Cross-border events of the week | Amazon's flash sales were canceled; Biden plans to issue $1.9 trillion

As early as October 14 last year, Amazon reminded sellers that it would no longer support IE browser. Recently, Amazon US issued another announcement to remind sellers about the browser support changes.

Starting January 31, 2021, Amazon will no longer support Internet Explorer. This change will enhance the innovation capabilities of Amazon's development team and provide upgrade services for the Seller Central website. If you are currently using Internet Explorer, Amazon recommends that you switch to a supported web or mobile browser to avoid any interruptions. Sellers can choose from browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge.

Recently, many sellers have reported that there are problems with the flash sales in the backend! Not only have the upcoming flash sales been cancelled inexplicably, but also the flash sales time or quantity have been modified. It is not only the US site that is affected, but also global sites such as Japan, Germany, and the UK have experienced flash sales bugs, and there are many different forms of bugs.

Many sellers speculate that the service providers’ way of doing flash sales may be blocked, or a new flash sale function may be launched like the 7-day deal.

Recently, Amazon US released a new announcement that it will launch administrator accounts. The details of the announcement are as follows:

Amazon is launching the Administrator Account feature, a centralized account management solution that helps advertisers, agencies, and tool vendors manage multiple sponsored ad accounts. Now, sellers can link ad accounts, manage user access rights, and view performance metrics in one dashboard.

Recently, eBay announced that the rising online shopping volume during the pandemic has caused the cost of cross-border logistics to continue to rise. SpeedPAK will continue to be committed to creating reliable door-to-door logistics solutions for sellers, but due to various cost increases, starting from January 16, 2021 Beijing time, SpeedPAK will adjust the freight prices of SpeedPAK standard (including live) exported from mainland China and Hong Kong to the United States.

Data shows that the popularity of sweatshirts on AliExpress increased significantly in the United States and Russia in 2020, with a year-on-year increase of 1660% in search popularity on Google Trends compared with five years ago. Among them, the hot-selling sweatshirts launched by AliExpress clothing brand Aachoae during the September Fashion Festival saw a year-on-year sales increase of nearly 600%. It is understood that Aachoae's sweatshirt sales during the 2020 Double 11 period reached US$163,000.

According to preliminary statistics from the customs, my country's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports totaled 1.69 trillion yuan in 2020, an increase of 31.1%, of which exports totaled 1.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 40.1%, and imports totaled 570 billion yuan, an increase of 16.5%.

It is reported that recently, US President-elect Biden announced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. According to reports, this stimulus plan is called the "American Rescue Plan" and will achieve Biden's goal of injecting 100 million doses of vaccine within 100 days of his administration, while advancing his plan to reopen most schools before spring.

The plan includes $400 billion to strengthen the response to COVID-19 and the rollout of its vaccines, $1 trillion in direct relief to households, $440 billion to help small businesses and communities particularly hard hit by the pandemic, and $10 billion for information technology.