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OTDR seems like a money grab
OTDR just seems like another money grab guess that 15% is not enough they also wanna charge us for shipping for otdr protection and it wont even work you still get hit with otdr like I already have a standing relationship with USPS I send most my items express or priority but there is nothing I can do if USPS delivers 1 item out of 65 1 day late. To go from 90% otdr to 0% otdr for 1 item being 1 day late is ridiculous Amazon needs to fix this policy and fast yes we are the sellers and we are responsible for consumers items but once its handed to a delivery company we can't control any delays that might happen amazon themselves are late with their deliveries are you gonna penalize or deactivate your company or fire your drivers for it ?? Yea dont think so fix this policy cause its ridridiculous
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Some unanswered questions here.
1. Do you sell FBM or FBA?
2. If FBM, do you buy your shipping thru Amazon?
Thoughts on shipping:
- You are operating your own business, know your own costs, and set your own shipping rates.
- Remember, the buyer always pays for shipping, because it is added into the total cost of the product. They pay for the shipping from the manufacturer to you, and from you to the buyer.
- Remember, all of your sales are based on the profit you desire. There are many factors effecting the total listing price of a product, and shipping is just one factor. If you offer free shipping, you add the shipping into the product price. You charge less for the product if you offer a high shipping cost to the buyer.
- Never pay attention to what another seller is doing relationship to shipping, that is their business and will not relate to yours.
Now with all that said, if shipping is eating away at your profit, that tells you something. Your listing price is way out of balance, and you have to find out why. Don’t look to other sellers, look at all of YOUR cost factors. Shipping costs, and what you actually paid for the product are the easiest factor to manage, because they are always fixed. As a business, your overhead, selling fees (Amazon or not), and desired profit are what you can adjust.
Now we can go one step further if you understand what I’m saying. When you use this understanding, it can be applied to a new product you want to sell BEFORE if is even purchased for resale. All you need is the price of an individual product. You run the numbers, check out the competitive price range, and see if it is a good for for you or not. On a personal note, when planning to sell on Amazon, we work out the numbers making sure we can offer the product not in the competitive price range, but at the lowest price of any seller. If not, we walk away and leave it alone.
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