I glanced through the prior topics, but didn't see anything specific to Amazon FBA (Fullfillment By Amazon).  If there was and I missed it, I apologize.

 

I'm looking to sell some Lego sets using the Amazon FBA service and was wondering if anybody has had any experience good or bad selling through FBA.  My concerns are that I have to put an FBA label over the barcode on the box.  Not sure how a collector would feel about having to remove it and potentially damage the box. 

 

Also, a little concerned that the boxes that I send which are in mint condition, may not be received by the customer in mint condition, if you know what I mean.  Just checking to see what others have experienced.  

 

If anybody has any experience buying through an FBA seller, I would appreciate any comments on the buying side too.

 

Thanks!

Question for the FBA veterans, how long before Christmas does FBA needs to receive you shipment so they can add it to inventory before Christmas.

They just received my first shipment and it says will be added on or before January 2nd, 2021. Wondering what the best case scenario could be.

10 minutes ago, shagmoz said:

Question for the FBA veterans, how long before Christmas does FBA needs to receive you shipment so they can add it to inventory before Christmas.

They just received my first shipment and it says will be added on or before January 2nd, 2021. Wondering what the best case scenario could be.

Amazon said December 1 for the US.

https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/help.html?itemID=G201637520&language=en_US

27 minutes ago, Jackson said:

Amazon said December 1 for the US.

https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/help.html?itemID=G201637520&language=en_US

Great thanks for the resource. December 6 for Canada.

For reference, I have Oct 15 shipments that aren't yet live and ones from Nov 21 that are live.

Couple of the Great Halls from Target came with Lego stickers on the outer box (the area with the piece amount and set info). Should I worry ppl might think its counterfeit and complain. 

1 minute ago, Bricklectic said:

Couple of the Great Halls from Target came with Lego stickers on the outer box (the area with the piece amount and set info). Should I worry ppl might think its counterfeit and complain. 

Those were the ones from overseas. Think most folks know about that now. Should be okay. 

39 minutes ago, MotorCityMuscle said:

Those were the ones from overseas. Think most folks know about that now. Should be okay. 

I created secondary listings, rare, variant.

All the Jurassic World sets I bought on clearance in the spring are selling like hot cakes now. I raise the price $20 after each sale and they keep flying. 

All the Jurassic World sets I bought on clearance in the spring are selling like hot cakes now. I raise the price $20 after each sale and they keep flying. 

Sounds like you had it too low in the first place. Are you... that guy?

2 minutes ago, donbee said:

Are you... that guy?

who sells to business customer?

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2 hours ago, donbee said:

Sounds like you had it too low in the first place. Are you... that guy?

Well to be honest, it happens every year. Some sets I price too low and only the last 10-20 pieces I am selling for the "right" price. But that is better than not selling them this time of the year. But of course there is always room for improvement.

Flipping sets on Amazon is getting difficult. With Amazon controlling the buy box regardless of its price and timelines for restock. I'm very annoyed.

2 hours ago, landphieran said:

Flipping sets on Amazon is getting difficult. With Amazon controlling the buy box regardless of its price and timelines for restock. I'm very annoyed.

At least your listings still show up for people who do not mind paying more for earlier delivery

I am more annoyed with automatic ceilings they put on price.  Sell your craps for $25 all you want. But no no no, $25.99 is too high, so you are DEACTIVATED !!   

Ok, we need someone to create a listing for the Harley Davidson Travel Tumblers.

5 minutes ago, gmpirate said:

Ok, we need someone to create a listing for the Harley Davidson Travel Tumblers.

...and HD bottle openers

I usually wait for xeeej to do it, maybe he's off this week.

4 hours ago, Darth_Raichu said:

At least your listings still show up for people who do not mind paying more for earlier delivery

I am more annoyed with automatic ceilings they put on price.  Sell your craps for $25 all you want. But no no no, $25.99 is too high, so you are DEACTIVATED !!   

One that is still killing me is 60182 Truck & Caravan.......it will not allow me to list above $59.99 while I sit here and watch them fly off the shelf at $90....I figure I'll wait it out and by the time I can list them, they will be $110+...still annoying!

1 hour ago, odysea11 said:

One that is still killing me is 60182 Truck & Caravan.......it will not allow me to list above $59.99 while I sit here and watch them fly off the shelf at $90....I figure I'll wait it out and by the time I can list them, they will be $110+...still annoying!

did you try to set your max and min ?

1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said:

did you try to set your max and min ?

That doesn't do anything. 

Just now, smittypop2 said:

That doesn't do anything. 

is that new  ? it used to 

1 minute ago, Bold-Arrow said:

is that new  ? it used to 

Been like this for 6 months++ if I had to guess. I have over 500 pricing errors as we speak and the only time they get fixed is when they fix themselves as the price increases over time. 

Amazon's pricing algorithm is going haywire. I sent in a couple boxes of Friendship buses, I set the price at 144.99 and was flagged for pricing errors (figures). I lowered the price to 129.99 which put it near the back of listing prices. About 10 minutes ago, every single one sold. Thinking to myself (*HOLY CRAP*) the price must be pushing 150 that is insane, am i an idiot for not waiting the price out? I look at the listing and there is still a wall of items at 119.95... all in stock...

I've had a very interesting selling year where items, much above going price are selling. It may be momentary "in stock" prioritization from Amazon or buyers are being picky of who they purchasing from.

P.S - Buckle in for this weekend its going to be lit. We are going to experience more volume then ever before.

1 minute ago, landphieran said:

P.S - Buckle in for this weekend its going to be lit. We are going to experience more volume then ever before.

BA standing by 

3 minutes ago, landphieran said:

P.S - Buckle in for this weekend its going to be lit. We are going to experience more volume then ever before.

Begun, the Covid Wars have.