Heavy! From January 17, 2023, these fees on the US station will undergo major changes.

Amazon's US station announced that it will update US sales commissions and FBA fees from January 17, 2023. Sales commissions will remain unchanged, fuel and inflation surcharges will be cancelled, and the US FBA new selection plan will also be reduced. Fees and the expansion of the Small and Light program, the following is the announcement:

2022 is drawing to a close, and Amazon sincerely thanks sellers for their continued support and cooperation over the past year. At the beginning of 2022, we expect everything to return to normal as the epidemic prevention and control is relaxed. In addition to the challenges of the epidemic, fuel prices and inflationary pressures have become new challenges, and there are concerns about economic recession in many parts of the world. Despite the many challenges, the majority of sellers rose to the challenge, persevered and showed agility, and together provided good services to buyers.

Amazon continues to invest heavily in people, technology, transportation and infrastructure. Continue to innovate and improve efficiency, and optimize cost management in order to provide sellers and buyers with high-value, high-quality services. Now Amazon has announced the update of US sales commissions and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) fees. Without further explanation, the new fees will take effect on January 17, 2023.

In summary, the following fees will be increased or added:

1. Amazon logistics outbound fees increased by an average of US$0.22.
2. Increase the monthly storage fee for goods in the non-peak season (January to September), and increase the standard size goods by US$0.04 per cubic foot. Oversized items are up $0.03 per cubic foot. For peak season (October to December) storage fees, Amazon will 3. Increase the storage fee for non-sortable goods logistics network by US$0.20 per cubic foot.
4. Increase removal and disposal fees. Clearance charges will remain the same.
5. For sellers whose inventory volume stored in Amazon's fulfillment center is significantly larger than their recent weekly sold inventory volume, storage utilization surcharges will begin to be charged.
6. Amazon will increase the inventory surcharge for the inventory age of 271-365 days.Additionally, an overage surcharge will apply to inventory aged 180-270 days, with the exception of the following product categories: Apparel, Footwear, Luggage, Jewelry, and Watches

Here are the reduced fees:

1. For clothing and footwear returned by buyers, the return processing fee has been reduced by an average of $0.20 per return.
2. The cost of the US Amazon logistics new product warehousing optimization plan will be reduced, the sales return of eligible parent ASINs of new Amazon logistics products will be increased from 5% to 10% on average, the number of eligible products will be increased, and this plan will be extended How long some offers are valid for.
3. We will reduce the fees charged by expanding the Small and Light program and increasing the price of eligible items from "$10 or less" to "$12 or less", so that sellers can understand that more of their selections can enjoy this program lower costs.

This is already several times this year that Amazon has raised storage and logistics fees. Regarding the global economic downturn this year, Amazon directly grafted the cost on cross-border sellers, which is simple and rude. At the same time, Amazon is still implementing a large layoff plan internally. On November 17, Amazon announced a round of layoffs that may affect as many as 10,000 people and will continue until 2023.

And according to sources, Amazon encourages employees to leave voluntarily. Amazon encourages employees to sign voluntary separation agreements, including in human resources and employee services, according to an internal Amazon document. In exchange for leaving the company, Amazon will offer employees who voluntarily leave a severance package equal to three months' pay plus one week's pay for every six months with the company, the document shows. Employees will also receive a 12-week weekly stipend that can be used to offset COBRA insurance premiums until the end of December.

For Amazon's continuous increase in warehousing and logistics costs and layoffs, the most intuitive impact that sellers feel is the cost increase. Many sellers are looking for a third-party US overseas warehouse to cooperate with. The storage cost of the US overseas warehouse is much lower than Amazon’s official warehouse, which can save a lot of costs. It is very suitable for those sellers who do not have the strength to build their own warehouses. The last-mile delivery service of the overseas warehouse in the United States is also competitive. The seller can directly deliver a piece of goods from the overseas warehouse of Empire Express to the customer, and will not affect the inbound and outbound processing of the goods due to the lack of manpower in the Amazon warehouse.