Amazon is planning to open a new fulfillment center in New Jersey. The 1 million square-foot fulfillment center will be located in Carteret, bringing Amazon’s total footprint in New Jersey to more than 2.5 million-square-feet. Amazon went into the New Read more
Online sellers who send inventory to Amazon warehouses as part of the Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) program are being impacted by the closure of two fulfillment centers in the U.S. Amazon sent FBA merchants a notice on Wednesday with the Read more
Amazon made a big show of the robots powering its warehouses on Monday, with major media coverage. But on Wednesday, it became clear to sellers who use Amazon’s fulfillment service that investing in technology ain’t free: Amazon is raising the Read more
Amazon confirmed it is experiencing delays in receiving FBA shipments from third-party merchants thanks to higher-than-projected shipment volume. Amazon.com spokesperson Erik Fairleigh said the ONT8 fulfillment center, which is located in Moreno Valley, California, is experiencing temporary delays in receiving Read more
Some sellers could be impacted by a fire that broke out at one of Amazon’s fulfillment centers early Saturday morning. However, customers are not impacted, according to Amazon spokesperson Kelly Cheeseman, who told EcommerceBytes, “Our fulfillment center in Murfreesboro is Read more
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Amazon sent a sweet reminder to sellers informing them that its fulfillment centers are once again accepting “meltable inventory” such as chocolate. Sellers who use Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) can only send Read more
Many’s the seller who sends items to Amazon’s warehouses only to find out upon arrival the marketplace considers the item to be hazardous material and slates the shipment for destruction. But Amazon has a pilot program that allow certain sellers Read more
Amazon had some important reminders for third-party sellers this month. First, sellers who use Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) should weed out inventory that’s not moving. Amazon will assess its bi-annual FBA Long-Term Storage fee on August 15, 2014. “To avoid Read more
Amazon revealed that its 2 million-plus third-party merchants sold “more than a billion” products worldwide in 2013. What helped Amazon create that new record was its FBA program combined with opening up its holiday deals promotions to third-party merchants for Read more
