What if I can ONLY send Amazon 200 UNITS? New Amazon Storage Limits + Inventory Performance Index

[@TomPausse]

Holy crap. You are doing such amazing videos. I am an Amazon Seller in Germany and I do Amazon FBA KZbin Videos myself. That's why I can say: You are on another level when it comes to video quality! Keep that up!

[@panaproducts3988]

Brother, thank you for the free content! Many Gurus charge for the same stuff you put out. I appreciate your willingness to be a cheerful giver. Where else can I get more of your content?

[@burakozen92]

Hello Dan , thanks for sharing great informations. I also appreciate that your video does not have ads .. It's surprising. Many Thanks !

[@kevinfranciswong]

Dan, this is the best and clearest video lesson I have seen and learnt from. You do a really high quality work. Appreciate it ! From Singapore !

[@DanRodgers]

Kevin, this is awesome hear, glad it helped you :) Need to visit Singapore soon! Heard great things

[@everready2903]

Totally agree!

[@johnnyortiz695]

I can’t believe your brother put the arrow on you for “2nd class”!! 😂👍🏼 awesome video Dan, thank you! I am ABOUT to have my product shipped so this information is INVALUABLE! Thank you! Also, the editing and information on screen during the vids puts you in a different class of FBA instructors. 1st class in my book 😃

[@DanRodgers]

Hahaha I also saw that Johnny! Thank you glad this helps!

[@arbiemagno6836]

Hey Dan, mate I can't believe you only have 6k followers and less than 2k views a week after posting this gold! Amazon Sellers pro and starting will find your videos valuable. I personally find great value in them. This video kind of gave me comfort because I'm just starting and was ordering my first product when Amazon throw this spammer of 200 max units. I was worried because I am going to be selling a high-price product, but what you mentioned gave me a better perspective--and suddenly my plan looks much better than I originally thought. So all the best and thank you! Cheers from Sydney!

[@DanRodgers]

Arbie thank you for the kind words! Very glad this all helps! Yes, higher price products often offer a lot of benefits!!

[@mipevide]

I am so lucky to find your channel 🙏🏻 You explain everything so easily! Thank you 🌻

[@DanRodgers]

🟠 Follow us on Instagram @officialdanrodgers How are *you* approaching these changes?

[@DanRodgers]

@karl CB this could actually work really well as with wholesale you will be able to send lower quantities of more types of units :) Good way to build up sales history and capital for later PL

[@cjrademeyer6013]

Hey Dan, fellow seller from SA 👋 Kan jy nog afrikaans, bra? Anyways, the moment I saw this notice from Amazon I immediately though to just introduce a middle man (prep center) to keep stock, because the cost would be lower to ship 1 large shipment to them than having to ship smaller quantities at a time direct to Amazon. So I agree 100% with your logic here. It's just another hurdle that will help keep serious sellers on Amazon and skim out the short term opportunity grabbers. Thanks for the awesome input, pointing out these Prep Centers made my research go a lot smoother!

[@DanRodgers]

@@cjrademeyer6013 n bietjie :) Yes, great way to do this to reduce international shipping costs! 100%! More barriers to entry = less new sellers.

[@jcentricity]

I use UPS efullfilment great way to avoid limits and sell on other stores like Walmart and eBay including Amazon. I am launching new product will ship 200 to Amazon from China as test shipment to verify they will accept then rest to UPS efullfilment then will ship 200 a time from UPS efullfilment to Amazon warehouse. Then when get 500 IPI to get unlimited storage then will ship directly from China to Amazon FBA because I can make $4 more per item given I buy 3000 units per order that's additional $12k in my pocket and then will sellout UPS efullfilment inventory via Amazon, Walmart and eBay. Goal when I get 500 IPI and unlimited storage is to keep it so gotta time things when restocking cause takes like 66 days to get items from China so must time restocking to keep 500 IPI unlimited storage. Key is you have hot selling product to get unlimited storage fast. problem solved :)

[@DanRodgers]

@@jcentricity Great plan sir!! Thanks for sharing this

[@ogiedeguzman7375]

impressive! very thorough. listen to this man guys!

[@BobbyCFV]

Awesome! Thank you Dan. So well presented and step by step instructions.

[@samerziad1583]

Hi Dan perfect video direct to the point👍. Last week I sent an email to Amazon help center to check the subject and I got this message “We have now removed quantity limits on products you can send to our fulfilment centres located in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We will continue to improve on customer promises and delivery speeds across our store. Hence, you would not be able to find any limitations henceforth for your ASINs” this was on 29 July 2020.

[@DanRodgers]

Samer thanks for this! Yes, the EU may differ now, I think this is more relevant to North America because so many new sellers join there for Q4 each year

[@richarddsouza8747]

Great content like always.... I would love to see a video on the process off bundling. Do we set up the products with numerous suppliers then become the "middle man" for directing where it gets packed? Or do we simply a contact one supplier and tell him we are looking for several products and we would like them to acquire the items they don't produce?

[@daniel_espeseth]

Thanks much for the video, if I have a variation would it be 200 per variation or would I have to have only 100 per variation for example?

[@taimoor722]

i really like your clean explanation thankyou ,please tell about prep service for canada and 3pl

[@jaldaly]

Dan ! You are awesome 👌!!! Very clear and helpful details... Thanks a lot ! Well done 👍

[@DanRodgers]

Thank you Jalal! Appreciate your words

[@TheRemikarlos]

Super informative video Dan! I was quite lucky as I had created a shipment plan for 300 units 4 days before the restrictions, so it got approved and I completed it yesterday with the suppliers cartons information. Your 10 point strategy is just spot on and I will apply this by shipping from my house to Amazon fulfilment centre in the UK. I believe to use Amazon preferred carrier when sending the products over. Do you think it will be more efficient in terms of costs? Thanks a lot Dan!

[@DanRodgers]

You got it The Remikarlos, yes those may be better in terms of cost but any carrier will work just fine :)

[@talalfarooq432]

3pl prep centres must have partied really hard after this announcement from amazon!

[@lisarusso6746]

Thank you Dan you are an incredible teacher! Very valuable stuff!

[@nikhilpanwar3126]

Super helpful video. I am creating my shipping plan and I am not getting any pop up to enter the weight of my each unit, is this the new update? Plus i want to send some of units via sea and air, how will I inform Amazon about this too? Please reply

[@TheJosa007]

Thank you very much for a timely video. I hope that by the time I have to order products Amazon has increased the shipping ammounts. If not, it would be a matter of finding out the details of a prep center. How much would it cost to store and ship products to Amazon. FBM really sounds like something I don't think I am going to tackle. I much rather hire the prep center to store and send my product to continue doing FBA

[@alexsharma1339]

As I could only send a Max of 200 units, I thought of asking my Freight Forwarder to store rest of my units at their warehouse in USA. So that I could drip feed them to amazon. I would obviously pay for that. My FF confirmed this could be done.

[@DanRodgers]

Great thinking Alex, this can work!

[@eruston]

Can you share what you FF is? If possible, what fees are they charging you for that?

[@eugheniat.2121]

Dan, wonderful video as always 👏🏼. Thank you so much. Putting a like 👍 on it :)

[@GizmoGuy620]

Great video, horrible text at 6:48. Can hardly see the text due to similar color of the background.

[@R93m]

What do I do mine is just blank., I have not created my listing just yet for my first product I just recently requested 400 units for my product so good thing I ran into you !

[@coldh4nd]

Thanks dude. Great timing btw. I’ve just tried to send a load of stock and been stung by a reduced storage CMB and looks like the limits to stock will drop soon.

[@riazali8179]

You doing Great Job and nicely Explain Love the Way you teach Thanks Buddy

[@sorayaseiden3334]

Great video, so informative!

[@dlylifestyle6483]

Very helpful video, thanks! UPS lost a box with 100/200 of our inventory limit. Any advice how to deal with this in the Shipment Plan while it's still in reconcile stage? Your help would be very much appreciated.

[@ogiedeguzman7375]

wow. you are brilliant man!

[@luiSpace]

Hello Dan!, We are trying to open an amazon seller account as an US LLC, but at the moment of registry, Colombia doesn’t appear at the list of “countries of citizenship”, but it does on the Countries accepted for seller registration, in the list they have on the web. Do you know how i can solve this problem? Thank you

[@sisa9564]

In a way it makes sence that they set back their inventory limit. But this also count for EU broad? While watching your video I already thought about splitting up the stock 200 amazon, 300 my house as i am also setting up my own webshop. Prep centres is a good advice, need to talk with my FF.. Keep it up, Dan!♡

[@NisanBal]

Hi Dan, really informative video. I have been following your videos lately and have just launched by first product this month. It’s a high price item but comes in oversize category. I am planning to send my next shipment to 3pl which can do fbm and ship to fba both due to inventory restrictions.But my issue is I am not sure which place I should get the 3pl as Amazon keeps gave me 3 different warehouse last time I sent 200 units. So if I select a 3pl warehouse far from amazon fba there will be an added cost of domestic shipping(worst scenario of my warehouse is on east coast and have to ship the units to fba in west coast). Can you suggest some solution for this. Thanks in advance.

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Nisanpreet! Nice! On the prep centers, it's going to be very difficult to judge so I would recommend a mid ground center, say in Texas. This is why Amazon bases it's largest fulfillment centre in Dallas and why you will see a large majority of your international shipments go there first when shipping direct to FBA, you could do a similar approach with your own prep center.

[@shiringholamian9515]

Hi Dan, Thanks for this video. Question: is this inventory limit also applied to UK marketplace? or is it just US?

[@MrYogsmith]

Yes UK marketplace as well.

[@yellowtraderza8914]

Hi Dan, does the 200 unit inventory limit on new products apply to the whole of the US or only per fulfillment centers per state? I'm going to ship my product from South Africa and want to sell in about 15 states, thus about 1500 packets of golf tees

[@shalinpatelofficial]

Hello Dan, what is the current limit for unit to be shipped at Amazon for first time FBA seller?

[@mohamadsaab2095]

Thanks Dan you’re videos are so helpful worth your wait in gold

[@DanRodgers]

Thank you Mohamad, glad this helps you!

[@hoong-sanchenelmerarguilla7792]

Great clear content Dan - quick ? When using 2 fulfillment methods for an ASIN/Listing; how is it determined which method an order placed requires (does end-customer determine that?; just want to ensure fulfillment is not duplicated if there is inventory both at AMZ and at prep center/home)

[@DanRodgers]

Good question! The one click checkout (buy box) is usually won by FBA offers so this will, in most cases be the default, however if you close FBA for stocking reasons, FBM should win the buy box. Customers can also click into "See all buying options and choose either from there.

[@hoong-sanchenelmerarguilla7792]

Dan Rodgers Got it-Thank you for your continued generosity in sharing your knowledge with others, especially new sellers. Looking forward to the next video!!!

[@DanRodgers]

@@hoong-sanchenelmerarguilla7792 you are welcome! Glad this helps you

[@lisarusso6746]

Great content strategy Dan thank you.Is my understanding that limits are not affecting new sellers?

[@DanRodgers]

Lisa the limits do affect new sellers as they impact new ASINs

[@deepaktaker1]

Hello Dan, If I have variations in the product like Large, Medium, Small does the Inventory limit apply to Individual variation or all put together?

[@ericawuah185]

Wow Dan, you are a super genius. Thanx for this amazing content.

[@DanRodgers]

Glad this helps you Eric!!

[@yorrgh]

I feel like I owe you a great part of the confidence I have by apporaching this business and investing in Amazon! Wish I could say more but, thank you so much Dan!

[@DanRodgers]

Felt this Jorge! Thank you sir!

[@yorrgh]

@@DanRodgers hey Dan, wanted to do a little abuse here and ask you a quick question. So my wife and I are about to launch our first product from Guatemala, a non accepted country. Currently in the phase of looking for local suppliers, found a growing company that produces exactly the same products on the niche we need. We encountered with two work paths that we could follow: 1. Act as exclusive distributors for their already growing brand exclusively for Amazon. Since Guatemala is far from being an accepted country, they wouldn't have the chance to access that market on their own, so we act as their only bridge to Amazon. 2. Do brand registry and have them work with us acting only as manufacturers for our product, following exclusivity terms. This would mean growing our own brand from zero. Been a little confused on which path to take. What would you recommend?

[@jonizaf8852]

Man, you are a legend.

[@maadhavdantuluri]

good info at right time. thanks, dan.

[@rustey222]

Hi Dan, found you yesterday, your explanations are crystal clear and we'll appreciated. I am based in the UK and about to launch in the US. With this new 200 limit, I was thinking of sending the excess to me in the UK, what's the best way to feed my inventory to Amazon US in drabs from UK. Can I book a carrier through Amazon or do I do this externally?

[@DanRodgers]

Russell I would rather send all to US with a prep center but you can do that and then book shipments externally and create shipping plans on Amazon for each one

[@rustey222]

@@DanRodgers I really appreciate this reply!

[@priscillax6813]

Thank you Dan for the great content! Do you know if Amazon has a partnered carrier I can use to fulfill FBM orders in Canada? It seems like the "Buy Shipping" option is not working in Canada. Thanks!

[@DanRodgers]

Priscilla I am unsure on that. When doing FBM though, many choose the lowest cost local carrier and that tends to be very effective, the drawback is the tracking numbers. You have to manually enter them whereas when you "buy shipping" on amz it's automatically filled. Hopefully it's back soon!

[@alaahanafy6305]

Hello, please what if the quantity which i received from the supplier more than which I create on the shipping plan, like I request 150 pieces and it comes by wrong 151 pieces ? what should I do in this case ? Thanks.

[@DuyDepTraiPhoBaTrieu]

I don't see the Inventory Dashboard anymore once in Manage Inventory. It is March 2021, any idea where I get there now?

[@elenamoisa9762]

Hi Dan! I am trying to send my first product to the Amazon warehouse and the limit of units is ONLY 23 products and 1 case!!! I have an inventory of 200 units to send next week. Can you help me with an advice, please? Thank's a lot!

[@AmineAmine-ow1id]

I have a question Dan : Is it normal that amazon keep you create a new ASIN listing, create shipping plan for 1000 pcs , and few days before receiving them, you can’t access to your listing! When you ask why? they reply that you cannot sell it !

[@kaanb.5828]

Great video as always Can you make a video about differencs/advantages/disadvantages of creating and selling on your own page and selling on other seller's page

[@DanRodgers]

Thanks utku! Really recommend selling on your own listing!

[@R.Ghayoor]

Is there any other reason for putting the band price slightly above the product price than to specifiying it as 1 unit.

[@iceno2305]

Hello Dan, great video as always ! A question for you : Can I list a same ASIN product on X amazon market place as FBA, then on Y amazon market place as FBM ? Thanks :)

[@DanRodgers]

Hey ice! Most markets allow cross-listing now and every market allows FBA or FBM option so yes! As long as you can expand the ASIN to the other market, you will definitely be able to sell there as FBM or FBA

[@sofiaryd]

Hi, thank you for quality content, as always. The companies you recommended are PREP centers if I understand it right? So if I only need storage for lets say 1-3 months, do you have any companies to recommend? I have already arranged with prepping and shipping with my supplier and they say they can hold the products for me but I want them to be in the US so I don´t risk to go out of stock. Any recommendations of reliable companies?

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Sofia, you can use these same suggestions for these purposes, they will prep the goods as per your shipping plan details when you send in those follow up orders

[@sofiaryd]

Alright! Thanks a lot Dan! ❤️

[@richillartloe]

Thank you Dan! This was very helpful

[@driqbal316]

Thanks for this informative video. Question: When creating a shipping plan in Amazon we can chose to send all the inventory to a prep center and they can forward the products to amazon warehouse, say 50 each time as and when needed?

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Pervaiz, I am not sure I follow here. When creating a shipping plan on Amazon this is ONLY for units being shipped direct to Amazon whether from your supplier or from a prep centre. Shipping to a prep centre from the supplier is separate and does not involve an Amazon shipping plan.

[@driqbal316]

@@DanRodgers That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

[@rajimuthukumar3230]

Thank you Dan for the invaluable content. Say i am selling 3 different products under 1 brand. does this limit apply to the brand or the products? i mean, i can only have 200 units all put together for the brand? or can i have 200 units of each product , in total 600 units for my brand? also what if i am selling variables of 1 product. i jave a red watch and a green watch. i can have 200 units of watches all put together? or I can have 200 red watches and 200 green ones?

[@sageb6972]

I need the answer to this question too!!!!! UGH

[@alimobeen7713]

Thanks brother!

[@Fdianat007]

Hey Dan, Do you know any Prep Centre In Canada?

[@cameronwillis2093]

Awesome Video as always man! Keep up the good work! I have a question about sales and reviews. Can friends and family buy my product? Can they leave reviews? Am I allowed to put it on my social medias? Thanks in advance for that info. In addition, another idea for a video could be opening up a Business Bank Account. Online banking like "AZLO" or traditional big brand banks. Thanks for everything

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Cameron! You're welcome. No, don't have friends or family buy or review your product, Amazon can track this. That said you can use social media to promote to the general public, no problem.

[@cameronwillis2093]

So if my friends want to buy I have to tell them they can't? If I post on social media people I know may want to buy. Sorry for the questions just dont want to get in trouble before I even start. Thanks in advance! Without getting to in depth but as a single member LLC do you recommend online businesses bank accounts?

[@cameronwillis2093]

Last question, I promise! Lol, If I want to gift my product to influential people on social media to review/promote, whats the best way to get them my product? Thanks, Dan!

[@DanRodgers]

@@cameronwillis2093 I don't recommend friends/relatives leave reviews, they could actually buy but ask them not to review. I recommend a separate bank account for the business, online or normal.

[@DanRodgers]

@@cameronwillis2093 this is a good strategy, reach out to them if you can, you can also offer them coupons for their audiences. Check out influencers sites like influence.co/go/find-amazon-influencers or even the Amazon Influencer Program

[@cameronwillis2093]

Dan, Hope you are doing well. If I choose to make a duplicate and have FBA and FBM for my new product/listing, are reviews, sells and ranking grouped together and considered 1? (the same). I would like to do both and replenish my FBA from a 3PL instead of just using FBM. Would the customer get to choose which service they want? Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. I hope this makes sense. Thanks Dan!!

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Cameron, yes these will be the same as it is the same ASIN. Yes, customers can click SEE ALL BUYING OPTIONS in order to choose.

[@cameronwillis2093]

@@DanRodgers Thanks for clearing that up for me. Would I have to run PPC for both listings? I guess I'm just having a hard time grasping how having both FBA and FBM for the same asin works. Should I consider them one listing essentially or treat it as 2 seperate things? My product will be completed in a few days and they all have the FNSKU on them. To sell on FBM do I need to have my supply put another barcode on them and what Sku would that be? Can my 3PL put that on for me as need be? Preciate any help. Im at the finish line here and don't want to mess it up at the end. Thanks man!

[@coldh4nd]

I’m looking into renting a 20ft container at a local storage site and having inventory sent there from China and then do JIT shipment to amazon. Any gotcha’s I should consider?

[@DanRodgers]

Also a good option Jimmy! Just research the rates and choose the most economical one

[@pravinrajsivakumar484]

FBM~FBM~FBM HELP PLEASE 🤓 !!! I'm going to store my Product in my Supplier's Warehouse itself with his Permission... After i receive my Customer's order & I send the customer's details to my Supplier, what to click next in Seller Central Inventory 🧐? I Just stuck this Part when the Supplier itself shipping the product directly to Customer. *Guidance needed, thank you !

[@shoresh1357]

Can any one help please ? I am about to ship my product to amazon but after watching all these videos and doing a lot of research i still have a problem with understanding how amazon calculate your inventory ? If its units then how about the weight and size ?

[@amroalbaghdadi3446]

Thank you so much! Very helpful!

[@Bekind95]

Thank you for this valuable information.

[@hishammorad6804]

Hello Dan, I want to create an amazon seller account, I'm a non-US citizen and a non-US resident, and I created an LLC entity in the US and I have an ITIN, but people said that Amazon will ask me for utility bills with my name and the address of my company in the US, and I can't get any utility bills in the US. In the other hand I live in a supported country by Amazon, what should I do? Do I create an Amazon account by the company details or by my personal details? Could you help me to do it in the right way?

[@RandomUser25122]

So as a newb looking to get my first product in, I was originally looking to only order 300 MOQ. Should I now only be looking at 200 (if anyone will go that low). This is to test the product to see if it sells as expected.

[@DanRodgers]

Koala, I think 300 or 400 is perfect so you can already ready up for the re-order :)

[@talalfarooq432]

Plz plz make a video on stranded inventory!

[@R93m]

Let’s say I have my supplier send 200 to Amazon and 200 units to my house , what is the process of me sending the inventory at home to amazon ? What is that shipping plan or directions on making that happen ? I want to order 400 units and don’t want to have to wait 2 months for half the units to be manufactured and shipped . HELPPPP

[@dynastysong]

How about leave part of them with supplier?

[@JtBellush]

This content is most helpful. Thank you!

[@DanRodgers]

You got it JT! Glad this helps!

[@kathykumar4764]

Hi Dan, I am newish to FBA. I have 2 items on Amazon FBA one has 60 in stock the other has 20 in stock and will be out of stock in a few days. I’ve tried to re-stock but Amazon won’t let me as it says I’m at maximum 200. Can you advise ?

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Kathy, go to Inventory - Inventory Planning - Restock Inventory and check your limits by clicking the small arrow above the GREEN RED bar you see there. Your max inventory allowed is how much can be at the warehouse while the max shipment quantity is how much you can send for each ASIN. If it is 200 and you have 60 in the warehouse, you should be able to send in 140 etc

[@ProudSkittles]

Hey dan, if i use 3PL, how long does delivery usually take from the 3PL warehouse to the amazon warehouse, i know it depends on location, but what would be the average, I wanted to compare with the shipping time from china

[@DanRodgers]

It varies a lot but much quicker than sea shipments from China. Depending on how soon you can book, probably 2-4 weeks until fully available, also depends on Amazon's speed as they will be slower in Q4 etc.

[@ProudSkittles]

@@DanRodgers oh mine is actually by air so it will be faster, and wow I thought it will be less than a week to process since it is from USA to USA

[@DanRodgers]

@@ProudSkittles the actual shipping may be 5 - 10 days, but then when you can book the shipping for is a factor and also Amazon receiving, so I would add at least a week for those things but receiving can take 2, even 3 weeks to be fully available

[@DanRodgers]

I think the bigger factor you have to consider is your max shipment quantity on Amazon. If it's 1,000 + I would send shipments direct to Amazon If it's 200, then i would ship by sea to a 3PL and fulfill to Amazon as needed until we get that quantity up.

[@ProudSkittles]

@@DanRodgers Thank you for the detailed answer! you're amazing

[@amandarezende7155]

Great video, thanks for all the help.

[@DanRodgers]

Glad I can help Amanda! :)

[@kamishaa7015]

Hi Dan, I am looking into starting Amazon FBA. However, I am not on the list of accepted countries. I was wondering if you can help me with setting up my seller account, I have looked into US LLC but I am a bit confused. Please guide.

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Kamisha, I don't do any private consulting but there are many great services out there that can help with this. Best of luck!!

[@dougkelly6409]

Hi, great video. I am on my journey to being a new seller and have a question, maybe I'm misunderstanding. Isn't it during your shipping plan creation that you're creating the barcodes for the individual packages? If your shipping plan is limited to only 200, and you are ordering 1000, you will only have 200 to give to the seller to apply. Would you just have them apply to 200 units and separate out from the others(that you'd be sending to a 3rd party warehouse)? And then when you created a new shipping plan, you'd have to pay that 3rd party warehouse to apply the new barcodes before shipping to amazon right? Just seems like a huge extra cost to take on. Thanks

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Doug! In that case, you would create a shipping plan for only 200 units and apply the FNSKUs to those 200 units. These can go direct to Amazon. You would send the other 800 to a 3rd party center without FNSKUs. As soon as you're ready to re-stock at Amazon, you would create a shipping plan for the re-stock units, let's say 150 units and get the FNSKUs and send them to the prep center to apply before sending them in to Amazon. Yes, there is extra cost for sure but it should beat the cost of multiple international shipments from abroad, for example, choosing to keep the other 800 at the supplier until you're ready to restock at Amazon, not to mention the increased speed.

[@dougkelly6409]

@@DanRodgers great, thought it'd be something like that. Thanks

[@rannyranny64]

Can i start FDA even if i don't live in the USA?

[@besuanrobeen]

But there are no storage limits for new sellers who have been active less then 26 weeks or sellers during both the two scores to generate an IPI will not recieve storage limits .

[@eruston]

Is this true? Then, as a brand new seller I may not have to get a 3pl?

[@besuanrobeen]

@@eruston this clearly states in amazon and I was also advised from a trusted source, I cant believe that there is no mention of this in any of the youtube videos

[@besuanrobeen]

I am listing my first product tomorrow hopefully so i can update

[@besuanrobeen]

Nope I just went to create a shipping plan and I got slammed with 200 units limit

[@j.2877]

Hi Dan I wanted to know if selling on Amazon from South Africa is better on the UK market or US, because I tried opening an account for US, but couldn't find South Africa on the US list

[@DanRodgers]

Hey Jason, from SA with an SA entity, UK is the way to go for verification purposes (as you saw) however you could set up an entity elsewhere to sell in US. Funny thing is I have seen some SA Pty LTDs get verified for US, but really unclear why, seems almost case by case for that one

[@j.2877]

Thanks so much for your response Dan ,I'm really wanting to start ,I've been doing some market/ product research, but I'm just not sure ,should I open a sellers account first ,or, first find a product , I need some advice please, also I don't have a registered company yet should I register one, then open an us seller account or just start with an uk seller account? I know that's a mouthful,but I'd really appreciate your advice on this thanks

[@j.2877]

@@DanRodgers hi Dan just wanted to know what's best to open a seller account and then get a product to sell or to find a product first and there after open a seller account on Amazon? I'm looking to start sooner rather than later will you advise please

[@DanRodgers]

@@j.2877 I would do both same time but start the account application as soon as you can in case there are delays

[@MrYogsmith]

Hello Dan, your video is quite informative. i am a UK seller. I am doing FBA and FBM both. My sell figure has gone down drastically in November 2020. I was selling Covid related product. Amazon deactivated my listing without giving me any reason, and i had to request return of FBA stock. However i have other duplicate listings so I am still selling through FBM but not selling as much as used to sell via FBA during June-October. Also recently i started selling my own branded product, it is very competitive product, selling very fast, but its keywords ACoS is very high, not making profit at all. Would you please advice how to bring down ACoS and sell at average pace. I would really appreciate for your help. Thank you.

[@DanRodgers]

Awesome Yogesh! Have you checked out the PPC 2 part series on the channel? It goes over exactly this :)

[@debramitchell1729]

This is my first shipment from a supplier in China. I qualified for manufacture labeling. I told her the box weight was 26.46 pounds but it is actually 29.1 pounds. Should she (or me) change the label to reflect the actual weight?

[@DanRodgers]

Hey debra, just ensure the weight you put in on the shipping plan is reflective of the box weights.

[@debramitchell1729]

@@DanRodgers Ok...thank you!

[@s3ow]

Hi Dan, I called seller support yesterday, they said that this is not applicable to new seller as new seller does not have a IPI score (not enough history to have a IPI score). Hence new sellers are not restricted by the 200 units limit. Are you aware of this as well?

[@DanRodgers]

Hi Kian, the IPI score and the Inventory Limit of 200 for Q4 are separate. Yes, new sellers won't have an IPI and therefore won't face restrictions based on IPI (which will occur Aug 16 2020) The ASIN-level 200 limit is separate but is occurring for most products. If you have a new product in the US, it's like 90% certain you will have this 200 limit from what I have seen.

[@s3ow]

@@DanRodgers thanks for your prompt reply and insights. One last question, do you know if this new restrictions is only applicable until end of the year? So basically start of 2021, it will be lifted?

[@DanRodgers]

@@s3ow I can't say for sure however the announcement really seems directed at Q4, each year tons of new sellers pour in for Q4 and obviously that has some consequences on storage. My guess is yes, they will lift it in January

[@Thor-Enki]

Hi Dan.I am on my way to produce my first products ever on amazon.One in UK, one in US.I guess all this stuff about invetory works for both, if i am not wrong.My question is, if i run out of stock for a month, would this affect my product and my account?Would this be harder to sell as before ?I am worried about running out of stock for a longer time so i have to take it from zero no matter how many good reviews the product already reached.Any info would be kindly apreciated .🙏 Thanks alot!

[@DanRodgers]

Theseus, in my experience, running out does not have devastating affects. You may lose some ranking but a bit of PPC will bring it back in a few weeks. Running out for up to 6 weeks is generally okay, in my experience. It won't hurt your account but may reduce your IPI score slightly but having too much inventory would also impact it. Running out is always better than getting stuck with too much inventory, trust me on that.

[@Thor-Enki]

@@DanRodgers thanks for your message!Do you recommend any 3pl in usa?I want to have an idea about storages and shipping from 3pl to amazon, to see if it s worthy.My product is about 2 kg and there is no way i can shop it by air, and still trying to see what is the best way to handle this .

[@Thor-Enki]

@@DanRodgers also do you know if the inventory limit applies to variations as well? I will have 3 variations on my product.Can i send 200 of each variation ?If yes, how will the limit be taken away?is that based on each product variation or that would be on the whole product sale?

[@DanRodgers]

​@@Thor-Enki yes, I have an interview video coming out on this soon, but I would get in touch with www.apprepservices.com/

[@Thor-Enki]

@@DanRodgers thank you Dan !Lookimg forward for it!

[@felicitym1927]

Can you order 400 units, ship 200 to Amazon warehouse and keep the other 200 with your supplier? Or can you send 200 by air and 200 by sea at the same time or would amazon not let you do that?

[@DanRodgers]

You could keep 200 at supplier but I prefer the options mentioned in the video. You cannot do 200 air 200 sea as the shipping plan will only allow 200

[@rob.cassie]

I don't have an inventory dashboard showing on my account? I've had the account for over 3 years........any ideas why this would not be showing? It's a UK account.

[@DanRodgers]

Rob that's really odd! Do you have listings up? I know the sales dashboard disappeared from the right but not the inventory tab

[@rob.cassie]

@@DanRodgers yes, I have a PL listing, when I click on manage inventory, it only lists across the top, All inventory, Remove unfulfillable inventory, Manage pricing, Inventory amazon fulfils, and Shipping queue that's all?

[@DanRodgers]

@@rob.cassie I just noticed it is not on all UK accounts yet, it is on the US accounts where this is more of an issue. You may well not have a limit, you could do a test shipping plan to see

[@MMOsman]

Really helpful, thank you 😊

[@MzTypeOHnegative]

How hard is it to sale brand name products as a new amazon seller with no ratings or reviews??

[@heidiii832]

"Sellers can now only send 200 units of a new product into fulfillment centers." Is it per SKU max to 200 or all of my SKUs limit to 200 ?

[@rioraber8095]

Its per SKU. BUT if you already have more stock than Amazon says is allowed, besides having huge overstock fees, you'll also not be able to send any new SKUs or existing SKUs, until youre under the maximum limit. Something Amazon didnt make clear at all, and where I am at right now...😑

[@heidiii832]

Rio Raber thanks for the information! :)

[@rioraber8095]

@@heidiii832 to be clear, the overstock of inventory that I mentioned is about the size tier, my products are all in standard size, and even though they're all selling well, they're overstocked. I believe if I had a new product that was oversized, I could send some (not sure how many) in, but zero more of any standard size.

[@heidiii832]

Rio Raber I see, that’s meant that you must finish all the stocks of that SKU then Amazon let you replenish? Or every time you replenish up to 200 in total?

[@rioraber8095]

@@heidiii832 you dont have to sell out, you just have to get below their limit, which will be based on their own metrics...generally around 3 months worth of inventory per ASIN. The further you are below their maximum inventory level, the more you can send in I imagine.

[@serghernandez4333]

Does this limit still apply in 2024?

[@chinopes]

My IPI is less than 500 but does this mean I can send in as many ASIN as I can as long as they don’t exceed 200 units per ASIN?

[@DanRodgers]

Yes, exactly Sheena!

[@deanblackbeard9938]

Saffa?

[@nonameblue7111]

All the gurus always talk about Amazon processes, PPC, competition, how do this and that, etc. but NO guru ever discuses about working with Amazon the business partner, their lousy seller support, their shoot first and NOT ask questions later style, restricted and banned accounts that happen without any warning for even trivial reasons. What I have learned so far about Amazon is that is a platform filled with land mines and booby traps. Their operations guidelines are purposefully vague. Amazon will restrict million dollar accounts as fast as $5k a year account. They treat seller accounts with a don't care about you, your business or the money you have invested sitting in inventory. You'll be shut off without warning and struggle with support to get re-instated (and may not succeed). They have been known to keep seller funds. They are an unfriendly judge, jury and executioner. Sellers are not treated as valued business partners. No guru, none, talk about this dark side of the platform. Its one thing to deal with the competitive environment but another altogether different adventure to deal Amazon when clouds appear on the horizon. They are a bi-polar, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde organization. This is a side of Amazon that long time experienced sellers are aware of. It is the proverbial Sword of Damocles hanging over all Sellers heads. Dan, you do great videos but lets see a really good one about the dark side please.

[@DanRodgers]

noname Blue I have personally had some tough struggles with Amazon and hear where you're coming from. I do believe that with the added public pressure recently, Amazon will improve their systems for the cases you speak of. I don't see myself as a guru, I just document and share but this is a solid suggestion, more light does need to be shed on the tough side of the business

[@robertstalets1124]

Heard a big seller educator say "What is amazing is how much LACK of control you have as a seller compared to any other business" wow that's the truth Its the most frustrating thing I have EVER had to deal with and I built a million-dollar service business. Now it looks like they removed the ability to contract them by phone !!!

[@Traveling.contess]

So if I have 5 items I can send only 200 of each?

[@adaobilemechi4284]

My name is Rosemary and I am Nigerian but I school and reside in Ukraine. Please I wish to start a whole sale business in Amazon but I am confused on where to do my LLC. Nigeria is not one of the countries accepted for seller central registration in Amazon list of countries and I am scared this might ruin my chances. Please help me. Thank you for your time and consideration

[@chrishmeleh4839]

Hi, as a new seller , where can i see my inventory limit ? is it 200 automatically? it shows 0 on inventory dash

[@robertstalets1124]

do you have items in amazon ? Are they inbound ?

[@chrishmeleh4839]

@@robertstalets1124 not yet, working on product now, how can i check my limit ?

[@DanRodgers]

New ASINs have the default 200 limit. Once you have a listing, you can see this, Go: Inventory - Inventory Planning - Restock Inventory Then click the little arrow above the GREEN and RED bar

[@robertstalets1124]

@@chrishmeleh4839 you should be able to see Dans response below You need the listing completed for amazon to know what your selling to then provide you the limit however I think now its a mandatory 200 units for all new sellers

[@Mybrotherskeeper]

You can sell one item on Amazon or Ebay- DON'T let these folks complicate the process. If you got something in your home to sell go for it.

[@notaregard]

If you're running a legit business this is a huge issue. You can't possibly keep the flow of inventory up with these absurd limits.

[@JavierGonzalez-st6iw]

Well explain !

[@AmineAmine-ow1id]

Hi Dan, I think a lot of new sellers will give up......

[@DanRodgers]

Yes sir!

[@everready2903]

I'm hoping to do FBA but yeah this is a bit of a spanner in the works. I just found this out. Thanks Dan! Great videos! Best out there! 😉👍

[@anthonyanyimah9949]

Thanks a lot.

[@Dolfski]

Yo buddy good vid but there is an “o” in inventOry.

[@DanRodgers]

Apologies Randy, I will work on that lol

[@Dolfski]

Dan Rodgers No sweat dude just giving you a hard time 👊