Don’t watch the warehouse fire anymore! The new policy makes it impossible for you to enter the FBA warehouse...

I think everyone has been flooded with news about the fire at Amazon warehouse recently. A fire broke out at MEM1 warehouse on the 1st of July, and a large amount of goods were lost. Amazon also notified all sellers.

All sellers involved in the warehouse fire, whether they have goods burned, or are preparing to ship or have already shipped to the warehouse, can find out how to deal with their goods in the notification, which is clearly arranged by Amazon.

Although sellers are delighted when their unsaleable redundant inventory is burned, most of them may still have to bear some risk of out-of-stock. The time required to transfer goods in transit to other warehouses will be much longer. It is even more dangerous for sellers who have lost their products and need to replenish them as soon as possible.

Now that the New Year is approaching, factories generally have to go on holiday early (some factories we cooperate with have even already gone on holiday), so the replenishment plan will have to be postponed until after the New Year.

Of course, this is not our focus today. What I want to tell you is

After the New Year, you replenish the goods in the FBA warehouse

It may be rejected by the warehouse!

As usual, let me show you the official notice first.

FBA buyers who use manufacturer barcodes to label and track products must switch to Amazon barcodes after the 25th, otherwise they may be denied entry into the warehouse!

Let me show you what this labeling method that is about to be banned is.

When we prepare goods to be sent to the FBA warehouse, according to Amazon's regulations, they must have a traceable barcode, so sellers must label the goods before sending them out.

We usually use

●UPC and EAN codes of eligible products

• ●Amazon barcode (ASIN or FNSKU)

• ●Use Amazon's own paid labeling service

In addition to these three methods, there is also our protagonist today - the manufacturer barcode. In the official default background settings, the manufacturer barcode is used to track the product.

Using manufacturer barcodes is a very convenient way for both Amazon and sellers, and all inventory tracked in this way is shared across the entire Amazon fulfillment network.

This tracking method greatly improves the buyer's shopping experience, which is a good feature for both sellers and buyers, but the requirements are also very high.

Not only that, Amazon will also review and determine on its own which products are eligible for manufacturer barcode tracking, and will review or even disqualify products that originally met the requirements but now do not.

Although the conditions are harsh, they are convenient for buyers and sellers do not have to do the work of labeling. Manufacturer barcodes are usually available directly from the factory, while FNSKU and ASIN require sellers to repack and label after receiving the goods from the factory (except for the wealthy sellers who have their own factories). Therefore, there are still many sellers who use manufacturer labels, and it is these sellers who were affected this time.

what to do?

The goods already in the warehouse have nothing to do with the goods being shipped to the warehouse and will not be rejected by the warehouse.

However, after January 25, if the goods sent to the warehouse only have the manufacturer barcode on them, they will be rejected by the Amazon fulfillment center, so they must be repacked and labeled (ASIN or FNSKU) before being sent out.

For ASINs that already use manufacturer barcodes, you need to recreate the product to change to Amazon barcode (ASIN or FNSKU) tracking. If it is transferred from seller delivery to FBA, you can select the relevant option to change to Amazon barcode tracking during the conversion.

And since the manufacturer barcode is no longer valid alone, it is better to change the default tracking mode to the Amazon barcode.

The set path is as follows

Please note that this default setting is only valid for newly created products. For existing products, you should use the above method to modify them individually.

Therefore, when you create a new delivery plan after the 25th, you must pay attention to the labeling issue. Goods with only the manufacturer's barcode will be refused entry into the warehouse and will be returned!

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