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Problem with Amazon Seller "Preparing Products for FBA"

         

complete

7:22 pm on Jul 11, 2021 (gmt 0)

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I am watching the Seller University series designed to get me up and running with FBA.
At [sellercentral.amazon.com...] I search in "FBA" and i see in the menu on the left,
"Introduction to FBA, Policies and services". There are a number of videos in the series:

    "How FBA Works"
    "Converting Your Products to FBA"
    "Preparing Products for FBA"


And this is where I am stuck. The video, "Preparing Products for FBA" on mentions a page to
go to without explaining how to reach this page. Any advice?

Here is a screen shot of the page:
[photos.app.goo.gl...]

Here is the video clip:
[youtube.com...]

After posting this question on social media, I got some "interesting" responses. Some Amazon seller "gurus" posted links to extensive courses and instructional videos. But those videos do not answer my very simple question. But my question is much more fundamental and is focused on just one simple question. There is a page that is presented on a video on Seller University that the video does not go into specifics on where to find this page. This is all I am asking.

Another suggestion was that I should just be able to go to help (upper right on Seller Central page) and search on "Preparing Products for FBA" or "Getting Started with Fulfillment by Amazon" or "Registration and preparing products to FBA". But I gave that a try and nothing there was any help.

I also got a suggestion that I should just ignore the page outright and that it was not important. I am not so sure. A button that says "I have read and agree" sounds very important to me.

So, if you do not know the answer to this, I have another question. If there is no simple way to direct to this page, then this is an error at Amazon and I need to know how to fill out a ticket with their help desk.

One of the responses I have gotten was from another Amazon Seller who suggested that, since the links I am supplyng in asking my question were not from Amazon Official, it was not reliable. But I assure you I am being honest in my reporting of my experience. But if you want to see for yourself and if you have a Seller account with Amazon, you can see it here in this video on Seller University by going to this link:
it appears at the 20 second point:
[sellercentral.amazon.com...]

Another comment on social media was that I do not see this page because I am not signed on as a seller. I am.

I am beginning to think that this issue is just a discrepancy and I should put it aside, and figure out how to push on.

RhinoFish

10:56 pm on Jul 12, 2021 (gmt 0)

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The Amazon platform is constantly changing, and so is the process for registering for FBA.

1) Logged into Seller Central, go to the upper right, hover over gear icon, then click on "Account Info".
2) When that page loads, there should be a block that says "Your Services".
3) In that block, there are probably 3 items listed, the 2nd one is likely "Fulfillment by Amazon".
4) If you see it there, does it say your status is "Registered"?

As your linked info says, there used to be two ways to do FBA, seek FBA approval then do your FBA item listings, OR, create your listings and pick any one of them to convert to FBA (this would also trigger the page you're asking about).

Today, I believe there are 4 ways you can reach this stage. :-) And I think two of them are automatic registration pathways. So start by doing my 4 steps above to see if you happen to already be registered to do FBA. And if you're not, I can point you to this page you're looking for, but it's a 7 step process, so everyone hopes you just pick any listing and convert it to FBA. :-)

If you're look for high clarity and a perfect AND stable interface, well, you've come to the wrong bowl of arroz con mango.

And, you will soon learn that many Seller Central accounts, depending on many factors, will look very dissimilar at times.
I think making everything hard to find is an effective anti-fraud measure.
Hahaha, I'm serious!