Got this today Hello, Effective February 28, 2026, we’ll update the way your on-time delivery rate (OTDR) impacts your seller-fulfilled listings. With this change, if your OTDR is below 90%, we’ll only deactivate the listings that impacted your rate the most. Your other listings will stay active. …

I’ve been holding off on AHT because I needed to work around vacations, but now that they have vacation mode, I suppose now is a good enough time to switch. If we do, then we are protected from OTDR? What if we ship one that is not Amazon Buy Shipping? How do they calculate OTDR? Just that one shipm…

[image] Amazon_Seller: If we do, then we are protected from OTDR? If AHT & SSA are enabled AND you purchase shipping through Amazon Buy Shipping (or Veeqo), then yes … you have OTDR protection. If you have USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc. accounts linked into Amazon Buy Shipping and you access them thr…

I’m not understanding how this works. We are allowed to ship late with SSA and AHT turned on? I want to make sure I never have to use anything but USPS Ground shipping and I always want at least 2 days for handling time, even though I usually ship in 1 day. What do I need to do to make this happen…

[image] Amazon_Seller: We are allowed to ship late with SSA and AHT turned on? Don’t think of it as “allowed”. With AHT enabled, Amazon does not hit your Late Ship metric if you ship a day late because Amazon has control of the handle time and set the handle time for the order based on your p…

[image] Lost_My_Marbles: We had some we shipped faster but most we just shipped as USPS GA and took the gamble that they would make it there on time and they did. Would we get docked for anything if we ship a day late and it gets there late？ I think I will have to bite the bullet on this and…

[image] Amazon_Seller: Would we get docked for anything if we ship a day late and it gets there late？ There would be no hit on the Late Ship metric. We never had a hit on the OTDR but we might have had only one or two that were shipped late and arrived late. Back when Amazon started this (Se…

[image] Lost_My_Marbles: make sure your post office scans the package accepted on the Last Ship by Date I have the hardest time getting my post office to scan at the counter. I always scan at the kiosk, which I understand doesn’t count. If I deposit it without scanning at the counter, it gets…

Maybe talk with the post master of your post office and see if you can work something out or try another post office if there is another one somewhat close by.

What does Amazon do to us if we have SSA and AHT, and we ship on the last ship date but the post office scans late?

AHT & SSA enabled AND you used Amazon Buy Shipping (you didn’t say whether or not you did use Amazon Buy Shipping) … That would be considered a Late Shipped Order by Amazon. Because you have AHT, your Late Ship metric will not be hit. If the order is delivered on time, it would be no harm no foul. …

Update to OTDR listing deactivation process as of Feb 28

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bookwormapril February 17, 2026, 4:21pm 32

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