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Hello, Amazon Sellers!

As we gear up for the holiday shopping season, let's take a moment to talk turkey—or maybe not turkey at all! I'm curious about your thoughts on Thanksgiving cuisine, and I want to stir the gravy boat a little.

Here's my burning question: What do you think is the most overrated Thanksgiving food item?

Is it the classic green bean casserole that always seems to have more mushroom soup than actual vegetables? Perhaps it's the cranberry sauce that comes out of the can with those distinctive ridges intact. Or maybe—dare I say it—you think the revered turkey itself doesn't live up to the hype?

For me, I'd have to go with stuffing. I've had just about every iteration of it I can find, and it all just tastes like soggy bread to me - I don't get it!

I want to hear your hot takes! Share your thoughts in the comments below and let's get a lively discussion going.

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A buyer placed 5 orders for a same item and then canceled 5 orders.

And left the negative feedback to one of the canceled order, claim we charged him/her for returns.

Amazon refuse to remove it.

Any mod can help?

Order ID is 702-9413593-9450640

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Tracking Information for FBA & FBM
by Seller_s3amN64nZ4y9V

Hello Sellers,

With the holiday season upon us we have seen some question from Sellers regarding VTR or Valid Tracking Rate and FBA Shipment Tracking information. First lets talk about VTR:

What is Valid Tracking Rate?

The Valid Tracking Rate (VTR) measures the percentage of seller-fulfilled orders that have a valid tracking number, calculated over a 30-day period. This metric is important because Amazon customers rely on tracking information to monitor the status of their orders and estimate delivery timelines.

Why is Valid Tracking Rate Important?

The goal of the VTR policy is to ensure Amazon customers receive reliable tracking information to support a positive purchase experience. Maintaining accurate and up-to-date tracking information is crucial for meeting Amazon's Valid Tracking Rate policy and providing a positive experience for your customers. Taking these steps can help you stay compliant and avoid any potential selling restrictions.

How do I maintain a healthy Valid Tracking Rate?

When providing tracking information for seller-fulfilled orders, be sure to select carrier options that are integrated with Amazon. These integrated carriers are able to provide real-time tracking status updates directly to Amazon.

It's important to verify that the carrier name, shipping service, and tracking ID you enter all match and belong to the same integrated carrier. Entering incorrect or mismatched tracking information can negatively impact your Valid Tracking Rate (VTR) metric.

If you make a mistake when entering the tracking details, be sure to update the correct tracking ID within 24 hours of the order being shipped. Updating tracking information after the package has already been delivered implies the customer was unable to track the shipment, which will hurt your VTR.

To simplify the process, consider using Amazon's Buy Shipping services to purchase carrier labels. This helps ensure the tracking details are accurately populated and integrated with the Amazon platform.

FBA Tracking Information

FBA sellers are required to enter the carrier name and tracking information, if your carrier provides it. You must submit the tracking information before your shipment is received at the fulfillment center. This change doesn’t apply if you use the Amazon Partnered Carrier program or Amazon Global Logistics since we generate this information for you.

Providing carrier tracking information helps you to avoid delays in the receiving process and helps us to receive your inventory more efficiently. Additionally, when In-Stock Head Start is active, your out-of-stock products can be made available for sale because we’ll have real-time tracking for in-transit shipments. For faster receive times, make sure that the tracking IDs for parcel shipments correspond to the correct FBA box-ID label on each box.

You can provide tracking information through Send to Amazon on the Track shipment tab of a shipment summary page in your shipment workflow. You can also provide the information through Amazon Marketplace Web Service. For parcel shipments, tracking IDs will be required for every box. For less-than-truckload and full-truckload shipments, a freight progressive number (PRO) will be required for every shipment.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Dominic

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Don't know if other sellers are experiencing this...Amazon is padding the crap out of our transit times...we are well above the 90% OTDR yet they're showing our items won't be delivered until Dec 4-6!! that's 10-12 shipping days, we have our transit time for these areas set at 2-4 days with 1 day handling...and according to our dashboard they are only supposed to be adding .8 days so there's an extra 8 days being added!!!! some sort of ploy to drive more business to FBA during the holidays? this is inexcusable there has got to be some sort of recourse otherwise FBM sellers will all be out of business by next year....we're losing all of our buy boxes due to this 'error'!

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Hi everyone,

I’m encountering an issue while trying to book a shipment through Amazon Global Logistics (AGL). I’m shipping 2 pallets, each containing 250 units of a single SKU. However, I keep getting the following error:

"Single-SKU pallet templates are not currently enabled for Amazon Global Logistics. To proceed, please choose a non-pallet packing template or remove this SKU before booking with Amazon Global Logistics."

I’ve reviewed my shipment setup, but single-SKU pallets seem to be blocked for this SKU.

Does anyone know why single-SKU pallets might be restricted for AGL? Is there a workaround to enable this ?

Or maybe I need to change my packing configuration?

Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance for your help.

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Without reason, without warning it appears that I lost all elgibility for featured offers. My business has gone to almost ZERO sales. I opened a case and got the boiler plate response. My account is healthy and within all metrics. Amazon admin please help!

Case# 16711638931

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Brand stealing
by Seller_3mmOWErGFF5xg
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I am the original designer of our product, a 90s toy box, and have been the sole sellers of our ASIN since its release, several years ago. Like 4 years ago. Recently, the brand has been incorrectly updated by another seller to JEWUNO. Nowhere on the product packaging does the brand name JEWUNO exist and our product has no affiliation with JEWUNO. These guys are SCAM ARTISTS!

We have a shipment ready to be delivered but can't replenish our inventory due to the malicious behavior of the fraudulent seller. This is so stupid. Fix this please.

Can we start a class action lawsuit against amazon for allowing this to happen?

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Sluggish Product Editing
by Seller_Sram36TnVt73c
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Am I the only one getting increasingly frustrated with creating/editing listings?

It seems that every single keystroke has to be bot-analyzed before you can move forward.

It also seems like it is getting worse and worse. Every time you edit info in a new field the page grinds and grinds before you can move to the next field. IT IS OBNOXIOUS!

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Using Previous ASIN
by Seller_1oMuIwKt7qtHa
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I have a ASIN in which we have had for a long time, recently is was tagged as a trademark problem. I have tried to delete the wording listed as a trademark violation, but the item has been inactivated. I have deleted the item. Then using the same ASIN I have created a new item through the add products. It then got stuck on the safety and compliance (re: a fertilizer needing an EPA#) I contacted support, they told me to go through inventory using a spreadsheet. I have done this. It created a new item - using the same ASIN and looks good - shows inactive - when I click on reasons it shows _Zero product policy violations

You do not currently have any product policy violations.

I contacted support and they tell me it is a trademark violation???? Do I need a new ASIN or can this be fixed. I appreciate the help at this point. The item is not trademarked. I just want it to be listed. HELP.

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IF YOU'RE NEW - DO NOT SELL ON AMAZON FBA
by Seller_8XwYBTQorV7RK

This is a message to all potential new Amazon FBA sellers - do not sell on Amazon FBA unless you've read through ALL their policies in detail.

As a new seller, I've had an extremely negative experience selling here with many surprises, and I ended up being charged over $3,100. Some of these surprises come from policies that are hidden and you won't know, until it's too late.

With a failing business (from the ridiculous FBA fees that are charged just for storage), I decided to stop selling on Amazon FBA. With this, I was given an option to stop Amazon FBA and have the items returned to me. In this return process, I tried to look to see if I would be charged for this - nothing was to be found during this process. Amazon ends up charging me over $3,100 for the FBA removals. If you didn't search for their policy using the exact search terms of "FBA removal order fee" then you'd also be unaware of this policy, and subsequently charged.

Getting in touch with Amazon support has been horrible. My feeling is that this is intentional, making the process of contacting an actual person difficult while they have their support team offshore. I have a couple of email responses from members of their "leadership team" (Amala S. and Kurt L.) who both give me a copy and paste exact same response. No real help there, unsympathetic, while treating you just as another number.

From what I've experienced, I wouldn't doubt many others feel the same. If you have experienced something similar, I would encourage posting here and discussing, in order to help and save others the headache and financial hardship. This has left an extremely negative experience with Amazon as a whole, and this is my genuine warning to all potential Amazon sellers.

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Amazon Takes Too Much from Us
by Seller_BYn3ICHDweKIc

It's getting to the point where it's not sustainable anymore. Within the past year, Amazon has constricted profitability and growth to where it's just about a complete standstill. After all calculations are done, pretty much working for free now. They've made it where you can't survive or thrive on their platform without giving them a minimum of 50% of sales. They've done this by hiking up fees, and making it where you have to spend heftily on ads. And if not.....minimal sales and visibility. They've made products harder to find by relevant organic search. It's gotten crazy, it's too much for what it's worth now.

It's really unfortunate, as we've been in business for almost 20 years. Amazon has almost 40% of retail market share, possibly more by this year. A LOT if not most retailers rely on them to stay in business. For the 1st time in 20 years..... about to throw in the towel. We have to price our sh#% higher than we want to just so we can pay all the fees, and the pay to play tactics. It's really really crappy on Amazon's part to do this to sellers. It's really really crappy that they do this to their customers.

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