
there is a fee for each item.
However, this change does not mean that
"return to Japan" is no longer an option
, but rather it will be applied to
it is possible to request a return during that time.
Defective products
will be labeled as
"Unsellable Quantity"
we will be required to manage the quantity of defective products even more from Seller Central
By the way, if you are requesting a return to Japan,
we cannot ship directly to Japan.
You need to consider shipping costs,
to send the item
to an address in the United States return it to Japan
Depending on the balance,
we will decide whether to discard or return the item.
I think there are few people who
are involved in
exporting to Amazon America the management from Seller Central
I think this is also a too strict change to the terms
lastly
As you can see, any changes to the terms and conditions
occur suddenly, so
you can see that this is not the time to feel bad about receiving emails from Amazon in English
that affect accounts
occur as a matter of course on Amazon in the US
I don't want to start whining, but
since this condition is equally imposed
on all sellers
I feel that there is a strong need for a change in thinking to take advantage of
