Amazon bans non-essential incoming FBA shipments
Steve breaks down Amazon's early-pandemic pause on non-essential FBA shipments, why it's a reasonable capacity call, and why he still favors 3PL inventory over guessing demand spikes.
Steve Simonson
On-air link:awesomers.com/176
Show notes
Recorded as Amazon paused incoming non-essential FBA shipments during the early days of the coronavirus disruption, Steve explains why he thinks the decision is a pragmatic capacity call rather than sellers getting a raw deal.
He shares a 2001 story about an unpredictable demand spike on flags to make the point that inventory forecasting has limits, and reiterates his long-standing preference for staging stock at a third-party warehouse rather than sitting on excess inventory.
For sellers trying to plan restocks and supply chain moves during a sudden demand or capacity shock.