Africa
https://www.webretailer.com/b/online-marketplaces-africa/
Selling In Canada & Mexico Just Got Easier
To simplify cross-border selling, Amazon has created a program that lets you fulfill orders in Canada and Mexico with your US based FBA inventory. It’s called Remote Fulfillment with FBA, and this saves you the trouble of managing multi-country inventory and customs. So sign up for that if you’re not already.
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/selling-in-canada-and-mexico-just-got-easier/706693
Google is playing catch-up in the E-commerce arena. A few months ago, they revamped the “Buy on Google” service and have made it free to list and sell your products through Google Shopping Actions and even easier to sell there. This is great news for you if you’re looking to boost exposure and sales.
I know many of you have Shopify sites, so this is great news for you!
https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/9977875
Youtube
YouTube launched a new ad format to drive traffic to businesses. YouTube is working to hone its conversions. A couple new versions of note are
As an additional note, a number of YouTubers are testing using these features in regular videos.
Now, the people who make millions from your kids watching them unbox and play with toys will make more millions selling those toys to you and your kids straight from the video.
People whose advertisments show up in that video will also be able to sell directly from their advertisement.
And if all these people use Buy on Google, they don’t have to pay selling fees for now.
Amazon
AMAZON dumps support of Internet Explorer for seller central 31 Jan 2021 (the most commonly used browser to download new browsers) Supported web browsers include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge.
Prime Day 2020
was record breaking event for Amazon sellers, with $3.5 billion sales in just two days. Top-selling product categories for third-party sellers included bedding, wireless accessories, nutrition and wellness, arts, crafts and sewing, and health care. Aboutamazon.com
Brexit
Brexit negotiations are ongoing (including determining what tariffs, if any, will apply).
Important Dates:
Starting 1 January 2021 there will be a customs border between the UK and EU.
Saturday 14 November: Inventory removal orders for cross-border inventory will stop i.e. removing inventory from UK fulfillment centers to EU addresses and from EU fulfillment centers to UK addresses. Any removal orders created before this date will continue to be processed until 31 December 2020. Local removal requests will continue to be accepted as usual
Friday 18 December: Pan-European FBA inventory transfers will stop between the UK and EU. From this point forward, you will need to send inventory to fulfillment centers in the UK and the EU in order to maintain your stock levels
Monday 21 December: Cross-Border Fulfillment via European Fulfillment Network and Pan-European FBA will start winding down, stopping in full on Monday 28 December. To maintain your European sales, you will need to send products to fulfillment centers in the UK and the EU.
Starting January 1, 2021, as part of Brexit, a new set of VAT rules will apply in the UK. Please read this email as it contains potentially important information for your business.
If you are delivering goods to UK customers from outside of the UK:
o The current VAT exemption for sales of goods under £15 will be removed. All of your sales of goods will now be subject to VAT.
o If the shipment value of these goods does not exceed £135, Amazon will be required to collect and remit the applicable VAT.
o If the shipment value exceeds £135, you will still have to remit VAT and any import duties yourself, as you are currently doing.
If you are delivering goods to UK customers from inventory stored in the UK, and your place of establishment is outside of the UK, Amazon will be required to collect and remit the applicable VAT. This will affect both sellers who use FBA in the UK and those who use third-party fulfillment methods.
If you are delivering goods to UK customers from outside the UK, and the customer is VAT-registered in the UK (B2B customer), Amazon will not be required to collect and remit VAT. The VAT-registered customer will self-report UK VAT through their VAT return
https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gc/sell-online/brexit?ref_=brexfe&#prbr
FAKE NEWS
Alexa has been named and already won the vice presidency. This comes as something of a shock to Mike Pence and Kamala Harris as they were both pretty certain of their being the Vice President themselves.
Still no comment from Jeff Bezos regarding our request, rumours have been circulating that he’s been absorbed by the Alexa Collective, commonly being referred to as the Alexative.
REF MATERIAL
Point of interest item, marketplaces in China, their volume (they exceed Amazon), etc.
https://www.webretailer.com/b/online-marketplaces-china/
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