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Merchants can now add fast, free Prime delivery to their own websites and save up to 25% on fulfillment fees with Amazon Supply Chain Services
Amazon MCF merchants can now display the Prime badge and offer free Prime delivery on their own websites at no extra cost beyond standard MCF fees, while FBA sellers can save 15-25% on fulfillment fees via the new MCF Preferred Pricing Program. Both features are live now for U.S. sellers via the Amazon MCF and Buy with Prime app for Shopify or Selling Partner API.
Amazon offers one inbound shipment to reach eight countries
Amazon launched Global Warehousing and Distribution (GWD), letting sellers ship one manufacturing run to a single facility and reach 8 countries (U.S. + U.K., Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada by year-end) with storage up to 45% cheaper than AWD. Simultaneously, Seller Central now connects eBay, Shopify, TikTok, and Walmart for unified order management and fulfillment at no added cost.
Amazon will let sellers manage Walmart, eBay, Shopify and TikTok sales from their Amazon dashboards - GeekWire
Amazon is building a unified seller dashboard that lets merchants manage Walmart, eBay, Shopify, and TikTok Shop listings and orders from within Seller Central. Launch timeline not confirmed, but the feature was announced September 24, 2026.
Amazon Opens Its Seller Backend to AI Agents, Starting With Anthropic’s Claude - The Eastern Herald
Amazon is opening Seller Central backend access to AI agents, launching with Anthropic's Claude as the first integrated model. This gives AI systems direct read/write access to seller operations, listings, inventory, and potentially advertising workflows.
Amazon Opens Seller Central to Rival Marketplaces - Marketplace Pulse
Amazon is opening Seller Central to sellers from rival marketplaces, allowing non-Amazon sellers to access its infrastructure as of September 2026. This directly affects multi-marketplace sellers, agencies, and brands managing cross-platform operations.
TikTok Shop adds box-free, label-free returns with Happy Returns - eMarketer
TikTok Shop integrated Happy Returns' box-free, label-free drop-off network for customer returns, effective September 2026. This reduces friction in the TikTok Shop post-purchase experience, directly impacting seller return rates and customer satisfaction metrics.
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TikTok Shop Vietnam to charge sellers up to $2.5 per heavy package - Tuoi Tre News | The News Gateway to Vietnam
TikTok Shop Vietnam will charge sellers up to $2.50 per heavy package starting September 2026, adding a new weight-based fee tier to the platform's cost structure. This affects Vietnamese sellers shipping bulky goods through TikTok Shop's logistics network.
TikTok Shop Singapore Seller Base Reaches 80,000 as Video Sales Double - Retail News Asia
TikTok Shop Singapore hit 80,000 sellers as of October 2026, with video-driven sales doubling year-over-year. Growth signals continued platform expansion across Southeast Asia.
Trans-Pacific rates soar, Mediterranean sinks, and demand doesn’t explain either
Trans-Pacific spot rates hit $8,446/FEU as of Sept 23 — nearly 4x September 2025 levels — driven by typhoon congestion, blank sailings, and carrier price rationing, not demand. Mediterranean rates collapsed 50%+ from July peaks despite European bookings up 26-38% YoY.
Dual labor shocks in 2028? UPS, West Coast port bargaining to overlap
UPS Teamsters contract and ILWU West Coast port contract both expire in summer 2028, creating overlapping strike risk during peak holiday shipping season. Combined, these two labor events touch an estimated 11-12% of U.S. GDP and could simultaneously halt international imports and domestic parcel delivery.
Amazon in the community: Here’s what’s happening in Seattle, Bellevue, and the Puget Sound
Amazon deployed $25M+ in below-market housing loans across two Seattle affordable housing developments in March 2026 — a $9M contribution to the 114-unit Altaire at Queen Anne groundbreaking and a $16M loan for the 200-unit Atrium Court ribbon-cutting near Othello Light Rail. This is pure corporate social responsibility and community investment activity with zero direct operational impact on Amazon's marketplace mechanics, fees, or seller policies. The article contains no product, logistics, advertising, or platform updates relevant to e-commerce operators. This is an internal Amazon PR piece about its Pacific Northwest housing fund, not a marketplace or business strategy signal.
Amazon's Holiday Kids Gift Book is back with 600+ toys, games, and gifts for every age
Amazon's 2026 Holiday Kids Gift Book returns with 600+ toys across 9 categories, landing on tens of millions of doorsteps and featuring an Alexa+ choose-your-own-adventure experience via Readyland. Toy sellers on Amazon have a narrow window to align listings with the Top 100+ Toys list featured on pages 4-9.
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