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How to Handle Amazon FBA Returns & Minimize Loss

January 13, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 107 Comments

When customers request to return a product they bought via FBA, Amazon immediately takes the return funds from your upcoming disbursement and usually gives the customer a shipping label to return the item to the proper warehouse. Customers are on the honor system to return the item they no longer want within 45 days. When

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Podcast Episode 069 : How To Turn Your Returned Items Into Profits

February 1, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Returns are the worst. But did you know it can still be possible to make nice profits from your returned items? Today, we want to help you make the most of those items that get returned, and then share some of the different ways you can make a profit in these scenarios. Just because something

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Podcast Episode 041 : How to Deal with Amazon Returns so They Don’t Ruin Your Business

July 16, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

We can all agree on one thing: returns stink. Imagine the scene — you’re an Amazon seller diligently checking your inbox when you get that painful message; another customer is returning one of your items. It’s never a fun experience. In this episode, we’ll show you how to deal with Amazon returns so that each

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Podcast Episode 030 : The Truth Behind Amazon’s Return Policy

May 1, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Could Amazon’s return policy actually be a good thing for Amazon sellers? We all know that sinking feeling attached to a return notification from Amazon. While returns may not be our favorite part of the job of being an Amazon seller, it is a necessary aspect of business to deal with. Amazon’s amazing return policy,

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6 Steps to Take When an Item is Returned to Amazon

June 27, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 49 Comments

One of the most annoying emails for FBA sellers to receive from Amazon starts with “Refund initiated for order #102-12345-67890.” Getting a return notification is not only annoying, but it can sometimes spark a few fearful questions.  Is this return one of the high priced items I just sold? Is the buyer going to say that

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Inventory, Returns, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips, Seller Metrics

Amazon’s Return Policy – Good or Bad for FBA Sellers?

June 17, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

We all dread receiving this email from Amazon: “A return has been initiated for Order #…” Returns are probably the most annoying and frustrating part of selling via Amazon FBA. You make a sale, you get the money added to your balance, then the customer changes their mind for some reason, and the money is

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Selling Shoes through Amazon FBA: Prepping and Processing (Plus Returns)

March 28, 2019 By Rebecca Smotherman 47 Comments

Knowing which shoes to source isn’t the only new skill to acquire when it comes to adding the shoe category to your Amazon FBA inventory. Prepping your shoes can also present some new opportunities to learn, but the differences from prepping and listing in other categories are easy to learn if you read and follow

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Seller Central Tip #1 – How to Check if “Returned” Items are Actually Returned to Amazon FBA

March 6, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 106 Comments

It happens probably more often than you know. A customer requests a refund from Amazon but never actually returns the refunded item. Amazon is supposed to automatically reimburse you once 45 days has past, but sometimes Amazon “forgets.” Of course, Amazon doesn’t really forget, but for some reason, these reimbursements are not done 100% of

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Why I’m Using Poshmark to Sell My Amazon FBA Returns

May 22, 2017 By Rebecca Smotherman 9 Comments

Have you used the fashion buying and selling platform called Poshmark? It’s a website and mobile app where users can list their new and used clothing, shoes, accessories, and cosmetics for sale. I recently began using Poshmark as another platform (along with eBay) for selling my Amazon FBA shoe returns and shoes with boxes damaged

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