AMZTools #5: Amazon lied about using seller data, FBA New Selection changes and more

Honestly, due to recent events, I’m not in the mood for an intro. So, let’s do this, folks!

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📰 What you need to know

• FBA New Selection changes in 2022:

  • 5% rebate on sales

  • Global worldwide enrollment for Amazon Sellers

  • Free liquidations for FBA New Selection

• Amazon lied about using seller data, lawmakers say

• Amazon has acquired Veeqo, a multi-channel inventory management software for e-commerce sellers

• On the other hand, Amazon FBA Tool Elite Seller Ceases Operations. It seems that they were banned for offering a rebates service.

• Amazon Entices New Sellers with Up to $50K in Incentives

• Amazon Changes Cancellation Request Notifications

• Amazon Is Burying Organic Search Results. This is a recurring topic in every audit /mentorship carried out for my clients: Amazon is a pay-to-play system and you should include ACoS and TACoS as your KPIs.

• Amazon under investor pressure over tax transparency

• Amazon, 3M, Skechers: list of companies cutting ties with Russia

• Gaze dependent ocular mode controller for mixed reality is Amazon’s A9 first US patent related to the Metaverse

• According to Dealroom.co, there are more that 3.200 marketplaces founded by women. 67 are unicorns

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👀Recommended reads

• 3 Tips For Multi-Channel Brand Management, by Jordi Ordonez (hey, that’s me!) on Brand Management Networks’ blog.

• Walmart Teams Up With Space NK To Launch Prestige Beauty Featuring Top Beauty Brands

• What’s in the Store for Amazon Brand Aggregator Market in 2022?

• Birkenstock: inside a $5bn brand

• [FREE COURSE] Amazon FBA Step by Step For Beginners 2022, by Flips4Miles, one of the guys I know doing more money on Amazon Arbitrage.

• Twitter begins testing 'Shops' feature to grow ecommerce

• Your Marketplace Guide for Shoptalk 2022

• B&Q Launches New Home Improvement Marketplace

• Growth at Amazon Web Services continues despite ‘painful’ outages

• Japan’s E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Launches NFT Marketplace

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🧐 Recommended tools

👉 Sellzone

SELLZONE, the impressively growing toolkit for Amazon businesses designed by Semrush just gave us a mond blowing promo get 30 days access for just $1

👉 Sellics

Our friends at SELLICS have teamed up with leading PPC experts to create an absolutely outstanding Amazon PPC evaluation tool - and it’s available for FREE here.

👉 MerchantWords Powerlisting

Folks at MerchantWords just launched an amazing tool called Power Listing: Amazon listing research, keywords, and content written in less than 5 minutes using AI and MerchantWords’ data. I tried it and it’s mind blowing.

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See you in 15 days!

Best,
Jordi Ordóñez at jordiob.com