Forcing Merchants to FBA by shutting down products
Amazon.com has now instituted strong arm practices to try to force merchants use FBA. Nearly 70% of products moved to inactive today with solution being 'Covert to FBA'. We uses independent warehouse for distribution, run by small business leaders in the communities they serve. Evidently, the massive investment Amazon.com made in its delivery services is being impacted negatively by this practice. So now there agenda is to force the using FBM (fulfillment by merchant) to change to FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) by making products inactive.
Forcing Merchants to FBA by shutting down products
Amazon.com has now instituted strong arm practices to try to force merchants use FBA. Nearly 70% of products moved to inactive today with solution being 'Covert to FBA'. We uses independent warehouse for distribution, run by small business leaders in the communities they serve. Evidently, the massive investment Amazon.com made in its delivery services is being impacted negatively by this practice. So now there agenda is to force the using FBM (fulfillment by merchant) to change to FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) by making products inactive.
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Seller_Sram36TnVt73c
I believe this can happen if your self-fulfilled orders are not processed in a timely manner according to Amazon...have you had shipping/delivery problems with your self-fulfilled items?
Seller_6MLwW2TizYZCs
Are you drop shipping from multiple locations?
Emet_Amazon
Hello @Seller_eK3MTcvLTxq5s,
Thank you for posting your concerns with the loss of your merchant fulfilled capabilities on large sum of your listings.
As noted by @Seller_Sram36TnVt73c, this is a common situation that occurs when the performance targets are not being met. Was this a type of category restrictions such a seen with valid tracking category restriction, or an entire removal of merchant fulfilled capabilities?
Since there can be a very wide range of situations, I would ask that you check for any performance notifications in seller central to see if you've received any specific communication on the matter. I would also ask that you post that notice here so community and I can offer further guidance on the situation you're experiencing.
The forums community and I are here to support you. Please let us know how we can help you from this point forward.
Emet.
Emet_Amazon
Hello @Seller_eK3MTcvLTxq5s,
Thank you for following up on this.
Was this a type of category restrictions such a seen with valid tracking category restriction, or an entire removal of merchant fulfilled capabilities?
Since there can be a very wide range of situations, I would ask that you check for any performance notifications in seller central to see if you've received any specific communication on the matter. I would also ask that you post that notice here so community and I can offer further guidance on the situation you're experiencing.
Understanding that there were some issues with "a" tracking number, I would still ask that you provide information surrounding my previously asked question. Due to my limited visibility, I can only offer guidance on what information you post here in this space. I have no access to your case log, notifications or policy violations thus I would need you to provide this information for me to pursue it further. If you have any related case ID on the situation I can look into those once posted.
The forums community and I are here to support you. Please let us know how we can help you from this point forward.
Emet.
