Does amazon even accept invoces from retailers like target,walmart or Khols?
Reason why I am asking is because I have submitted an invoice from the distributor to amazon and they keep rejecting me and one agent said i need an authorization letter from the brand when I thought you could also submit the invoice from the distributor.
Does amazon even accept invoces from retailers like target,walmart or Khols?
Reason why I am asking is because I have submitted an invoice from the distributor to amazon and they keep rejecting me and one agent said i need an authorization letter from the brand when I thought you could also submit the invoice from the distributor.
Seller_2uBti6kNiMv8r
okay I can see that no one here helps but instead provide wrong information and decide to be negative just because they are hiding behind a screen. [Moderator Edit: removed inappropriate commentary]
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Seller_2uBti6kNiMv8r
okay I can see that no one here helps but instead provide wrong information and decide to be negative just because they are hiding behind a screen. [Moderator Edit: removed inappropriate commentary]
Seller_Sram36TnVt73c
some brands don't want you selling their items on Amazon (or online at all).
Therefore, if you join such a branded listing, the brand owner might complain to Amazon and thus Amazon requests the invoice as a starting point for the evenutal nutslap you will get.
So it's generally more about the brand than which retailer you purchased from.
Seller_R2dP7Hunjcdj0
I help here, pretty much every day.
And while you MAY believe the following is "Negative" because it is not what you WANT to hear, it is the Truth (and is correct information).
"Does amazon even accept invoices from retailers like target,walmart or Khols?"
No, they do NOT.
The reason is pretty simple;
The Businesses you name do NOT issue an "Invoice", they issue a "RECEIPT".
An Invoice contains not only the Business information of the Seller, but also the Business information of the Buyer.
A Receipt may only display the Business Name and telephone, and perhaps their address, but nothing about the Buyer.
An Invoice shows the Wholesale purchase of products from a Manufacturer or Recognized, Authorized Distributor.
A Receipt only displays the "Retail" price the buyer paid for the item(s).
Amazon used to accept "Receipts" as well as Invoices, but this practice has ceased, and Amazon is actively removing such listing, as well as often Suspending Sellers offering Retail Arbitrage.
Amazon is no longer the place to do "Retail Arbitrage", as the Seller can NEVER prove "Authenticity" of the product to Amazon since the Product Warranty chain of Custody has been broken.
If, somehow you have established a Wholesale relationship with the Businesses you name such that they Sell YOU products at Wholesale Cost, and issue you an Invoice that contains the required information, THEN you need to create a Case with Amazon and include pdf scans of your "Invoices".
If, as I suspect, you have only "Receipts", you will NOT be able to sell those items on Amazon.
Don't shoot the messenger here, this is just the facts.
Seller_WsdULSSIajCRd
Hi Jeremias, it used to be that Amazon would accept receipts as long as the receipt included the UPC on it. But while Amazon still allows for Retail Arbitrage, they don't publicly support it. There are some exceptions, like Nike Factory stores, which contain UPCs on the receipts. But at scale, Retail Arbitrage will likely get your account suspended because you'll be unable to clear claims with receipts, and the more units you sell, the more likely it is to get a claim. While I'm sure that you can still make a decent side income from RAing, it has gotten much harder over the years. At one point, Amazon used it to get brands on Amazon that wouldn't sell to them, and retailers were crushed by it, and Amazon grew. But back in 2017, Amazon made a big push to court these brands and started cracking down on RA with Brand Registry and stricter invoice requirements. It's not the model they want, as RA carries a higher chance of a NCX (negative customer experience). If you're just doing it small-time, you'll probably be fine, but if you want to grow your business on Amazon, you're going to need relationships with brands or to create your own product. Those things weren't easy to do years ago, and it's only gotten more difficult since.
If you are set on arbitrage, you might consider used books. It's no where near as lucrative as it used to be, but you can still find treasures out there. You can also bid for Library Sale Remainders. I did that for a while, it's hard work, and you'll need a scanner and a downloadable Amazon price database app like Neatoscan or another similar one, but you can still do ok with it as a side hustle.
Seller_YBfUTeoG971hG
And what would you do with the items you buy at Target and for which you have receipts (not commericial invoices)? You certainly can't sell them as "New," since any warranty, stated or implied, would not be transferrable to the Amazon buyer. And quite simply, once you have purchased anything at a retail store it is no longer "New."
Seller_52pUzzgnsLDGs
"Does Amazon even accept invoices from retailers like target, walmart, kohls"
Clearly you do not understand the difference between a receipt and an invoice. A retailer is a retailer. A giver of receipts. You will never, ever get an invoice from a retailer. Ever.
