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As the peak season in the second half of the year approaches, logistics issues have once again become a hurdle for cross-border sellers on the road to explosive sales. It is learned that recently, a piece of news about Amazon's conversion of multiple warehouses into internal warehouses has swept the cross-border circle: According to the notice from Amazon US, starting from August 18, 2024, SWF2, VGT2, IAH3, RFD2, TEB9, RFD2, TEB9, RDU2, LAX9 and RMN3 will all be transferred to internal warehouses and will no longer accept goods from the outside. ▲ The picture comes from industry insiders According to the report, it is currently the transition period of the notice, and reservations can still be made, and the goods with reservations will continue to be arranged for delivery. At the same time, if the goods sent to these warehouses were created before August 18, they will still be received and delivered normally . However, after August 18, these warehouses will no longer provide warehouse building services. It is understood that Amazon's internal warehouse refers to a warehouse that Amazon uses specifically to meet internal needs and operations. This shift means that warehouses that originally provided storage and distribution services to sellers will be used only for internal operations and management of Amazon logistics. Given that SWF2 and VGT2 are both popular warehouses on Amazon, the news has sparked heated discussions in the industry. [To fight the cross-border peak season, detailed analysis of actual combat strategies, please sign up for the Amazon Global Selling 2025 Launch Event here ] Judging from feedback from the industry, some freight forwarders believe that the news is true and speculate that Amazon converted these warehouses into internal warehouses in preparation for the upgrade of Amazon's cross-border logistics service (AGL) . At present, some freight forwarders have refused to accept reservations for relevant warehouses, and also stated that the number of reservations for these warehouses is currently very small . It is recommended that customers adjust their delivery plans in time and remind customers who have not yet shipped to re-establish warehouses. However, many industry insiders also believe that the authenticity of this news is questionable: "These warehouses carry a lot of goods from sellers. How can they just stop accepting them?" "The notice was too sudden. There should be a transition period of several months at least." One freight forwarder said that he consulted Amazon's official logistics and received a reply that the message had an incorrect interpretation of the notification. Another freight forwarder pointed out that after verification, the message was a notice issued by Amazon's self-pickup department. RFD2, LAX9, RMN3, RDU2 and TEB9 simply no longer accept Amazon's self-pickup filps, not that they will not accept the goods . ▲ The picture comes from industry insiders As of press time, Amazon has not yet released any public announcement on this matter, and the authenticity of the news remains to be verified . We will continue to pay attention to subsequent notifications, and we also recommend that you pay more attention to this type of logistics-related news, adjust your delivery plans in a timely manner, and reduce risks such as logistics delays and warehouse rejections that may affect the pace of preparation for the peak season. According to feedback from the industry, Amazon warehouses are more likely to have problems the closer they are to peak season. In addition to the old-fashioned warehouse explosion problem, Amazon's frequent distribution of goods to unpopular warehouses and new warehouses has also been complained by sellers. It is well known in the industry that compared with popular warehouses, Amazon's unpopular warehouses are mostly more remote and more likely to face the risk of increased first-leg freight costs and decreased logistics timeliness. Therefore, most sellers prefer to have their shipments assigned to popular warehouses when dividing warehouses to avoid increased management difficulty. However, we learned that since August, sellers on various social platforms have reported that their shipments were assigned to previously unpopular warehouses such as PBI3, RDU4, and LBE1 when they were being warehoused. ▲ The picture comes from industry insiders In this regard, according to industry analysis, there are two main reasons for this situation: alleviating the receiving pressure of popular warehouses and the impact of the warehousing configuration fee policy. On the one hand, affected by factors such as natural disasters and a surge in cargo volume in preparation for the peak season, the industry has frequently heard reports of Amazon warehouse overflows since the beginning of August. Currently, warehouses such as ABE8, RFD2, and LGB8 have all experienced warehousing delays and temporary closures. Some sellers believe that Amazon assigns most sellers' shipments to relatively remote and unpopular Amazon warehouses in order to ease the pressure on popular warehouses and shorten warehouse receiving time . Previously, some sellers would choose less popular warehouses to replenish their stock to avoid the peak of warehouse explosion. On the other hand, since the Amazon warehousing configuration fee came into effect, many sellers have chosen "Amazon Optimized Shipment Splitting" to reduce or even waive this fee. However, after testing, most of the shipments that chose this option were assigned to unpopular warehouses. It is understood that on August 15, Amazon once again updated the new guidelines on this fee: Amazon US sellers can create shipments that are free of warehousing configuration service fees by sending five identical boxes or pallets. ▲ The picture comes from industry insiders Influenced by this, more sellers chose to add goods to warehouses to save warehousing configuration fees. However, contrary to expectations, based on feedback from sellers, most of the goods that took this action were assigned to unpopular warehouses , and the first-leg freight costs actually increased. In addition, some sellers pointed out that many of these so-called unpopular warehouses are newly built warehouses by Amazon . It is understood that in the face of competition from platforms such as Temu, SHEIN and Walmart, Amazon is stepping up its logistics expansion efforts to consolidate its competitiveness in the logistics field. It is reported that Amazon has opened several new warehouses this year, and the new warehouses leased, purchased and announced to be acquired in the United States cover an area of more than 16 million square feet, covering a wide range, aiming to further expand its advantages in the field of fast and efficient delivery. However, overall, given the current uncertainty in logistics and distribution, we would like to remind all sellers to pay more attention to the movement of goods and related logistics information, so as to adjust the shipping plans in a timely manner according to the situation and successfully complete the preparations for the peak season. What do you think about this? Welcome to discuss in the comment area~
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