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FBA Products in stock soon? Make them available now
With the new In-Stock Head Start pilot program, Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) will make your temporarily out-of-stock products available for customers to find and buy when your shipment is on its way and we are confident about its arrival date. Customers will benefit from a wider selection of products, and you could see increased traffic to your product detail pages, higher or more consistent sales, and better inventory productivity. Visit the pilot program page to learn more and enroll.
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Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Does this mean they get priority during receiving? As there are many posts from sellers about FBA items taking weeks to get checked in once it has already arrived.
Seller_zY43Gey5CGi68
You guys cant guarantee anything!
You will make more return for us, seller that buyers will complaint they did not receive the product in time.
Seller_xHmee5oHRs5Jw
Does this only apply to items that are marked as “inbound” to a fulfillment center? Or, will this let customers order items that are out of stock, not inbound to a fulfillment center, that we don’t intend to restock but Amazon wants us to restock? I’m guessing the former will be the most sensible but just making sure as this could be very beneficial to us.
Seller_zzrWBZ1N0jY7C
I am going to give it a try
We have been behind since early June and just cant get ahead on replenishment hopefully this helps with that 1-2 week gap and the check in time
Seller_s8IPGMerJoAfB
This seems like a good program for FBA sellers… Are there any drawbacks that I missed? (Extra fees, no buy box consideration etc)
Seller_Y8C76nhHmnMk1
Why would you not enroll it there is nothing to lose, In-Stock Head Start pilot program helps you in case if you run out of stock for couple days
Seller_mApo6FztqmX8v
This is not new. They’ve been doing this for FBA sellers for a long time. Maybe it’s the first time FBA sellers can opt into this but Amazon has been offering buyers backordered items headed to an FBA warehouse for as long as I remember.
Seller_8Zr87nStWKFxj
I think my concern with enrolling would be if they would change the destinations for our shipments. Right now most of our FBA shipments go to a warehouse in our state. If they want to make the item available for the customer faster are they going to require us to break apart our case packs and ship them all over the US? That could cost a lot more.
Seller_zzrWBZ1N0jY7C
Enrollment was approved I will see how it goes
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