Amazon's popular warehouse suspends deliveries, How do sellers respond?
Date：2024-12-12 16:10:00 View：
The annual Amazon Black Five network has been settled, but many sellers have failed to usher in a surge in sales, but under the double pressure of prolonged promotion time and multi-platform competition, profit margins are severely squeezed.
What is more unexpected is that Amazon recently announced that a number of warehouses will suspend the receipt of new goods, and this sudden news undoubtedly has a huge impact on the delivery plans of many sellers.
Amazon warehouse suspends receiving reasons
Recently, many Amazon sellers encountered a system warning when trying to create shipments: in view of the surge in demand and reservation resources, from December 15 to December 31, some warehouses will not be able to receive new shipments, and recommend that sellers choose other time periods to ship.
The main purpose of this popular warehouse suspension is to concentrate resources to cope with the peak order during the Christmas period. During the Black five promotion period, the influx of a large number of goods led to a sudden increase in the pressure of Amazon warehouse operations, in order to ensure the customer shopping experience, Amazon decided to temporarily stop receiving goods.
In addition, strikes and protests by Amazon employees in more than 20 countries, including the United States, from Black Friday to Net 1 not only exacerbated the shortage of manpower, but also forced Amazon to make emergency adjustments to warehouse capacity, further affecting the normal delivery of sellers.
Us site: December 15 - December 31, 2024
Canada Site: December 15 - December 21, 2024
List and details of affected warehouses
As the Christmas sales approach, sellers need to pay close attention to the list of affected warehouses published by Amazon in order to adjust their shipping plans in time to avoid losses caused by rejected goods.
Among them, the warehouses that need to be particularly vigilant include:
QXY5, JOT1: These warehouses are especially full, and the reservation is frequently deleted without reason, resulting in the status of the reserved shipments to "pending", and the rejection rate is as high as 80%.
LGB8: Due to the serious stock bursting, the reservation time of a large number of shipments in transit has been constantly delayed.
RFD2, GEU5: also faced with serious warehouse problems, limited quantity of release, rejection frequently.
In addition, the new warehouse PSC2, ABQ2, MIT2, GEU3, etc. in the West of the United States also continued to be in a state of explosion. At the same time, Amazon warehouses in Vancouver, Japan, Australia and other places have also suffered similar problems.
Seller coping strategy
Faced with this challenge, sellers need to flexibly adjust their delivery strategies to avoid the risk of potential logistics delays. The following suggestions are for your reference:
Prepare goods in advance: the seller should plan the stock plan in advance and try to complete the warehousing of the goods before December 15, to ensure that the products can be put on the shelves in time to avoid the backlog and delay caused by the suspension of the warehouse.
Use of overseas warehouses: If the goods are unable to enter the Amazon warehouse in time by December 15, consider transferring them to a third party overseas warehouse for storage and shipment. This will help ensure the timely processing and delivery of orders and reduce the sales impact caused by the suspension of warehouse receipt.
Maintain communication with customer service: The seller should take the initiative to maintain contact with customer service, explain the situation of the goods and the degree of urgency, and strive to make the goods smoothly into the warehouse. At the same time, you can also pay attention to the latest news and announcements issued by Amazon officials in order to adjust the delivery plan in time.
In summary, by preparing goods in advance, using third-party overseas warehouses, and maintaining communication with Amazon customer service, sellers can more effectively deal with the challenge of Amazon warehouse suspension of goods, and ensure the smooth process of order processing and delivery.
