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Walmart Brand Highlights Just Went Self-ServeNews

Walmart Brand Highlights Just Went Self-Serve

Walmart made Brand Highlights self-serve in Seller Center. Eligible brand owners can add images, video and text to PDPs across up to 500 items at a time.

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Ship with Walmart $50 USPS hazmat noncompliance feeNews

Ship with Walmart Just Got a $50 Hazmat Fee

Walmart flagged a USPS $50 hazmat noncompliance fee for Ship with Walmart labels, plus a $7.50 Priority Mail handling fee.

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Amazon Review Requests ads, star ratings conceptNews

Amazon Review Ads Open Late October

Amazon Ads will let sellers pay to invite verified buyers to leave a rating or review, starting with a late October U.S. open beta.

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Ship with Walmart rates inside ShipStationNews

Ship with Walmart Just Hit ShipStation

ShipStation just put Walmart-negotiated rates and up to $100 lost-item protection inside the shipping tool sellers already run.

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Warehouse pallets wrapped in yellow and black caution tapeNews

Walmart Suspensions Can Now Turn Permanent

Walmart can now terminate accounts that stay suspended without a successful appeal. No day count is published, and termination can't be appealed.

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Amazon Peak Fees Hit October 15News

Amazon Peak Fees Hit October 15

Holiday peak FBA fees return Oct 15 through Jan 14 at +$0.32 per unit, plus a 3.5% fuel surcharge. BFCM inbound deadlines start Oct 14 for AWD.

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Amazon Wants $1M Insurance by November 2News

Amazon Wants $1M Insurance by November 2

Enhanced safety category sellers need $1M liability cover by November 2, even under $10k a month. China-based sellers must use Amazon Insurance Accelerator.

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Walmart App Keys Die October 1News

Walmart App Keys Die October 1

Walmart Delegated Access keys stop working after September. Reconnect apps through the App Store or order and inventory sync dies.

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Amazon Seller Central multichannel selling tools for Walmart, Shopify, TikTok, and eBayNews

Amazon Just Put Walmart Inside Seller Central

Amazon is connecting eBay, Shopify, TikTok, and Walmart into Seller Central. Gradual U.S. rollout, free for sellers.

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Walmart store backroom shelves with Marketplace inventory staged for deliveryNews

Walmart Just Put Marketplace Stock in Store Backrooms

Walmart is forward-deploying Marketplace inventory into store backrooms. Sixty percent of the U.S. sits within a 30-minute delivery range.

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Big Deal Days event planning desk with laptop and packagesNews

Big Deal Days Lands October 6-7

Amazon locked Prime Big Deal Days for October 6-7. Two weeks left. Here's what sellers still control.

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Editorial photo of a marketplace operator reviewing product packaging and notes at a compliance desk.News

Senators Just Aimed FTC at Alexa and Sparky

Baldwin and Scott asked the FTC to probe Amazon's Alexa for Shopping and Walmart's Sparky over Made in USA suppression and false origin claims.

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