Amazon Experinaces Technical Issues

Amazon has posted a Technical Notification of an issue they are curently experiancing for product ad merchants

Amazon Product Ad Rate Increase

Amazon has joined the band wagon and will be raising their Product Ad rates.

Minimum Bids in 36 categories are changing.

On June 1, 2011 Amazon will be adjusting the minimum bid in 36 bidding categories. The minimum bid will decrease in 4 categories and increase in 32 categories. There will be no change to the minimum bid amount in the remaining 117 categories.

Want to see the new rate card click here -> Amazon Product Ads New Rate Card

Amazon Sends out Emails by Mistake

Amazon sent out Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) emails to some of their Product Ads accounts.

Amazon announced

"Yesterday, we experienced a technical issue that resulted in two Fulfillment by Amazon-related emails containing the subject lines 'Welcome to FBA' and 'Fulfillment by Amazon Long-Term Storage Program' being sent to some sellers. If you are not an FBA seller and received these emails, then please disregard them. If you are an FBA seller, only the email with the subject line 'Fulfillment by Amazon Long-Term Storage Program' should have been sent. If you have any further questions about the FBA Long Term Storage program, please click here for FAQ’s. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. (05/18 - 09:20)"

Its funny because this morning I opened my inbox and got scared someone tapped into my account. I was thinking "I never signed up for an FBA account". Well know you have it it was a mistake.

Here are the emails
Welcome to FBA.pdf

Fulfillment by Amazon Long-Term Storage Program.pdf