Do I need to go to Shenzhen for an interview to register on Amazon? Seller: I have to travel across half of China

It is extremely difficult to register a new store on Amazon now. There is news that self-registration of an Amazon account will require an interview in Shenzhen. Sellers who heard the news were stunned. Do they really have to register an account across China in the future?

In addition to the tightening of account registration, Amazon’s address verification emails are coming again. Sellers who received the emails are also panicking, as they don’t know how to handle some things they don’t understand.

Self-registration requires an interview in Shenzhen? Sellers are confused

The "Amazon for All" craze that swept this year has brought about a series of chain reactions.

First, Amazon's investment policy has been tightened again and again: there were reports that North American and European sites could only process applications from companies that provided factory or product certification and had R marks or TM receipts, and those that could not provide them would not be processed for the time being.

Less than a month later, the policy was tightened again. Amazon's investment managers no longer accept store opening guidance from southern companies in Europe and the United States. Although Japanese sites are acceptable, companies need to provide factory qualifications and trademarks, and the factory must be owned by the legal person himself. Cooperation forms will also not be accepted. Northern companies can only accept a portion of them.

Previously, in the above-mentioned tweet, the editor reminded that if the investment manager is not feasible here and the seller is in urgent need of opening a store, he can go to the Amazon Global Store official website to register by himself, but he did not expect that this path is becoming more and more difficult.

A few days ago, a seller revealed that Amazon self-registration will require an interview in Shenzhen . He also posted the following pictures:

The picture shows that in addition to meeting with Amazon staff for identity verification, Amazon will express a postcard containing a one-time password to the registered address filled in by the seller when registering for geological verification. Once the seller confirms the identity verification appointment, the postcard will be delivered within 5-8 working days.

Where is the authentication address?

The picture shows that the location is on the 85th floor of Ping An Financial Center, No. 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province .

Coincidentally, Amazon China’s Shenzhen office is also nearby, and the map shows that the walking distance between the two locations is less than 300 meters.

As soon as the news came out, some sellers complained: "I have to go to Shenzhen in person. It's such a hassle. I have to travel halfway across China."

Some people even said that the devil is always one step taller than the good.

Free order removal event for European site ends on the 27th

Last night, Amazon announced that its free removal order promotion on the European site will end on April 27, reminding sellers to clear out their backlog of inventory as soon as possible.

The announcement stated that to help sellers avoid storage fees for unsold items and create space for more efficient inventory, Amazon is offering a limited-time storage fee promotion.

The promotion starts at 12:01pm on April 7, 2021 and ends at 11:59pm on April 27, 2021. Applicable countries include the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Spain and Italy.

With summer sales approaching and FBA inventory restrictions in place, this is undoubtedly good news for sellers. Not only can they remove slow-selling products for free, but they can also free up inventory for new products that are about to be launched.

Address verification emails are coming again, sellers should pay attention to these ...

Last week, a group of sellers received emails from Amazon to verify their addresses. Recently, another group of sellers received this email, and the verification date in the email was postponed by one week. Because the range of sellers involved is relatively large, many sellers have many doubts about this email, and are also afraid that their accounts will be lost after stepping into the trap ...

If the seller does not complete verification by the required date , future payments will be held on the seller's account until the address is verified.

After the seller confirms the address, Amazon will send a postcard containing a verification code to this address, and most postcards will be delivered within 5-7 business days.

Some sellers said that they don’t know whether Amazon’s large-scale emails are a disguised form of scanning accounts, because some sellers not only have incorrect addresses, but also incorrect phone numbers, and they have no idea how to solve this problem. Most of the accounts that received these emails before were relatively new accounts, stores registered in 19-20, and now many old accounts have also encountered this situation.

But there are sellers who have successfully solved the problem of address verification. He mentioned:

“1. Time : On normal days, it takes two days to receive the package. If it happens to be a weekend, it takes four days. I filled it out on Saturday, and it arrived at 9 am the following Tuesday.

2. Address issue : I filled in the ID card address because I registered with my personal account and also registered with the ID card address. I think Amazon mainly verifies the office address, and it doesn’t matter whether it is the business license address or not. For example, if your company has moved and the address is not the same as the business license address, it doesn’t matter.

Therefore, you can fill in a different address for postcard verification, and it does not have to be the same as the business license.

3. Things to note when signing for the package : SF Express requires a password, not the password from Amazon, but the password issued by SF Express. When signing for the package, give the password to the courier and he will ask you to scan a QR code with your phone. Follow SF Express’s official account, and you will see the delivery notification.

Therefore, when sellers receive address verification emails, they don’t need to worry too much, just follow the steps step by step. On the other hand, Amazon’s verification also effectively eliminates the problem of fake addresses on Amazon. The addresses displayed on the front desk are all actual and valid addresses that sellers can display.

The seller also joked that now the front desk address is real, and in the future, if you want to follow the seller, you can come to your door. (Manual dog head)

Amazon's express mail is also quite particular, there are these tips on the envelope ↓↓

Sellers should also note that it is forbidden for SF Express staff to open and sign for the goods on their behalf. The goods must be delivered to the address with a single label, and it is also forbidden to pick them up at the outlets ...

Amazon had a bug yesterday , sellers: Foreigners can’t buy my products?!

Last night, Amazon's system went haywire and a bug appeared on the front desk , causing the sellers to wail↓↓

"Because of the glitch in the Amazon system, after looking at the company's ERP as a whole, the order volume during that period was affected."

“What just happened on Amazon, why are all the competitor links gone?? ”

“I can’t search for all my products on the frontend. Maybe there is a bug in Amazon . I can’t search for my products using normal keywords… ”

"It seems that the UK site has no natural space left, it's all ads..."

"Advertising costs have skyrocketed..."

“ The German site is down, and so is the mobile site. Some keywords /categories are still working fine, but there are only less than 2 pages of products in the category I’m working on . ”

What actually happened is that there was a bug on the Amazon front desk for about an hour at around 11 o'clock last night , which caused the products displayed on the Amazon front desk to be incomplete, which made the sellers very upset. However, this is not the first time that Amazon has had a bug. Most of the previous bugs were in the backend, which made the sellers think they had 0 orders. Now there is a bug on the front desk, and the order volume is inevitably affected.

Free order removal event for European site ends on the 27th

Last night, Amazon announced that its free removal order promotion on the European site will end on April 27, reminding sellers to clear out their backlog of inventory as soon as possible.

The announcement stated that to help sellers avoid storage fees for unsold items and create space for more efficient inventory, Amazon is offering a limited-time storage fee promotion.

The promotion starts at 12:01pm on April 7, 2021 and ends at 11:59pm on April 27, 2021. Applicable countries include the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Spain and Italy.

With summer sales approaching and FBA inventory restrictions in place, this is undoubtedly good news for sellers. Not only can they remove slow-moving products for free, but they can also free up inventory for new products that are about to be launched.

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