How can I avoid the warehouse distribution fee?
Hello
In my previous FBA shipment, Amazon told me that they could not keep it in one warehouse and would send it to 3 warehouses and charged me an additional fee of 600 dollars. Should I place fewer orders to prevent this from happening again? That is, I want the products to be kept in only one warehouse. I do not want to pay additional fees for this. How should I proceed? Can you give detailed information about what is the lower limit of this? I need to put new products into stock within a week. And in this case, my profit margin decreases very much. The weight of one of the products is around 8 kg and I sent 120 pieces. Can anyone with information write to me? I am a new seller. Thank you all.
How can I avoid the warehouse distribution fee?
Hello
In my previous FBA shipment, Amazon told me that they could not keep it in one warehouse and would send it to 3 warehouses and charged me an additional fee of 600 dollars. Should I place fewer orders to prevent this from happening again? That is, I want the products to be kept in only one warehouse. I do not want to pay additional fees for this. How should I proceed? Can you give detailed information about what is the lower limit of this? I need to put new products into stock within a week. And in this case, my profit margin decreases very much. The weight of one of the products is around 8 kg and I sent 120 pieces. Can anyone with information write to me? I am a new seller. Thank you all.
1 reply
TaylorR_Amazon
Hi @Seller_SjC7pQUNZYcWK,
When you create a shipping plan, you can select one of the following inventory inbound placement options:
- Minimal shipment splits: You can send your inventory to the minimal number of inbound locations, generally to a single location, and we will spread inventory across our network on your behalf, for a fee. The fee may vary by inbound location—for example, there may be higher fees for shipments sent to locations in the West versus other parts of the country.
- Partial or Amazon-optimized shipment splits: Send your inventory to multiple inbound locations yourself for a reduced or no fee. The reduced fees will depend on the number of shipments and inbound locations that you send your inventory to. For instance, if your shipping plan qualifies, you can select the inbound placement option to send your inventory to the optimal number of inbound locations recommended by Amazon, generally four or more locations, and pay no fee. If you select the placement option in which you send your inventory to a partial number of inbound locations, generally two or three, you will pay a reduced fee.
The availability of these inbound placement options is based on several factors, such as:
- The product types
- The quantities that you have in your shipping plan
- Your existing inventory levels across Amazon's network
- The location of customer demand.
