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Some good reasons to consider Fulfillment by Amazon

For a while now I’ve been reading an excellent blog by Randy Smythe, who provides some interesting statistics about his Amazon selling, especially how Fulfillment by Amazon has been getting additional sales for him. Randy ran his numbers this weekend and found a unmistakable pattern: In January, FBA shipped 796 orders for me. Amazon Prime [...]
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Amazon redesigns payment accounts

The excitement never stops at Amazon. Now they’re redesigning the payments section of seller accounts. Click twice on the picture at right for an enlarged illustration. Here’s the announcement: Soon we will be upgrading the Get Paid section of your Seller Account. Below is a preview of the redesign. Please note, these changes are designed [...]
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After eBay policy changes, Amazon sees surge of new sellers

No, it’s not your imagination, there really are a lot more people selling on Amazon lately. Amazon claims it has seen a spike in new sellers after several controversial policy changes by eBay. “We’ve certainly heard of frustration with other marketplaces, and we’ve seen a significant increase in registrations,” said Matt Williams, Amazon’s business solutions [...]
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Amazon accepts seller input on packing slip changes

Based on feedback from Amazon sellers to a proposed design to the “Manage Your Orders” section of its Web site, Amazon has made these revisions (click here and then click again on the image for an enlarged view): Added a Pending Orders feature that will allow you to view orders that have not finished processing. [...]
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Amazon plans changes to Marketplace packing slips

Amazon is redesigning the packing slip for Marketplace orders. See this page for all the details. Amazon isn’t saying when the new design will roll out, but here’s a rundown on the new features: A redesigned and streamlined Search feature. Buttons in the Order List to print a packing slip or refund the order. A [...]
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Google Base service provider throws in the towel

Remember BuyBundle, the service for listing your Amazon and eBay items on Google Base? It looks like they’ve called it quits, and have sent this message out to members (thanks to BeachSideBooks for sharing): Dear BuyBundle Seller, We would like to update you on the status of BuyBundle’s operations. BuyBundle was an attempt to bring [...]
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Should Amazon buy eBay? Ho ho ho!!!

Here’s an interesting but hilariously misinformed item on the New York Times’ Bits blog raising the possibility of Amazon buying eBay. The author and the dozens of commenting readers argue that either Amazon should buy eBay’s auction technology or build its own. That’s brilliant, Einstein. Except that Amazon buried its auctions section about seven years [...]
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Amazon wants to kill duplicate ASINs

Finally Amazon has decided to confront one of its biggest messes on Marketplace: the epidemic of duplicate ASINs. It’s gotten progressively worse ever since sellers were given the ability to create detail pages (and automatically generate a new ASIN) a couple of years ago. According to this announcement, Amazon is going to start merging ASINs [...]
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Q&A: Can I sell teachers editions or solutions manuals on Amazon or eBay?

QUESTION: I’ve known for a long time that we are prohibited from selling teacher’s editions on Amazon or eBay. As a used bookseller who also home-schools (and has experimented a lot with curriculum), I’m aware that I can list my books through e-groups or Home School Legal Defense Curriculum Marketplace (though there don’t seem to [...]
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Getting reimbursed for Amazon A-to-Z Guarantee claims

If you’ve been selling on Amazon for a while, you’ve probably received at least one dreaded A-to-Z Guarantee claim. This is the mechanism that enables Marketplace buyers to get their money back if they don’t receive their merchandise, and the seller refuses to refund. Sometimes, of course, the customer who files the A-to-Z claim has [...]
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