During the holiday season season, you may experience an increase in sales volume. We compiled a list of best practices to help you prepare and successfully manage your seller-fulfilled orders during the holiday season. In this series, we will go over everything we think you'll need to have a successful season from payments to returns.

Track your Performance

You must meet the following requirements to maintain your account eligibility:

• Maintain good account health by ensuring you are sending out packages and confirming shipment in Seller Central on or before the promised ship by date to avoid late shipments, invalid tracking, late deliveries, and cancellations. Ensure you are regularly monitoring your performance metrics.
• For the SKUs where you offer Premium Shipping, you can check your performance metrics on the Premium Shipping Options dashboard.
• Buy shipping labels with Amazon Buy Shipping, and get account protection for delivery issues while using either Amazon’s pre-negotiated rates or your own connected carrier rates.
• If you buy shipping labels outside of Amazon Buy Shipping, when confirming orders, choose carriers from the drop-down menu that are integrated with Amazon. These carriers provide real-time tracking status to Amazon. Verify that the carrier’s name, shipping service, and tracking ID are entered correctly and belong to the same carrier when you confirm a shipment. Ensure that the carrier has scanned your package.

We would love to hear from our experienced sellers about your best practices and advice for handling a successful Holiday season. Please leave your comments below.