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Now's a great time to be using FBA, and we= 're glad you're here to enjoy the benefits of Amazon's global fulfillment n= etworks as we continue to grow and improve our features and services. Now for some updates Save Truckloads of Money Using FBA=E2=80=99s Partnered LTL/FTL Carrier Serv= ice The Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) team has officially rolled out the Amazon P= artnered Less-than-Truckload (LTL)/Full-Truckload (FTL) service, which give= s you enhanced shipment visibility and discounts for your LTL/FTL shipments= to Amazon fulfillment centers. If your total shipment weight is more than = 150 pounds, you should consider using a Partnered LTL/FTL carrier for cost = savings. You can still use the preferred carriers you have used in the past, but no= w you have the option to ship your products with an Amazon Partnered LTL/FT= L carrier. You provide a freight-ready date, a pallet count with the weight= of each pallet, and the product freight class. If you don't know your prod= uct=E2=80=99s freight class, the Amazon Partnered LTL/FTL carrier will esti= mate it for you. Learn more about the Amazon Partnered LTL/FTL service . Watch for Your FBA Sales Lift If you have converted certain products to FBA that you have been previously= fulfilling yourself, you may see the new Your FBA Sales Lift Tool on the B= usiness Reports page. This tool will appear when we have at least 28 days o= f data that shows a comparison of your unit sales on a product you fulfille= d through FBA and your own methods. Not all products will appear in the FBA= Sales Lift tool. Look for your Business Reports page under Reports on Seller Central. Tools and Data Abound for FBA Sellers As an FBA seller, you have access to 28 different reports that show detail= s for Sales, Inventory, Payments, Customer Concessions, and Removals. These= reports plus certain tools and opportunities provided by Amazon Selling Co= ach can offer business guidance to help make effective pricing, inventory, = and product decisions. Watch this new Amazon Selling Coach video to = find out more about this arsenal of reports. Remove Unfulfillable Inventory in Manage Your Inventory Until now, if you wanted to remove unfulfillable inventory from Amazon fulf= illment centers, you would have to navigate from the Manage Your Inventory = page to the Manage FBA Inventory page, which has only FBA listings and inve= ntory. We heard your feedback, and have improved the experience. Now you ca= n use a built-in filter on your Manage Your Inventory page to help you iden= tify unfulfillable inventory so you can remove it with ease. Turning Virtual Shipments into Reality Just Got Easier In response to seller feedback on the new shipment creation workflow, we've= implemented a new feature that can help simplify packing your shipments qu= ickly and accurately. You can now download the packing list for each FBA sh= ipment you create, so you can print it as a reference when packing your box= es. The Inventory Shipment Report is available as part of the new shipment crea= tion workflow. If you are not currently using the new shipment workflow, yo= u can access it by following the steps outlined under Try it now at left. Once you are in the new shipment creation workflow, you can access the Inve= ntory Shipment report from the Inbound Queue. If you are reviewing or working on a shipment, you can also generate a pack= list in either the View shipments or Prepare Shipments steps. =20 Learn more about the Inventory Shipment report. =20 Optimize Prices with the FBA Revenue Calculator and Fee Preview Many sellers have used the FBA Revenue Calculator as a measuring stick to c= ompare revenue generated using their own fulfillment methods versus Fulfill= ment by Amazon. You can also use the FBA Revenue Calculator to help forecas= t how much revenue you may be able to generate over time when you sell prod= ucts through FBA. Just search for any product you want to sell, enter your = price, and click the Calculate button. The calculator shows three charts co= vering estimated Revenue, Cost, and Margin Impact. Below the charts, you ca= n enter the number of units you expect to sell and the charts will automati= cally calculate your monthly numbers. 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In this edition

Save Truckloads of Money Using FBA’s Partnered LTL/FTL Carrier Service

Watch for Your FBA Sales Lift

Tools and Data Abound for FBA Sellers

Remove Unfulfillable Inventory in Manage Your Inventory

Turning Virtual Shipments into Reality Just Got Easier

Optimize Pricing with the FBA Revenue Calculator and Fee Preview

 

Planning for Long-Term Storage—August 15 deadline

Now's a good time to check your fulfillment center inventory and, if necessary, remove any old inventory or re-price it to sell in order to make room for your holiday inventory. The next FBA Inventory Cleanup will be conducted on August 15, 2013. Inventory that has been in our fulfillment centers for 365 days or more as of August 15, 2013, will be assessed a Long-Term Storage Fee.

Go to Fulfillment by Amazon Settings to set up Automated Long-Term Storage Removals (sign in required).

You can also use the Recommended Removal report to easily identify and remove Units that may be assessed Long-Term Storage Fees. This report auto-calculates on an ASIN-by-ASIN basis the number of Units you would need to remove (assuming no further sales of your inventory) to avoid Long-Term Storage Fees, and it will pre-populate a removal request for those Units if you choose to remove them.

You can access the Recommended Removal report in your Seller Account by going to Reports > Fulfillment > Inventory > Recommended Removal and requesting a download. If you receive a "No results found" message when you run the Recommended Removals report, it means that you have no inventory that will be charged the Long-Term Storage fee.

For fees and more information go to FBA Long-Term Storage.

New prep resources in US and CA
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Several new prep resources are being surfaced to you within Seller Central. If your products are received at Amazon fulfillment centers with certain types of insufficient prep, you will now see one of the following problem types along with guidance on how to avoid the problem in the future:

  • Poly bagging required

  • Bubble wrap required

  • Opaque poly bagging required

  • Suffocation warning label required

  • Taping required

Don’t worry, though—we haven’t made any changes to the way we treat your products in our fulfillment centers, and there are currently no additional fees associated with these problems. We’re simply providing more information to help you understand when issues arise and how to solve them. For more information, please visit Inbound Performance Feedback (sign in required).

New video shows how to fulfill non-Amazon orders using your FBA inventory

Multi-Channel Fulfillment Video

With Multi-Channel Fulfillment, you can use your single pool of FBA inventory to fulfill all your customer orders. Watch the video tutorial that shows the easy step-by-step process to create fulfillment orders for your customers from sales channels other than Amazon.

Discover How to Submit Orders for Multi-Channel Fulfillment (sign in required).

Try the new shipment creation workflow

The new shipment creation workflow has a ton of new features and a great new look designed to smooth out the inbound process, increase accuracy to make your products available faster, and reduce defects, which can save you time and money.

Check out some of the exciting new features this new workflow has to offer:

  • Cleaner and easier to navigate.
  • Improved Visibility into Prep Requirements
  • Flexible Shipment Plan
  • Integrated Prep Services

How to Create a Shipment to Amazon Fulfillment Centers

Watch this new video How to Create a Shipment to Amazon Fulfillment Centers

Try it now!

To access the new shipment creation workflow, follow these simple steps:

  1. From the Inventory tab, select Manage FBA Shipments.
  2. At the top of the page, click the Try Now button.

Try it now

 

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July 2013 Newsletter

Greetings from Fulfillment by Amazon

Welcome to the July 2013 edition of the FBA Newsletter!

Amazon Global MarketplacesIn June, we opened our doors to sellers in India to sell on Amazon.in. If you're not keeping track, FBA is now helping sellers reach customers with marketplaces in 10 countries. And with FBA Export, the potential customer base just keeps on getting bigger. Now's a great time to be using FBA, and we're glad you're here to enjoy the benefits of Amazon's global fulfillment networks as we continue to grow and improve our features and services.

Now for some updates

Save Truckloads of Money Using FBA’s Partnered LTL/FTL Carrier Service

The Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) team has officially rolled out the Amazon Partnered Less-than-Truckload (LTL)/Full-Truckload (FTL) service, which gives you enhanced shipment visibility and discounts for your LTL/FTL shipments to Amazon fulfillment centers. If your total shipment weight is more than 150 pounds, you should consider using a Partnered LTL/FTL carrier for cost savings.
You can still use the preferred carriers you have used in the past, but now you have the option to ship your products with an Amazon Partnered LTL/FTL carrier. You provide a freight-ready date, a pallet count with the weight of each pallet, and the product freight class. If you don't know your product’s freight class, the Amazon Partnered LTL/FTL carrier will estimate it for you.

Learn more about the Amazon Partnered LTL/FTL service.

Watch for Your FBA Sales Lift

If you have converted certain products to FBA that you have been previously fulfilling yourself, you may see the new Your FBA Sales Lift Tool on the Business Reports page. This tool will appear when we have at least 28 days of data that shows a comparison of your unit sales on a product you fulfilled through FBA and your own methods. Not all products will appear in the FBA Sales Lift tool.

Look for your Business Reports page under Reports on Seller Central.

Your Sales Lift

Tools and Data Abound for FBA Sellers

Amazon Selling Coach VideoAs an FBA seller, you have access to 28 different reports that show details for Sales, Inventory, Payments, Customer Concessions, and Removals. These reports plus certain tools and opportunities provided by Amazon Selling Coach can offer business guidance to help make effective pricing, inventory, and product decisions.

Watch this new Amazon Selling Coach video to find out more about this arsenal of reports.

Remove Unfulfillable Inventory in Manage Your Inventory

UnfulfillableUntil now, if you wanted to remove unfulfillable inventory from Amazon fulfillment centers, you would have to navigate from the Manage Your Inventory page to the Manage FBA Inventory page, which has only FBA listings and inventory. We heard your feedback, and have improved the experience. Now you can use a built-in filter on your Manage Your Inventory page to help you identify unfulfillable inventory so you can remove it with ease.

Turning Virtual Shipments into Reality Just Got Easier

In response to seller feedback on the new shipment creation workflow, we've implemented a new feature that can help simplify packing your shipments quickly and accurately. You can now download the packing list for each FBA shipment you create, so you can print it as a reference when packing your boxes.

The Inventory Shipment Report is available as part of the new shipment creation workflow. If you are not currently using the new shipment workflow, you can access it by following the steps outlined under Try it now at left.

Once you are in the new shipment creation workflow, you can access the Inventory Shipment report from the Inbound Queue.

If you are reviewing or working on a shipment, you can also generate a pack list in either the View shipments or Prepare Shipments steps.
Learn more about the Inventory Shipment report.

 

Optimize Prices with the FBA Revenue Calculator and Fee Preview

Many sellers have used the FBA Revenue Calculator as a measuring stick to compare revenue generated using their own fulfillment methods versus Fulfillment by Amazon. You can also use the FBA Revenue Calculator to help forecast how much revenue you may be able to generate over time when you sell products through FBA. Just search for any product you want to sell, enter your price, and click the Calculate button. The calculator shows three charts covering estimated Revenue, Cost, and Margin Impact. Below the charts, you can enter the number of units you expect to sell and the charts will automatically calculate your monthly numbers. Then dial up the Estimated Monthly Sales Increase to see what your revenue will be with increased sales. Finally, adjust these variables to get to the price point that will help you optimize your product price.

This can also be a useful tool if you have excess inventory that you need to sell through. It will help you identify how low you can go and still make money.

Try the FBA Revenue Calculator.

http://go.amazonservices.com/rs/amazoneu/images/Fee-Preview.jpgIf you want to optimize the price on more than a handful of products, you might prefer to use Fee Preview. In Seller Central you can access Fee Preview to evaluate the expected fees for your FBA orders and adjust your prices accordingly. For each ASIN you currently list, you’ll be able to see the total estimated fees (including FBA fulfillment fees and Selling on Amazon fees) based on our current rate card, as well as a breakdown by fee type.
You can preview your fees in two places:

  • On the Manage FBA Inventory page, simply click the value in the Fee Preview column to see details about your estimated fees for each ASIN.
  • Download the Fee Preview report (sign in required) to see calculation variables, such as product weight and dimensions for each product.

Learn more about Fee Preview (sign in required).

 

 

 

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