More flexibility in managing your shipments with restock limits by storage type
In July 2020, we announced ASIN-level quantity limits for products stored in our fulfilment network. We made this change to ensure that we can receive and store products for all sellers who use FBA.
We have heard your feedback, and are continuously improving our policies and programmes to better receive and store your products.
Starting April 22, 2021, your account will no longer be subject to ASIN-level quantity limits for all products. Instead, restock limits will be set at the storage-type level, providing you with better flexibility to manage the shipments that you send to Amazon.
You can review your restock limits and maximum shipment quantity from Inventory performance or Shipping Queue. For more information, go to Restock limits by storage type: Frequently asked questions.
More flexibility in managing your shipments with restock limits by storage type
In July 2020, we announced ASIN-level quantity limits for products stored in our fulfilment network. We made this change to ensure that we can receive and store products for all sellers who use FBA.
We have heard your feedback, and are continuously improving our policies and programmes to better receive and store your products.
Starting April 22, 2021, your account will no longer be subject to ASIN-level quantity limits for all products. Instead, restock limits will be set at the storage-type level, providing you with better flexibility to manage the shipments that you send to Amazon.
You can review your restock limits and maximum shipment quantity from Inventory performance or Shipping Queue. For more information, go to Restock limits by storage type: Frequently asked questions.
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Seller_dlF1YwvUBHaZd
This is kills my business as a second hand books seller.
Seller_tmoMvNMMALSPB
I was so relieved to see this email announcement this morning, as the 200 per ASIN limit massively damaged my Christmas, Valentine’s and Mother’s Day sales as I needed to send in FAR more than 200 of specific items, and as it wasn’t possible to do so it was a disaster.
However my relief on reading the email was short-lived - I assumed you would have allocated the 200 per ASIN across the board to give an overall storage total (e.g. previously 10 ASINs with a 200 limit each, changed to an overall limit of 2,000 over all those ASINs, or at least somewhere in that ball park). Well whoopee, I have now a limit that averages 27 units per ASIN.
You actually managed to make things even worse.
Why on earth is Amazon seemingly trying their utmost to make selling successfully on here as difficult as possible?
So frustrated
Seller_JSQKTU2he3ERr
Sellers have less and less available inventory, stock-outs and backlogs are even more problematic. There are so many restrictions, regardless of the seller’s delivery logistics cycle. This is even more disastrous for sellers with long logistics times.
Seller_zRaf5n3cWf6XC
It is a nightmare! we have a limit of around 43k with 40k already used. (only 20k are actually in Amazon, 23k are being labelled up and trying to get slots at Amazon). I would like to start getting the next batch of shipments created but only have 3k to work with which isn’t going to work. We therefore cannot plan our stock flow far enough out. With timelines for picking and actually getting stuff to Amazon forever increasing this is a real killer for planning stock. We are only using 20k at any one time but cannot plan now!
Amazon this needs resolving, I am not sure you have found the winning formula. Per ASIN was working for us, we now feel completely ham-strung with no ability to create and plan the next picks!
It is effectively punishing those who plan more in to the future and/or those who have slow 3PL’s and poor access to Amazon slots! which admittedly we do too
AMAZON PLEASE RAISE OUR LIMIT OR WE CANNOT FUNCTION AS WE HAPPILY DID UP UNTIL YESTERDAY!
Seller_uVxmzEA9Uotk5
Completely agree with the feedback here. The intent was to offer more flexibility but in reality -
- It is impossible to launch a new product without risking out of stocks on your existing lines.
- It gives no flexibility to stock up on Seasonal product lines before peak season.
- It is impossible to roll out a successful business from one region to another.
- Using Amazon Global Logistics becomes impossible given the lead times from China and the short planning that this new policy requires.
It sounds like the idea was to be helpful but in reality, it has made the situation far worse. I see no way to grow my business through FBA under this new policy.
Unless this policy is changed, you will see sellers leaving FBA and AGL in droves.
Seller_4ZOiujcm0gKWA
This change works AGAINST sellers and makes planning incredibly difficult, especially if you have long shipment times like I do. I’d just gotten used to the 200 ASIN limit, which I actually thought was working out in the long term. However, this change now means I’m unable to launch new products, and if, for whatever reason, a single ASIN has problems (such as becoming suppressed due to the ‘bot’), then it will impact the rest of my business and how much stock I can send in for other popular items.
You say you listened to feedback to implement this change…really? Please listen to this feedback: put it back!
Seller_Srd7oYvAEAw3x
Since FBA is no longer a viable option, can anyone recommend a good 3rd party fulfillment company? Thanks.
Seller_2tFFZMJtc4QEf
This is really bad.
Per ASIN was a drawback but once the product was rolling the limits were fairly sensible.
Yesterday I could create shipments for 5k units for a certain line of products, today I can send 0.
How does this make any sense?
Seller_tmoMvNMMALSPB
I currently have 91 ASINs - for my seasonal specific items I need to be able to send in 800-1200 of any one item for that particular and very short season. I now have a maximum limited of 2,500 items, so in order to send in stock for just TWO seasonal items, e.g. at Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, I would have to recall every single item of every other 89 products that sell all year round.
Totally insane!!
Seller_YvQo0miMXDmNJ
Awful what a dreadful week to sell on this platform ! absolute disgrace Im all for improvements but the recent ones are far from it !
