Is Amazon Manipulating Sales? Sudden Drops, Delayed Prime Delivery, and Stagnant Orders.
Has anyone else noticed Amazon possibly manipulating sales? I just realized that sales of our best-selling item had suddenly stopped. Upon investigation, I found that the Prime delivery time for that specific product has jumped to 2 days, while all other products still offer next-day delivery. Additionally, for the past month, we've been receiving roughly the same number of orders, no matter what efforts we make, including increasing advertising. It feels like something is off.
Is Amazon Manipulating Sales? Sudden Drops, Delayed Prime Delivery, and Stagnant Orders.
Has anyone else noticed Amazon possibly manipulating sales? I just realized that sales of our best-selling item had suddenly stopped. Upon investigation, I found that the Prime delivery time for that specific product has jumped to 2 days, while all other products still offer next-day delivery. Additionally, for the past month, we've been receiving roughly the same number of orders, no matter what efforts we make, including increasing advertising. It feels like something is off.
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Seller_i6S8knzW6zU6Z
Hi @Seller_bEVffZ7p8XgSn,
I’ve run into similar issues with delivery times before. From what I’ve observed, delivery times often depend on factors like the customer’s shipping address, the fulfillment center it’s coming from, and even how busy the center or regional postal services are. During the holiday season, these delays can become more common due to the added stress on fulfillment centers and postal services.
While Amazon determines the fulfillment center when creating a shipment, I’ve had some success by creating multiple smaller shipments to see if they get assigned to different centers. This can sometimes reduce the distance to customers and improve the expected delivery time Amazon shows to them.
On the advertising side, if we assume a 4% conversion rate, it takes around 50 clicks to generate one sale. If clicks cost £0.20 or more, that’s £10 to generate a single sale from ads. With this in mind, how many additional sales would you have expected from your increased spend? Would that change be noticeable compared to your usual sales volume?
If so, it might be worth diving into the Search Query Report to ensure your spend is reaching the right audience—customers specifically searching for what you offer.
I know how tough this can be—it’s an ongoing challenge. Just wanted to share some thoughts in case they’re helpful.
Seller_PU8ypkNZEJU9p
I have notcied Amazon are selling a lot of my products now. Something they never did before.
What Amazon do is they look at all their sellers, and sellers who are selling a high volume of items, Amazon go and sell it themselves and get the products cheaper and then undercut you. Unfortunately thats business