Amazon Sends Top Out-of-Stock Products Reports to its Sellers
As a featured merchant on Amazon, I own the Buy Box for almost everything I sell on the platform and often times I earn the Buy Box by default because I have items listed for which I have no competition. When I run out of inventory of those unique items, I receive an email from Amazon titled “Amazon Inventory Notification” which states:
Dear merchant,
We regularly review the products our customers look for on our website. During
the past month, there has been interest in the product(s) listed below, but
there was no available inventory from any sellers as of 07/xx/2009.
As you have listed these products for sale on our website in the past, we wanted
to let you know about this buyer interest, in case you want to offer them again
on Amazon.com.
and the email includes a list of the items that I sold out of on Amazon and that people are clicking on the description to view the item. I have been regularly receiving these emails for months.
However, a few weeks ago I began receiving other emails as well and these emails are titled “Amazon.com Top Out-Of-Stock Products Report“. These emails are not addressed to Dear Merchant but rather the emails include my business name in the greeting.
We regularly review the products our customers look for on our website. The
products listed below are some of the top products in the Toys category that
customers were interested in during the last month, but are currently unable to
purchase because there was no available inventory on our website as of
07-xx-2009. Although inventory levels can change quickly from the many sellers
on our website, we wanted to let you know about this customer interest.
The email included a list of 50 items. Each email I have received includes a different list of 50 items. When it comes to sourcing product to sell online, part of the work involved is just determining what products are in demand. Amazon is currently doing that for me and delivering that information right to my email inbox. It’s just up to me now to research the products, decide which items I want to carry, and contact the manufacturer to obtain the product.
Are you still getting this report from Amazon?
Kim
November 24, 2009
I think it has been a few weeks since I have received one of these emails.
thebrewsnews
November 25, 2009
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Kim
November 27, 2009
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