I know lots of sellers who focus on Sales Rank when scouting. And this can be a great way to tell an item's current ranking. But remember how susceptible Sales Rank is to recent sales. It's very easy to be fooled by an item with a Sales Rank that...

I'm back with another week's worth of Amazon news. I'm still seeing lots of stories about Amazon agreeing to collecting sales tax in a new state, but I'll try to avoid boring you with those. Instead, this week we have my thoughts on the Kindle Fire, a major retailer...

Note: This is another installment in my ongoing Amazon Fundamentals series. -JD We've written about the dangers of shipping meltable items before. As you may know, Amazon won't accept certain types of meltable items for FBA fulfillment  during the summer months due to the difficulty of keeping the products cool and...

When sending FBA inventory to Amazon, your shipments are distributed throughout Amazon's fulfillment centers. This means that some products may go to Indianapolis, others to Charlotte and still more to Phoenix. For many sellers, even a specific SKU might be split and sent to two or more distribution centers....

Weekly News Round-up Arizona to Consider Online Sales Tax Issue - Another week, another state starts to implement plans to collect sales tax from online merchants (namely Amazon). This time, it's Arizona and while they haven't made any concrete plans yet, it seems like this is another step towards the...

We just updated our Essential Resources for Amazon Sellers page and added a really cool duty calculator.     It's a good way to estimate the import duty and fees that your customers will be responsible for on any international shipments. Note that it's not perfect, however, so just...

Professional Services is newest division of SellerEngine Software. But Professional Services isn't about software -- it's about people. It's about helping to connect with Amazon sellers and helping them to succeed. When they're not directly helping sellers, the Professional Services Team conducts research into topics that matter to Amazon...

This week in Amazon news, there are going to be new distribution centers in New Jersey, Amazon announces a new "Add-on" program and the New York Times takes a look at the e-book readers on the market today. New Distribution Centers in NJ to Bring 1500 Jobs - Earlier...

Each product in your inventory must be given a unique stock keeping unit, more commonly known as a SKU. It might be easy to just number your SKUs, starting with 0000001 and just incrementing each time you add a new inventory item. But SKUs can be incredibly valuable, if you...

Note: This is another installment in my ongoing Amazon Fundamentals series. -JD So, you've picked your product and decided on MFN or FBA fulfillment. What comes next? Before you start selling on Amazon, you should make sure you have all the essential equipment on hand. There are plenty of really fun gadgets...