Breaking news! Official announcement of extension of FBA shipping restrictions

Last week, after Amazon opened the replenishment channel for some products, we immediately notified everyone on the official account (click here to review "Great news! US FBA can now be restocked!"). At that time, some students thought that Amazon's opening of partial restocking at this time was not a good sign, and it was very likely that the restocking resumption date of April 5 would be postponed.

As expected, the US and European sites released announcements over the weekend, officially announcing that the policy of "giving priority to essential goods and suspending the entry of non-essential goods into warehouses" that was originally scheduled to be implemented until April 5 will continue to be implemented after April 5 and the deadline is yet to be determined!

This means that sellers whose products are not necessities will still not be able to create FBA replenishment plans after April 5.

This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for sellers. More than half a month has passed since Amazon banned non-essential products from entering its warehouses in the middle of the month, and many sellers are already running out of inventory .

Now that this news has come out, the dream of resuming restocking on April 5 has been completely shattered, and no end date has been given. In the future, as long as the epidemic does not reach a turning point, it will be difficult for warehouses to resume normal operations, and we sellers will not be able to restock normally.

However, Amazon has also provided a mitigating measure by opening up permissions to allow plans to be created for some SKUs that the system prompts for replenishment. Sellers can view the products that can be replenished through the entrance below.

When announcing the postponement of warehousing, Amazon also stated in the announcement that it would add more replenishable SKUs and would add more algorithmic considerations, such as warehouse capacity levels, sellers' existing and in-transit inventory, consumer demand, and so on.

That is to say, if the product inventory is really insufficient, Amazon will still allow you to create a shipping plan and send inventory. It is recommended that you keep an eye on the "Replenishment Suggestions" every day . If there are products that can be replenished, you must click in to check. (If you still cannot create a shipping plan, please privately chat with me for solutions)

The solution provided by Amazon above is only an emergency measure. As long as we cannot deliver goods normally for one day, it will be difficult for our sales to return to normal levels. So when will the epidemic in Europe and the United States reach a turning point?

Where is the turning point of the epidemic?

The number of confirmed cases in Europe has now exceeded 300,000, with the five European countries where Amazon has opened sites suffering the most serious epidemics, including Italy (80,589 cases), Spain (64,059 cases), Germany (46,580 cases), France (29,155 cases), and the United Kingdom (19,522 cases).

The epidemic situation in the United States is not much better. Not only did the United States surpass China and Italy last Friday to become the country with the most serious epidemic in the world, but it was even more far ahead over the weekend. As of the 29th, 140,000 people had been confirmed, easily achieving "America First".

The current situation in the United States is very serious. All states are in short supply of epidemic prevention materials, and the state and federal governments are still shirking responsibility. Anthony Fauci, the top American infectious disease expert known as the "American Zhong Nanshan", predicted on the 29th that by the end of the epidemic, the number of infections in the United States may exceed one million, and there may be 100,000 to 200,000 deaths.

And Fauci said in the interview that more stringent isolation measures might be taken, suggesting restrictions on the travel of local Americans. In his public speech, Trump revealed that some industrial and commercial activities might be resumed before Easter (April 12) to ensure the basic economic operation of the United States.

Based on what we found out last time, Amazon's overtime pay during the epidemic continued until May 9, which means that according to the forecasts of US officials and Amazon itself, there is a high possibility that the United States will partially resume work in mid-April or early May.

There is still a long month from now to the beginning of May. For sellers who are running out of inventory, it will not only mean stagnant sales, but also a sharp drop in rankings. This is a blow that not every seller can withstand.

However, I predict that Amazon will take another wave of actions before fully resuming restocking, such as loosening the algorithm crawling mechanism so that most SKUs that are out of stock or facing out of stock can be replenished.