Three quarters of 2021 has already passed in the blink of an eye. For Amazon sellers, the past six months have been a long and arduous journey. On the one hand, logistics costs have risen sharply, on the other hand, price wars have been rampant, and on the other hand, a series of new policies such as returns and refunds, and reduced inventory capacity have been introduced one after another, like mountains standing in the way of sellers.
Just as the sellers were anxiously awaiting a turnaround, a wave of account closures came again. Many of the once-prosperous sellers suffered heavy losses, some were heavily in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy, and some had to make large-scale layoffs to reduce losses. A big seller was exposed to have owed 200,000 yuan in payment for goods, and forced job transfers led to protests from employees! Some time ago, Global Easy Shopping was in the spotlight because it owed more than 3,000 suppliers and logistics companies a total of more than 700 million yuan in debt, and a large number of suppliers came to collect debts.
Just recently, another supplier revealed that a big seller who was severely damaged by the wave of account bans owed them more than 200,000 yuan in payment for goods and has not paid it yet. There were even employees of the big seller who disclosed that the company forced them to transfer and refused to compensate them. The supplier provided the contract signed by both parties, which strictly stipulated the responsibilities of Party B. However, the whistleblower claimed that the company has not yet settled the payment for the goods. According to the whistleblower, a department of the retail company refused to accept the job transfer arrangement, and after many unsuccessful negotiations, they jointly wrote a letter of protest. ▲ The picture comes from a supplier It is learned that the company's forced job transfer mainly caused the following disputes: 1. The company frequently changes and adjusts the substantive work content and direction, resulting in the inability to complete work goals normally. 2. The company's human resources director used improper means to force employees to resign voluntarily, including not communicating or negotiating with employees, forcibly adjusting monthly performance targets, and frequently transferring work positions. The whistleblower also disclosed a personnel appointment and dismissal notice of the big seller. An employee of the department mentioned above who jointly initiated the protest was dismissed from his position as director and demoted to development assistant on the grounds that he did not perform his management duties conscientiously and failed to manage the team's performance goals. ▲ The picture comes from a supplier However, apart from the above information, the whistleblower did not provide any further clear evidence to confirm the issue of overdue payment for goods, and did not respond when asked about the specific payment period stipulated in the agreement and the detailed information of the forced transfer dispute. Therefore, it is currently impossible to make a conclusion on the incident. While big stores were experiencing constant turmoil, small stores also encountered opening lightning strikes at the beginning of September. Double attack: storage capacity drops sharply and freight rates soar! It is learned that Amazon's inventory restriction policy seems to be tightening again recently. When sellers "welcomed" Amazon's weekly inventory capacity update recently, they found that the total inventory capacity suffered a Waterloo-like blow, and dropped significantly compared with the previous one.
Cross-border navigation Shipping costs are skyrocketing, and storage capacity is infinitely reduced! Amazon sellers are facing another problem #Amazon##Cross-border headlines#Cross-border e-commerce video account ▲ Video account attention: cross-border navigation Some sellers complained that they were struck by a bolt from the blue as soon as they opened the backend. With the IPI score remaining at 600 points, the storage capacity had just increased over the weekend, but today it has returned to the pre-liberation level and has plummeted. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group In addition, some sellers’ IPI basically maintained a stable and slightly rising trend. It had finally increased by a few dozen the day before, but now it has suddenly dropped by a few hundred, and all the money has been lost. Another seller said: “ Previously, it dropped by 100, and now the IPI has increased by 26, so the storage capacity has increased by 100.” It can be said that the storage capacity increase and decrease standards are extremely unbalanced. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group It is learned that Amazon's inventory capacity has changed frequently recently, leaving many sellers helpless. Some sellers have no choice but to seek help. With sales increasing, the inventory capacity has been reduced again and again every week, and has been reduced several times a week. Although they use overseas warehouses for delivery, some products are not suitable and the turnover is too slow to replenish quickly, which makes it difficult to prepare for the peak season. While sellers are struggling with shipping restrictions, the continued surge in freight costs has dealt another heavy blow to sellers. Some sellers bluntly said, "Freight costs have skyrocketed, and storage capacity has dropped to the point of being a drop in the bucket," and "There are a lot of goods on the way, and it takes a month to get them into storage . " ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group It is reported that compared with last year, the shipping freight rates between China and the United States have skyrocketed by 500% this year, and the container fees have exceeded the 20,000 US dollar mark. This has made shipping even more difficult for sellers who are already burdened by inventory restrictions.
In this regard, many sellers have a mental breakdown: “Everyone can take a holiday early for the New Year! See you next year!” "It forced everyone to clear out their inventory at low prices and abandon excess inventory... Amazon's new CEO is even more ruthless than my brother-in-law..." “It’s all a conspiracy to get everyone to use the official AGL!” Since the beginning of this year, problems such as slow logistics timeliness and rising freight rates have not yet seen a turnaround. In addition, storage capacity restrictions have been tightened again. Even if the peak season arrives, how to ship and prepare goods is a difficult problem that sellers currently need to solve urgently.
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