Amazon Uses X-ray Scanners to Scrutinize Product Returns
Amazon’s new European returns hub in Slovakia (60,000 sq m, 3.8 km of conveyors, up to 3,000 staff) now X‑ray scans every returned item and uses...
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Amazon’s new European returns hub in Slovakia (60,000 sq m, 3.8 km of conveyors, up to 3,000 staff) now X‑ray scans every returned item and uses...
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Amazon’s fourth Summer Beauty Event runs April 27–May 10, offering up to 30% off flagship brands and seven 48‑hour flash‑deal windows with discounts of 40‑50%....
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Amazon’s Unboxed 2025 unveiled an AI‑powered advertising suite that went live in Q1 2026, adding Multi‑Touch Attribution, a Unified Campaign Manager and...
SellerApp Blog
Effective 27 April 2026, Amazon will enforce new attribute rules for the Listings Items API and JSON LISTINGS FEED. New mandatory fields such as BatteryVoltage...
SP-API Changelog
In Amazon’s 2025 annual letter, CEO Andy Jassy announced a multi‑track delivery strategy: over 85 Same‑Day Fulfillment Centers (SSDs) handling 500 million...
Amazon Newsroom
Starting 23 April 2026 Amazon will only accept List Prices that match a competitor’s price from the last 30 days or a recent Featured Offer purchase. From...
eCommerceBytes
Starting April 17 2026 Amazon will add a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge to every FBA fulfillment fee in the US and Canada, and the same rate will apply to...
eCommerceBytes
Effective July 1 2026 Amazon will cease prep and labeling services for California‑based FBA shipments and remove the “AMAZON” enum from the prepOwner and...
SP-API Changelog
Amazon's March 2026 SP‑API release tightens rate limits to 5 requests‑per‑second, replaces numeric error codes with a JSON object (errorCode, message), and...
SP-API Changelog
Easter traffic peaks from March 29 to April 5, 2026. Listings with Prime eligibility convert 12‑15 % better and a pastel secondary image can lift CTR 3‑5 %....
SellerApp Blog
Starting April 1 2026 Amazon will add a “KSeF Number” column to the VAT Calculation Report for Poland, and from June 1 2026 the VAT Calculation Service will...
SP-API Changelog
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale 2026 runs now through March 31, 2026, offering up to 50% off and introducing the AI‑driven “Help Me Decide” tool and Rufus price‑track...
Amazon Newsroom
The AWS Bahrain Region (me-south-1) is fully offline due to regional conflict, halting EC2, RDS, and S3 services. AWS urges sellers to use the AWS Health...
Amazon Newsroom
Starting March 27 2026 Amazon.pl will add two new columns, buyer-nip and seller-nip, to the VAT Invoice Data Report (VIDR). These fields contain the Polish NIP...
SP-API Changelog
PayPal will end cash‑back redemption for Rewards points on August 1 2026, require an opt‑in for future rewards starting June 29 2026, and introduce...
eCommerceBytes
On March 12 Amazon launched a DD+7 reserve rule that holds seller earnings until seven days after delivery. The change introduced a new "Disburse on Demand"...
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Prime‑eligible listings convert about 74 % of Prime clicks versus 13 % for non‑Prime, a 5.7‑fold lift, and the higher conversion pushes products from page 3 to...
SellerApp Blog
Effective March 30 2026, Amazon’s SP‑API will require new mandatory attributes—e.g., materialComposition for clothing and batteryCapacity for electronics—and...
SP-API Changelog
On 11 Nov 2026 Amazon will cease generating the legacy XML Settlement Report (GET_V2_SETTLEMENT_REPORT_DATA_XML) and the original flat‑file report. All...
SP-API Changelog
Amazon's U.S. Big Spring Sale runs March 25‑31 2026, with a deal‑submission warning issued on February 18. Sellers should audit seasonal inventory by...
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