There is considerable confusion about whether ensure and insure are distinct words, variants of the same word, or some combination of the two. They are in fact different words, but with sufficient overlap in meaning and form as to create uncertainty as to which should be used when. We define ensure as “to make sure, certain, or safe” and one sense of insure, “to make certain especially by taking necessary measures and precautions,” is quite similar. But insure has the additional meaning “to provide or obtain insurance on or for,” which is not shared by ensure. Some usage guides recommend using insure in financial contexts (as in “she insured her book collection for a million dollars”) and ensure in the general sense “to make certain” (as in “she ensured that the book collection was packed well”).
Does the Seller Central screen for the order display which method was used to calculate the delivery date?
I had an issue when less than 1lb was set, but the item weight was more than 1lb at shipping.
Is your template set to Less than 1lb?
Is your template set to Heavy/Cubic?
Or, is it set to both options?
I was hoping by changing the ship date it would provide USPS rates.
If you change the Ship Date to 12/24/2024, what does Buy Shipping show grayed-out for USPS Ground Advantage? It usually will provide the reason why it cannot be selected.
The problem with USPS and a business only being open Friday and Monday is that USPS will deliver to a cluster box or through a drop slot (if the business has either) … this delivery could happen on a Thursday or Tuesday with USPS and therefore would not be within business hours. With UPS or FedEx, a business could have it set up to only deliver on those days. Any UPS or FedEx service that would deliver by the last deliver by date would work.
We don’t know if Amazon’s system is smart enough to recognize this but it could be a factor because it is being delivered to a business address.
On the NSFE, in a thread complaining about the absurdity of this metric, someone actually advised me to turn on SSA so that I would get this “feature”, as they found it quite useful.
Not gonna happen.
Be interesting to set up a business account where the hours are 1 AM to 6 AM on Sunday only. I wonder if Amazon would still take the order despite there being no delivery options.
I don’t understand how ANY shipping option (usps, ups, or fedex) can meet the business hours metric of 95% whatsoever. I have the latter 2 coming as late as 9pm to my house frequently. Only usps is routinely within a 9-5 window.
Has Amazon ever answered how on god’s green earth a seller has control over this? Like specifically what we need to do to meet 95%?
you think Amazon really cares if the metrics they set are even realistic?
This is a place that banned one of my items as a surgical kit (was a first aid kit) so I asked what made it a surgical kit. They could not give me an answer other than it was a surigical kit.