Amazon Republic Day Sale for Sellers: A 60-Day FBA Prep Plan for 2027
Last January, Sneha Iyer from Bengaluru had her Amazon Republic Day Sale planned down to the rupee. Her steel lunch boxes had strong reviews, her Lightning Deal was approved, and ₹40,000 was set aside for ads. Then the FBA shipment she sent on 6 January sat in “Receiving” for nine days. Her deal went live […]
After Diwali: How to Clear Excess Inventory on Amazon and Cut Ad Spend
On the morning of 11 November, Karthik Raman opened Seller Central in Coimbatore and felt his stomach drop. The festive rush was over. His brass diya sets had sold well for a month, but 1,400 of them were still sitting in an Amazon fulfilment centre, and nobody buys diyas in December. His ads were still […]
AC³ Framework: How to Build an Amazon Sales Funnel for External Traffic
Why Amazon Sellers Fail Without a System The Rented-Traffic Trap Every click you buy on Amazon is rented. You pay for it, the shopper lands on your listing, and if they don’t buy, the relationship ends right there. Amazon doesn’t share their name, email or phone number with you, and it never will. Out of […]
Fewer Orders, Bigger Baskets: How to Increase Average Order Value on Amazon
Last Diwali, Priya Raman from Coimbatore had her best sales week ever. Orders for her stackable kitchen containers jumped from 25 a day to nearly 70. Then the settlement landed. After FBA fees on dozens of ₹349 single-unit orders, her profit was barely higher than a normal week. She had sold more. She hadn’t earned […]
Why Boring, Evergreen Products Win on Amazon (and Flashy Ones Burn Cash)
Recently, a short video about Uniqlo’s plain T-shirts was pulling more than two lakh views a day. No celebrity, no discount. Just stacks of white, grey and navy basics that people buy again and again. Around the same time, Imran Qureshi from Surat wired ₹3 lakh to a supplier for a glowing gadget he’d spotted […]
Amazon Business Valuation: What Your Indian FBA Brand Is Worth
Last month, Nikhil Bhat from Mangaluru got the LinkedIn message he had secretly hoped for. A deal scout from a brand roll-up liked his kitchenware brand, which did ₹3.2 crore on Amazon.in last year, and wanted a quick call about his Amazon business valuation. Nikhil opened his laptop and froze. His sales sat in Seller […]
Quick Commerce vs Amazon: Should You List on Blinkit and Zepto?
Rohan Mehta from Pune had just closed his best Diwali month on Amazon when the email landed. For the first time, quick commerce vs Amazon stopped being a news headline and became a real decision on his desk. A Blinkit category manager had spotted his roasted makhana and wanted to stock it in dark stores […]
FNSKU, GS1 and Barcodes for Amazon India: A Plain-English Guide
Arjun Menon from Thrissur had 3,000 printed boxes stacked in his godown, ready for his copper bottle launch. Each carried a barcode for Amazon India that he had bought for ₹1,500 from a website promising “Amazon-ready” codes. Then Seller Central rejected his listing. The code didn’t trace back to his brand in the GS1 database. […]
Amazon Seller Support Escalation: How to Fix a Case That Goes Nowhere
Harish Kumar from Madurai sent 420 steel lunch boxes into an Amazon fulfilment centre last March. The shipment showed only 234 units received. He opened a case with the shipment ID, attached his invoice and the courier’s proof of delivery, and waited. Six weeks later, that case had been closed as “answered” three times, each […]
A Second Amazon Seller Account: When It’s Allowed and How to Open It Safely
Last March, Meenakshi Sundaram from Madurai opened an email that made her stomach drop. Amazon had suppressed four of her best-selling brass pooja lamp listings, and her FBA sales fell by nearly 40% in a single week. Her cousin had quick advice: open a second Amazon seller account in your husband’s name, just as a […]