Sellers have been facing difficulties one after another recently, including video verification, insurance purchase, category review, closure of evaluation channels, and other unexpected events. The following good news may bring some comfort to sellers.

According to the Associated Press report in Washington on March 6, the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive epidemic relief plan, which is the much-anticipated new round of money distribution plan. Biden promised that "the plan will provide assistance to Americans in need starting this month. $1,400 will be distributed to most people starting this month, and more than 85% of American households will receive subsidies. "

In other words, most American families will receive aid subsidies this month, and this considerable amount of subsidies will not only alleviate the consumption difficulties of American residents, but also bring hope to the business of cross-border sellers.

In addition to the plan's potential to help sellers get one step closer to explosive sales, a policy recently updated by Amazon is also a major benefit for sellers.

Amazon's partnered carriers will offer 80% off shipping rates

It is learned that Amazon recently announced that its partner carrier program will provide an 80% shipping discount . This offer is only applicable to sellers who did not use Amazon's partner carrier program between January 1, 2021 and February 28, 2021, and will take effect on April 1.

High shipping costs have always been a pain point for most sellers. Coupled with the impact of the epidemic, shipping costs and logistics timeliness are not proportional, which has invisibly increased the operating costs and pressure of sellers. Now, they can finally enjoy Amazon’s shipping discounts.

It is understood that from April 1, sellers can enjoy an 80% discount on the standard fees of Amazon's Partnered Carrier Program for a limited time. This offer applies to domestic shipments in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

Through the Amazon Partnered Carrier Program, FBA sellers can enjoy discounted shipping rates when sending shipments to logistics centers across Europe. The shipping discounts will apply to any shipments that sellers create and use Amazon partnered carriers to European logistics centers between April 1, 2021 and September 30 , 2021 .

You can enjoy this offer if you meet the following conditions:

Shipping discounts are only available to sellers who do not use an Amazon-partnered carrier between January 1, 2021 and February 28, 2021.

The shipment must be sent to a logistics center in the same country as the shipping address.

The shipment creation date in Seller Central must be between April 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021.

Shipments must be shipped using an Amazon partnered carrier.

In addition to the discounts on logistics costs, there have also been major changes in Amazon FBA inventory limits, with the number of warehouses at this site increasing by 6 times!

Japan site relaxes warehouse entry restrictions

The inventory restrictions that began last year have been a headache for sellers. For sellers, this policy limits not only inventory, but also sales and rankings. Fortunately, Amazon has gradually released signals of relaxing restrictions since this year, which has relieved sellers a lot.

Recently, Amazon Japan announced again that it is gradually relaxing warehousing restrictions, which is undoubtedly good news for sellers!

Amazon announced that it is gradually relaxing restrictions on warehouse entry to allow sellers to store more inventory. Now, Amazon's warehouse entry restrictions are 6 times looser than when they were first implemented , and sellers can at least store enough inventory to meet 9.5 months of orders . For new FBA products, sellers can now store 7 times the inventory they did when the restrictions were first implemented .

It is learned that Amazon Japan has relaxed its warehousing restrictions in January, three times more than when it was first implemented. Sellers can now warehouse at least 4.5 months of inventory.

After more than a month, Amazon once again relaxed the warehousing restrictions on the Japanese site, and the inventory capacity increased several times, further confirming the signal that Amazon will gradually relax inventory restrictions.

But not all sellers are so lucky. After hearing the news, sellers on the Canadian site looked at sellers on the Japanese site with envy, because not only did the Canadian site not wait for the relaxation of inventory restrictions, but it increased the restrictions instead!

Canada again limits warehouse entry

It is learned that Amazon's Canadian site recently issued an announcement, announcing the adjustment of the FBA warehousing restriction policy, and will relax the replenishment quantity restrictions for sellers, provide free inventory removal, etc.

Amazon said that starting from March 4, 2021, products sold through Amazon FBA will be   9 months of sellers are subject to inventory storage limit policies, which are based on your performance and will be updated regularly. In addition, we have also relaxed the replenishment quantity limits at the ASIN level, and most products will have enough storage space to cope with approximately 2 months of peak season sales.

As soon as the news came out, sellers on the Canadian site were panicked. Some reported that they could not ship the goods, some said that the sea shipping channels had cooled down, and some directly asked the service providers whether they could break through the shipping restrictions.

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"I can make plans but I can't complete them, which makes me feel more hopeless about being a Canadian."

“Why is there such a big difference between Canada and the United States?”

"Now they are counting by total number of pieces. It's really hopeless!"

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When the inventory restriction policy of the Canadian site was released, many sellers fell into "despair". Regarding the updated warehousing rules, sellers complained: when the limit was 200, it felt too little, and when the limit was 75, there were very few complaints. Now the total quantity is directly limited, and no one needs to be shipped, which is so funny.

Some sellers also reported that this rule is calculated based on the number of pieces, and there are large pieces of goods floating on the sea, which directly counts as more than 100 pieces to the sellers.

It seems that the inventory restrictions on the Canadian site have affected many sellers, but Amazon has not yet notified when the restrictions will be lifted. What do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss ~