FBA is free! Just now, Amazon officially announced...

With only 7 days left before the new year, Amazon has announced a series of new policies to be implemented in 2020.

Recently, Amazon announced that it will launch a new product selection program- FBA New Selection program .

I believe many sellers are interested in the new product selection plan. Let me explain it in detail below.

It is reported that this program originated from a promotion launched by Amazon in March last year, providing free monthly storage and removal services for new Amazon ASINs. In view of the success of the promotion, Amazon is now creating a new enhanced program called the FBA New Selection program.

The FBA New Selection Program will be launched in the United States, Europe, and Japan on April 1, 2020. For new ASINs joining FBA, Amazon will provide free monthly storage , free delivery, and free FBA return processing for a limited time . At the same time, new FBA users will have the opportunity to receive a $100 discount on Amazon Partnered Carrier delivery .

It should be noted that:

For new sellers, this new product plan is undoubtedly a good benefit, but old sellers should forget about it. Not only will there be no discount, but they will also have to pay more for FBA shipping.

Recently, Amazon released a notice on "Changes in US Amazon FBA Fees and Sales Commissions", announcing that it will increase US FBA delivery fees and adjust sales commissions for some products .

According to the official notice, the fee changes this time generally include the following aspects:

Next, I will talk about the details of the changes in various fees.

Let’s take a look at the specific fee change table:

It can be seen that FBA logistics costs have really increased . According to Amazon officials, the average FBA delivery fee has increased by 3% , but in actual calculation, the fee increase in several stages exceeded 8% , which is the most complained by sellers.

This time, Amazon adjusted the sales commissions of products in 5 categories:

After a thorough review, the only category that actually reduced the commission rate was "shoes, bags and sunglasses priced over $75", and it was only reduced by 3%. There was no substantial discount at all. No wonder it was complained about by sellers.

From January to September, the monthly inventory storage fee for standard-sized items will increase by $0.06 per cubic foot. This means that the increase in storage fees is close to 10% , which is not a small number.

On February 18, 2020, we will increase the fee for the optional FBA Label Service from $0.20 per unit to $0.30 per unit .

It just went up by $0.1, there's nothing much to say about it.

Amazon will charge a per-unit removal fee based on weight. At first glance, it seems that the price has been reduced, but the fees for products weighing more than 2 pounds are higher . 2 pounds is just under 1 kilogram. As long as it exceeds 1 kilogram, a fee of 0.4+0.2*excess weight will be charged. The weight of many products is above this line. For these sellers, the disposal/removal fee is actually more expensive.

It can be seen that after the change, a fixed tiered charging system is adopted, and it is difficult to tell whether the price has increased or decreased.

The FBA fee changes that will be implemented in February 2020 seem to have both increases and decreases, but a closer look reveals that most of them are price increases, especially for key fees, and the reductions are just insignificant amounts of money. My brother-in-law's wishful thinking is really smart.

FBA is getting more and more expensive. In 2020, perhaps only new FBA sellers will be able to enjoy certain discounts. It seems that old sellers can only focus on products and take the branding route!