INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Back in mid-March, Amazon notified sellers in the US and EU that it would no longer be receiving non-essential shipments of
Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA) inventory.While the freeze for these marketplaces was originally set to end on April 5, in its FAQ, Amazon states:
Instead, whenever possible we will allow more products to be received, while still ensuring our fulfillment centers are able to process
Almost all third-party sellers sell their products through FBA and only select sellers are currently allowed to sell products in allowed
categories.Currently the categories the ecommerce giant is accepting include baby, health - household, beauty - personal care, grocery,
industrial - scientific and pet supplies.As of now, Amazon FBA sellers in the US and EU markets will not be able to create shipments to be
received at Amazon's fulfillment centers through Seller Central until the freeze is lifted.In all markets except for Italy, India and
France, FBA sellers can still sell non-essential products
However, they cannot send their non-essential inventory into the company's fulfillment network
This means that sellers must ship any inventory that is not already a part of Amazon's FBA supply chain themselves or use another
third-party fulfillment network.On a more positive note though, the company is waiving the long-term storage fee for April for sellers in
the US, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic.Sellers can still sell essential products if they're able to create
Although sellers trying to list products in one of the six essential categories may need Amazon's approval to do so.Via JungleScout
