Out of stock warning! Fire and warehouse explosion in US FBA! E-mail prices rise again!

What made Amazon sellers most desperate in June? Logistics and warehousing! At present, both FBA sellers and self-shipping sellers are very troubled!

The former is because Amazon’s warehouses are overwhelmed on a large scale, and warehousing and shelving are slower than the peak season in the second half of the year; the latter is because the price of self-delivery logistics has risen again, but the timeliness has not improved at all!

Recently, many FBA warehouses in the United States have been overwhelmed. Many warehouses have to wait for a week at the fastest and a month at the slowest to receive goods. Putting products on the shelves is more like squeezing toothpaste, with only a few products being put on the shelves in a day, which is very tormenting!

According to sellers’ statistics, the warehouses with the most severe warehouse explosions are: FTW1 warehouse, TEB6 warehouse, CHA2 warehouse, SDF8 warehouse, ABE8 warehouse, IND9 warehouse, and CLT2 warehouse ;

Sellers have started to complain:

Among them, FTW1 warehouse is the most serious!

According to relevant sources, there are probably two reasons for Amazon's warehouse explosion . One is that after Amazon lifted the shipping restrictions on May 12, sellers began to stock up on a large scale ;

The second reason is that Amazon warehouses are short of manpower, resulting in no fleet or vehicles to pick up containers, express deliveries cannot be made , overseas warehouses are overwhelmed and goods are piling up, and goods signed for by Amazon are not put on the shelves for a long time, increasing the chances of rejection of entire containers that go directly to Amazon warehouses.

In addition to human factors, "natural disasters" have added fuel to the fire in FBA warehouses!

Last week, a fire broke out at an Amazon warehouse and delivery warehouse in Peterborough, USA. About 50 tons of cardboard caught fire and smoke billowed from the scene. The rescue department dispatched four fire trucks and a water transport to control the fire; fortunately, the cardboard was not actually in the main warehouse, but stored nearby, so no major loss of life and property was caused!

This is the third fire in the FBA warehouse this year. These accidents have made the already pessimistic logistics situation even worse!

FBA sellers have a lot of troubles over there, and it’s not easy for sellers who ship their own goods here!

Recently, China Post issued another notice:

Affected by the rising delivery costs outside the United States, China Post plans to adjust the rates for e-mail and international parcels to the United States from 0:00 am on July 1, 2020, Beijing time. The adjusted new rates (including transportation surcharges) are as follows:

China Post International Ordinary Small Parcel: RMB 22.5/piece for 30g and below, RMB 96 per kilogram above 30g.

China Post International Registered Parcel: 0g to 150g (including 150g) is "39 ​​yuan/piece + 94.89 yuan/kg", 150g to 300g (including 300g) is "39 ​​yuan/piece + 93.89 yuan/kg", and above 300g is "39 ​​yuan/piece + 92.89 yuan/kg".

China Post e-Packet: 25 yuan/piece + 95 yuan/kg, minimum weight 1 gram.

In addition, according to a circular from the Postal Union, from July 1, 2020, Saudi Arabia will impose a value-added tax of 15% of the value of the contents on all inbound mail (letters, parcels and EMS) containing items through postal channels.

This price increase notice has caused resentment among many sellers! Because in the past two months, the timeliness of Postal E-Packet and International Parcel is really unbearable!

Indeed, many sellers are now very angry about this logistics. At present, national flights are being opened one after another, and countries are gradually resuming work and production. Logically, the logistics time efficiency should not be so unclear! I hope Amazon and some logistics service providers can improve efficiency and stop letting sellers wait in vain!

(Source: Official Account: FBA Information)