Breaking news! US FBA has stopped warehousing!

Early in the morning, a piece of news hit our seller communication group - the US FBA warehouse has stopped receiving goods on December 3rd! !

Amazon even asked third-party sellers in the announcement to wait until January next year to restock!

I was so scared that I quickly checked the date. Yes, today is December 10th. Why did Amazon say that they had stopped shipping on the 3rd? Our seller group is also discussing the authenticity of Amazon's ridiculous announcement. (Scan the QR code at the end of the article if you want to join the group)

I quickly collected some information about this news and helped everyone analyze what the situation was.

Current information

First of all, there is indeed this notification in the background, and December 3rd is the warehousing deadline for the Christmas season and it is not the first time that sellers have been notified today.

However, after the peak season warehousing deadline, the goods will not be completely stopped from being put on the shelves, but will be delayed for a period of time. This is the consensus of our sellers, and Amazon has never issued such a tough notice stating that it will not accept the goods and will postpone it to the next month.

Secondly, after communication between the sellers and customer service in the group, we confirmed that the news was true, but the customer service gave us another explanation.

According to customer service, the news is indeed true, but the warehousing is not completely stopped as everyone thinks. Instead, the warehousing will be delayed during this period, and the longest delay may even be around 18 days.

After analyzing it, I think the customer service's statement is very reliable. Last week, some of our students reported that more than a week had passed since Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday, and there were still dozens of orders for that day still pending.

Many sellers have this situation: FBA orders during the peak season are delayed for a long time before delivery, and some are even slower than self-delivery, which makes customers very emotional and gives bad reviews.

It seems that, whether due to staff shortages or warehouse management issues, Amazon is indeed facing serious order processing problems . Many Cyber ​​Monday and Black Friday orders have not even been shipped. If it continues to welcome the Christmas season in this state, it will definitely collapse.

So I think this announcement is to inform third-party sellers that Amazon will put more energy and warehouse staff on processing and shipping Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday orders. At this time, the shipments entering the warehouse will be seriously delayed, and it is recommended that everyone restock in January.

It is possible that the translation problem of the Chinese notification made Chinese sellers think that the delivery to warehouses had been completely stopped, and they became angry and criticized Amazon. This can also be seen from the number of likes on the notification in the Chinese and English backends.

*Data as of 10:17

The English version of the backend has 167 thumbs down, and the level of complaints from sellers is the same as the "pricing status" function we talked about yesterday. However, the Chinese version of the backend has nearly 2,000 thumbs down , which has steadily exceeded the previous notification "Title Policy Reform" that was criticized.

To sum up, according to the current information, this notice does not mean that the warehousing will be completely stopped! You can still create a shipping plan now, and now shipping by sea basically waits for the warehousing in January.

The goods that have been drifting on the sea recently will not be directly rejected by the warehouse, but their entry into the warehouse will be delayed. It is likely that they will have to wait nearly 20 days before they can be entered into the warehouse and put on the shelves!

This news has caused a big uproar now. It is estimated that Amazon will soon change the Chinese page or give sellers further explanations. I will keep a close eye on this matter. If there is any progress, I will notify everyone in the group as soon as possible . Students who are not in our seller communication group can scan the QR code to join our seller group!