Updated Compliance Verification Requirements for Automotive Tires, Wheels, and Rims Listings
- Amazon is introducing additional compliance verification requirements for automotive tires, wheels, and rims listings on Amazon’s US online store (Amazon.com) to better protect customers. As required by federal law and existing Amazon policy, these products must comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). For more information on compliance requirements and how to submit documentation, go to Automotive tires, wheels, and rims.
Certify Textile Products for Climate Pledge Friendly with Control Union
- Amazon has partnered with Control Union, to make it easier to certify and enroll your textile products in Climate Pledge Friendly. Climate Pledge Friendly Certifications help Amazon customers discover and shop for more sustainable products with a range of sustainability certifications. If your products hold any of the below certifications and were audited by Control Union, you can submit products for Climate Pledge Friendly verification:
- Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
- Organic Content Standard (OCS 100 & OCS Blended)
- Global Recycle Standard (GRS)
- Recycled Claim Standard (RCS 100 & RCS Blended)
- Responsible Wool Standard (RWS)
Grow and Protect your Brand With the New Build Your Brand page
- Amazon’s Build Your Brand page on Seller Central helps you inform your strategy, grow, and protect your brand. You can access the page through Seller Central under the Brands tab. On the page, you can learn how our brand-exclusive programs can help you by using the four key program areas; Build Brand Loyalty, Grow your Audiece, Inform your Strategy, Protect your Brand
Amazon Launches TikTok Shopping Feed Experience – ‘inspire’ (From WDADTW Email)
- Is a feed that appears on TikTok videos that feature products visitors can buy through the Amazon app. Visitors can discover new products all tailored to their interests.
Update to US Referral and FBA Fees Starting January 17, 2023
- Important Call Outs effective Jan 17 2023
- Referral fees will remain unchanged
- Fuel & Inflation Surcharge are being removed all together, and a temporary charge is being baked into FBA fees
- Additional granularity in our FBA fees which will drive improved inventory health, more efficient use of Amazon’s storage, and create more capacity for sellers who are using space efficiently (Healthy Sell-through)
- Increase FBA outbound fee rates
- For Apparel products, a granularity of unit weight or dimensional weight to determine the shipping weight for all large standard-size products
- Reducing returns processing fee rates for customer-returned products in the Apparel and Shoe categories
- Increase the monthly off-peak storage fee (January to September) for standard-size products and oversized products
- Introducing a storage utilization surcharge for sellers who have slow-moving inventory based on weekly sales
- Increase the surcharges applied to inventory stored between 180-270 days and 271-365 days
- Increase removal and disposal fees
- A summary of fees is available here.
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