Yesterday, the U.S. $1.9 trillion subsidy plan began to arrive, and the order volume of many sellers began to increase, and some sellers experienced the thrill of booming orders.

However, the sellers’ happiness is always short-lived. Just when they felt the benefits of the US money distribution plan, they were hit by the increase in Amazon FBA fees.

Today, Amazon released a notice on changes to Amazon US sales commissions and FBA fees in 2021: Amazon US will reissue the annual fee adjustment notice, and the new changes will officially take effect on June 1, 2021.

  ▲ The picture comes from the Amazon Seller Forum

It is understood that the changes in Amazon's US site-related fees include three aspects:

• Changes to Amazon's logistics fees in the US;

• Changes to sales commissions on the US site;

• New product selection plan for Amazon Logistics in the United States.

Amazon said that in 2020, Amazon expanded the storage space of its entire distribution and logistics network by 50% , adding dozens of distribution stations and operation centers around the world. Amazon's US site will also re-issue the annual fee adjustment notice, and the new changes will officially take effect on June 1, 2021.

It is learned that with the changes in Amazon's related fees, generally speaking, most sales commissions will not change. Amazon will only make moderate adjustments to delivery costs , which are lower than or equal to the industry average.

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Changes in Amazon Logistics Fees in the US

The specific contents of the changes in Amazon's logistics fees in the United States are as follows:

  ▲ The picture comes from Amazon Global Store

As you can see, there are several key words in this fee change - "increase", "reduction" and "cancel".

For sellers, this series of changes will undoubtedly increase the cost of their operations. In the current epidemic situation, logistics costs and timeliness are already worrying. Now FBA's delivery fees and labor handling fees will also face increases, and sellers' profit margins will be squeezed again.

On the Amazon seller forum, many sellers also expressed dissatisfaction with this change.

  ▲ The picture comes from the Amazon Seller Forum

“It’s ridiculous that the cost has doubled or more, but customers are getting free returns.”

“Amazon continues to deliver to its customers and profit from the hard-working sellers.”

In addition, some sellers stated that at the beginning of the year, the FBA last-mile delivery fees for some categories on the US site had increased by 20%.

  ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group

In addition to the changes in FBA logistics costs, Amazon also issued a notice on changes in sales commissions on the US site.

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Changes in US sales commission

In 2021, the commission changes for some categories on Amazon US are as follows:

Similar to the changes in FBA fees, the US site sales commission has also increased and decreased. For sellers of electrical appliances, the reduction of fees for full-size appliances to 8% is a big benefit; but for personal computer products, the increase in commission to 8% is undoubtedly bad news, making the sellers' already thin profits even worse.

At the same time, Amazon will charge additional fees for pet food and products in the Amazon Renovation Program, which will also increase the financial pressure on sellers. Currently, the sales commissions for other categories of goods will remain unchanged.

The above changes will be officially implemented on June 1, 2021, so sellers should also be mentally prepared and adjust their operating strategies in time to cope with the changes in related fees. What do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area~