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The poorer the person, the more determined he becomes, and he never loses his ambition to reach the sky. ——Wang Bo
Cross-border sellers who have experienced all kinds of hardships and are still in trouble today still have not chosen to give up their "ambitions". As Amazon's policies become increasingly tightened and competition becomes increasingly fierce, after experiencing the wave of Amazon account bans last year, many sellers have chosen to explore new platforms outside of Amazon, hoping to find a blue ocean with the help of new platforms and achieve their ambitions. Among them, Walmart is one of the most popular platforms. Since Walmart occupies a large market in the United States, many Amazon US sellers have chosen to join in. However, things don't always go as planned. We learned that a major fire broke out in a large warehouse of Walmart in the United States recently. Walmart warehouse fire destroyed all goodsIt is learned that on March 16, a major fire broke out in a 1.2 million square foot Walmart warehouse (distribution center) in Indiana, USA. It is reported that the fire started on the mezzanine on the third floor of the huge building and spread rapidly. The fire was extremely fierce. The affected warehouse was huge and all the goods were burned. The delivery vehicles also suffered heavy losses. More than 100 trucks were burned in the fire. The specific number will require weeks of investigation. It is understood that when the fire broke out, there were about 1,000 employees working in the building, but fortunately, according to firefighters, no one was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. As for the fire, Walmart spokesperson Taylor Thomason said that while working to resume operations, Walmart has taken measures to rely on the resilience of Walmart's supply chain facilities and stores across the country to help share the load to reduce the impact on consumers. It is also learned that the US warehouse where the fire broke out belongs to the Walmart Fulfillment Service (WFS) program, a new program that allows sellers to store their inventory in Walmart distribution centers. The addresses of Walmart WFS logistics centers in the United States correspond to: Kentucky Logistics Warehouse—KY1 Kansas Logistics Warehouse—KS1 New Jersey Logistics Center – NJ3 Orlando, FL Logistics Center – MCO1 California Logistics Center – LAX2 Indiana Logistics Center – IND2 Indiana Logistics Center – IND1 From the above, it can be seen that the warehouse where the fire occurred may be IND1 or IND2. At present, some sellers have reported that shipments of IND1 and IND2 have been cancelled. We would also like to remind relevant sellers to check the logistics information in time so that they can contact the buyers in time. In addition to the recent fire at Walmart, cross-border sellers have also been troubled by the resurgence of the epidemic. However, it is learned that there is finally good news about the Shenzhen epidemic. Shenzhen's five districts resume operations, logistics ready to restartIt is learned that Shenzhen has issued a notice from the Shenzhen New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Command. The notice stated that starting from March 18, Yantian District, Pingshan District, Guangming District, Dapeng New District, and Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone, which have achieved dynamic zero social contact, will resume production order. Other areas that have not achieved zero contact will do a good job in precise prevention and control. It is learned that since March 14, due to the escalation of epidemic prevention and control, Shenzhen has pressed the "pause button", logistics and warehouses have basically stagnated, many sellers have found it difficult to ship goods in time and have fallen into a out-of-stock dilemma, and logistics delays have further led to a sharp drop in order volume. The resumption of operations in five areas of Shenzhen is undoubtedly good news for cross-border sellers who are eager to ship goods and solve logistics problems. However, sellers are reminded that the previous shutdown of warehouses in Shenzhen has caused a large amount of goods to pile up at the port. Sellers need to be mentally prepared to face warehouse explosions or goods queues after the logistics are restarted. In any case, Shenzhen’s production order is indeed recovering slowly now, and I believe that sellers will be able to overcome the current difficulties. In response to the severe epidemic situation in China, Amazon has also released a seller protection policy during the epidemic. Amazon releases seller protection policy during the epidemic It is learned that Amazon recently announced that it has paid attention to the logistics impact brought by the epidemic. In order to protect sellers' accounts from being affected, Amazon has automatically updated and extended the estimated delivery time of some sellers' self-delivered (MFN) products, reminding sellers to pay attention to the delivery time content of the order through the order page. In addition, sellers can also check the delivery time displayed on the listing through [Seller Platform]--[Settings]--[Delivery Settings] page or [ASIN Page]. The specific steps are as follows: Step 1: Log in to [Seller Platform] - [Settings] - [Delivery Settings]
Step 2: Check the order delivery time
▲ Swipe right to view the steps In addition, it is also learned that Amazon US also issued an announcement stating that as the serious spread of the epidemic in China has affected many provinces in China, Amazon is taking comprehensive measures to reduce the impact of the epidemic on the health of Chinese sellers' accounts. The important details of the announcement are as follows: 1. If sellers are concerned about adverse effects on late shipment rate, cancellation rate, or order defect rate metrics, sellers may appeal any policy violations that they believe are beyond their control and provide relevant information in the appeal so that Amazon can understand the connection between the adverse effects related to the epidemic and the violations appealed by the seller. 2. If Chinese sellers find themselves unable to keep up with the order volume, it is recommended that sellers temporarily change the listing status to "inactive" in the holiday settings, and then restore the "active" status after they have the ability to fulfill orders. I will keep moving forward with determination; the more setbacks I encounter, the more motivated I will be, and I will keep trying. The epidemic will eventually dissipate, and logistics congestion will eventually ease, but the cross-border sellers' determination to make huge sales will remain unchanged. We also hope that after the epidemic is over, sellers will be able to have a big April and make huge sales! I wonder what the current logistics situation of sellers is like? Welcome to discuss in the comments section~ |
