Selling through Amazon FBA

[Bricklectic]

25 minutes ago, chinothegeeko said:

Amazon doesn’t care 

ftfy

[redcell]

Amazon doesn’t care what you did last year. It’s how fast you sold what you had in stock last week. And this is just fba not fbm


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That's not true. I haven't been selling anything and my oversize got bumped up by around 300 units today.

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[flyingpig1]

2 hours ago, chinothegeeko said:

Amazon doesn’t care what you did last year. It’s how fast you sold what you had in stock last week. And this is just fba not fbm


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no, Amazon does take last year in to account.  Last year over half my sales were nov-dec.  This year I had a sizable increase in my restock limit in oct that was completely unrelated to my sales volume this year.
 

And my sales are up this year both week over week and month over month.  All sales are fba.  

The formula is dumb and non transparent, the rollout was bad, and the information void leads to a ton of people pumping out bad information. 

[chinothegeeko]

Well yeah i guess if you sell sporadically and not consistently every month. My bad. Forgot where I was.


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[landphieran]

On 11/19/2021 at 3:11 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

too late for BF, not Christmas 

Amazon has been inventorying my stuff in 1 day from the ship date. Insane. Was expecting it to take a week. Shipped the stuff out last night. Half of it in receiving status today.

[chinothegeeko]

Amazon has been inventorying my stuff in 1 day from the ship date. Insane. Was expecting it to take a week. Shipped the stuff out last night. Half of it in receiving status today.

Clt2?


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[brickology101]

Amazon has been inventorying my stuff in 1 day from the ship date. Insane. Was expecting it to take a week. Shipped the stuff out last night. Half of it in receiving status today.

Judging by how many listings I see everywhere with delivery dates In January looks like you got the good FC.


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[flyingpig1]

Instantly received... and sent immediately to FC transfer.  Thanks I guess?  🙃

[Achilles]

My stuff all through Nov has been taking 2 weeks or so from pickup to be received into inventory.

 

[gmpirate]

1 hour ago, Achilles said:

My stuff all through Nov has been taking 2 weeks or so from pickup to be received into inventory.

 

yep, same here

[Mark Twain]

Taking about a day to arrive to the nearest hub then 4-5 days to check in, with most going to FC transfer right away. Sent one box to Indiana and it took 5 days to check in but no FC transfers.

[flyingpig1]

Sure feels like a lot more garbage sellers this year since Amazon didn’t gate the toys and games category for the holidays. 

[chinothegeeko]

Sure feels like a lot more garbage sellers this year since Amazon didn’t gate the toys and games category for the holidays. 

Unfortunately get used to it. So many crappy/new sellers got ungated in lego this year too


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[flyingpig1]

Four duplicate listings and TEN led light listings

 

Jeeze.

[landphieran]

Hmm very slow price progression on listings. The margins this year are going to narrow quite a bit compared to last.

[Loghamel]

I sent in 5 Great Halls just in case Amazon ran out and it made a run.  Saw that it ran out, just to see Toy Burg list 900+ at $159.99.  Guess it's capped for a minute.  

[Bold-Arrow]

6 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

I sent in 5 Great Halls just in case Amazon ran out and it made a run.  Saw that it ran out, just to see Toy Burg list 900+ at $159.99.  Guess it's capped for a minute.  

They must have taken Emazers last words to heart 

[cobrakai]

33 minutes ago, landphieran said:

Hmm very slow price progression on listings. The margins this year are going to narrow quite a bit compared to last.

I've been increasing prices every day this week.  In past years, sales velocity is very high between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, but prices tend to be the highest during the 7-10 days after Cyber Monday.  I'm trying a new approach this year and trying not to sell too much until after Cyber Monday. 

[landphieran]

Amazon's "preferred" seller is extra insane this year. A few extremely high volume sellers controlling buy box above or equal price and they aren't losing it/switching off.

The changes and limits to restock amounts are forcing sellers to sell low to continue to push inventory. A much more competitive selling environment this year.

I'm curious if people think otherwise or its too early to tell?

[brickology101]

Amazon's "preferred" seller is extra insane this year. A few extremely high volume sellers controlling buy box above or equal price and they aren't losing it/switching off.

The changes and limits to restock amounts are forcing sellers to sell low to continue to push inventory. A much more competitive selling environment this year.

I'm curious if people think otherwise or its too early to tell?

Not as much profit as last year but I think we all knew this was coming. Not over yet ! The next 2-3 weeks are crucial.


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[LegoBro]

Ladies and gents... gates on some listings have been lifted. Not all for me, but the ones I needed are open. Might want to check on any listings you've been blocked on the past year. 

[redcell]

Ladies and gents... gates on some listings have been lifted. Not all for me, but the ones I needed are open. Might want to check on any listings you've been blocked on the past year. 

Yep...looks like that annoying group gate is finally gone.

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[Loghamel]

5 hours ago, redcell said:

Yep...looks like that annoying group gate is finally gone.

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Only 2 I'm looking for are 10267 and 10275.  I'm still gated on those.

[Mark Twain]

16/19 gates dropped for me. Any idea when the cutoff for FBA is for Xmas?


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[ichiroll]

Just now, Mark Twain said:

16/19 gates dropped for me. Any idea when the cutoff for FBA is for Xmas?


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Dec 3 I believe