This is the latest set of COVID-19 related updates from Amazon (from March 25, 2020), notifying about a pause in acceptance of new deals through April 5, 2020, as well as waivers of certain fees.
With all the challenges that your business may be facing with Amazon fulfillment during this COVID-19 crisis, you may be wondering what it takes to switch from FBA to FBM.
Amazon recently shared a flurry of updates and changes. To help you make sense of it all, HINGE COMMERCE will share what we know and provide you with implications and action steps.
This article shares the impact and opportunities that you should consider for your online business duriing the global coronavirus crisis.
The coronavirus will have an impact on brick and mortar retail, as well as on digital commerce. Sellers, companies, and retailers need to focus on getting their businesses operating as efficiently as possible. Here are strategies to leverage in the face of the COVID-19 crisis to help your online business weather the storm.
There are many different impacts from COVID-19:
Economic fundamentals of supply and demand are in play that will be difficult to influence — If you are overly dependent upon a single retailer or online channel there may be a significant risk for your business.
The second impact is the major restrictions on public interactions — including work-from-home initiatives and canceled sporting and social events…
This shares the impact of COVID-19 on FBA as well as Amazon Vendor orders.
For products that are Fulfill By Amazon (FBA) : Amazon has just announced that they are temporarily prioritizing products coming into their fulfillment centers. As the COVID-19 crisis has escalated, there has been an increase in online shopping on Amazon. As a result, some products, such as household staples and medical supplies, are out-of-stock. With this in mind, Amazon is temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products coming into their fulfillment centers so that they can more quickly receive, restock, and deliver these products to customers.
The specific list of categories that are being prioritized by Amazon includes: baby care, health and household…