How long does it take for Amazon FBA to enter the warehouse? What should I do if the warehouse is out of stock?

Amazon is a very fair platform, which is also one of its most attractive features. As long as your listing conversion rate is high, you will have the opportunity to rank ahead of the industry's best sellers, so everyone will be more motivated to compete. So how long does it take for Amazon FBA to enter the warehouse?

How long does it take for Amazon FBA to enter the warehouse?

The time it takes for Amazon FBA to enter the warehouse depends on the time efficiency of the first leg you choose. When the products will be put on the shelves after entering the Asian warehouse depends on the processing time of the warehouse, which will be affected by the off-season and peak season. It is common that the products are not put on the shelves for half a month during the peak season, so more time needs to be reserved for replenishment.

Amazon FBA stands for Fullfillment By Amazon, which is translated into Chinese as Amazon Logistics. It is a consignment service provided by Amazon, including warehousing, picking, packaging, delivery, payment, customer service, return processing and other one-stop logistics services. Sellers prepare goods in Amazon warehouses in advance, and after customers place orders, Amazon warehouses directly ship to customers.

What to do if the warehouse is out of stock?

1. Emergency replenishment. When facing FBA out-of-stock, some sellers will urgently replenish stocks from China, using red orders to quickly ship goods to the warehouse, and generally can sign for them within 3-5 days. For sellers with urgent goods and high customer unit prices, this method can be used for emergency replenishment. Although this method will have some impact on the ranking, sales will quickly increase after the goods are put into storage, so the impact on the listing will not be significant. The advantage of this method is that it can alleviate the out-of-stock crisis in a timely manner, and the disadvantage is that there is enough supply before it is needed.

2. Follow-sell your own listing. Sellers should follow-sell their own listings by self-delivery before they run out of stock. In this case, they can avoid being automatically removed from the shelves by the system due to FBA inventory shortages, and they can also avoid being treated as unowned listings by other sellers and following them after they are removed from the shelves. The advantage of this method is that the keyword ranking will drop more slowly, but the disadvantage is that the delivery time issue will affect sales.

3. Raise the price of your product. This should only be done after pausing all ads has been ineffective for a few days. To reach a level beyond the customer's tolerance is usually one level higher than the competitor. This will reduce the buyer's likelihood of purchase. However, it is best not to do this before pausing PPC unless you want to see them go buy a competitor's product.

Here is one point, the most effective way to promote Amazon, low prices can get a lot of orders, and the order conversion rate will be higher than many peers. But don't forget that you are still in the support period, which means that the platform system will allocate more traffic to you.