Amazon has announced that that will be increasing the price for their FBA fulfillment centers. Now before we move forward and take a deep look into what exactly price will increase and by how much. At the time of writing this article the price increase will only affect the sellers who are selling in the UAS (amazon.com). There is a probability that this price change will soon come to other countries as well. So it’s better to be prepared for the price hike in the FBA.
This change will take place On January 18, 2022
There are three things that will be affected by this new change.
- Core FBA fulfillment fees (excluding apparel)
- FBA fulfillment fees for apparel
- FBA fulfillment fees for dangerous goods
Core FBA fulfillment fees (excluding apparel)
This means that from January 18, 2022. The core FBA fee will be calculated either using the unit weight or dimensional weight. This calculation does not include apparels. Bellow is a table that shows the old price and the revised price after January 18, 2022. There is a calculator which you can use to calculate the shipping weight.
Note: Lithium batteries, any product that has Lithium batteries inside the product or if the Lithium batteries are with the products. Will incur an additional $0.11 per-unit fulfillment fee.
Dimensional weight will no longer apply to small standard-size units
The greater of unit weight or dimensional weight will apply to all large standard-size units.
FBA fulfillment fees changes for apparel
Note: Oversize apparel tiers (small oversize, large oversize, and special oversize) will be charged the core FBA fulfillment fees.
Product examples
Fulfillment fee changes for dangerous goods
There are some of the products that need extra handling from the staff and the delivery boys. These products are also known as hazardous materials or hazmat. There is a guide that goes into detail for the seller to identify if their products comes into this hazmat category. You can click here to read that guide. Bellow are the table that shows the increased price for the hazmat products.
Calculate the shipping weight
The do the calculation for the new fee for FBA 2022 you will need to know two terms and these terms will help you in proper and actuate calculation for your fee. The first term that you need to know is unit weight and the second weight is dimensional weight.
- Unit weight it is weight of your product after it has been packed.
- Dimensional weight is the calculation of the volumetric weight of a package, using the package’s length, width and height. You will have to use package’s length, width and height. This means that you will use the length, width and height after the product as been packed. It is important because the length, width and height increase after being packed and if you the length, width and height of the original product from the manufacture then you will get the wrong fee and that will create further confusion down the line.
Now for the calculation for the shipping weight will use either the unite weight or the dimensional weight which ever is greater. Dimensional weight is equal to the unit volume (length x width x height) divided by 139. The dimensional weight for oversize items assumes a minimum width and height of 2 inches.
After January 18, 2022 for core FBA and dangerous goods, Amazon will use dimensional weight when it is greater than unit weight for all large standard-size units and all small oversize, medium oversize, and large oversize units. Small standard-size units will use unit weight. This change will also apply to units fulfilled through Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Small and Light.
For apparel, for all small standard-size and large standard-size units weighing more than 340.1943 gm and all small oversize, medium oversize, and large oversize units, Amazon uses dimensional weight when it is greater than the unit weight. Small standard-size units use unit weight.
Here the unit weight is of the weight of the induvial product.
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