My products are heavy

I am a newbie and doing fba. Most of my products are heavy. As I am providing next day delivery with dpd and I am getting so many orders from Scottish Highlands and Highlands. Can someone please help me to sort my shipping settings out . So I can put charges for offshore and Scottish Highlands . As I have tried so many times and there is an error coming up(there are some areas which have different charge settings

Answer: You can’t. You have to charg the same price throughout the UK unfortunately

Seasonal item in to FBA

Is it worth sending a seasonal item in to FBA or will it take too long to process at this point (December)?

Answer: If its specific to Xmas, I wouldn’t bother. Too risky that it’ll end up getting caught in a delay checking in at Amazon and not appearing until 22nd onwards

What a prep centre

Could someone explain what a prep centre is? I’ve never heard of one untill today.

Answer: A prep centre can do storage but is more used for ‘preparing’ your Amazon stock. They receive, check, bubble wrap, polybag, label etc whatever your items need according to Amazon, then they are boxed up and sent into the Amazon warehouse ready to be sold.

Branded product as a bundle

What does it take to sell a branded product as a bundle with my own product? For example, say I was selling a mug and wanted to bundle it with a dairy milk chocolate. If this is even possible, what steps would I need to take?

Answer: GTIN exemption request a bundle. Make sure they are not on brand register.

Amazon brand registry

Once brand registry is accepted how do you use the features? Does it appear in the Amazon seller account automatically?

Answer: Yes, it should appear. Some features like A+ content is normally there in the tab but gives an error if you are not brand registered. Also, you have access to brand reports etc.If these features give you error even after brand registration, then open the case with brand registry / seller support and they can enable it for you.

Recommendations for PPC management?

Any recommendations for PPC management? Ad spend around £600 a month. Been stung by an automated platform so think human management is for me.

Answer: Turn it off. I did and sales didn’t change. It’s such a con these days on Amazon. Been selling on there for 9 years and it’s never been so bad. Far too much competition and Amazon filling there boots. I still do Ok but nothing like it used to be

Lost inventory (June 2021)

I had 3 x boxes delivered on 28th April 2021 with 200 units in, they have all vanished and cannot be found. I have sent an invoice from my supplier which is in excel format which has been refused. I have requested a pdf format from my supplier and really hope they can deliver. In the meantime Amazon have offered £350 for my inventory which cost me £1250. I have refused this amount but they have sent it anyway.I’m so annoyed, I can’t afford to replace the inventory and cannot afford to lose that much money, can anyone offer some advice please?

Answer: I had a similar problem on a smaller basis and all I can say is that I hope you have better luck than me. The financial offer was similar in proportion to yours and I just had to accept it.

Shipping from china to FBA (2021 costs)

So before I get quotes for shipping, I thought Id ask everyone in the group for THEIR idea of a ballpark figure just so I know if im getting sold a dream, or being taken advantage of when I receive my quotes. My shipment will be 180kg, preferably by air from China to UK, again I know professional sellers cannot quote me an accurate price but I am curious to a rough price.

Answer: I suggest that you can find a professional freight forwarder and let them give you a DDP air freight price. DDP includes all the costs. You only need to wait for the goods to be collected. They will give you a tracking number, you can track your goods

SDS and an exemption sheet (for 2021)

I’m selling a product but Amazon is requesting an SDS and an exemption sheet is not accepted. However, the product shouldn’t need one as the only ‘chemical if you like is acrylic there’s nothing harmful and my supplier won’t give me one as they’ve said they have not heard of this before nor have they been asked for one. The product does require batteries but they are not provided that’s at the customer’s expense.