Secretly increase the price by 30%~40%! Sellers complain that Amazon secretly adjusts the warehouse configuration fee!

It was obvious that he could have just robbed the money, and he actually did it!

Membership Day is over, but the impact of the Membership Day event on sellers is still ongoing. In addition to the decline in orders and an increase in returns due to negative reviews, Amazon also seems to have made new moves.

The warehousing configuration fee, which officially came into effect on March 1 this year, has caused widespread discussion among Amazon sellers on several occasions.

Surprisingly, the “shock” that the warehousing configuration fee brought to sellers did not disappear over time. Even during the hot Prime Day, many sellers found that the warehousing configuration fees had increased to varying degrees!

A seller accidentally discovered that for several shipments, when they chose to send them to the West Coast of the United States in three shipments, the warehousing configuration fees would actually change. The warehousing configuration fees for shipments to three different West Coast warehouses of the United States at different times were surprisingly different. After trying other products, they found that the final configuration fees had all increased!

This situation also resonates with many sellers:

A seller tested and found that the delivery fee for a shipment on July 6 was $253. The configuration fee for re-setting the warehouse with the same packaging method and shipment volume increased to $360. The former was shipped using LAS1, LGB8, GYR3, while the latter was shipped using LGB8, ONT8, SBD1.

According to feedback from multiple parties, the most common situation is that the warehousing configuration fee has increased by about 30% to 40% . Some sellers revealed that since July, they have found that the warehouse consolidation fee for three warehouses in the western United States is much more expensive than in March:

This situation has never happened before, so is it that Amazon has secretly raised the relocation fee? Or are the relocation fees different for different warehouses in the western United States?

According to the feedback from sellers, we finally learned that this situation mainly occurred in the branch warehouses in the West Coast of the United States . The product size and number of branch warehouses of most sellers did not change, but the configuration fee for members did increase in the future and was already the same standard as the two warehouses in the West Coast of the United States.

Some sellers speculate that the change in warehousing configuration fees may be due to differences in the geographical location and operating costs of different warehouses, and Amazon's dynamic pricing strategy. It is reported that Amazon does not have an accurate standard for configuration fees, but only provides a fee range. Most of the time, when the number of warehouses is the same, the configuration fee is in the West Coast > the Central Coast > the East Coast, but this is not absolute.

So far, Amazon has not issued a specific price increase announcement, but has only secretly increased the fees.

If subsequent sellers want to save this secretly increasing configuration fee, they can only quickly check the goods to be shipped and optimize the warehouse distribution strategy, compare warehouses with lower configuration fees to see which area is more favorable, or plan the delivery time to temporarily avoid overcrowded warehouses to prevent having no goods to sell during the peak season.

At present, in response to this problem, sellers can only quickly check the goods to be shipped. When choosing the FBA warehouse distribution strategy, sellers need to comprehensively consider factors such as product characteristics, transportation requirements, and freight costs. Different products may require different warehouse distribution strategies to achieve the best logistics effect and cost-effectiveness.

1. How to decide whether to split warehouses? It depends on different situations:

• First, make a reasonable calculation based on the size and weight of the products . Some products are light and numerous , so it will be a loss to ship them via the West Coast because the configuration fee is charged according to quantity . On the contrary, if the products are heavy but few, it will be more cost-effective to ship them via the West Coast.

• Second, see if the seller is in a hurry to ship the goods. If not, it’s okay to ship slowly via the East Coast of the United States.

2. Sellers’ experience and insights on warehouse splitting strategy (in terms of freight costs):

3. Practical shipping tips from some sellers

4. Optimal solution for storage configuration fees of different products

In general, Amazon's warehouse distribution strategy still needs to be carefully studied. For sellers, how to choose a warehouse distribution strategy should be based on product characteristics and freight costs. Sellers need to carefully analyze their product characteristics and transportation needs, and flexibly adjust the delivery plan through calculations to achieve the best logistics effect and cost-effectiveness. This is the right way.