Announcement reposted from Amazon United States:
Today at Amazon Accelerate, we announced exciting updates to programs and services to help you get your products to customers faster and more seamlessly than ever.
Supply Chain by Amazon simplifies operations, lowers costs, and unlocks faster delivery speeds
Supply Chain by Amazon is radically simplifying operations and optimizing inventory placement, unlocking faster delivery speeds that are increasing sales by an average of 20%. Hundreds of thousands of you already use at least one of these Supply Chain by Amazon services, with adoption of multiple services tripling in the first half of 2024.
- The Amazon fully-managed option for US sellers automates the entire supply chain process, from pickup to Amazon fulfillment. Simply provide product details and pickup locations, and we’ll oversee the rest, including carrier pickup, inventory consolidation, strategic replenishment and placement into fulfillment centers, and optimization based on demand, inventory, and costs. This turnkey solution offers benefits such as working capital gains, increased sales, and reduced effort. The Amazon fully-managed option will be available to all US sellers for domestic pickups in October and global pickups by year end.
- Multi-Channel Distribution for Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD) now offers the ability to ability to do custom labeling, allowing you to distribute products in bulk to numerous different sales channels, including other marketplace services, wholesalers, distributors, and your own physical stores. Consolidating inventory into a single pool in AWD reduces total stock needs by 20% on average—a significant capital savings—and prevents stockouts, which means you can drive even more sales.
To learn more, read the announcement. To sign up and get started with Supply Chain by Amazon, go to Supply Chain by Amazon.
Buy with Prime and Multi-Channel Fulfillment expand with new capabilities and more brands
Buy with Prime and Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) announced a number of enhancements for merchant and shopper experiences. These new capabilities are part of our focus on innovating to help businesses of all sizes increase their sales in Amazon’s store and beyond.
- Expanded Payment Options with PayPal through Buy with Prime allows sellers to offer Prime shopping benefits directly using the PayPal checkout. Starting next year, Prime members will be able to perform a one-time link of their Amazon account to their PayPal account so that Prime free, fast shipping benefits are available automatically.
- New advertising solutions through Buy with Prime and MCF with Amazon Demand-Side Platform, Google Shopping Ads, and TikTok Ads will help you drive more traffic to your Buy with Prime enabled items.
Already this year, Buy with Prime orders through merchants’ sites are up over 45% year-over-year, driving an average 16% revenue increase per shopper. Additionally, MCF now serves over 200,000 US merchants, with a 70% year-over-year increase in total orders fulfilled.
For more information, read the announcement. To learn more about how to participate in these programs, go to Buy with Prime or Amazon MCF.
Amazon Shipping launches new mobile app for improved management on the go
With the new Amazon Shipping mobile app, you’ll be able to schedule pickups directly from your own warehouse, oversee inventory across warehouses, receive real-time updates on delivery vehicles, and access support from the palm of your hand. Amazon Shipping has also integrated with over 50 commonly used shipping software partners, making it easier than ever to use.
For more information, go to Amazon Shipping.
Veeqo Profit Analyzer tracks profits in real time across all sales channels
Profit Analyzer is a new all-in-one dashboard that tracks profits in real time and provides a detailed breakdown of your key costs, including shipping expenses, product costs, fees, and advertising spend. You can analyze profits from Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), seller-fulfilled orders, and other sales channels, so you can spend less time in spreadsheets and more time growing your business.
To get started, go to Veeqo Profit Analyzer and sign in with your Amazon account.
Embedded third-party apps let you manage your business from a single portal
Later this year, we’ll begin testing the ability to embed third-party apps directly within Seller Central. This will let you access your preferred tools, both on and off Amazon, to personalize Seller Central and meet your unique business management needs.
To learn more about how these new tools help power your business across sales channels, read the announcement.
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