Hi fellow sellers,
I have been dealing with an extremely high rate of "order not received" cases on my FBM orders, and I want to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Since switching some of my products to FBM about six months ago, I have noticed a growing trend of customers reporting that they never received their orders. However, the situation worsened significantly after Thanksgiving, and the issue has remained consistently high for the past three months.
My "order not received" refund rate in the last 30 days is 17.1%, and my year-to-date (YTD) rate is 11.3%, which is far higher than normal.
Customers with different names and addresses are submitting identical refund requests with the exact same wording:
"Friend, what's the matter? Why has my package not been delivered to me for so long? I don't need it now, I want my money back now, please refund."
This only happens on Amazon FBM – we have been selling for over nine years across six different marketplaces, and our "order not received" rate on other platforms is below 1%.
We have tried using multiple shipping carriers (USPS, UPS, FedEx), but the issue persists.
We genuinely care about our account health, customer experience, and Amazon policies, so we usually issue full refunds when buyers send messages claiming non-receipt—before they escalate to an A-to-Z claim. However, this ongoing issue is severely damaging our business.
Has anyone else seen an unusually high "order not received" rate on FBM recently?
Are there any known refund scams that match this pattern?
What is the best way to escalate this to Amazon and get a real investigation?
How can we efficiently handle "order not received" claims without immediately issuing refunds?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!