Big news this week! FBA fees have increased across the board, and new labeling rules have been announced!

On December 24, China's Ministry of Finance notified on Monday that starting from January 1, 2020, my country will implement temporary import tariffs lower than the most-favored-nation rates on more than 850 commodities.

In addition, in order to promote the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", build a global high-standard free trade zone network, and implement a mutually beneficial and win-win opening-up strategy, my country will continue to implement the agreed tariff rates on some goods originating from 23 countries or regions in 2020. Among them, the free trade agreements between China and New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Iceland, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Georgia, Chile, Pakistan and the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement will be further reduced.

The Project Zero policy is an anti-counterfeiting policy launched by Amazon on February 28 this year. It was only partially tested internally at the time, but now it is finally fully open!

Project Zero combines product data, machine learning, and serialization to scan and discover counterfeit products lurking on the platform and preemptively remove them.

On December 24, some sellers received a notice from Amazon stating that from today onwards, the shipping label for shipments to FB‌A and the label of the freight company (such as U‌PS, F‌edex) must be affixed on the same side.

The editor also saw a freight forwarder post this message in the circle of friends:

Previously, Amazon sellers simply affixed Amazon labels and express labels on packages. However, for Amazon warehouses, it will be more difficult to match express numbers with FBA IDs, further reducing logistics efficiency.

At present, Amazon has not given a clear implementation time for this change. However, to be on the safe side, in order to avoid rejection and unnecessary trouble, sellers are currently advised to try their best to affix labels in accordance with the new regulations.

Recently, Amazon stated in its latest announcement that starting from February 18, 2020, there will be partial adjustments to Amazon’s logistics fees and sales commissions in the United States.

Recently, Amazon announced the launch of the Subscribe & Save program. When buyers purchase 5 or more related products at one time, they can enjoy an automatic 5% discount from Amazon's official subsidies.

Starting from December 18, 2019, all eligible products will be automatically registered for the program. Prior to this, sellers who want to participate in this program need to manually register products.

In fact, the Subscribe and Save program was launched a long time ago. It is mainly a scheduled purchase and delivery service for daily consumables such as food and toiletries on the platform. Amazon aims to help platform sellers increase transaction rates, promote repeat purchases of daily necessities and develop their brands through this program.

This time, it announced that product registration for the program no longer needs to be done manually, and all eligible products will be automatically registered, which will further expand the scope of products covered by the program. At the same time, the start time of December 18 is just one week before the Christmas promotion. Amazon's intention to support the Christmas promotion through the official subsidies of the program is self-evident.