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Amazon opened a 3‑million‑sq‑ft, five‑floor fulfillment hub that uses containerized robotic storage for 30 million items, AI‑driven arms handling 200 million...
Industry News
Amazon Accelerate unveiled an AI‑generated A+ content tool that converts a 150‑word product description into a full A+ page in under five minutes, currently in...
Helium 10 Blog
Helium 10 episode #148 details Amazon’s new Mixed‑Media Sponsored Brands option that lets sellers combine a 15‑second video with up to three static images in...
Helium 10 Blog
Helium 10 episode #148 (2024) highlighted that Instagram, TikTok and Facebook rolled out native shopping tools in 2023, enabling sellers to import up to 30...
Helium 10 Blog
Amazon extends the 2024 holiday return window: purchases made between November 1 2024 and December 31 2024 can be returned until January 31 2025. The extension...
Seller Central News
Amazon’s new barcode system, effective immediately, forces any FBA item with an FNSKU that starts with “X” to have all secondary UPC/EAN codes fully covered by...
Seller Central News
Amazon now requires that any secondary barcode (UPC, EAN, etc.) on FBA units with X‑prefix FNSKUs be fully covered with an opaque label, effective immediately....
Seller Central News
Amazon introduced Customer Loyalty Analytics and the Business Planner in Seller Central, letting sellers generate a Repeat‑Buyer List for 30, 60 or 90‑day...
Helium 10 Blog
Amazon has revealed the technical architecture behind Rufus, its AI shopping assistant. The system uses a custom LLM, real-time retrieval from product data,...
Advertising API Release Notes
Amazon adds a “Deferred Transactions” line item to the Payments dashboard, showing order‑by‑order holds with reason codes and release dates (e.g., $12,300...
Seller Central News
Amazon now lets sellers attach a percentage‑off and a fixed‑amount coupon to the same SKU, adds a 15% holiday surcharge that lifts the standard‑size base fee...
Helium 10 Blog
Effective immediately, Amazon’s product‑detail policy bans unqualified terms like “eco‑friendly,” “green,” or “sustainable” from titles, bullets, descriptions...
Seller Central News
Amazon has launched the ML‑driven "FBA Opportunities" tool, now live in Seller Central, that scans every active SKU and flags items that could sell 15‑20%...
Seller Central News
Effective immediately, Amazon issues a proof‑of‑delivery (POD) for every LTL or FTL shipment and requires sellers to upload this POD together with the...
Seller Central News
Starting January 31 2025, Amazon will require a ListPrice field for apparel, electronics, home & kitchen, and toys & games on nine marketplaces. The value must...
SP-API Changelog
Amazon launched the App Integrations API (v2024‑04-01) on April 1 2024, enabling developers to POST real‑time alerts to a seller’s Appstore banner via...
SP-API Changelog
The Helium 10 podcast released this week outlines a roadmap for Amazon sellers to turn Instagram, TikTok or Facebook into brand‑building channels. It stresses...
Helium 10 Blog
In early 2024 Santiago Gelvez and Adriada Rangel outlined a private‑label launch roadmap: achieve ≥150 test sales/month, file a U.S. trademark before launch to...
Helium 10 Blog
Amazon is now enforcing the EU Radio Equipment Directive, requiring every wireless electronic listing to show a USB‑C port (IEC 62680‑1‑2), six new charging...
Seller Central News
Amazon's Partner Carrier Program now includes smart carrier options with real-time cost estimates and capacity-aware scheduling, offering up to 25% lower...
Industry News