{"id":1819,"date":"2020-11-02T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.3dbinpacking.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2020-12-17T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:03:06","slug":"return-items-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.3dbinpacking.com\/en\/return-items-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"How to return items you ordered from Amazon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What do customers love about Amazon? Being quick and customer friendly. Not only while selling, but also when processing the returns of purchased goods. The American giant has built its power on the policy of being on the customers’ side. The \u201cputting the customers first\u201d principle is not an empty slogan here, but a sales philosophy. But who bears the costs of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is hard to implement such a rule to work across the whole system as you have to be able to enforce it. Not by force and restrictions, but by encouragement. You have to create such conditions for the sellers that it is profitable for them to act in line with your philosophy. Amazon has mastered this soft power<\/em>, which lies in the ability to attract and persuade, to perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many websites which discourage you from returning goods in more or less obvious ways. High costs, the necessity to give a reason, a long waiting period for confirmation that the goods have been returned and a delayed refund. Customers who experienced this complicated procedure once will think twice before trying to return something again. They will also think twice before purchasing in such a store again. The lessons learned from this situation were used by Amazon to transform returns, <\/strong>usually making you feel like you have a ball and chain around your leg, into one of the pillars of its success.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At Amazon, the purchased goods are returned quickly and easily. Returns support puts customers\u2019 best interest at the forefront in the same way as during purchasing. No wonder that customers keep coming back as that they feel good and safe. Purchasing procedures are more convenient and safer than in a stationary store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazon’s policy is to adapt to local trading laws. For example, in the European Union, the customer has a guaranteed right to return the goods purchased online within 14 days from the date of the transaction. While respecting this principle, Amazon goes even further and encourages sellers to offer a 30-day return policy<\/strong>. Although, it is not compulsory, such encouragement makes everyone around offer thirty days for the return. In such a situation, you may be shooting yourself in the foot, if you insist on offering a fourteen day return period. You have a choice, but you will choose what has been recommended anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Amazon customers return goods within the same country, they usually have to pay for the shipment. Except for situations where the products are damaged or non-compliant with their specification. In such circumstances, the shipping costs are covered by the seller. Also, it is the seller who pays for shipment if the return address is outside the customer’s country of residence<\/strong>. The question is, how can returns be profitable under such circumstances?<\/p>\n\n\n\nReturn? No problem!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
FBA, or who pays for returns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n