Questions and answers about Amazon’s overseas warehouse project STAR:
1. What is the STAR warehouse?
It is the abbreviation of Amazon Global Logistics overseas warehouse project, covering cross-border transportation, storage and transportation, automatic replenishment, operation center and other one-stop logistics services.
2. Where is the STAR warehouse?
Overseas locations close to FBA warehouses can be understood as “FBA satellite warehouses”.
3. When using STAR warehouse, what is the “footprint” of the goods?
Step 1: In China, Amazon AGL collects the goods on the first leg, and then transports the goods to the destination country through full container shipping (FCL).
Step 2: AGL distributes the goods to Amazon overseas warehouses after arriving in the destination country.
Step 3: When the system detects that the goods in the FBA warehouse are insufficient, Amazon’s overseas warehouse will replenish the goods to the FBA warehouse automatically and in batches for free.
4. How long does it take to deliver goods using STAR warehouse?
Together, the first and second steps take 40-55 days, and the third step takes 1-7 days.
5. What are the advantages of using the STAR library?
1) Worry-free warehouse
Goods automatically replenished from FBA satellite warehouses to Amazon fulfillment centers will not be subject to warehousing and storage restrictions.
2) Save costs.
Compared with direct shipping to Amazon fulfillment centers, the average reduction is 47-63%. When replenishing goods from FBA satellite warehouses to Amazon fulfillment centers, there will be no additional fees or excessive inventory in the fulfillment center.
3) Easy to operate.
Amazon will process replenishment requests from FBA satellite warehouses to Amazon fulfillment centers within 1-7 days.
4) Advance sales
When the operation center is out of stock, you can search or purchase goods located in the FBA satellite warehouse, or goods shipped from the FBA satellite warehouse to the operation center.
6. How much is the storage fee in the STAR warehouse?
Amazon FBA satellite warehouses will charge monthly storage fees for goods stored in the warehouse:
January to September: US$0.4/cubic foot per month.
October-December: $0.9/cubic foot per month.
7. Can the STAR library be used currently?
Now only available in the United States;
Now only available on the Amazon Global Fulfillment Booking Platform portal.