9. If you address the cause for the stranded inventory yourself, please allow 24 hours for the updates to reflect in your stranded inventory.
10. You can avoid the stranded inventory issues in the following ways:
11. In order to Manage your Stranded Inventory, you would need to go to your “Manage Inventory” page by selecting “Manage Inventory” from the Drop Down Menu of the “Inventory” tab on the top menu of Seller Central.
12. On the next page, click on the “Fix Stranded Inventory” link at the top of the page.
13. This page will provide you with a table of your stranded SKUs.
14. You will see a “Stranded Reason” column in the table.
15. This column shows why each listing is stranded and when you hover over this reason, you will see more information and instructions on how to fix the stranded SKU.
16. Sometimes a listing shows as Active on Manage Inventory while it shows as Stranded on Fix stranded inventory.
17. Note that Fix stranded inventory has the most accurate and up-to-date information.
18. You will be able to Filter by “Stranded reason” and “Recommendations”, which will allow you to sort and better understand why listings are stranded and what to do to resolve each issue.
19. The “Date of stranded event” column shows you how long your inventory has been stranded while accumulating storage fees.
20. You can also use the date shown in this column to help locate email and performance notifications related to the listing.
21. The following 1-click actions are also available for each line item in the table:
22. The following Bulk and automatic actions are available:
23. Automatic relist will automatically relist inventory that has been stranded for 30 days under these stranded reasons:
24. You can adjust this setting by clicking the “Edit automatic-action settings” button at the top of the page.
25. For listings that you don’t want automatically relisted, select “Opt out of auto action” in the drop-down arrows to the right of the listing.
26. Automatic change to FBA will automatically change the fulfillment channel to FBA for inventory that has been stranded for 30 days under the stranded reason Merchant fulfilled.
27. You can adjust this setting by clicking the “Edit automatic-action settings” button at the top of the page.
28. For listings that you don’t want changed to FBA, select “Opt out of auto action” in the drop-down arrows to the right of the listing.
29. Auto-relist can be set to relist in as little as two days.
30. Auto-change to FBA can change fulfillment channels in less than one day if you set it to 0 days.
31. If you manage expiration dates by stranding inventory, you can avoid automatic reactivation by setting the “Start selling date/Offer start date” to strand the inventory until a future time.
32. Automatic actions will not apply to these listings.
33. If your inventory remains stranded, you will receive an email notification from Amazon.
34. Thirty days after this notification, your inventory will be classified as unsellable.
35. Once it is classified as unsellable, you will have 30 days to remove your inventory or it will be disposed of.
36. Reasons for a product to be stranded can be found in the Drop Down Menu of the “Stranded Reasons” Filter at the top of the table on the left.
37. If you have large quantities of stranded inventory, you may be able to fix these issues in bulk by clicking on the “Fix Stranded Inventory in Bulk” link at the top of the page.
38. Here you can update prices or change listings to Fulfilled by Amazon.
39. The tool does not support actions requiring special documentation, for example if an appeal or approval process is required.
40. Click on the “Fix Stranded Inventory in Bulk” link at the top of the page and then click the yellow “Request Download” on the next page.
41. When the report is ready, click the link beneath the “Report Status” header and open your report in the bottom left corner of the page.
42. Add any missing attributes, such as Price, ASIN, SKU, and Condition and then proceed to upload your file through the “Add Products via Upload” page as previously explained, remembering that you need to convert your report to .txt format before uploading.
43. Note that any options where there are suggestions or not applicable will not show up on the top menu.