I send around 100 large letters ( £1.55 ) per month and find that 20-30% dont have delivery confirmation - so it's worth checking delivery , even if you dont get a customer complaint , because you can claim compensation for all those without confirmation ... if each item is worth £20 that's an extra £200 - £300 per month compensation from royal mail .

very rarely have non delivery for tracked 48

We have a customer bought 4 different cravats all shipped together as it was one order. Customer has opened a return for 3 cravats and has been provided 3 different return labels by Amazon at our cost. Surely customer should only receive one returns label for the order rather that 3?

We have seen a big increase in customers orders “for choice” and sending lots of items back via the free returns label as a result our returns rate on Amazon is three times higher than eBay.

I have had over 30 parallel import claims in the past 6 months. It seems to be the go-to loophole for brandowners trying to illegally limit competition. Ive been able to appeal succesfully for the most part but then they just resubmit and deactivations are back.... These brand owners are getting the tools to break anti-trust laws in bulk, there should be an investigation as soon as possible. Ive opened many many cases and many were escalated, but no response. I even have written proof of cases where the brand owner even admits to me that it has nothing to do with parallel import, they just dont want us on Amazon.

Correct invoices are rejected because the reviewer is not properly trained to understand parallel import, the product even has an EU flag on it + the brand owner itself is selling on the listing with the name "<BRANDNAME> EU", like how much proof does one need. But no, once identity of brand owner is confirmed, they can block others from selling the product they sell in the same market = 100% ILLEGAL.

Some items they say in their complaint that they did tests orders but we have 0 orders for them since the start. Its ridiculous.

Our BE store is currently deactivated on 5 remaining cases and forgiveness path for Parallel import claims is gone despite all the succesful appeals, we are pushed in a corner.

Legal action against these brand owners is my next step.

Everybody loves a deal (and I am sure your customers will too).

I have seen a few threads in the forums asking about what Price Discounts are or how to get “strike-through pricing"?

Price Discounts are a time-bound campaign in which you can offer discounted prices on your products for up to 30 days and on a limited number of inventories. Price Discounts for products with a validated reference price will appear with a strike-through price in Search and on the Product Detail page.

The benefits of Price Discounts are:

• Set a duration - Price Discounts can run between 1 to 30 consecutive days. The discounted price will automatically go live on the Start Date and will automatically end on the End Date you specify.

• Set a budget - Budget capabilities allow you to easily offer discounted prices on a limited number of inventory that is defined by you. When creating a Price Discounts on a product, you can enter the number of units to offer at the discounted price. Once you sell through the committed units, the price will automatically revert to its regular price.

• Increase conversion - Price Discounts can help you increase conversion and sell through inventory, including inventory on seasonal products at the end of the season.

• Product discovery - Price Discounts may help drive additional customer discovery and sales, both during and after the discount has run.

• View performance - While your Price Discounts is running and after it ends, gain insight into the impact it had with access to performance metrics such as Sales, Units Sold, Glance Views, Conversion Rate, and Sell-through Rate.

To be eligible for Price Discounts, you must be a professional seller with at least a 3.5 seller feedback rating.

Your products must meet the following criteria at all times:

• Products must have at least a 3-star rating
• Products must be in new condition
• Discount must meet the following:
• At least 5% off the 30-day lowest price bought by customers
• At least 5% off the current price
• At least 5% off the reference price for products with a validated reference price. Products without a validated reference price will not display a strike-through price or savings to customers
• Adult products, restricted products, or otherwise offensive products are not allowed
• A validated reference price, in order to show a savings comparison. For more information, go to Amazon Policy on Reference Prices

Well that just about wraps up today’s discussion on Price Discounts.

If you have any questions specifically around Price Discounts please feel free to leave them in the reply section below.

Sarah.

Just need look at your margin & not worry about what other sellers are doing.For me,25% is minimum I know many sellers run at a margin way lower there's lots of busy fools on here. I currently average 35-40% daily/monthly.If any sku drops below 25% I just dump it & move on

My product is quite different yours, I sell fine wine so the box could be worth £30 or £3000, while someone could probably guess it is a box of wine the value isn't obvious.

I'm well past the 1000 delivery mark with DHL now and not one has been lost without trace and their breakage rate is a fraction of 1%, mostly due to me using high quality packaging rather than the courier being careful I would add.

They collect from me daily (often too early in the day for someone who offers next day delivery but we'll put that aside for a moment) and any box up to about 15kg costs me about £8+VAT to most addresses, highlands and islands are more, sometimes considerably. The delivery cost looks less on the invoice but then they add HGV and congestion zone surcharges so £8 is about right. I guess your packages are probably 1kg or less but they don't offer a lower rate, for me its the same whether I send one bottle or six.

I don't pay for additional insurance for the reason you state, it costs a lot and they make it almost impossible to make a valid claim. If your packages are obviously phones I suspect the temptation to steal them is higher than for my boxes both by customers and couriers. Perhaps you could try using a larger plain outer with a protective filler to disguise the product and see if the disappearance rate drops.

I kid you not, item delivered at 11:32 this morning, buyer filed an AtoZ claim at 12:01, I refunded seconds later, AtoZ granted against me?!

Amazon = incompetence personified.

I am following the use case guide for SP feeds.

I am able to create a document and upload XML to it without problems.

However I am unable to use the createFeed (POST /feeds/2021-06-30/feeds) endpoint. I am sending what should be a valid body, and I have proper header, but I am still getting 403. Any help what am I doing wrong or which permissions am I missing?

curl --location 'https://sellingpartnerapi-eu.amazon.com/feeds/2021-06-30/feeds' \

--header 'x-amz-access-token: (token which worked to create document)' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \

--data '{

"feedType": "POST_ORDER_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT_DATA",

"marketplaceIds": [ "A1PA6795UKMFR9" ],

"inputFeedDocumentId": "{feed I got from createDocument}"

}'

And the error message I get is not super helpful:

{

code: 'Unauthorized',

message: 'Access to the resource is forbidden',

details: ''

}

32 units in Shipment ID: FBA15HLKCN87 went missing. I have opened a case ID: 9890535482 with purchase invoice and DPD delivery confirmation as seller support refused to investigate as the shipment was marked as "Investigation Completed – shipment contents counted and confirmed".

Please help.

@Seller_hnDMgUKxMh1V4 @Seller_Huz6FT08OxHAR @Seller_DNQGSsdC7DccM @Seller_z3k8APxGfbQEK @Seller_mIRnuhdx7l5sN @Seller_TSXM2A5nxWSuH

Hi,

We are struggling with our delivery days. On our SFP listings it says, and in all the shipping settings, Zero Day Handling (Same Day) and 4pm cut off for 4:30 collection.

So, when we check our ASINS, today for example, Order in the next 17 minutes (matches the 4pm cut off) for Delivery WEDNESDAY 26th? It doesnt matter what we change, it doesnt get any better. It always used to be next day showing, and obviously this now means our sales have fallen off a cliff.

Any ideas why this is and how we can change it? Seller Support - no idea?