Giant company suspends shipments from US due to Corona crisis • Customers receive cancellation notices • "Opportunity for Israeli sellers"

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The Corona crisis also reached the Amazon giant. The company discontinued the benefit of free shipping to Israel for $ 49 or more.

In addition, Amazon has also blocked the possibility of shipping to Israel for most of the products on the site, which caused a great deal of shipping.

According to Shlomi Nidam, owner of Nidam Communications, whose 20 stores on the Amazon site in the world "are currently asking the US government to focus on providing service to the US market. That's why Amazon has canceled several actions. First action is the closing of its logistics warehouses to equipment that is not essential. If I want to ship laptops to Amazon's warehouse, for example, it's blocked until April 5. Only essential equipment such as food, cleaning, hygiene products and medicines can be sent there. They are less focused on international markets now, so they are cheering the terms: Shipping that was free over $ 49 buying has been canceled, and they have reduced the amount of products they want to export. Sellers who store in Amazon warehouses need to find a solution for external warehouses. "

Benny Buchnik, founder of the Facebook group "I want it! I need it" added, "Amazon has three types of sale: One option is that Amazon sells and sends, a second option is that the seller is priced and the merchandise is at Amazon in warehouses and Amazon ship it, and the third option is that the product Sold and shipped by a third party. Now, the first and second options have been closed. "

Asked if the shipment to Israel will return, Nidam replied, "The shipments stopped because of the Corona crisis. We do not know if it will take two weeks, a month or six months, but I expect they will return it."

Asked what is happening now in ordering products, Buhnik replied, "You can find margins here and there that are shipped products. Those who order by the day, some will receive. Whoever has their merchandise already out, then it is on the way, but some of the orders ordered this day have been canceled. Send the products, and they return the money. All of this, of course, does not affect Amazon Local. This is intended for Israeli sellers who sell Amazon in Israel.This is supposed to be their beautiful time, because they deliver products locally, some have realized that they have the opportunity to operate. Gear the other day, and they're adding more products. "

At the shipping company DealTas, they told "Israel Today" that the company expected that Amazon would eventually stop shipping for $ 49 and more, plus block shipping options to most of the products on the site. Therefore, the company was carrying out cargo flights for flights departing for Israel and reinforcing the staff and envoys in the country.