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Paradoxical Tariffs Will Benefit Chinese Sellers
The newly heightened tariffs on Chinese imports should theoretically benefit American businesses. However, recent comments from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy suggest they may have the opposite effect, further cementing the dominance of Chinese sellers in marketplaces like Amazon by creating greater price advantages for direct-from-factory sellers.
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Amazon sellers can now automatically improve product listings with our new Gen AI tool
Today marks another exciting milestone in our Generative AI journey with the launch of Enhance My Listing (EML), a powerful new capability that puts control in sellers’ hands to effortlessly maintain and optimize their existing product listings. Selling partners update their listings from time to time to ensure they are relevant, reflective seasonal trends, and appeal best to buyers. They’ve told us these updates can sometimes require substantial effort, so we wanted to simplify this process for them.
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Amazon sellers are stocking up in the face of tariffs, but it’s a short-term fix
Amazon, opens new tab on Thursday tried to temper investor concerns about the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on its e-commerce business, but the company may have few options left to ensure small third-party sellers stay put in the face of crushing levies. U.S. President Trump has imposed 145% duties on imports from China, a move that has left companies including Amazon, Walmart, opens new tab and Apple, opens new tab scrambling to reassess supply chains and find ways to keep costs down.
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Good to Know
Amazon addresses tariffs, fulfillment as it reports Q1 sales growth
Amazon sales grew 10% in its fiscal Q1, which ended March 31, with CEO Andy Jassy saying the online marketplace has “not seen the average selling price of retail items appreciably go up yet” as a result of U.S.-imposed tariffs. No one knows “exactly where tariffs will settle or when,” CEO Andy Jassy told investors on Amazon’s Q1 earnings call. So far, he said, Amazon has seen consumers buy more from certain categories “that may indicate stocking up in advance of any potential tariff impact.”
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For Amazon Sellers, the 2025 Holiday Season Starts Now
Amazon sellers are barely catching their breath from a record holiday shopping season. And yet, spurred by significant changes to Amazon’s fulfillment fees, the time to plan for the 2025 season is already here. In response to rising transportation costs and a desire to get products closer to buyers, Amazon rolled out a new Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) fee in 2024 that penalizes sellers for missing on inventory planning.
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‘Made in USA’ is trending on Amazon, and sellers are leaning in
As tariffs drive up the cost of imported goods, Amazon shoppers appear to be increasingly curious about one thing: where their products are made. According to new data from e-commerce analytics firm SmartScout, discovery-oriented searches like “made in USA products only” have surged 220% year-over-year. Similarly, “made in America products only” is up 130%, while more specific terms like “American flag made in America” have jumped 250%.
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Amazon Seller Central to Integrate Intuit QuickBooks for Financial Management
Intuit’s QuickBooks will become Amazon’s preferred partner for financial management solutions integrated directly into its site, where Amazon sellers manage their businesses. When integrated into Amazon Seller Central, QuickBooks will help these sellers manage their finances, stay compliant, access capital and grow their business, the companies said in a Monday (Dec. 9) press release.
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Global net revenue of Amazon.com from 4th quarter 2017 to 1st quarter 2025, by product group
In the first quarter of 2025, Amazon.com saw a nine percent increase in global net revenue across online stores when compared to the first quarter of the prior year. In terms of profitability, the online stores segment was followed by retail third-party seller services, with net revenues of 36.5 billion U.S. dollars. Amazon.com, world’s leading online retailing company based in the United States, enjoyed unprecedented growth in net revenues in 2020 and 2021, also because of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. This growth was again repeated in the annual net sales across different global markets, with the United States being the most prominent one.
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Amazon’s “Buy Box” Legally Boxes Out the Competition
On March 20, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order to dismiss a consumer antitrust lawsuit filed against Amazon. In the lawsuit styled Hogan v. Amazon.com, Inc., the consumer-plaintiffs alleged that Amazon forced third-party sellers, who desired to have their products featured in Amazon’s “Buy Box,” to purchase Fulfillment by Amazon (an Amazon logistics service) in an effort to restrain competition.
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Tips and Tricks
How to Identify Profitable Products on Amazon Like a Pro
Amazon generated over $ 513 billion in revenue in 2022, and third-party sellers made up more than half of these sales. Selling on their platform is a smart move. The marketplace is enormous—over twelve million products are available. But picking profitable products on Amazon isn’t as simple as random selection. Smart sellers target products that bring in at least 300 sales monthly and keep a 25-30% profit margin. We just need an Amazon product research tool that helps identify these chances systematically.
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Amazon Sellers: Inventory Management Tips For 2025
Anyone with experience selling on Amazon will tell you that the most important part of your business is making sure that you stay in stock. Inventory stockouts not only lose the incremental sales, but also impact your organic rankings and diminish your advertising efforts. Managing inventory levels has become more complex as Amazon has rolled out several programs that penalize sellers for both holding too much and too little inventory.
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From Tariffs to Triumph – How to Protect Your Amazon Store Margins in 2025
2025 hasn’t been kind to importers. Rising tariffs on key goods from Asia, shifting trade policies between the U.S. and EU, and unexpected duties on raw materials are all hammering Amazon sellers, especially those who’ve built their stores on thin profit margins. If your Amazon store margins are feeling the pinch, you’re not alone. But this isn’t a game of waiting it out. The brands that will survive and thrive are already flipping the script. They’re using Amazon margin protection strategies not just to absorb tariff pressure, but to sharpen their edge in a hyper-competitive ecommerce landscape
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Arek and Brian Zabierek, better known as The Zab Twins, are quietly rewriting what it means to build real wealth on Amazon. As founders of The FBA Start-Up, they’ve helped over 500 students go beyond “side hustle” mentality and launch full-fledged eCommerce businesses grounded in systems, strategy, and results. Arek is the precision-driven architect behind the backend infrastructure, while Brian is the creative force shaping brands that actually connect and convert. Together, they’re not just teaching Amazon FBA; they’re building a next-gen movement for digital entrepreneurs ready to take ownership of their time, income, and future.
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Sell on Amazon without GTINs or UPCs
Amazon’s marketplace requires some form of a product identifier for nearly every category. Whether it’s baby toys or industrial bolts, sellers need a Universal Product Code (UPC) or, similarly, a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). Yet some items have no such identifier and require an “exemption” from Amazon.
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Podcasts
All about the Amazon Ships In Product Packaging Program
Join us for an insightful discussion on Amazon’s Ships in Product Packaging (SIPP) program, where we explore the intersection of cost efficiency and environmental sustainability. Our special guest, Kirsten Freiheit, who leads the North American Division for Selling Partner Engagement for Sustainable Packaging at Amazon, shares her expertise and passion for innovative packaging solutions. Listen in as we discuss how the SIPP program not only helps sellers reduce fees by optimizing packaging but also enhances brand value and aligns with Amazon’s goals of fast, efficient, and environmentally conscious delivery.
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