Amazon.com Creating Offers on Our ASINs — How Are They Sourcing Inventory?
We recently noticed Amazon Retail (“Sold by Amazon.com”) creating offers on some of our supplement ASINs, even though we do not have a Vendor Central relationship and do not sell inventory directly to Amazon.
I’m trying to understand two things:
Is there any actual way to stop Amazon Retail from creating offers on your listings?
Is there any way to determine where Amazon is sourcing the inventory from?
What makes this especially concerning is Amazon’s own FBA reimbursement policy states that if inventory is considered lost and Amazon reimburses the seller, Amazon may later resell that inventory if it is found.
So hypothetically:
Amazon loses inventory
seller gets reimbursed at cost
Amazon later finds the inventory
Amazon creates a retail offer and sells it at full retail price (sometimes even undercutting the brand)
From a brand perspective, that feels extremely questionable — especially for consumable products where storage conditions and chain of custody matter.
Has anyone successfully investigated this or gotten meaningful answers from Amazon?
Amazon.com Creating Offers on Our ASINs — How Are They Sourcing Inventory?
We recently noticed Amazon Retail (“Sold by Amazon.com”) creating offers on some of our supplement ASINs, even though we do not have a Vendor Central relationship and do not sell inventory directly to Amazon.
I’m trying to understand two things:
Is there any actual way to stop Amazon Retail from creating offers on your listings?
Is there any way to determine where Amazon is sourcing the inventory from?
What makes this especially concerning is Amazon’s own FBA reimbursement policy states that if inventory is considered lost and Amazon reimburses the seller, Amazon may later resell that inventory if it is found.
So hypothetically:
Amazon loses inventory
seller gets reimbursed at cost
Amazon later finds the inventory
Amazon creates a retail offer and sells it at full retail price (sometimes even undercutting the brand)
From a brand perspective, that feels extremely questionable — especially for consumable products where storage conditions and chain of custody matter.
Has anyone successfully investigated this or gotten meaningful answers from Amazon?
12 replies
Seller_9z7K85RzAOGC9
Yes, if you had inventory lost and were reimbursed then Amazon "magically" finds it then they own it and sell it to make their money back for the reimbursement and some profit. They will undercut the lowest prices on anything they sell this way.
Seller_4zBzdtgCyS9EI
That is exactly how it works,
UNLESS the product doesn't sell well, then they add it back to your inventory and take their reimbursement back from your account....
Amazon loses inventory
seller gets reimbursed at cost
Amazon later finds the inventory
Amazon creates a retail offer and sells it at full retail price (sometimes even undercutting the brand)
Seller_1Q3hNwblGUD9X
Buy one yourself...or have a friend buy one and if it is actually your inventory!
Seller_9ZBOAD9SC0L7M
Amazon selling items it does not own is a common issue. We see it all the time.
I doubt Amazon even possesses any of the inventory it is offering.
Seller_dlsK2sIQzanMk
Believe it or not there is a setting that sellers can toggle on & off allowing Amazon to buy and resell your inventory in other marketplaces. You can toggle this through your account settings.
Seller_YICCARZsaPNtg
anybody else notice how amazon is not responding in here? I've noticed when people point out shady/borderline illegal practices from amazon all mods just stay silent, its like they know what they are doing is wrong.
Seller_1AV0CpHYsv2fb
or they could first,
1. list it for sale undercutting you, Then,
2. when it sells, "loose" the inventory & reimburse at "cost"
3."find" it and ship to customer
