Recently, sellers have finally received good news. Amazon officially announced that it will adjust multiple fee items on its US and European sites, with some reductions and some exemptions, aimed at reducing the cost pressure on sellers.
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Change in fees for the US station
Delivery fees remain unchanged:
Starting from January 15, 2025, Amazon Logistics delivery fees for US stations will revert to off peak season rates, the same as in 2024.
Storage configuration fee can be reduced or waived:
The online discount plan for inventory configuration fee is available from December 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. New parent ASINs that meet the requirements of this discount plan and join the plan, as well as the first 100 inventory items of the new parent ASIN, can be exempted from the inventory configuration fee.
In addition, when large items are stored at a single point, the storage configuration fee has decreased by an average of $0.58 per item compared to 2024.
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European station fee change
Starting from February 1, 2025, Amazon Europe will adjust the following content:
Direct decrease in sales commission: The minimum sales commission for heavy and large items delivered by Amazon Logistics has been reduced from £ 25/€ 25 to £ 20/€ 20.
Delivery fee change: Amazon will reduce the average delivery fee for parcel and oversized items at its UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain sites;
Change in product size range: Simplify the size classification of large items from 28 to 17, and introduce a basic rate and a fixed rate calculation standard that increases per kilogram.
Extend the scope of application of the overage inventory surcharge and the effective time of the high return rate handling fee for European sites.
Other cost changes:
Starting from February 1st, the monthly storage fees, storage utilization surcharges, low inventory fees, pre-processing service fees, clearance handling fees, and other fee items for European sites will also be updated gradually.
In addition, Amazon will expand the scope of the overage inventory surcharge for all European sites to inventory stored for 241 to 270 days, and delay the effective date of the high return rate return handling fee from January 1, 2025 to February 1, 2025.
Sellers are advised to closely monitor these changes and plan their sales strategies accordingly to fully utilize these cost saving opportunities.