{"id":10026,"date":"2016-11-22T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T11:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?p=10026"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:56:49","slug":"worth-paying-amazon-inventory-placement-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/worth-paying-amazon-inventory-placement-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Worth Paying for Amazon Inventory Placement Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Selling on Amazon, it feels like finances are getting tighter all the time. There always seems to be a new area that requires your money, and it seems harder than ever to pull in a decent profit margin. One contentious area for merchants is using Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/sellercentral.amazon.com\/gp\/help\/help-popup.html\/?itemID=200735910\">Inventory Placement Service<\/a> (IPS), so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/\">RepricerExpress<\/a> is going to take a deep look to see if it\u2019s worth it to you or not.<\/h4>\n<h2>Don\u2019t Take any Shortcuts with Shipping<\/h2>\n<p>The most important thing after offering quality products and excellent customer support is being able to get said awesome items to your buyers lickety-split. It\u2019s a constant battle to get that product ready to go and out the door, but rushing the process can mean you make mistakes and end up shooting yourself in the foot. The less happy your customers are with you, the less likely they are to give you a good review. And if that happens, then your chances of landing a Buy Box also go down.<\/p>\n<h2>Amazon Will Help Optimise Your Shipping Options<\/h2>\n<p>You probably have a good idea of which Amazon Fulfilment Centre is closest to you. But do you also know which distribution centres are closest to your customers? Well, with IPS, you don\u2019t have to guess. IPS can help to greatly reduce the chances of human error by taking on that responsibility themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, they\u2019ll charge you different fees based on the size of your item (i.e. oversized or standard-sized). These fees might make you swallow hard the first time you look at them, but take a closer inspection. If you\u2019re selling a lot of high-margin items, then it\u2019ll be pretty easy to absorb the cost. But if you\u2019re selling products with a thinner profit margin, then it may not necessarily be the best option for you. Think of it as paying for peace of mind.<\/p>\n<h2>It Can be a Way to Have Your Items Received Faster<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s a saying in army circles: hurry up and wait. You\u2019ve got to hustle on your end to make that sale, and it can be frustrating to see less-than-optimal receiving time at an Amazon centre. With IPS, you can scope out which centres are speedy and which ones aren\u2019t, and stick to the former. The faster your product can get checked in, the sooner it can get on its way.<\/p>\n<h2>You Can Add on to Existing Orders<\/h2>\n<p>If you typically receive most of your orders to get sent to the same Amazon centre you\u2019re likely entering a different SKU each time. While this is exactly what you should be doing, it can slow you down. To Amazon, it looks like a bunch of small shipments that may or may not get put out together. However, with IPS, you can simply choose to add them to an existing order so they all get sent out at the same time, whether it\u2019s to the same centre or different ones (as opposed to sending out each one individually, and possibly to different warehouses each time.)<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also worth mentioning that using IPS does <em>not<\/em> guarantee all SKUs will get sent to the same warehouse. It simply guarantees that a particular SKU <em>will<\/em> make its way to an Amazon centre. This actually works in your favour, as Amazon prefers you to have your inventory spread out at different warehouses so there\u2019s always available stock. And by having items available in your inventory, you can keep yourself in the running for a Buy Box \u2014 after all, how could you earn a Buy Box if that product isn\u2019t available to buy?<\/p>\n<h4>You can test drive IPS to see if it works for you. And if you find it doesn\u2019t, then you can always just switch it off in your inbound settings in your Seller Central account. But while you\u2019re doing that, set something else to work on autopilot: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/\">RepricerExpress<\/a>. We\u2019re certain you won\u2019t want to ever switch us off. In fact, we\u2019re so confident in saying that we\u2019re giving you <a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.repricer.com\/register\/do\/repricer?utm_source=rex-blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=rex-to-repricer-registration&amp;utm_activity=take-action\">the first 15 days free to use when you sign up<\/a>, so try us out totally risk-free.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selling on Amazon, it feels like finances are getting tighter all the time. There always seems to be a new area that requires your money, and it seems harder than ever to pull in a decent profit margin. 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