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Official-source changes that passed Sumhound's commerce relevance review. Each record states who is affected, the likely business impact and what to check next.
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Eligible VCS Lite sellers can enroll in Invoice by Amazon, and from July 15 the Brazil Invoices API document ZIP can include cancellation XML files identified by a dedicated suffix.
Amazon's announcement combines new EU merchant-fulfilled performance rules, a July 27 split-title schema for non-media listings, and an ACCEPTED initial status for External Fulfillment shipments ahead of CREATED deprecation.
Effective June 29, Amazon updates attribute usage and allowed enumeration values across multiple product types and marketplaces to remove redundant listing metadata.
Starting May 27, 2026, eligible US sellers can use additional Amazon Business Industry Vertical Pricing audience values in Listings Items API purchasable_offer payloads. The change is additive and does not affect integrations that do not use IVP audiences.
Effective May 25, Amazon updates attribute usage and allowed enumeration values across multiple product types and marketplaces, affecting listing create and edit payloads.
Effective April 27, Amazon updates required attribute usage and allowed enumeration values for multiple product types and marketplaces used by listing APIs and JSON feeds.
From July 1, 2026, Amazon no longer provides FBA prep and item-labeling services for inbound shipments in Canada, and Fulfillment Inbound API operations no longer accept AMAZON as prepOwner or labelOwner.
Amazon adds Poland's KSeF Number to the VAT Calculation Report and changes VCS tax calculation across ten EU marketplaces from per-unit to shipment-level totals by tax rate.
Effective March 30, Amazon changes required attribute usage and allowed enumeration values for numerous product types and marketplaces used by offer-bearing listings.
FBA Grade and Resell adds watches, jewelry, luggage, shoes and apparel, automatically links Used pricing to New prices, and lets sellers select up to 2,000 ASINs.
Amazon raises 2026 U.S. FBA fees by an average of eight cents per unit, adds no new FBA fee types, and applies more granular rates starting January 15 unless noted otherwise.
The VAT Invoice Data Report adds separate bottle-deposit amount and VAT columns while existing item totals continue to include the deposit and its VAT.
Amazon rejects EU Invoice by Amazon merchant-fulfilled shipment confirmations when ShipFrom lacks a valid VAT registration or is outside the ShipTo tax region.