According to the latest news, Amazon will implement a series of cost changes in the European station in 2024. It is understood that Amazon announced that it will expand the benefits of the new warehousing preferential plan of Amazon Logistics in Europe. ASIN, the new father of Amazon Logistics who meets the requirements, will enjoy an average of 10% sales commission refund, and non-brand products can also enjoy this right. In addition, the qualification scope of large-scale products will be expanded, and Vine products related benefits will be provided for qualified sellers and related products. This change will take effect on March 1, 2024 (European time).
Secondly, Amazon plans to introduce a low-volume inventory fee into Amazon Logistics’ European integration service plan, which is mainly applicable to standard-sized goods with a long-term low relative sales volume. Low inventory level may hinder the circulation of goods in Amazon logistics distribution network, affect distribution speed and increase costs. The seller can avoid paying this fee only by maintaining the inventory for more than four weeks according to the sales volume of the goods. This change plan will take effect on April 1, 2024 (European time).
In addition, from January to September, 2024, Amazon also plans to reduce the off-peak monthly storage fees for standard-sized goods in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Belgium, and update the storage utilization surcharge, commodity pretreatment and warehousing defect service fees annually. The effective date is March 1, 2024 (European time).
In addition, Amazon also announced that it will adjust the domestic Amazon logistics and distribution fees for stations in Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Belgium, while the fees for stations in Germany, France, Italy and Spain will remain unchanged. This adjustment plan will take effect on February 5, 2024 (European time).
Amazon said that in order to encourage the use of original packaging for distribution, it will provide discounts on distribution fees for goods that meet the requirements of the “SIPP” plan according to the size and weight of the goods.
In addition, in order to reflect the cost of return processing and reduce waste, Amazon will also expand the scope of application of return processing fees to include goods with high return rate in all categories (except clothing and footwear). The return handling fee is only applicable to the goods with the highest return rate in each category, while the average level of the existing return handling fee for clothing and footwear products will remain unchanged. This change will take effect on October 1, 2024 (European time).
Finally, Amazon announced the annual update of items such as commodity removal fees, abandonment fees, over-age inventory surcharges and orders returned to sellers.
Post time: Dec-22-2023