UPDATE: Amazon has responded with more information. Addendum to this article at the end. Back in 2020/2021, Amazon rapidly released functionality and restrictions around “Restock Limits” and limiting sellers to send in only “Essentials”. Eventually, they loosened up to non-essentials with limits on how many units you can send in. I wrote an article about this in 2021 outlining this.… Read More »Amazon Restock Limits are BACK in 2025 – Now What?
Amazon Placement Fees have been around for years, but in 2025, they became much more of an issue for sellers. Between 2024’s change in inventory distribution and API changes hitting in Late December, many sellers ask “How do I optimize for this new “fee”? While I can’t guarantee 100% of the time you won’t pay placement fees as there are… Read More »The Real Hidden Costs of Amazon Placement Fees—And How to Dodge Them
Amazon’s introduction of the low inventory fee in 2024 is one of the more unusual fees released in the past few years by Amazon. Why? It is a fee that impacts you as a potential expense but also impacts your cash flow by forcing you to buy, stock, and maintain more inventory. A normal FBA fee is also evenly increased… Read More »Low Inventory Fee Explained: Mastering Amazon’s New Fee
In the past year or so, “2D Barcodes” have gotten a lot of hype for a variety of operational reasons. With that said, unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation on their function, use, benefits, and their disadvantages. What is a 2D Barcode? A 2D barcode is a barcode that stores data in 2 dimensions — Horizontally and Vertically. Unlike… Read More »Why You Shouldn’t Use 2D Barcodes — and When You Should
In April 2021, Amazon announced Account Level Restock limits. And to be frank, many sellers don’t understand them. I am going to break them down after multiple weeks of study, data analysis, and research for you. I have worked with dozens of sellers within our 3PL, across social media, and many friends of mine. We currently have a 13% utilization… Read More »Demystifying Restock Limits: How they Work
Split shipments have always been frustrating for new sellers. Amazon does this for a variety of reasons, but mainly to distribute products across their fulfillment centers better. In this article, I discuss ways you can mitigate split shipments without violating Amazon’s Terms of Service. 1. Use the same labeling type When adding new SKUs to Seller Central you can sometimes… Read More »Amazon FBA Split Shipments: 5 Ways to Save on Inbound Shipping Costs
in 2020, Amazon implemented “Inbound Limit” restrictions, otherwise known as “COVID Limits” because they arose from COVID-19 disrupting a lot of supply chains. Unfortunately this has caused a lot of logistical issues for Amazon sellers because being able to maintain stock or launch products becomes increasingly difficult. 1. Where to see your limits On the Inventory Planning page, click “Restock… Read More »“Amazon Drip”: 4 Basic Tips for FBA Inbound Limits
Amazon implemented the Inventory Performance Index Score (IPI Score) in 2018 and it has caused all kinds of confusion for sellers. Because of the way Amazon presents the score on the Seller Central Dashboard, sellers. This post breaks it down. Before we start, your IPI Score is based on a 90-Day rolling-weighted-average of snapshots. This means IPI is calculated once a… Read More »Amazon IPI Score: Shattering the Myths