According to Amazon regulations, in order to receive shipments faster and make inventory available for sale faster, sellers must enter the carrier name and tracking information during shipment creation from October 1, 2021.
What is the purpose of Amazon’s new policy?
1. To standardize the process.
2. The seller’s provision of the carrier’s name and tracking information helps Amazon to receive the seller’s inventory more efficiently, while avoiding delays in the receiving process.
The benefits of Amazon’s new regulations
1. Can continue to sell when the product is out of stock
--The policy stipulates that when a product is out of stock, as long as the seller has enabled the inventory pre-sale function, Amazon will adjust the product in transit to a saleable state based on the real-time tracking information provided by the seller.
2. Visualization of logistics information
--Sellers can grasp the logistics trajectory of their goods through the tracking information filled in.
3. More sufficient basis for claims
--If you encounter problems such as loss of goods, the logistics trajectory can also be used as a basis for claims to assist sellers in claiming claims from insurance companies.
How to fill in the tracking informations?
--The seller can fill in the tracking information through the seller's backstage-inventory-manage Amazon shipments-view the shipment label and provide it to Amazon.
For parcel shipments, each pcs needs to provide a tracking ID. For less-than-carload and vehicle transportation goods, each shipment needs to provide a PRO (tracking number) for the tracking ID; about the carrier, when creating a shipping plan , Sellers can choose the others option.Regarding PRO (tracking number), please fill in as follows: 1. For goods delivered by express delivery, customers can use the express number as the PRO NO. (tracking number) and fill in the Amazon back-end system. 2. For goods delivered by truck, upload BOL/PRO number/ISA and other information on the system before truck delivery.