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In early 2024 Amazon widened its FBA expiration‑date policy, adding batteries, adhesives, sunscreen, medical consumables, pet food and cosmetics to the...
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Effective September 12 2022 Amazon will accept only the ABIS_BOOK product type for all book SKUs. The seven legacy types—BOOKS_1973_AND_LATER, BOOK,...
SP-API Changelog
In early 2024 Helium 10 released episode #366 outlining a compliance audit template and a three‑phase VA interview flow. The guide shows how using Helium 10’s...
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Starting July 25 2022 Amazon will enforce a mandatory CarrierCode field in every shipment confirmation for the BR, MX, CA, AU, SG, IN and JP marketplaces....
SP-API Changelog
Helium 10 #359 details EU VAT reforms: distance‑selling thresholds drop to €10,000 per country, the One‑Stop Shop now covers more goods, and Amazon’s tax...
Helium 10 Blog
In early 2024 Amazon added a real‑time security alert system to Seller Central, letting sellers enable the “Suspicious Activity Alerts” toggle and receive...
Helium 10 Blog
Amazon.de now pauses all packaged‑goods listings until a seller’s LUCID registration number is validated; the status turns green in Seller Central’s Account...
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Amazon and Walmart now require every third‑party listing to use a GS1‑issued GTIN, with Amazon performing daily automated scans against the GS1 database. A...
Helium 10 Blog
Amazon Brand Registry can be secured in as little as 10 days, letting sellers file infringement reports that Amazon resolves up to 90% faster (e.g., a...
Helium 10 Blog
On June 22 2022 Helium 10 announced Amazon Marketing Stream, a live ad‑analytics feed that pushes impressions, clicks and spend every 2–5 seconds via a new API...
Helium 10 Blog
Amazon retired the legacy Send/Replenish Inventory tool effective immediately. All inbound shipments must now be created via the Send to Amazon screen or the...
Seller Central News
Amazon warns that Germany’s BZSt now requires an exact, character‑by‑character match between the legal entity name and tax address in Seller Central and the...
Seller Central News
On June 15, Helium 10 reported that Amazon’s Brand Analytics dashboard was overhauled, removing the “Buy Box Winners” and “Market Basket Analysis” tabs and...
Helium 10 Blog
On June 15 2022 Amazon retired the _GET_MERCHANT_LISTINGS_DEFECTDATA_ and _LISTINGS_DEFECT_REPORTXL_ endpoints, returning HTTP 404. The replacement endpoint...
SP-API Changelog
Effective early 2024, Germany’s EPR packaging law requires every Amazon.de seller to register in the LUCID database and obtain a 12‑digit LUCID ID. Amazon...
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Germany’s EPR law now mandates every seller shipping packaged goods to German consumers to register in the LUCID database and enter the ID in Amazon Seller...
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The article warns that over‑reliance on broad‑match can consume up to 40% of an Amazon PPC budget, missing negative keywords wastes about $1.2 M each month,...
Helium 10 Blog
In April 2024 Amazon deactivated more than 10,000 ASINs that were not entered into the new Lucid registration system. Sellers had to upload every active SKU by...
Helium 10 Blog
On June 1 2022 Amazon raised the Remote Fulfillment base charge to $0.40, increased the per‑pound rate to $0.55 and added a $0.10 handling surcharge for...
Helium 10 Blog
Effective this quarter, Amazon.ca raises referral fees by up to 0.5% for apparel and 0.3% for electronics, adds CAD 0.30 per standard‑size unit and CAD 1.20...
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