low inventory fee

[Dogtamer]

@anon8238764

1.) Where do we monitor for items that are going to be charged a low-inventory fee? The ‘restock inventory’ page? I ask because it does not seem very accurate, at least not for my inventory (which has seasonal ups and downs, summer being my peak).

We track it mainly from the FBA Inventory Dashboard @ https: //sellercentral.amazon.com/inventoryplanning/manageinventoryhealth, but we also use the new SKU Economics Report Dashboard @ https: //sellercentral.amazon.com/sereport.

Unfortunately, it’s not particularly unusual for us to have to scrabble around in various of the Fulfillment Reports themselves in order to reconcile everything fully.

---

@anon8238764

2.) If I am low on an item, thus triggering a low inventory fee, what happens if I close the listing until more inventory is shipped in? I believe the low inventory fee kicks in at each sale of low-inventory items, so does that stop the low inventory fee from being charged?

There’s been a good deal of speculation about this question - both here in such SAS FBA Category threads as this one:

Low Inventory Fee and Amazon Out of Stock Guidance

Happy Easter Everyone! One of the two days that we take off each year. Except this year Amazon is providing us help by telling us two items are going to be charged for low inventory. At 4:13am Easter morning. Upgrade Inventory Practices & Avoid Low-Inventory-Level Fee! Hello, We’ve launched a new Minimum Inventory Level metric to help FBA sellers plan inventory levels more effectively, improve delivery speeds, and help them to avoid the recently announced low-inventory-level fee. You’r…

as well as over in the NSFE & related discussion venues.

Unfortunately, I don’t know the answer to your highly-pertinent 2nd question, primarily due to lack of first-hand knowledge (because it’s been many years since we went out of stock for our Offer-Listings).