I have my first MCF product in my inventory as a test. I have shipped 8 units in and one has fulfilled. Last night I realised that the offer date was current when I saw in the instructions for MCF that the offer date should be in the future.
Do both the sale and offer date need to be in the future if the item is not intended for sale on Amazon or FBA?
If you don’t intend to put a sale, both boxes should be left blank
I didn’t know you could send in items that you don’t want to sell on amazon, can you?
Me too, I assumed you had to be selling FBA
Only Offer Start Date needs to be in future for MCF inventory. Sale offer date is not needed as you are not running any sale on FBA as your stock is only to fulfil your non-FBA orders. Although this product will be marked as stranded inventory, it has no negative impact to your IPI score as long as you use the product for MCF.