Hi,

@Seller_z3k8APxGfbQEK@Seller_dWnjnh5FY7ZpS@Seller_AMDYByE1754kt@Seller_yRqzR0ZXUoeEk

The issue still persists, with Amazon not recognising weekend collection and deliveries.

We have checked our Royal Mail delivery performance and they are delivering 98% next day. On our Amazon eligibilities page it says this is 94%. Given Royal Mail are responsible for this, and they are one of the only 2 approved SFP couriers, it doesn't make sense why we are affected by this? We use Tracked 24 for all our consignments.

We have 99.9% on time shipment, 98.7% buy shipping usage, 0% cancellation. All green metrics on 1,654 orders in the last 7 days.

There is nothing more we can do to satisfy requirements, and yet still are severely harmed over the weekend period when we show incorrect slow delivery times. I estimate we are losing out on around £3-4k sales revenue per weekend, not to mention dropped listings and the increased overheads we have running a Saturday shift in our warehouse.

It seems this trail is going cold, @Seller_z3k8APxGfbQEK are there no further updates at all?

Thanks

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

Fellow sellers, I'm seeking some advice on a frustrating situation I've encountered with another seller undercutting repeatedly.

I initially found a product with great profit margins over 100% ROI and there is about 10-15 sellers. I matched the current Buy Box price and sales were going well for about a month. Then yesterday, another seller started hugging the Buy Box, going just 1p below the current buy box.

It's evident they are using a repricing tool to constantly undercut the lowest price by 1p in order to solely maintain the Buy Box themselves. While I understand the motivation to capture all the Buy Box sales, it's exasperating when sellers configure repricers so aggressively just to box others out.

This particular seller has over 200 seller feedbacks, so they are an experienced seller who surely understands pricing strategies. As a result of their relentless undercutting, my potential ROI on this product has plummeted from over 100% down to only 5-10%.

I've now sold out of my inventory for this item. My question for everyone reading is would you continue sourcing more of this product knowing you'll likely just enter another Buy Box battle? Or would you cut your losses and move on to other products?

I'm all for healthy price competition, but it feels unethical when sellers setup repricers to continuously undercut by the smallest increments just to own the Buy Box. I wish we could agree as a seller community to share the Buy Box rather than trying to monopolize it. But I realize that's unlikely to happen.

Any thoughts or advice on how to approach this type of situation would be appreciated.

Here's to better seller karma for all of us.

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.

Hello im looking for some advise in how to deal with someone who cant handle any competition

I have been selling generic remote controls compatible with firesticks, if you search for them on amazon there is 2 listings at the too of the page were iver 5k per month are being sold . I am selling them cheaper and therefore i am getting reported saying he owns the "design rights". Basically he has took a photo of the remote and paid £50 to claim he designed it , and he hasnt

The remote was on the market years in china years before he registered his photos of it and obtained a design rights number . There must be 500 people selling the same remotes on amazon but he dont report them as they arent competing and affecting his sales , how can amazon just allow people to pay £50 to get a design right number and claim they are the designer . Surely this is illegal to claim your the design owner and you should be providing alot more evidence to register a design to obtain a rights owner number than putting a product on a table and taking photos of it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=firestick+remote&crid=3BTRBAEOZ15IW&sprefix=firestick+remote%2Caps%2C156&ref=nb_sb_noss

Hi,

I have an ongoing issue with Amazon & Royal mail, this is the third time this has happened now.

I send an item via Royal Mail special delivery, parcel gets delayed, customer complains, Amazon refund order in full. Item then gets delivered to the customer who has been refunded, customer of course ignores any correspondence i send, i attempt to claim via Royal Mail but they deny my claim & state they have 8 days to deliver a Special Delivery parcel... despite it being a 24 hour service.

I cannot seem to win. I wouldn't mind so much but these are mobile phones costing up to £1000. It's just totally unacceptable and I'm getting sick to the back teeth of continuously losing large sums of money due to incompetence and flawed systems.

I alternate between Royal Mail & DPD, however DPD have rejected every claim of mine despite them losing numerous parcels. These huge companies are despicable and i can't think of any way around this issue. Has anybody got ANY advice?

Hello,

I find it extremely concerning that if as a seller, I'm not meeting the target rate of below 5% for uploading an invoice within 24 hours of a customer payment, I am at risk of deactivation.

If this is such a sensitive metric that can lead to de-activation of an account, why isn't there a notification alert from Amazon requesting sellers to upload the invoice within 24 hours of the payment being made with the order I.D for said invoice each time? We get an email alert to respond to buyers messages within 24 hours of the buyer message for instance.

As sellers, we have a host of duties to perform. Do they expect us to check the orders page every few hours to ensure this mundane task is promptly met within a very narrow timeframe each time? This is extremely unreasonable in my humble opinion. I would like to adhere to this, however, life gets in the way, and without notification prompts, this is very difficult to adhere to ALL OF THE TIME.

Is there a way to receive an alert from Amazon each time an order is placed requiring an invoice to be uploaded?

I have auto invoices set up for all the countries where I have VAT registration, but occasionally, you get orders from other EU countries that do not have VAT registration, thus making this task difficult to adhere to without fail.

Can anyone help

I have been running round in circles since the 5th of this month

Having received and order for 6 variation of the same product I realised that I was been charge a higher rate for 5 of them

When checking it showed that the lower costs was for grocery items and the higher for Home and Kitchen

I sell under the department Grocery

With sub categories Food Cupboard > Baking Supplies > Icing & Decorations > Decorations > Cake Toppers > Cupcake Toppers

I have a product Tax Code: A_FOOD_CAKEDECOR

I do not own any ASINS just SKU’s and the ASIN’s were assigned via Amazon at upload.

I have been told that the products should all be in Home and Kitchen under cake topper

Why is it then that as I was approved to sell under Grocery, have all my products listed under grocery I should be paying the higher rate under Home and Kitchen.

Apparently, it’s because- that they feel Home and Kitchen is the right category for me to be billed under despite my listing under grocery.

I did sent a more detailed reply to @Seller_XUNeUuvrQDpgP Post 5 days ago though no reply so am reaching out to see if anyone can help at all

I own the brand and all products are branded and 100% edible

Hello

i started selling items and sold a bunch of items through seller fulfilment my account saying 100% valid tracking rate even though some yet most of items were untracked however only had 1 customer complaint regarding not delivery and they are requesting information i have given this information like 10 times every time stating i need to give this information which i have

what makes this worst is i got an email saying it would be a hold for 30days and seller fulfillment deactivated until they confirm delivery which seems completely ridiculous however as i have appealed and they are not accepting the documents my account is now going to be deactivated forever after 90days of them not accepting my documents rang amazon 10 times at this point no help what so ever there not even clear of what information i should give so my account will be on hold funds forever and i wont be able to do my own orders

thirdly i sent my orders in fba all the delivery times are just completely ages away and cant sell anything at this rate completely ruining my amazon business can some actual human help me sort this out

@Seller_Huz6FT08OxHAR @Seller_z3k8APxGfbQEK @Seller_DNQGSsdC7DccM @Seller_yk3kzHpjMMa4B

We do not have enough information to reinstate your account for one or more of the following reasons:

-- Evidence of delivery or verify that currently uploaded tracking information is correct. Tracking information may be provided in the Manage Orders section of your seller account. This may include buyer confirmation of receipt or proof-of-delivery documentation.

-- You may be missing critical business information from your account to validate positive buyer-seller history across other sales channels. Provide supporting documents that includes but are not limited to business website and email or company bank information.

-- We have observed a significant increase to your sales or an unusual change in your selling patterns. Please provide us supporting evidence that you have inventory to fulfill all of the orders placed. This includes but is not limited to copies of invoices, receipts, contracts, delivery orders, or authorization letters from your supplier issued in the last 365 days.

this is what it keeps asking me even though i have given it its a joke amazon have just forced to send everything to them and now they in result i have terrible delivery times from them and i am paying them every month not to able to sell items myself

Sometimes I am staggered at what people do. We Always try and help customers where we can and our service record shows that but in over 7 years the worse case of buyer manipulation ever. Really not sure what to do so answers on a postcard.

A customer buys a personalised item of clothing and we ship tracked 48 as always within 24 hours. After we shipped the item the customer asks to change the size. We said we would assist the customer where possible to soften the blow of their mistake so contact us when they receive it. The item was delivered 4 days ago. This morning with no further messages and A-Z saying hasn't arrived and 10 minutes later an order in the size they wanted their order changed to. What would you suggest. Clearly I will appeal the A-Z but pointless I guess.