Amazon announced FBA fee changes for 2025. Did they raise fees for our sellers again? TikTok is testing something that could be game-changing for sending traffic to Amazon. These and more buzzing news on this week’s episode! We’re back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10’s Chief Brand Evangelist, Bradley Sutton. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10’s newest features, and provide a training tip for the week for serious sellers of any level. Update to US referral and Fulfillment by Amazon fees for 2025 https://sellingpartners.aboutamazon.com/update-to-us-referral-and-fulfillment-by-amazon-fees-for-2025 TikTok is quietly testing product links in posts as it looks to boost its reputation for shopping https://www.modernretail.co/technology/tiktok-is-quietly-testing-product-links-in-posts-as-it-looks-to-boost-its-reputation-for-shopping/ Amazon announces the launch of Rufus, a new generative AI-powered conversational shopping assistant, in beta across Europe https://www.aboutamazon.eu/news/retail/amazon-announces-the-launch-of-rufus-a-new-generative-ai-powered-conversational-shopping-assistant-in-beta-across-europe Sponsored Brands forecasting for impressions and clicks is now available in the advertising console https://advertising.amazon.com/en-us/resources/whats-new/sponsored-brands-forecasting-for-impressions/ eCommerce Growth Outpaces General Retail Sales, Hits 15.6% https://www.pymnts.com/news/ecommerce/2024/ecommerce-growth-outpaces-general-retail-sales-hits-15percent/ Amazon DSP launches contextual keyword targeting GA in US, UK, CA, AU. https://advertising.amazon.com/en-us/resources/whats-new/amazon-dsp-launches-contextual-keyword-targeting/ Helium 10 vs. Jungle Scout Accuracy: Amazon Sales Data - h10.me/h10sales Don't miss the opportunity to learn about these powerful resources that can give you an edge in the competitive e-commerce and Amazon-selling market. In this episode of the Weekly Buzz by Helium 10, Bradley covers: 00:50 - 2025 Amazon Fees Update04:56 - TikTok Link Testing07:51 - Rufus in EU09:11 - Sponsored Brand Forecasting10:02 - E-Commerce Gains10:48 - DSP Targeting Update12:25 - Helium 10 vs Jungle Scout Sales Data Accuracy16:57 - Helium 10 New Feature Alerts Transcript Bradley Sutton: Amazon gives its annual announcement of fee changes for the following year. Did they raise fees for our sellers again? TikTok is testing something that could be game-changing for sending traffic to Amazon New updates to Amazon-sponsored brand and DSP advertising. These stories and more on today's Weekly Buzz. How cool is that? Pretty cool, I think. Bradley Sutton: Hello, everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast by Helium 10. I'm your host, Bradley Sutton, and this is the show. That is our Helium 10 weekly buzz, where we give you a rundown of all the goings on in the Amazon, TikTok shop and e-commerce world. We also give you training tips of the week and let you know what new features Helium 10 has. That'll give you serious strategies for serious sellers of any level in the e-commerce world. Let's see what's buzzing. Bradley Sutton: We got a few news articles today and the biggest one, I would say, is something that I think a lot of us sellers look at each year around this time of year, around November, with anticipation, but I would say frightful anticipation. What is that? That is the announcement of what's going on with Amazon fees. Now, we've been doing this weekly buzz for like four years and you can look back and we always have this episode right where Amazon announces it. And you know, two or three years ago you'd have seen things like OK here, there's a 15 cent increase here, and a 20 cents increase here, and blah, blah, blah, blah. Last year was like the worst we've ever had Fee increases. But then the big things was brand new fees. Like three big whoppers were announced around this time last year, which was the inbound placement fees which have affected all of us this year, the low inventory fees right, and the high refund rate fee right. Those are all announced in this annual announcement. So a lot of sellers were like, oh no, what is Amazon going to announce this year? Let's go ahead and show this article from Amazon and it says update to US referral and fulfillment Amazon fees in 2025. And, spoiler alert, here it is we will not increase US referral and FBA fees. I can't remember the last time they said that. And here's the more important one we will not introduce any new fee types and, as a matter of fact, we are decreasing some fees and offering new benefits. Bradley Sutton: So talk about music to sellers ears. Right, because if we would have gotten squeezed any more on the fees front, you know it'd have been pretty hard for us to keep you, because if we would have gotten squeezed anymore on the fees front, you know it'd have been pretty hard...
