Amazon's 2024 peak season delivery fees are released! There are changes for these products

Amazon released a notice yesterday about its 2024 peak season delivery fees.

The notice mentioned that Amazon's peak season delivery fees this year will start from October 15, 2024, to January 14, 2025, and will return to off-peak charging standards from January 15, 2025.

The 2024 holiday peak delivery fees will apply to all products. The fees are the same for all items within a specific size range in each store and will apply to US Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Canada FBA, North America Remote Fulfillment, US Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Prime purchases. The average delivery fee for the holiday peak period will remain the same as last year, but the fee for items priced less than $10 in US FBA is new for 2024 .

According to the notice issued by Amazon, in this year's peak season delivery fee policy, products priced below $10 will also be charged a peak season delivery fee, but the fee is $0.77 lower than the standard FBA . Previously, these products were not affected by the peak season delivery fee and still used the normal FBA delivery price .

From the fee standards released by Amazon this year (excluding clothing products), it can be seen that this year's fee standards are more detailed than last year. Affected by the interval measurement standard implemented by Amazon since February this year, this year's subdivided fee standards have reached 26, while last year's subdivided fee standards totaled 17.

Among the small standard sizes, the peak season charge for 4 to 6 ounces is $3.44, $0.20 more than usual, and 12 to 14 ounces is $0.22 more than usual. The lowest price of the large standard size is $0.24 more than usual.

Obviously, even if the prices and subdivisions are adjusted, Amazon’s “nature” has not changed - not only will the charging standards be added up with weight and volume, but the increase will also be.

In the clothing category, the cost of packages weighing less than 4 ounces is $0.23 more than usual, reaching $3.50; packages weighing 4 to 8 ounces are $0.25 more than usual, reaching $3.67. Sellers in the clothing category said that the damage point is more than 1.

Of course, other sellers are not much better. One seller said, "For small standard parts, we saved at least $20, which is great," and the irony overflowed the screen. The seller also complained about the discount policy of grocery food, "Amazon's fees will be regularly increased based on shipping costs, wages, etc.... and the $15 discount price (for groceries and gourmet food) has not increased for at least 6 years!"

Another seller said that he would remove the products from FBA and send them back when the rates are restored. However, other sellers warned that "Amazon will delay returns and charge storage fees and low inventory fees"; "80% of the recalled products will be smashed to pieces, and sellers almost have to sell them as second-hand."

It is worth noting that Amazon Logistics fulfillment fees are calculated and charged when the shipment leaves the fulfillment center . If the product is ordered before October 15, 2024, but delivered on or after that date, the fulfillment fees marked starting from October 15, 2024 will apply.

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