Amazon Seller Support Blog (Amazon.co.uk)

Available now - Amazon Fulfilled Shipment Report

We’re happy to announce that the FBA shipment report is now available in Seller Central. It contains information about all orders shipped through FBA, including price, delivery and giftwrap fees. Many sellers have requested an easy to use and reliable way to incorporate information about their FBA orders into their “normal” invoicing processes.

The report can be requested “on demand” and contains information about all FBA orders that have been shipped within the specified timeframe. The report will only be available in tab-delimited text format and can be downloaded in SellerCentral. Navigate to the FBA Reports page and select the Order Report.

More information, like detailed data definitions can be found on the new help pages in SellerCentral.

Fulfilment by Amazon - Merchants can now sell on Amazon's German site without a German VAT number.

As of early January 2010, merchants can sign up to sell their products on amazon.de and benefit from the Fulfilment by Amazon programme without the need for a German VAT number. If you have been interested in  FBA in the past but could not get started with the programme, you may find this information particularly useful. 

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Fulfilment by Amazon - Introduction of low stock notification emails can help you ensure you do not miss any sales opportunity

With a view to helping our valued merchants optimize their sales via FBA, starting January 2010 Amazon will be sending regular Low Stock notification emails to its merchants highlighting the items which are either out of stock or could become out of stock based on their 7 day sales volume.  We would like to remind you that you can also manage your inventory and maintain visibility on ageing items and stock levels via the Inventory Age report introduced mid 2009. For more details, to view the report online or download in CSV format please go to your seller account 8.3 FBA Report Details >Inventory Age

Plan for a Successful Festive Season with Fulfilment by Amazon

Good timing can make your end-of-year sales, and we want our merchants to have their best festive season ever!  FBA merchants are encouraged to ship their inventory to Amazon early to take advantage of the peak shopping days.

To take advantage of the last order date for free standard shipping Inventory (this day typically falls around the middle of December--customers will place many last minute orders on this date) inventory should ideally be received by Dec. 12.

It is also important to stay IN STOCK during this busy end-of-year period.  We also strongly urge you to comply with the best practices, some of which are set out below for a smooth festive selling season:

• Do not send hazardous materials or unsuitable items
• Prep your shipment carefully: make sure all items and shipments are labeled appropriately
• Make sure that quantity and items physically sent in a shipment are same as those communicated while creating the shipment
• LTL/FT shipments: make sure your carrier has secured a dock appointment
• Be prepared to send items to different fulfilment centres

Remember with FBA:

• We will ship most items until very shortly before Christmas.
• We could help handle your larger volumes during this key peak period.
• Many late purchasing customers trust Amazon to deliver by Christmas Eve and will therefore place a last minute order.

New Item Label Formats now added for Fulfilment by Amazon users

We have added several new common item label formats to our shipment creation workflows in the seller account of FBA registered merchants giving them a broader choice of label stock. Significant price differences between the formats exist depending on local availability. With the increase in the number of label sizes, merchants can often source labels now at a reduced cost. When creating labels, the new formats can be found in the drop-down box in the merchant's Seller Account.