What should I do if my Amazon IPI score reaches 400? How can I improve it?

When opening a store on Amazon, you need to pay attention to various store data, such as the Amazon IPI score, which is the inventory performance index score. It can reflect your ability to manage FBA inventory. The higher the score, the stronger your ability. The score ranges from 0 to 1000. So what should you do if it is less than 400?

What should I do if the Amazon IPI score reaches 400?

IPI stands for Inventory Performance Index. In July 2018, Amazon introduced a new metric to FBA sellers: IPI (Inventory Performance Index) refers to the Inventory Performance Index.

The index score is 1-1000 points. If the IPI score of an FBA seller is lower than 350 points, Amazon will limit your inventory. Once your inventory exceeds the limit, you will no longer be able to ship to FBA.

After the IPI scores were released, the scoring algorithms and rules were also updated and adjusted during the period. The most recent score adjustment was the official adjustment notice issued at the end of December last year, changing the threshold from 500 points to 450 points.

Amazon’s Inventory Performance Index (IPI) score is based on how well sellers perform in the following areas:

1. Reduce excess inventory and improve profitability;

2. Increase actual sales volume to balance inventory weeks;

3. Repair products with no sales information to ensure that the inventory is available for purchase;

4. Ensure that best-selling products are in stock.

Therefore, if you want to improve your IPI score and then increase your position, you must consider the above four factors for optimization.

Modify listings to create sales Update product settings Improve keywords to promote product listings Price reduction Set up the order of clearing Each product in the inventory has different characteristics, so you can't handle inventory problems in the same way. You need to carefully consider the actual situation and various factors to select the best solution for which specific treatment method to choose. Amazon recommends a treatment solution for each product, telling you how to clear out the backlog of inventory and improve your IPI score.

In addition, if you feel that the solution provided by Amazon is unreasonable, you can also submit your own feedback to improve the solution.

Steps: After clicking on the product link, another drop-down menu will appear where you can submit your feedback.

If the Amazon merchant's IPI score is less than 400, Amazon may restrict your account unless your inventory situation improves. Therefore, you must update the inventory in a timely manner so that idle and redundant products in the inventory can be cleared in time to improve the store's IPI score.

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