We’ve all been dealing with the Wuhan Virus in various ways. I hope you are all in good health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sandi and I are hunkered down on the farm and limiting our travels and shopping. We were content to rely on Amazon FBA to supplement income, reduced, maybe, but steady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To our great joy, yesterday was double of the last couple weeks’ average sales! Hooray!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we were getting ready to head to the basement to get some FBA shipping of our lower stock items, we find this notice in Amazon Central, and several FaceBook groups’ posts…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“…We are seeing increased online shopping, and as a result some products such as household staples and medical supplies are out of stock. With this in mind, we are temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products coming into our fulfillment centers so that we can more quickly receive, restock, and deliver these products to customers.<\/p>
For products other than these, we have temporarily disabled shipment creation. We are taking a similar approach with retail vendors…”<\/p>Amazon Seller Central Notifications<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nYIKES!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
None of our products fall into their priority list. We are toast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will be listing several Merchant Fulfilled for our best sellers. We will also list more on eBay and Etsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotta keep business alive, just as we are keeping ourselves alive and healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OR, we might just work on the farm, planting gardens, weeding gardens, or just general maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How is the virus impacting your business, and what are you doing about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stay healthy.
John L<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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