Pros and Cons of Amazon FBA
Amazon FBA programme is a great way to reach prime customer in the UK and beyond. It is cheap to use with no long-term contracts and international in scope. However, there are some quirks of the system which sometimes make it a challenge to manage. Pros PAYG fulfilment house with benefits Unlike most fulfilment houses, […]
How Amazon compiles product data from multiple sellers
Amazon is a catalogue system. This means that each item (as defined by a unique barcode) will be represented by a single product details page. For example: Jaques the Peacock with EAN 0796714270135 has the Amazon ASIN B000I2MRLK. Most branded product listing on Amazon will have more than one seller, each of which can submit […]
Creating product listings on Amazon by matching by EAN or ASIN
The easiest way to create inventory on Amazon is to match against items which already exist in the Amazon catalogue. This post looks at how to do this product by product and in bulk. Catalogue matching – individually If you have only a small number of products to create (less than 10) you can create […]
Understanding Amazon FBA Fees
There are several different fees to consider when sending FBA stock: Fulfilment fees. A fulfilment fee is changed on each order based on the item size Storage fees. A monthly storage fee is charged based on the actual storage used Optional fees. These are fees for optional extras such as labelling, Fulfilment fees FBA fulfilment […]
Benefits of Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA)
FBA is in many ways a brilliant service, as can be seen by its enormous popularity. Benefits include: Easy Amazon does most of the work including customer service and delivery and you have the benefit of selling to Amazon’s enormous customer base. Pay as you go fulfilment service with no contract or minimum fees Most […]
Understanding FBA Settings
Before sending up your FBA inventory for the the first time there are a number of setting which must be specified in Settings > Fulfilment by Amazon. Cross border fulfilment settings. Pan European FBA is a programme where listings can be delivered across Europe at the delivery rate of the ordering country. To qualify a […]
Creating Amazon FBA listings (or convert FBM to FBA)
There are several options for creating FBA items. This post looks at how to convert FBM to FBA and also how to create new products as FBA listings. Converting items form FBM to FBA – Manually FBM items can be converted to FBA listings one at a time via the Manage inventory screen. The process […]
How to select keywords for your Amazon product listings
For a product to appear in the Amazon search, the product listing must contain the searched keyword. Without it, the customer will not see your product. Include all the relevant keywords on your product page. A listing contains many content areas and we will be discussing how to create an optimised listing later on. When […]
Managing Cross-Border Amazon sales
Managing sales obtained on Amazon sites outside your home country is much the same on all Amazon sites, however there are some additional factors to consider: Customer service Customer service should be in the native language of the site. There are companies to whom it is possible to outsource international customer service, however from experience, […]
How to create Amazon shipping templates
The Amazon Shipping template sets the shipping destinations available for each product. These are set up under Setting > Shipping settings > Shipping templates. Each seller can have a maximum of 20 templates. Price Calculation Shipping templates calculate shipping in two ways: Per items/weight based. Fixed price per items and then a price per kg […]