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1. The entire product category disappears out of thin air
On July 14th, shortly after the PD ended, a seller mentioned on the forum that all the products in the "Baby Head Shaping Pillows" category under the baby category in their store disappeared out of thin air! Even if the seller tries to click on a product that can still display pictures and detail pages, it will only see the word unavailable.
As soon as the post was posted, it aroused everyone's discussion. Other sellers said they had encountered similar problems, and the corresponding products were also baby products "Baby sleep products....It is easy to trigger the review, I am in Canada. The site has been hacked once, and the link has not been restored so far, and it has been deleted for about a year."
Chengzi couldn’t help but think that Orange once mentioned in the Community Morning Post that the baby tilt sleep product was recalled by Amazon due to the deaths of 73 infants, and according to Consumer Reports, pointed out that the baby tilt sleep product was confirmed to be an unsafe product. . Orange believes that since the various organs of the baby's body are still not fully developed and are in a relatively fragile period, it is necessary for baby products to be subject to multiple restrictions.
In addition, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed a new federal regulation last year to ensure that infant sleep products sold or used in infants under five months of age must provide a safe sleeping environment, and the regulation was announced on June 23 this year. Code of Federal Regulations 16 CFR Part 1218 has also been published.
From this, Orange guessed that the disappearance of the entire category is likely to be caused by the entry into force and implementation of the regulations.
Netizens also expressed their own speculations in their posts. Some thought that Amazon had a bug again. After all, it has become the norm for Amazon to have bugs recently; some thought it was caused by the Xinjiang cotton incident; some thought that Amazon had banned sales caused by non-compliant products.
Before everyone came to a conclusion, a seller sent an email picture of Amazon's compliance reminder, which largely confirmed that the incident was caused by the new baby sleep product rules.
Finally, remind sellers of related categories to remember to prepare for risks in advance, so as not to be affected and unable to sell normally.
2. Hundreds of U.S. port workers strike
About 100 truckers went on strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on July 13, and the Port of Oakland will also strike on July 18.
According to foreign media reports, the fuse of this strike is mainly the California AB5 Act. If the California AB5 Act is implemented, it will have a great impact on nearly 70,000 independent truck drivers, because if the truck drivers do not turn If they become regular employees of the towing company, they will not be able to work as usual.
Moreover, the vast majority of independent truck drivers are unwilling to become employee drivers of towing companies, and prefer to maintain their status and interests as independent drivers.
For sellers in the United States, logistics and transportation problems may be greatly affected, which is really difficult!
3. TikTok launches new "Follow Me" program
According to sources, in order to attract more small and medium-sized sellers to join TikTok, TikTok launched a new program-"Follow Me" from July 11 to August 19.
The program means that SMEs can provide resources for using Tik Tok and taking their business to the next level if they share stories, build communities, achieve business goals and increase sales on Tik Tok. It will also guide small and medium-sized sellers to develop their business and advertise through the use of TikTok.
Some people may wonder why TikTok suddenly turned its attention to sellers?
In this regard, we can see that Sujatha Mamidibathula, head of TikTok North America, said that small businesses are an important part of TikTok, and a report shows that 81% of small businesses think TikTok is very interesting, and 73% think it is easy to use.
In addition, there are a large number of small and medium-sized sellers. If the focus is shifted to small and medium-sized sellers, it can also help them better improve the product conversion rate.
And compared to TikTok, Facebook is the first to eat crabs. Facebook has shifted its attention to small and medium-sized enterprises in 2020, and even launched a nearby business function for them, through which consumers can find store information and respond Product order.
4. Reminder! Sellers of such products in Germany must comply with EPR obligations to avoid products being removed from the shelves!
Amazon Germany issued an announcement stating that sellers selling electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) need to comply with the obligations of EPR (ie Extended Responsibility Producer) before the end of the year, otherwise Amazon will be legally obliged to put non-compliant manufacturers on January 1, 2023. Products related to regulated electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are removed from the shelves.
Sellers who are not sure whether their products need to be registered can check the website - Stiftung elektro-altgeräte (Stiftung EAR).
Tip: The registration process takes more than 10 weeks, and the relevant sellers can register early, so as not to miss the time and cause the product to be taken off the shelf.
5. Lazada Maximum Online Item Quantity Policy Update
Lazada will update and adjust the "Maximum Online Item Quantity Policy" on July 19, 2022 (tomorrow). Only orders that have been scanned into the warehouse (TTS) will be included in the calculation.
So how does it count as scan-to-warehousing (TTS) completion?
The official said that after the order is completed, as long as one package of this order is collected by the warehouse, it is defined as a TTS order.
But there are a few things to pay attention to:
(1) All cancelled orders, whether cancelled by the seller or by the consumer themselves, are not included in the calculation.
(2) For DBS merchants and merchants selling digital products, only orders in the delivered state are calculated.
(3) The number of consumers and the volume of goods sold are also adjusted according to the above logic.
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