New US INFORM Consumers Act imposes new requirements for sellers

rsot · #23 08-19-2023

the network aspect makes that group of sellers quite exclusive

amzrocket · #24 08-19-2023

I kinda understand why Amazon's making that move though.

Running your own fulfillment network is expensive as it is, and the reason some sellers justify it is they have control over the fulfillment process for expensive items that need care handling (and for those items that 2% fee increase has a real impact). It's to push those sellers to reduce or completely eliminate their fulfillment network and to use FBA instead. One reason people cite as a benefit for FBM (or in this case, seller fulfilled prime) is that it's cheaper than FBA. NOT true unless you're fulfilling orders yourself and aren't counting the value of your own time. Having amazon tack on additional fees to use the seller fulfilled prime program will break a lot of these companies.

You have to keep in mind that a normal company doesn't have the technology Amazon does, and they don't have the monopoly power to treat employees like slaves. Amazon's playing the long game here, by weakening sellers who run their own fulfillment networks, if any of them scale down or shut down, it increases Amazon's monopoly power even more.

agent006140 · #25 08-19-2023

There are some advantages of Fullfillment by AMZN,it has more warehouses spread out worldwide,if your goods are made in China,you can ask the factory to ship some to their Australia,HK,JAPAN,Malaysia warehouses.
Some distributors and manufacturers prefer AMZN than running their own warehouse.
Of course there is one problem,for unsold inventory,you can ask AMZN to destroy or return them to you,but it cant find you a buyer to takeover.
AMZN also is reviving its carrier delivery business,compete vs Fed EXP and UPS/
And the Justice Dept is getting ready to take on AMZN for its practice.also teamster next target is AMZN,stay tuned

rsot · #26 08-20-2023

teamster next target

good one

agent006140 · #27 08-20-2023

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teamster next target

good one

But not many AMZN workers are members of Teamster though,before you can strike,you must have enough members/
The one to watch is UAW vs F,GM,STL?
Their war chest is $850 millions,strikers get $500/week while on strike,and some states may grant unemployment benefits while on strike.

rsot · #28 08-20-2023

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Their war chest is $850 millions,strikers get $500/week while on strike,and some states may grant unemployment benefits while on strike.

great war chest with nice kickbacks on top

amzrocket · #29 08-20-2023

One big difference is between Amazon and the auto workers is working a car assembly line is a somewhat skilled job. It's not that easy to just dump all your workers and replace them all.

If Amazon's facing a strike you can bet they'll hire replacement workers and will refuse to give in to any demands. Even if that fulfillment center takes a big loss they'll do it to stand their ground, because if they give in then every other FC is going to get the motivation to unionize as well.

Amazon's in a much better position to defend themselves against a union as they rely on technology to oversee their slaves, which greatly reduces the amount of training they need to give them. When you can get new hires up and running with 1 day of training, the incentive to negotiate with a union that's striking just isn't there.

agent006140 · #30 08-20-2023

please dont call them slaves,no one forces them to work at AMZN

amzrocket · #31 08-21-2023

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please dont call them slaves,no one forces them to work at AMZN

There's been a lot of complaints from the workers themselves that Amazon treats them like slaves. It really is a terrible place to work. If it wasn't for that fact the risk of unionization would be fairly low as short term workers aren't that interested in bothering with a union.

Elenaa · #32 08-22-2023

Hi Guys,
Amazon's seller fulfilled prime program is quite exclusive, catering to a select few sellers. Eligibility hinges on having a robust fulfillment network, a challenge for many FBM small-scale sellers.

rsot · #33 08-22-2023

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Hi Guys,
Amazon's seller fulfilled prime program is quite exclusive, catering to a select few sellers Eligibility hinges on having a robust fulfillment network, a challenge for many FBM small-scale sellers.

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usernameidea · #34 11-20-2023

Hi guys.

Sorry if this is a dumb one....

If you have a US Amazon Stealth account, and then get hit with the inform consumers act verification, how are you supposed to pass this?

If you update all of the requested information, then it'll show your real identity and Amazon will link your account with whatever original account you once had and suspend you right?

Any advice/links to other posts about this would be really appreciated cheers

**SaiJin** · #35 11-20-2023

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Originally Posted by usernameidea

Hi guys.

Sorry if this is a dumb one....

If you have a US Amazon Stealth account, and then get hit with the inform consumers act verification, how are you supposed to pass this?

If you update all of the requested information, then it'll show your real identity and Amazon will link your account with whatever original account you once had and suspend you right?

Any advice/links to other posts about this would be really appreciated cheers

I suggest you make a brand new thread so we respond to you directly on this.