FBA stops receiving goods! Logistics prices quadruple! Will you still work for Amazon?

Yesterday afternoon, Amazon officials suddenly issued an emergency announcement: From March 17th to April 5th , restrictions on FBA warehousing will be implemented. Sellers cannot send any goods other than daily necessities and medical supplies to the operation center. All other categories will not be able to create any new delivery plans after the 17th .

Translated:

It can be seen that except for daily necessities and medical supplies, other categories cannot be sent to Amazon's operation center.

This news caused an earthquake in the entire cross-border industry. A large number of sellers began to rush to create shipments because the deadline was only 8 pm (Beijing time) that day, and as a result, the backend server crashed.

According to the announcement, this policy only applies to the US and European markets.

But today, some sellers reported that their Japanese site was also affected and they could not create shipments temporarily.

Why did Amazon suddenly suspend the warehousing of FBA products?

The notice stated that it was affected by the spread of the epidemic, which is indeed the main reason. As early as the beginning of March, there was news that an employee at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle was diagnosed with the virus. However, this employee was located on Ninth Avenue in downtown Seattle, not Amazon’s headquarters building on Seventh Avenue.

Yesterday, news broke that another employee at Amazon's European warehouse had tested positive...

With multiple warehouse employees confirmed to be infected, it’s no wonder that warehouse restrictions are in place.

How should sellers respond?

After FBA stops picking up, Chinese sellers will be hit hard, especially FBA sellers. This means that FBA sellers can only rely on existing inventory to survive until FBA resumes normal collection.

Will Amazon still do it?

Under the epidemic, many countries around the world have implemented border controls, a large number of international flights have been cancelled, transportation capacity is extremely tight, and air freight prices have skyrocketed!

It is reported that the price in Southeast Asia has reached more than 20 yuan per kilogram, which is comparable to the price in the European and American markets in previous years! The price of European and American routes has more than doubled compared to previous years. Even with a freight rate of 40 to 50 yuan per kilogram, people have to fight to get a space. The price in South America and Africa is even more exaggerated, 70 to 80 yuan per kilogram, which has increased by 4 times , and the unit price of freight is not far from breaking 100 yuan!

The shipping fee is expensive, but this time my brother-in-law took drastic measures and refused to allow our products to enter the warehouse. It is really difficult for sellers on Amazon.

For this reason, one seller admitted that he was going to quit and no longer do business on Amazon. The seller posted on the forum:

After reading the comments on the post, I found that many sellers said they were about to flee Amazon.

The domestic epidemic has finally been stabilized, but it has broken out again abroad. This is indeed the most difficult year for Amazon sellers. Yesterday afternoon, a seller even reported that an Amazon boss jumped off a building in Shenzhen Niulanqian.

However, a colleague later explained that the man was not the seller, so everyone should not panic.

At this time, some strong sellers joked, "Why are you so excited? It seems like you have a lot of orders," or said helplessly that they could take a break for half a month, but more sellers were dissatisfied with this sudden notice.

No matter how dissatisfied you are, you still have to sell the goods, but you have to use overseas warehouses or ship directly from China. As one seller said:

The epidemic is like a black swan, we just need to get through it. My brother-in-law is so handsome, speaks so nicely, and his hair can grow longer. It is not easy to miss my brother-in-law and have a long way to go...

It is said that Amazon is like a besieged city, people outside the city want to get in, and people inside the city want to get out. Do you want to go in or out? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.