On Amazon, an Andon Cord is a hold that suspends a single ASIN from sale after customer complaints point to a physical or functional defect, or to a mismatch between the item and its product page, until the vendor responds and the complaints are resolved.
ASN (Advance Shipment Notice)
An ASN (Advance Shipment Notice) is the electronic notice a vendor sends Amazon before a shipment reaches the fulfillment center, declaring what is on the truck, in which cartons, and against which PO.
AVS (Amazon Vendor Services)
AVS (Amazon Vendor Services) is Amazon's paid, invitation-only account-management program for 1P vendors, distinct from Alexa Voice Service, the unrelated Amazon developer platform that shares the same abbreviation.
Born to Run is an invite-only Amazon Vendor Central program that lets a first-party vendor set the size of the opening purchase order for a new ASIN by submitting a Launch Buy Quantity, in exchange for sharing the cost of any units that do not sell within the program's 10-week window.
