Good news: Amazon launches new FBA inventory function! Sellers are expected to apply for warehouse expansion!

A seller in the seller communication group even said that he had shipped the goods before the system restricted shipment, but still encountered a huge storage fee deduction of more than 90,000 US dollars.

▲ The picture comes from the communication group

I believe that many sellers have a hard time hearing about the storage restrictions. If they don’t ship, they are afraid that the store will run out of stock . If they ship, they are afraid that they will be charged for overstocking. And now with the impact of the global epidemic, air delivery fees and sea freight fees are continuing to rise, and sellers’ logistics costs have increased again. No matter from which aspect, sellers are struggling.

▲ Sea freight prices soared nearly 3 times

And with the arrival of the peak consumer season in the United States, sellers have to endure all of the above severe tests.

Fortunately, Amazon seems to have noticed the current predicament of sellers and announced the launch of a new feature regarding "FBA inventory age".

Background path and operation details:

In addition, the announcement also stated: With the busy holiday season approaching, Amazon encourages sellers to use this new feature to maintain a healthy 90-day continuous sales rate growth. The specific practices are as follows:

Remove inventory that has been in a fulfillment center for more than 365 days;

Remove excess stock by creating Outlet deals .

In general, this "FBA Inventory Age" feature can help sellers screen the storage time of product inventory and deal with stranded and excess inventory in a timely manner, thereby effectively saving storage fees.

Although such a move can help sellers save storage costs, some sellers are still dissatisfied and think that this is just a delaying tactic. So one seller directly asked under this announcement: When will the shipping restrictions be lifted?

Indeed, the issue that sellers are more concerned about is when the shipping restrictions and inventory restrictions can be lifted .

Regarding shipping restrictions, a method for restoring cancelled shipments, which costs 800 yuan, has been widely circulated in the industry recently. Many sellers have said that it is indeed effective after using it. However, sellers still need to be reminded that this method may result in retaliation, so be careful when using it.

▲ You can search for methods to restore cancelled shipments on Weibo @跨跨电商

Of course, even if the shipping restrictions are lifted, insufficient inventory capacity is futile. However, recently Weibo blogger @只是英语课代表啊shared a method for applying for warehouse expansion , and sellers with needs can refer to it and make the operation↓↓↓

Step 1: Check the case page, path fulfillment by amaozn-inventory shipped to amazon (inbound)-Other Shipment to Amazon Questions, if there is an option of Increasing FBA storage limit. Then congratulations, at least you can knock on the door.

▲ Page with Increasing FBA storage limit option

Step 2: With the above options, you can play the victim. How to play the victim? You can talk about the deterioration of financial situation, layoffs, and more importantly, the inability to provide customers with high-quality products, and add the account performance (if it is excellent) to assist.

Step 3: Finally, apply for several inventory types and fill in the expected capacity value. Be sure to fill in the expected capacity value!

The blogger said: After submitting, it all depends on luck. The best result is that they agree to expand your capacity directly, the second best is that they reject you but silently expand your capacity, and the worst is that they reject you but do not expand your capacity. Anyway, those who succeeded saved more than 100,000 US dollars in excess storage fees.

Therefore, sellers who are worried about storage restrictions can try the above methods, just in case they are lucky.

Welcome sellers who have successfully applied for expansion to leave comments in the comment area to attract hatred~

In general, the new FBA inventory age feature launched by Amazon has alleviated the storage pressure of some sellers and helped sellers effectively save storage costs. Of course, I hope Amazon can cancel the shipping restrictions and inventory restrictions as soon as possible.

If sellers have their own insights on warehouse management, you are also welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share~