The goods sent to Amazon FBA are divided into warehouses by Amazon. In fact, there is nothing to be surprised about. Amazon’s FBA, if not specially set, is divided into warehouses by default; different products will be automatically configured to Amazon’s warehouses in different places.
1. Warehouse is Amazon’s default option: At this stage, when the seller creates an FBA delivery order in the background, Amazon will default to the seller’s consent to the warehouse option;
2. Amazon’s own considerations: Amazon divides the seller’s products into warehouses based on the facility conditions, temperature, humidity and other factors of each FBA warehouse, combined with the seller’s product type for comprehensive analysis, and then divides various types of products into the most suitable FBA warehouse to improve the reasonable utilization rate of the warehouse and prevent warehouse explosion or warehouse vacancy;
3. Save FBA’s own delivery costs: After the seller’s inventory is delivered to multiple Amazon operation centers, buyers can save FBA’s delivery costs when purchasing products compared to the situation where the inventory is far away. Receive the product faster. First, it improves the buyer’s shopping experience; secondly, it also saves FBA’s own delivery costs. Sometimes, sellers don’t want their products to be divided into different FBA warehouses, because Amazon defaults to FBA warehouses, which results in higher first-leg fees for sellers. So many sellers will choose to consolidate warehouses, so how is the cost of Amazon’s consolidated warehouses calculated?
How is Amazon’s consolidated warehouse fee calculated?
Standard size items:
1 pound or less, a fee of $0.30;
Items from 1 pound to 2 pounds, a fee of $0.40;
For items over 2 pounds, an additional $0.10 per pound.
Oversized items:
5 pounds or less, a fee of $1.30;
For items over 5 pounds, in addition to $1.30, an additional $0.20 per pound.
In order to truly take advantage of inventory placement, sellers need to analyze costs reasonably and effectively and modify the shipping settings every time. First, you need to know the volume weight and number of pieces of your items. For example, if your products are divided into three warehouses and there are a lot of goods. Many FBA first-leg routes, including express delivery, start at 21KG. If the goods can reach this starting point after being divided into warehouses, it is more cost-effective to divide the warehouses. If you have a lot of goods, then roughly calculate the cost based on your actual situation. If the costs are similar, it is best to choose to consolidate warehouses.