Amazon's New Five Identical Box Rule & Avoiding FBA Inbound Placement Fees
IN THIS VIDEO:
HUGE UPDATES to the "2024 FBA Inbound Placement Service Fee"
In the Spring of 2024, Amazon wreaked havoc on 3rd party sellers who use Amazon FBA by creating Amazon Inventory Inbound Placement Fees. (Also referred to as "Inventory Placement Fees" or "Inbound Service Fees")
They required sellers to use Amazon's Optimized Shipment Plans to FIVE locations in order to avoid the fees.
New in September 2024, Amazon once again made it more difficult for 3rd Party (Seller Central) Amazon FBA Sellers to avoid paying these costly inbound placement fees by introducing their new "five identical box or pallet rule". More details can be found in the Seller Help area (login required) by searching "inbound placement fee". Here's a sample of the new rule:
"To qualify for the Amazon-optimized inbound option with no inbound fee, your shipments must include at least five identical cartons or pallets per item. Each carton or pallet must contain the same quantity per item and the same item mix. 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."
Chapters:
00:00 Intro to Amazon's New Five Identical Box Rule
01:48 How FBA Inventory Placement Service Fees Worked Before September 2024
03:48 New Change: Five Identical Box Rule with Inventory Placement Service Fees
08:51 My Interpretation and Experience with Amazon's New FBA Five Identical Box or Pallet Rule
11:10 Examples of the Five Identical Box Rule at Amazon
12:35 Reminder: Do Cost Analysis on if Amazon Optimized Shipment Splits are Worth It
13:09 The Best Way to AVOID Amazon FBA Inventory Inbound Placement Service Fees
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