Coronavirus for Amazon Sellers- Global Roundup late April/early May 2020 - a podcast by Michael Veazey

Facebook live panel global 29 April 2020
Jenna Lieber, Turnkey Product ManagementKonark Ogra, Rural Handmade
John Cavendish, Seller CandyWhat is changing for Amazon Sellers under Covid19?
Johnnotifications are insane
- ,monfitionring listing is arduous- amazon stopping everyone shipping in from mid march to mid arpil
- france still closed- can't shop intra-couty
- couldn't ship into Italy
- use 3 PLs- have live listings
- sales volume not down too much- Some up a lot but

JennaA lot of clients grew in March
April plateauSome clients not able to ship things in
- Non-essential- Switched to FBM
- Now still not able to ship items in for all clients- Amazon Launchpad
- no.1 sellers will go firstSourcing
Konark2 big changes
- Hedging from diversifying from China- Supply chain
- The biggest concern with sellers - how safe is the brand?- Should we be focussed on creating existing products
- consumers are now looking for storiesWhat’s the number one solvable issue for your clients?
Jenna: Managing ship time - Jenna - prime badge etc.- monitor using merchant words to track ship time
- Some clients half FBA and half FBM- FBA is beating FBM half the time
- Clients with over 300 different SKUsJohn - FBA sales
Manually tracking on a spreadsheetFBA dropped from 80% before COVID, 20% then back up t5o 65% plus
Treat it as business as usualKonark - Simple model still working
CAD design etc in China can be $5-25KMinimalist model - come with a design, see feasibility
- Human-made samples are maybe $250- Post COVID the future will be more local
- More SMEs- Army of sellers will be a big thing
- feeling we have to support small businessesWhat’s happening next?
JohnThings are moving fast
There will be a boom - people want control over their incomeJenna
Ecommerce In general will continue to riseAnyone who didn’t have a prime account is now in
And locked in for a year!People who didn’t buy on amazon
What’s happening next couple weeks?USA:Jenna

Allegedly reopeningA lot of people will keep sheltering in place

FBA warehouses probably seen the worstStatten island walkout and Chicago

Europe - John/KonarkComing out of lockdown
Spain coming outYou can still ship back into France from other countries

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Michael Veazey: Today was an exciting new venture. We had our first panel interview today via Facebook live . We spoke to three experts on three different continents. So how international is that? the subject was a global roundup on what they've seen happening with our clients in the amazon space over the last few weeks of the crazy covid 19 times
we're bringing you today, a very international panel. And, the subject of today is all about sort of round up really big picture perspective on h...

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