Marketplace selling terms.
Short definitions of the terms that come up in dealings with Amazon, platforms and authorities – with links to our guides.
Vendor Central and Seller Central
Vendor Central is Amazon’s portal for suppliers under the Vendor model (1P): this is where the supplier receives purchase orders (POs), issues invoices and settles trading terms.
Read ›Net PPM
Net PPM (Net Pure Product Margin) is the margin Amazon makes on a supplier’s products under the Vendor model, after the purchase price and the allowances in the trading terms.
Read ›Chargeback (Vendor)
A chargeback is a charge Amazon deducts from a supplier’s invoices under the Vendor model for operational errors, such as late or incomplete deliveries, incorrect labelling or packaging that doesn’t meet Amazon’s requirements.
Read ›LUCID
LUCID is the German register of packaging producers run by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR).
Read ›Responsible person (GPSR)
The responsible person is an economic operator established in the EU who is responsible for a product on the Union market (Article 16 of the GPSR).
Read ›Brand Registry
Amazon Brand Registry is a brand protection programme for trademark owners.
Read ›FBA (Fulfilment by Amazon)
FBA (Fulfilment by Amazon) is Amazon’s logistics service: the goods are held in Amazon’s warehouses, and Amazon picks, ships and handles returns.
Read ›Buy Box
The Buy Box (officially the “Featured Offer”) is the “Add to Basket” box on an Amazon product page.
Read ›ACOS and TACOS
ACOS (Advertising Cost of Sales) is the share of advertising spend in the sales attributed to ads: campaign cost divided by ad sales.
Read ›OSS (One Stop Shop)
OSS (One Stop Shop) is a procedure that lets you account for VAT on distance sales to consumers in many EU countries in a single quarterly return filed in the country of establishment.
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