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There is not much to wonder about, Amazon does it because it critical to their fulfillment service, one of the key ways amazon makes money and keeps it 1-2 da

by syshum 5y ago

There is not much to wonder about, Amazon does it because it critical to their fulfillment service, one of the key ways amazon makes money and keeps it 1-2 day delivery times is inventory mixing, i.e if you order from Seller X, you may actually get Stock that Seller Y shipped in. This is why they need to merge listings into 1. It is also why there is soo much fraud on Amazon, and I dont believe they will ever fix it, the logistic costs would make Fulfilled by Amazon unprofitable if they had to stop mixing stock

praptak 5y ago
Do I understand correctly that seller X might get their reputation damaged if Seller Y shipped some counterfeit crap?
- bopbeepboop 5y ago
  Yes, that’s correct — and been a large problem for co-mingled inventories.
- alisonkisk 5y ago
  Yes.
- syshum 5y ago
  If they use the Fufilled By Amazon service, which if you want to have "Prime" shipping you have to, then yes that is possible and more common than it should The way the service works, is that you the vendor will ship your products into a amazon warehouse, other vendors will ship the "same items" a amazon warehouse, all of these "same items" are mixed together in the inventory system, your account is has a credit of "X items" but not the specific items you shipped in to the warehouse Example Acme Vendor shipped to amazon 15 Logitech MX Mouses Evil Vendor shipped Amazon 15 Counterfeit Logitech MX Mouses When amazon gets the mouses it take all 30 and puts them in a big box, as the orders are filled even if you ordered from Acme, you make get one of the one Evil shipped into Amazon
birdman3131 5y ago
This is only if you enable comingled inventory. I don't believe it is required but I barely sell on amazon.
- bombcar 5y ago
  I think there’s a discount if you allow commingled inventory (or a cost to keep it separate) which makes sense as Amazon has to track and potentially stock it in multiple warehouses
  - LorenPechtel 5y ago
    The comingled inventory actually is a good idea, just flawed. Go ahead, comingle the inventory but keep track of where each item came from so when the counterfeit is discovered they know where it really came from and don't blame the innocent supplier.
    - bombcar 5y ago
      That's what amuses me - what, it requires a few additional characters on the stock barcode? Of course the real problem is the counterfeiters have no problem starting a new vendor every few weeks or even days, so the damage may already be done by the time the reports come back.
      - LorenPechtel 5y ago
        Which says they need to establish trust before being allowed to use comingled inventory.
    - syshum 5y ago
      There are 2 levels of blame... Amazon taking action against the vendor, and consumers blaming the wrong vendor. When you order from Amazon Marketplace you can clearly see who you are ordering from, even if Amazon shipping the item. Consumers getting a bad product will then no only review the item but the seller with negative feedback even though the seller they bought it from may have done nothing wrong

by syshum 5y ago

praptak 5y ago

Do I understand correctly that seller X might get their reputation damaged if Seller Y shipped some counterfeit crap?

bopbeepboop 5y ago
Yes, that’s correct — and been a large problem for co-mingled inventories.
alisonkisk 5y ago
Yes.
syshum 5y ago
If they use the Fufilled By Amazon service, which if you want to have "Prime" shipping you have to, then yes that is possible and more common than it should The way the service works, is that you the vendor will ship your products into a amazon warehouse, other vendors will ship the "same items" a amazon warehouse, all of these "same items" are mixed together in the inventory system, your account is has a credit of "X items" but not the specific items you shipped in to the warehouse Example Acme Vendor shipped to amazon 15 Logitech MX Mouses Evil Vendor shipped Amazon 15 Counterfeit Logitech MX Mouses When amazon gets the mouses it take all 30 and puts them in a big box, as the orders are filled even if you ordered from Acme, you make get one of the one Evil shipped into Amazon

birdman3131 5y ago

This is only if you enable comingled inventory. I don't believe it is required but I barely sell on amazon.

bombcar 5y ago
I think there’s a discount if you allow commingled inventory (or a cost to keep it separate) which makes sense as Amazon has to track and potentially stock it in multiple warehouses
- LorenPechtel 5y ago
  The comingled inventory actually is a good idea, just flawed. Go ahead, comingle the inventory but keep track of where each item came from so when the counterfeit is discovered they know where it really came from and don't blame the innocent supplier.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    That's what amuses me - what, it requires a few additional characters on the stock barcode? Of course the real problem is the counterfeiters have no problem starting a new vendor every few weeks or even days, so the damage may already be done by the time the reports come back.
    - LorenPechtel 5y ago
      Which says they need to establish trust before being allowed to use comingled inventory.
  - syshum 5y ago
    There are 2 levels of blame... Amazon taking action against the vendor, and consumers blaming the wrong vendor. When you order from Amazon Marketplace you can clearly see who you are ordering from, even if Amazon shipping the item. Consumers getting a bad product will then no only review the item but the seller with negative feedback even though the seller they bought it from may have done nothing wrong