The Clap
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will raise its fulfillment fee for the holidays to cope with inflation.
The Deets
Third-party sellers who want to use the fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service will need to pay 35 cents per item sold. This comes on top of existing fees that sellers pay for using the FBA service.
Amazon stated that increasing prices made it higher for Amazon to absorb the costs, and so they need to spread out that cost over their sellers.
This is the first time Amazon increased its seller fees for the holiday season.
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Seller’s fees have already increased this year due to higher costs. Inflation, supply chain difficulties, and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine have proven to be too much for businesses globally.
Amazon’s expenses also increased as they needed to hire workers for the warehouses to deal with an increase in e-commerce demand.
Inflation forcing Amazon’s hands 📦
