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Has anyone successfully shipped anything from the UK to Germany directly to FBA? I’ve sent a couple of small shipments with DHL but they have been returned to me…
Answer: It can be done, are you putting a German VAT number etc on the commercial invoice? if they don’t have something to clear the goods under they will reject straight away. A lot cheaper and simpler to go to France – if you haven’t put German Vat Number on there then I suspect there’s a lot more information you’re missing
I been looking into expanding to amazon.de and sending some stock to Amazon German warehouse straight from China. I have already registered for VAT, but I’m stuck on the import part and after having received 2 freight quotes, it’s more confusing. 1. As UK company importing into EU, indirect representation is necessary, I been quoted for this service at around 3% of Declared Value, is this familiar to you? 2. How do you work out declared value for customs? I been advised Declared value is not China invoice price + transport + insurance…. but Retail price – VAT – Amazon charges; So if your product sells on amazon for 45 Euros, and vat on that is 7.20 euros, your declared value is 37.8. Another company states Declared value = Retail Price – VAT, without being able to deduct amazon fees which makes it even worse. Do you have any experience? I just want to get my numbers right.
Answer: I do know that it needs to be retail price. Would it be an option to do Pan EU and get the stock into France? Then it’s cost price only and will obviously be a massive saving. France is a lot less painful by all accounts (I’ve avoided DE for that reason)
Are you making changes to selling price because of rising FBA fees ?
Answer: Be careful with fluctuations in your price as if your sales are heavily from PPC, fluctuations in your price can negatively affect your sales and in a lot of cases skyrocket your ACOS
I recently purchased some DreamWorks dolls and Hot Wheels kits at my local store clearance and was hoping to sell them on Amazon at a decent profit. Unfortunately, first I have to apply for the brand selling, which is a bit problematic because I only have a receipt from the retail store. Is there a chance Amazon will approve the proof of purchase or not?
Answer: No. They will require an invoice and a receipt won’t cut it
My concern is with currency conversion fees. Amazon US converts USD to GBP when paying me. I then convert GBP to USD to pay my manufacturer. This can’t be cost effective. Anybody else concerned with this issue? Any suggestions on the best way to improve it?
Answer: We’re with World First, although we don’t sell in the US (pulled out). Open an account with them or similar, you’ll get your USD paid directly to them, then pay out again in USD for small fee plus percentage. You should be doing that anyway as the conversion rate with Amazon is horrific
We have problems with Arbitrage sellers on our parent listings where they add new variations. We cant delete them trough seller central and Support just tells us that they cant remove them because they are amazon retailer.Anyone else seen this problem and found a solution?
Answer: You can possible request for the new variations to be split off from your main one. Tread with caution though as seller support will most likely break the variation altogether
I have buyer who recently returned a £60 product back to me, they returned a different coloured item in the same box, obviously swapped their faulty one with the new one. They first claimed it was faulty and then messages saying they think it’s second hand and that the colour is blue. They ordered silver. I only send out items that are sealed. The buyer didn’t open a return request and just sent me the messages, I did request that they send me some photos to confirm the outer packaging was correct or a mistake on my part. They didn’t not send any photos and simply sent a message saying they’ve posted it back and that I pay for the return.Where do I stand with the item not being the one I sent out?
Answer: Be very careful if this person writes a review saying that they think it’s second hand. This happened to me . Clearly not second hand as selling 50-100 units a day. Amazon took this variation off Amazon and asked me to write a plan. In my plan I basically denied it all, stating it wasn’t second hand – gave all invoices etc. Amazon rejected my plan. This same person wrote a second review on another variation the same. Amazon did the same. Suppressed the listing. I searched YouTube for tips writing my plan this time. Basically had to write a plan admitting fault and how I was going to make sure this never happened again 
which was accepted and I can now sell this variation again. The original variation with the failed plan seems to have been blacklisted by Amazon they won’t even read any messages requesting this be looked at again. Just a friendly warning . This is a best selling sports product ranking #2 in its category and amazon have blocked it because of one review stating it was second hand!
beware having any feedback along ‘used sold as new’ lines. That spells trouble with suppressed listings and plans of action. Sometimes it’s less cost and agony to just put up with the occasional idiot customer like this rather than try and fight it and run the risk of more serious product listing implications. That’s ultimately your call to make but in my experience, the hassle of trying to deal with one-offs outweighs the small cost of just paying them off/closing the issue.
FBA fulfilment centres…Do any of these help you actually get your products listed FBA please?I have HAZMAT products (so Amazon says) and I really struggle to get them allowed FBA
Answer: You can provide the certain certificates which they will be asking when you list the product.
I have a trademark for my U.K. product. A Spanish-based friend sells the product for me on Amazon Spain. Can they submit my trademark in order to get brand registry? Will they need a contract between me (the owner of the trademark) and them showing that they have sole right to sell on Amazon Spain?
Answer: if I understood you correctly, either you or your Spainish colleague will have the trademark certificate in their name. If its your company it would make sense for you to attain the trademark in your name and then arrange an agreement with the Spanish seller in case Amazon asks. I’ve seen requests for contracts requested been trademark owners and distributors.
This is a bit random but caught me off guard and kinda need some help. So I created a product myself and I sell them on Amazon. I’ve just checked eBay and someone has relisted the product which I have created myself and I sell on Amazon, at a higher priceWhat should I do? Shall I contact the seller and tell him to take it down?
Answer: You should not stress, and if it is more expensive unless you have bad feedback it will not affect you
We had the same with a PL product that we only sell on Amazon and then direct from ourselves. We looked in the seller and they had nearly 6k products. They would’ve had to buy the product directly from us and then try to sell it for more then we were.As long as they’re buying my products at full price they can do what they want with it.
Means your doing something right keep it up
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