Will Amazon stop selling products if they are out of stock? What should I do to prepare?

Doing a good job in store operation is what every Amazon merchant must do. During the operation process, every detail must be paid attention to in order to create a boutique store. Since some products are out of stock due to product shortages, does Amazon need to stop selling the products?

Will Amazon stop selling products if they are out of stock?

The bonus period is calculated from the time the product arrives at the Amazon warehouse. There is no need for Amazon to stop selling. If you do not continue to sell and miss this period, you will not have such a good chance to maintain stable orders in the future. Therefore, you must gain a firm foothold in the early stage.

The most direct consequence of out-of-stock is that sales are suspended. There must be good sales before the out-of-stock period. However, during the out-of-stock period, without sales, sales performance will also drop significantly. Such impact is not the most important. The most serious consequence of out-of-stock occurs after the out-of-stock period.

What preparations should be made?

1. If financial resources permit and sellers are sure that the products do not have infringement or quality issues, they can stock more inventory appropriately. Sufficient quantity is a necessary condition for creating hot-selling and best-selling products.

2. In terms of delivery, sellers can use a combination of express delivery, air transportation and sea transportation to ensure timeliness and reduce freight costs. At the same time, they should also adopt an appropriate quantity and frequency of each shipment, and do not wait until the stock is out of stock before rushing to replenish.

3. Ensure good communication with suppliers and ask them to prepare goods for you in advance or reserve a batch of goods in your own inventory in advance in case of emergency.

4. If the goods are on the way and the inventory in the FBA warehouse is almost sold out, the seller can adopt the method of self-delivery and follow-selling to ensure that the listing is still online even if it is out of stock.

5. Since Amazon has multiple sites, when replenishing stocks at each site, as an operator, you should clearly know the logistics time of each country, the overseas warehouse code of each category, the cycle of listing and arrival, etc.

Here is one thing to mention. For those products that have been online for three or four months but have slow sales, clearing inventory may be your best option. On the one hand, it can avoid the waste of storage costs, and on the other hand, it can also free up more energy to operate other key products.