Amazon Restricts New Sellers from FBA Q4 2016

In what may be the first time ever, Amazon Restricts New Sellers from FBA Q4 2016. This is a huge deal, both for new sellers that have wanted to jump into Amazon but hadn’t yet gotten around to sending in inventory.All accounts indicate that Amazon has done this without any advance notice. Specifically if you…

Breaking News: Turkey to Cancel Winter

In an amazingly–I dare say–Nostradamus-like display of confidence, the Cabinet of Ministers announced: Turkey to cancel winter.The news wasn’t particularly well communicated. Many frequent travelers received notices like this, received by Jonathan Khoo:Normally, cancelling winter takes a lot of planning, because there are quite a bit of factors, for example, there’s that pesky shift to daylight…

Major Change to Amazon’s Customer Review Policy

Amazon announced a big deal change that will impact many third-party service providers in the Amazon eco-sphere. You see, Amazon’s Customer Review Policy used to allow sellers to offer discounted codes in return for reviews. The requirement, was that the reviewer disclosed that they received the product for free or at a discount. This is no longer…

Resellers: Welcome to Q4!

That time is upon us! Welcome to Q4! I know. If you’ve been following this blog, you already know what Q4 means. It is the time where we ramp up, send in as much of the stuff we’ve been finding over the past 9 months, and hope we sell before Amazon’s crazy storage fees kick…

New Qantas A330 Business Class Seat

Over the summer, I had the chance to fly Qantas’ A330 New Business. It is phenomenal, and well worth the miles to fly it!Qantas announced that they would be installing the first seat with the ability to recline during take­off and landing. Of course I had to test it out in the various phases and seat…