Four days in and it already looks like a busy year ahead for sellers on the Amazon marketplace. We come bearing Amazon seller news: some good, some bad, but all of it worth knowing. Hopefully, our first digest of the year will usher in the growth and expansion your...

‘Individual’ is the status you’re automatically assigned when you open a Selling Account on Amazon and try to sell your first item. If you don’t see yourself selling more than 40 items per month, then it’s the only way to go, at least until you build up momentum. When...

Rather than shipping the merchandise to the buyer to fulfill the order, the seller ships it to an Amazon Fulfillment Center (see above), where it is stored until the order is received, and then shipped from there to the buyer. The products feature a ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’ badge, and...

‘Tis the season to be savvy, so let’s forget the holiday festivities for a minute and focus on the issues at hand. To that end, we rustled up our monthly digest of the most exciting Amazon seller news, and we can’t wait for you to read it. Amazon Referral...

Last year Amazon started promoting an innovative program to help brand owners protect their business from counterfeit products or unauthorized sellers. The program is also meant to work towards fulfilling Amazon’s goal of ensuring that only authentic products are sold on the platform.The Facts:This service, called Transparency, started with...

A group to which any product listed on Amazon must be assigned. Every Amazon venue has its own number of categories and sub-categories, depending on local laws and regional peculiarities that influence the demand and the type of tax levied on specific products. Many Amazon categories are open to...

Amazon Storefronts is a way for small and medium-sized businesses to sell products directly through Amazon. The Amazon Storefronts web page caters only to customers who want to buy from US-based SMBs, including local artisans, family-owned businesses, and innovators. Amazon Stores offer merchants the option to have an online...

Unique 10-digit code assigned by Amazon to each product listed. A product will have the same ASIN on all venues. The ASIN can be found on the product page, in the product information section. You’ll also find it in the URL. For details, please read this.

Amazon Spark is a feed that can be accessed by clicking the Spark tab in the Amazon app. It’s like a shoppable feed of stories and photos for Prime members. Think of it as a kind of Pinterest in reverse. Rather than pin things you find around the web...

Launchpad is a platform that features vetted startups and their cutting-edge products. It offers innovators custom product pages, marketing solutions, access to Amazon’s fulfillment network, and space to share their stories. It’s a project made possible with the help of venture capitalists, startup accelerators, and crowdfunding websites.