Amazon's new policy after March 1: Amazon Inbound Configuration Fee will be officially charged.
The new FBA fee policy has made waves again, and from March 1, 2024, the warehousing configuration fee will be officially implemented. This means that sellers who ship to FBA warehouses will have to pay an additional fee of between 0Between $12 and $6, it seems to add another "transshipment" burden to sellers. However, Amazon also provides sellers with a way to "evade fees": simply spread the goods to four or more warehouses, or choose to use Amazon's logistics services such as AGL and AWD, to avoid this additional expenditure. This change will undoubtedly bring a lot of challenges and changes to the seller's logistics strategy.
Policy Interpretation:
According to the new fee policy, sellers will have 3 options to create a shipment from March 1:
1. Active position merging:Send the shipment to an FBA warehouse designated by the seller, and pay the inbound configuration fee 45 days after the shipment is put into the warehouse.
2. Take the initiative to divide positions:Amazon allocates 4 (more) FBA warehouses to you, and the seller chooses 2-3 (or more) of them for delivery, that is, the shipment is partially divided, so that the warehousing configuration fee for each product can be paid a little less.
3. Everything is at Amazon's command:Allocated by Amazon, shipped exactly to the warehouse assigned by Amazon at the time the shipping plan was created, so there is no configuration fee.
How to ship on March 1 is more economical? Sellers look at it!
Comparison of the amount of configuration fees to be paid by sellers: "2-3 warehouses" will be higher than that of 4 or more FBA warehouses in the USWL (Amazon: please send it to the FBA warehouses in the US-China and US-East, thank you).
In the background inventory - logistics cost - revenue billing device drop-down, you can see the specific cost of the inbound configuration fee.
After 45 days of warehousing, Amazon will collect the warehouse configuration fee based on the actual number of shipments received in the actual warehouse, and sellers should remember to pay attention to the bill. Amazon recommends at least 4 optimal warehousing locations, that is, according to the warehousing plan given by Amazon, at least 4 or more warehouses will be divided. After confirming the delivery plan, note that after the first batch of goods is in the warehouse, other shipments must arrive at the planned FBA warehouse within 30 days. Some shipments cannot be deleted, and the warehouse cannot be closed, otherwise it will be charged according to the actual warehousing (warehousing configuration fee, warehousing defect fee......).Severe suspension of shipping privileges.
Amazon's new policy is like a financial storm that has swept the entire seller group, and people can't help but sigh that this is simply "looting" in the seller's pocket! For those small sellers who are already struggling to survive, this is undoubtedly an even worse blow. In the past, in order to test the product, sellers had to go to great lengths to get together 100 kilograms of goods, but now, they have to pay additional warehousing operation fees in the delivery process, which can really be described as "a wave of unevenness, a wave of rise".
However, as the ancients said: "There is a policy above, and there is a countermeasure below." "In the face of Amazon's new policy, our sellers will be able to gather wisdom and explore a coping strategy. Perhaps some sellers have found a way to reduce costs, or some sellers are considering adjusting their sales strategies to cope with this change. Everyone is welcome to speak freely in the comment area, share your thoughts and countermeasures, and let us face this challenge together and move forward together!