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Amazon currently asked me to switch to a “privately own business and attached a ” Letter of authorization”. How to add this letter? Example letter? Thank you!!!PS: I am an international individual selling for profit without a company.

Answer: The undersigned YOU Company ( Trading as YOUR TRADING NAME) herein duly represented by YOU , owner/director and function, confirms that YOU is authorised to open a Selling on Amazon payment account with Amazon Payments, accept the User Agreement and other Policies, have access to the Selling on Amazon payment account and initiate transactions in the name and on behalf of the Company. Date it, Sign it.

any advice on ordering from alibaba ?

thinking of private label route but might need help with

do i need a logo ?

do i send this logo to the company

do i make the listing and create shipment and then get it sent straight to amazon fba or to my house ?

if it has no brand do i need to purchase barcode or apply for GTIN exemption?

i have been doing retail and online arbitage but i dont feel stable and when it comes to reporting to HMRC for tax its hard to keep track of hundreads of different items sold and prices , i would rather have a few constant items, £1400 budget, not massive but some experts say this is fine to start and some say £5000-10,000 willing to pay for help to launch by someone from the uk that can speak propper english because ive tried before on fiver and got ripped off and couldnt understand eachother

Answer:

Yes if you are thinking to do private label, then you need brand name, logo and a decent product.Supplier will print your logo or brand name on your product packaging and yes you will create listing of your brand name, put keywords, make your own content plus photography and rank that listing with ppc.Budget totally depends on the product price and how much inventory you will be ordering.

I’ve had a item sent back to Amazon and then back to me saying it was damaged. I’ve received it back and it’s missing some parts. I believe they’ve ordered the item taken the bits off and sent it back. Where do I stand?

Answer: This is what some people do when they wants spares but either can’t find the spares, or feel that the spares are a rip-off. They buy a new one, steal the spares, then return the rest. 

You can open the case with amazon saying you have received the product damaged and attach the proof of it. You will reimbursed by amazon if you have refunded the customer.

Which marketing strategies outside of amazon do you use?Do you use social media influencers?

Answer:

 If selling in USA, then, Pinterest, FB, Ticktok doing great for me.If selling on AMZ UK, then Tiktok, Instagram, Pinterest and Google Ads.

I am just shy of 10K of monthly sales and Amazon will be asking me for Liability insurance and without it they suspend the listings so can anyone kindly recommend any companies that offer this insurance? I am a own brand private label seller

Our factory (who we trust) have said that the shipping company in china has had to pay the duty and VAT in order for our goods to be released. They have asked the factory to reimburse them, and the factory have obviously asked us. We have registered for tax and have an EORI number and assumed the bill would come directly to us. Just wondered if anybody has had this happen. Incidentally we received the goods, without being asked by UK to pay any fees. We are worried about paying if twice, once to the shipping company in china and once here .

Answer:

n theory, someone does have to pay it for you and you reimburse them.What inco terms did you agree with the factory? This is the most important factor here….If DDP then you’ve already paid it within the cost of your goods (inflated price to cover it).If FOB or DDU/DAP for example, you would have to pay the vat and duty which is the best/safest way to work. However you would pay it directly to your forwarder of choice who pays it on your behalf.The best thing to do here is ask for a copy of the C88 and E2 which are documents showing how your goods have been declared to HMRC.This should, if correctly done, show your business name as importer, the supplier as the supplier, your EORI/VAT number and the correct value for the goods which finally shows the vat/duty payable.

When starting your ecommerce business.Have you set up as a ltd company? how do you manage your tax? do you use an accountant or a software?

Answer:

You can be a sole trader or a partnership, you do not have to be a limited company to be a professional seller.You need to look at the pros and cons of being a LTD company and decide if that is right for you. What’s right for one, is different for another.

Amazon has blocked our merchant fulfilled orders since last 1 year as we had some issues with dispatched last year during lockdown. Due to which they are allowing us to list products only if we dispatch the stocks to FBA. I have 400 sku and it’s not practical for us to send all 400 sku to FBA. Because of this our sales have dropped. They have asked us to submit a business case on what changes we will make in order to release our account and I have submitted this almost every month but they are still unhappy with it and are not removing this restriction from our account. Can anyone help please?

Answer:

Please do not commit the mistake of creating two accounts on the same credentials or IP they will get suspended stating that it is linked with another account that is suspended because of violating the policies of Amazon. It is not about the documents but using two accounts on the same IP and Wifi leads you to linked account suspensions,Please share the suspension notification which you have received about your seller fulfilled model. To know the actual and root cause of the issue

Can someone explain to me how it’s possible for such low prime listing on some products when the FBA fees alone come up to that price. Am I missing something ?

Answer: Sold by Amazon with 999 stock availability. This has happened to myself and depending on how many units I have left I’ll just sell out at a small loss to move my stock or I’ll create a removal order and keep the stock until Amazon disappear from the listing.

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