Logistics costs are about to rise sharply! Amazon has issued new regulations...

Previously, the United States issued an announcement that starting from June 1, Amazon's logistics and delivery fees and sales commissions in the United States would change, and most of the fees would increase. At that time, many sellers said: "There was no profit to begin with, and the price has to increase. Amazon is really too difficult to deal with..."

Shortly after the US site released a notice of fee changes, the European site also released a notice of FBA fee changes, which means sellers’ costs will rise again...

From the notice sent by Amazon, it can be seen that the FBA delivery fees of almost all products in Amazon Europe will increase. In addition, Amazon also stated that it will charge a fee of ₤/€0.10 per item for products containing or sold with lithium batteries and dangerous goods (also known as "hazardous goods").

Below are the specific changes to FBA fees.

Amazon European FBA delivery fee changes

Amazon stated in the announcement that starting from June 8, 2021, we will adjust the delivery costs across European shopping malls. For Sweden and Poland, local delivery costs and Amazon Logistics European Integrated Service delivery costs remain unchanged.

1. Changes in Amazon’s local logistics costs in Europe

( 1) Standard size small envelope

Taking a 30g SD card as an example, the product segment of this product is the standard size small envelope 80g. Before June 8, 2021, the local delivery fees in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands were £1.38, €1.63, €2.24, €2.59, €2.13, and €1.54, but after June 8, the delivery fees in each country increased, and the delivery fees after the price increase are £1.46, €1.73, €2.37, €2.74, €2.26, and €1.62;

( 2) Standard size packages

Take an electronic toy weighing 590 grams as an example. The product segment of this product is the standard size package of 900 grams. Before June 8, 2021, the local delivery fees in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands were £ 2.49 , € 3.22 , € 5.32 , € 4.59 , € 3.60 , and € 3.08 , but after June 8, the delivery fees in each country increased, and the delivery fees after the price increase are £ 2.50, € 3.38, € 5.46, € 4.66, € 3.78, and € 3.26;

( 3) Large and bulky items

Take a keyboard weighing 5.4 kg as an example. The product segment of this product is large and bulky product 9760 grams. Before June 8, 2021, the local delivery fees in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands were £ 9.96 , € 8.20 , € 15.91 , € 12.58 , € 11.65 , and € 7.74 , but after June 8, the delivery fees in each country increased, and the delivery fees after the price increase were £ 10.16, € 9.44, € 18.30, € 10.69, € 13.40, and € 8.51;

2. Changes in Amazon Logistics European Integration Service Fees

3. Changes to European delivery network fees

From the fee change comparison table published by Amazon, we can clearly see the changes in the delivery fees of goods of different weights. Most of the changes in delivery fees this time are price increases, and there are very few price cuts or price maintenance ...

In addition, Amazon will cancel the packaging weight adjustment in the delivery fee price list from June 8, 2021, and adjust the weight limit for each size segment accordingly.

Amazon also stated in the announcement that it will align the size segments of the Amazon Logistics Small and Light Program with the standard Amazon Logistics Program to ensure that the delivery costs of products in the Small and Light Program are always lower than the standard Amazon Logistics delivery costs. The following are the delivery costs of the Small and Light Program after the changes ↓

Amazon has expanded the limits of the delivery size segment to cover the delivery of heavy and large items and the associated fees for this service. Items weighing more than 31.5 kg or longer than 175 cm can now be delivered through the domestic Amazon Logistics program in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. In addition, sellers will need to pay a minimum referral fee of £15/€15 for each item sold through Amazon Logistics for Heavy and Large, in addition to the Amazon Logistics fees .

Changes to Amazon European Sales Commission

1. Automobiles and motorcycles (excluding equipment and accessories)

For the portion of the total sales price over £45, the referral fee will be reduced from 15.3% to 9.18%. For sales prices up to £45, the referral fee will remain at 15.3%.

For example, for an item with a total price of ₤100, the referral fee percentage for the first £45 is 15.3% and the referral fee percentage for the remaining £55 is 9.18%, so the total referral fee is 11.9 (£45*15.3% + £55*9.18%).

2. DIY and tools

For all sale price DIY and tools selections, the referral fee will increase from 12.24% to 13.26%.

3. Sales commission discount for clothing, shoes and handbags

The referral fee for Clothing, Shoes and Handbags products sold through Amazon Fulfillment and Seller Fulfilled Prime is reduced from 15.30% to 7.14% on the total sales price above £40.

4. Bicycle accessories

Starting April 1, 2021, we launched a new bicycle accessories category. The new category will reduce the referral fee for bicycle accessories to 8.16%, while the referral fee for other sports and outdoor products will remain unchanged at 15.3%.

5. Renovation costs

Beginning June 8, 2021, products sold in the Amazon Renewed program will be subject to Renewed program fees, depending on the product category, in addition to the standard category referral fee.

Refurbished mobile devices and unlocked phones will be charged a 2% fee in addition to the standard category referral fee . All other refurbished items will be charged a 1% fee in addition to the standard category referral fee .

Changes to Amazon Europe’s lithium battery and dangerous goods logistics fees

Starting June 8, 2021, Amazon will charge a fee of ₤/€0.10 per item for products containing or sold with lithium batteries and dangerous goods (also known as “hazmat”) to cover the additional costs incurred in handling these products.

For example, if you sell an LED flashlight that contains a lithium battery , Amazon will add a surcharge of ₤/€0.10 per unit in addition to any other applicable referral fees, service fees, or fulfillment fees.

In addition, Amazon will charge a separate monthly inventory storage fee for products classified as dangerous goods (also known as "hazardous goods") from June 8, 2021 to cover the additional costs of storing such products. The following figure shows the details of the additional fees ↓

Amazon Logistics Manual Processing Fee Changes

From June 8, 2021, the Amazon Logistics manual handling fee for items shipped to UK fulfilment centres will increase from £0.06 per item to £0.12 per item .

The FBA manual handling fee will increase from €0.07 per unit to €0.14 per unit for units received in fulfilment centres in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland or the Czech Republic . If VAT is applicable, Amazon will assess VAT in addition to the manual handling fee.

Amazon will also charge a separate fee for FBA Small and Light items and envelope items. We will adjust the rates for items that receive prep services in fulfillment centers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, or the Czech Republic.

Amazon Global Selling said that the Amazon Logistics Bulk Clearance Program is expected to be open to all sellers on Amazon's European sites (except the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden) in May 2021, helping sellers to clear redundant inventory and goods returned by buyers in bulk and recover part of the costs.

However, before June 8, 2021, the program will be free for European sellers to use. From June 8, 2021, Amazon will charge a service fee for the program.

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