Amazon Vendor Central Archives - Lean Channel Management

Seeking Validation: Amazon’s GS1 Barcode Enforcement

If you use UPC barcodes acquired via third-party sellers, your Vendor Central products could be in danger of being delisted by Amazon. Learn more about Amazon’s GS1 requirements for Seller Central sellers (and LCM’s guidance for Vendor Central sellers).

Optimize Your Amazon New Item Setups on Vendor Central (10 PRO TIPS)

New Year, new products! Back from holidays, and your company may be getting ready to load 2019 items on Amazon.com. Loading products through the Amazon New Item Setup template can be deceivingly simple to do. Here are 10 Pro Tips to ensure you optimize your setup.

Avoid Amazon Lead-Time Chargebacks (10 PRO TIPS)

If you’ve sold directly to Amazon for at least a year then you know that Amazon loves to make continuous upgrades to their systems and processes. They continuously challenge themselves, and you to improve. Their recent changes to expected lead time and ship/delivery windows could have you scrambling to keep up, and frustrated with chargebacks for missing those windows.

Are You Ready to Be an Amazon.com Vendor? (10 PRO TIPS)

Your company may produce fantastic consumer products and want to get into North America’s largest online retailer, but unless you clearly know what you’re getting yourself into, you should properly prepare yourself for the process. It will be unlike working with any other retailer you have ever worked with, and there is potential risk if you aren’t ready and capable.

New Year’s Resolutions for Amazon Vendors (10 PRO TIPS)

The best way to improve on your 2014 Amazon.com sales in 2015 is to closely analyze your 2014 data. Identify deficiencies, seasonal growth patterns, marketing ROI, big forecasting changes, and much, much more. Amazon provides a plethora of sales metrics in Vendor Central–there’s no time like the present to use it.

Last Minute Amazon Holiday Strategies (10 PRO TIPS)

There is an old saying at Amazon; “During Holiday the days are like weeks and the hours are like days…” This saying is far closer to the truth than it sounds. If you are an Amazon Vendor, depending on your category and the “giftability” of your product, you may be able to watch your daily sales rate rise at an incredible rate. Purchase Orders may come in from the blue, or you may be called by an Amazon employee asking you to expedite a shipment.

Vendor Central Return Rate: The Missing Metric (PRO TIPS)

Vendors have a damage or returns allowance deducted from their remittances. This is initially estimated by the Amazon Vendor Manager and is part of the of the legal agreements you sign in Vendor Central when you first get setup (Question: Do you have all your agreements downloaded? They are legal contracts!). A better name for it would be “Return Allowance.” On return to Amazon, products may be either placed back in inventory if unopened, refurbished/evaluated and sold on Warehouse Deals, liquidated, or destroyed. In any case, that agreement means they won’t come back. As this allowance agreement comes to the end of its term, your vendor manager will pull a report and review your returns rate. They will then negotiate with you to cover return costs if your return rate exceeds your current deduction.

PRO TIPS for Amazon.com Contact Us Tickets

There are many times you will need to file a ticket through the “Contact Us” section on Vendor Central. Here are some Pro Tips that will help you get your issues solved in a timely, professional manner.