The guys over at SellerLabs have published a useful post which I’ve digested here. It’s all the vital dates you need to bear in mind as the all important Christmas period engulfs ecommercewith special reference to Amazon FBA sellers..
There are plenty of dates for you diary and Seller Labs offer much sage advice and detail in their post here.
But here are the headline dates:
November 07, 2016 – Deadline for Inventory to FBA for Black Friday and Cyber Monday
November 25, 2016 – Black Friday
November 28, 2016 – Cyber Monday
December 02, 2016 – Deadline to send inventory to FBA for delivery by Christmas
December 14, 2016 – Deadline for free shipping for delivery by Christmas
December 19, 2016 – Deadline for standard shipping for delivery by Christmas
December 21, 2016 – Last day for Prime two-day shipping for delivery by Christmas
December 22, 2016 – Last day for one-day shipping for delivery by Christmas
December 23, 2016 – Last day for next-day shipping for delivery by Christmas