{"id":14231,"date":"2020-06-19T10:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T09:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?p=14231"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:58:09","slug":"covid19-amazon-fba-seller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/covid19-amazon-fba-seller\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Seller: How COVID-19 Affected My FBA Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest post by Amazon FBA seller, Luke Filer<\/em><\/p>\n

Covid-19 has had a massive impact on the ecommerce sector. This blog post will focus on how Amazon\u2019s Fulfilment By Amazon<\/a> (FBA) program has been affected, how the Online Arbitrage Amazon business model<\/a> was impacted, and most importantly, what I\u2019m doing about it going forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, as people are forced to shop online, Amazon has seen a large spike in sales. To facilitate this increase in demand from consumers, Amazon has invested large sums of money into their FBA program and made some big decisions that have impacted sellers using the FBA program.<\/p>\n

These changes included tightening up on \u201cPrice Gouging<\/a>\u201d, as well as limitations on what could be sent into Amazon\u2019s warehouses by sellers to be fulfilled by Amazon. Not just consumer demand has been affected, but also consumer behaviour, and I believe this will lead to long-lasting impacts.<\/p>\n

In the short term, however, there were huge spikes in purchasing for medical supplies, household staples, gym\/sports equipment, and office equipment. Some sellers have been able to capitalise on this, and a huge takeaway for me is that keeping an eye on opportunities that present themselves day-to-day is key.<\/p>\n

Amazon Covid-19 Statistics<\/h2>\n
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  • Amazon searches for medical masks and respirators increased by 17,000%.<\/li>\n
  • Food and home care product sales increased by 47%.<\/li>\n
  • Health and safety products increased in demand by 98%.<\/li>\n
  • Indoor sports and fitness products increased in demand by 86%-160%.<\/li>\n
  • Amazon ran out of stock from many health and personal care products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Covid-19 and Customer Demand<\/h2>\n

    Amazon recently released a video aimed at sellers where they discuss the impact Covid-19 has had on customer demand. You can check it out before. One major shift is that a smaller number of items are making up a higher percentage of customer searches.<\/p>\n