What's the future of Prime Day? Amazon sellers are facing excessive storage fees and are constantly canceling their shipment plans...

What's the future of Prime Day? Amazon sellers are facing excessive storage fees and are constantly canceling their shipment plans...

Recently, a seller posted a screenshot on the forum showing how he could apply to participate in the Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday promotions.



As soon as registration for Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday began, sellers were informed that storage fees exceeded the limit!

Due to the epidemic this year, Amazon's warehouses in many locations have been operating at full capacity. Amazon also made corresponding adjustments to its warehousing policies for the peak season some time ago. If the IPI score is not raised to 500 within the specified time, Amazon will implement storage restrictions. For inventory that exceeds the storage limit, sellers will need to pay an excess fee of US$10 per cubic foot.


Some sellers even charge overage fees of more than 10,000 US dollars. It's really miserable...


01
Sellers who break the shipping limit suffer collectively


Since the US, European, and Japanese sites have successively restricted shipments in July, many sellers have begun looking for ways to break through the restrictions. In order to ship more goods, many sellers are trying different methods, such as adding variant replenishment, following selling links replenishment, and services provided by service providers to break through the shipping restrictions.

However, the shipment plans of the sellers who had previously created shipments and filled in tracking numbers were cancelled without any warning. Some of the goods are floating on the sea, some are flying in the air, and some are at the door of the FBA warehouse in the United States...


Although there have been similar reports of stores being hit by shipping restrictions recently, this time the situation may be more serious and more sellers will be affected. Sellers with very serious situations will be banned by Amazon, and if the seller's situation is not serious, they will naturally not escape the platform's punishment.

02
There are too many uncertainties. How should we deal with the peak season?


Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday are here, so can Prime Day be far behind? Amazon Prime Day 2020 has been postponed, and all signs point to an October event. In an environment of uncertainty, how can sellers and brands prepare? Amazon has not yet made any official announcements about this year's Prime Day, but we can prepare in advance based on the following facts:

  • Prime Day is almost certain to happen. Expect a 48-hour event in October with deep discounts. Previous Prime Days have been longer, but this year's event will likely be shorter because it falls so close to the holidays.


  • October is Q4, so we're going to see a few months of peak shopping as people shop for themselves and buy gifts for others. This means that preparing for Q4 includes preparing for Prime Day at the beginning of the quarter.


  • Shopping in 2020 was severely disrupted by the epidemic. Due to the scarcity of related items and shortages of household necessities during the pandemic, the simultaneous emergence of abnormal trends such as high unemployment and lower spending, and a shift to unusual purchasing habits, this year's sales trends have completely distorted and subverted previous sales history and trends.


  • Shoppers still love to shop, they still celebrate holidays and give gifts, and if they can’t do it offline they’re likely to move online.


  • In a turbulent year, people are craving joy and festivity more than ever. While there may be a lot of discounts on bulk hand sanitizer and things like putting masks in socks, sales of toys, electronics and comfortable, fun items, especially children's products, are expected to be more powerful.


(Source: Cross-border Black Technology)


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