Starting from March 1, 2024, the charging standard for Amazon's logistics inbound configuration service fee is different from before, and many sellers are worried about the impact of this change on us? Has the fee standard increased or decreased compared to before? Today, let's analyze what exactly this cost is? What is the charging standard? Is there any way to avoid this fee?

1. Amazon Logistics Inbound Configuration Service Fee:

The Amazon logistics warehousing configuration service fee is actually what we usually refer to as Amazon's warehouse consolidation service. This service has always been charged, but the charging standard has changed. However, we usually set it as "distributed inventory configuration" by default, which means that the default warehousing is free, and the cost of this warehousing configuration service will not be charged. Therefore, for sellers who adopt distributed inventory configuration, The update of this fee has no impact on us, but the additional cost brought by warehouse division is that our initial logistics costs may increase, as Amazon will divide one of our shipments into two or three different warehouses. However, we do not allow for separate warehouses. If we adopt a combined warehouse service, there will be fees for the combined warehouse service. In order to lower costs and higher profits, we usually compare the cost of using a combined warehouse service with the increased logistics cost when using separate warehouses, and choose the lower cost method.

Charging standards after March 1, 2024:

The cost depends on four factors: product size, weight, location and quantity segmentation, and storage location. Compared to the fee standards before and after March 1, 2024, Amazon has actually divided the fee standards in more detail. It cannot be said whether the fee will increase or decrease, but only for specific products. Some products have an increase in this fee, while others have a decrease in this fee. For us sellers, what we can do is to optimize our packaging as much as possible. On the one hand, it can reduce the cost of warehousing fees, and on the other hand, it can also reduce Amazon delivery and warehousing fees.

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