JB Hi-Fi has debuted same-day and rush delivery ahead of the long-awaited opening of Amazon Australia.
A leaked email has confirmed speculation that Amazon Australia will launch ahead of the famous Black Friday sales.
The email, obtained by Lifehacker, informs sellers the marketplace giant will open for business at 2pm on Thursday.
In preparation, the country’s top electronic retailer has announced it will offer online customers same-day delivery for $9.99 and three-hour rush delivery for $14.99.
JB Hi-Fi has debuted same-day and three-hour rush delivery ahead of the long-awaited opening of Amazon Australia (stock image)
A leaked email has confirmed speculation that Amazon Australia will open for business at 2pm on Thursday, ahead of the famous Black Friday sales
In preparation, the country’s top electronic retailer has announced it will offer online customers same-day delivery for $9.99 and three-hour rush delivery for $14.99 (pictured)
The new delivery options are available to ‘customers living in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide’.
Orders must be made by 1pm for same-day delivery, which is not available on weekends or public holidays.
Amazon have contacted sellers to be prepared with pricing and stock ahead of the ‘testing phase’, with a select number of customers being able to trial the systems and begin making orders.
‘Dear Seller, to prepare for the launch of the Amazon Marketplace in Australia we will start an internal testing phase with a small number of customers on Thursday 23 November 2017, 2pm AEST,’ the email reads.
The news will be well received by Aussies, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales beginning in the coming days.
A leaked email has confirmed speculation that Amazon Australia will launch ahead of the famous Black Friday sales
The email, obtained by Lifehacker on Tuesday, informs sellers the marketplace giant will open for business at 2pm on Thursday
Australians can already buy Amazon products from offshore, but having a warehouse locally cuts sometimes sizable international shipping cost
The email was sent to an unknown number of sellers in what appears to be a soft launch for the company.
‘Once you have passed Seller Identity Verification you will be part of this testing phase and you should be prepared to receive orders from this point onward … We are very excited to have you on board during this testing phase. Let’s Make History!’
Sellers are required to have all their shipping and bank details ready to go so customers can begin purchasing their products immediately.
Since confirming plans to open in Australia in April, Amazon has signed up ‘many thousands’ of sellers, boss Rocco Braeuniger said, who relocated from Germany to take up the role
Since confirming plans to open in Australia in April, Amazon has signed up ‘many thousands’ of sellers, boss Rocco Braeuniger said, who relocated from Germany to take up the role
Since confirming plans to open in Australia in April, Amazon has signed up ‘many thousands’ of sellers, boss Rocco Braeuniger said, who relocated from Germany to take up the role.
Australians can already buy Amazon products from offshore, but having a warehouse locally cuts sometimes sizable international shipping costs, adding to pressure on retailers already struggling with the overheads that come from maintaining shopfronts and employing checkout staff.
Earlier this month, Australia’s top department store chain Myer Holdings Ltd cut its growth targets, citing weak trading conditions.
Rival David Jones recently contributed to the first profit decline in eight years for its owner, South Africa’s Woolworths Holdings.
In a sign of further headwinds for offline retail, Mr Braeuniger said Amazon planned to bring more services to Australia, from the outset, than it had previously flagged.
The site for Amazon’s first Australian distribution centre in Dandenong, Australia
While Amazon said earlier that it would offer Australia its Marketplace service, he said the company would also run its own retail unit, ordering and shipping its own product.
He suggested Amazon would wait, however, before taking on Australia’s grocery market.
The firm took years to offer the service in other countries and ‘it’s really, really complicated to make fresh food delivery a great customer experience.’
Amazon, among the latest tech heavyweights to expand in Australia, has snapped up a sprawling nine-floor office in Sydney’s financial hub, with sweeping views of the Harbour Bridge and Hyde Park.
In August, it said it had picked a distribution warehouse in Melbourne, also on the east coast – where about four-fifths of the country’s 24 million people live.