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Amazon to sellers: We’re not stocking nonessential items during coronavirus outbreak

Mashable Amazon to sellers: We’re not stocking nonessential items during coronavirus outbreak

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Posted on:  3/17/2020

Amazon to sellers: We’re not stocking nonessential items during coronavirus outbreak

Amazon is making big changes to what it stocks in its warehouses during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, Amazon sent a memo to its third-party sellers stating that it would no longer be accepting nonessential products from those vendors to ship from its warehouses. This is a move to free up inventory space for products in high demand due to the virus, like medical and household goods.

To be clear, Amazon will continue selling all the items it usually does, including those from its many sellers. However, if Amazon's inventory of nonessential items, such as toys and books, run out during this time period, sellers will have to ship the items to buyers themselves. Read more...

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