Anyone understand new FBA Inbounding
Hi,
I know this has been spoken about at length already on these forums, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to create shipment plans that allow me to choose Amazon Optimized placement, and am looking for advice. Every time I create shipments, they only allow me to choose minimal or partial placement, and the fees are way too high.
I have tried inbounding several different ways over the last two weeks, and never once have I been able to get the inbound page to offer Amazon Optimized placement as an option so that I don't have to pay the extremely high new placement fees. In short, it doesn't make fiscal sense for me to send this inventory into FBA if I have to pay all of these extra placement fees, the margin just doesn't end up high enough when you factor in all of the other Amazon fees, and headaches.
I guess the biggest issue is that I don't understand Amazon's goal with this. Do they want us to ship smaller quantities in more boxes? Do they want us to ship very high amounts of inventory in at once? I think if I understood the goal better I could navigate this.
Does anyone have advice on how to create inbound shipments that don't incur the extra fees?
Seller_z3XfkorVSmnEY
There are multiple threads on this topic....just scroll through recent forum topics to see. My takeaways (from reading the forums and doing many shipments since it was implemented):
+ just when you figure it out -- it will change
+ typically larger volume of units and shipping boxes will yield a no placement fee option
+ the no placement fee option isn't always cheaper than the shipping fee option. Just did a shipment with 24 shipping boxes. No Placement fee option (going to 5 warehouses mostly across the country) was $120 more than the shipping + placement fee to 3 warehouses closer to our location.
KJ_Amazon
Hello @Seller_vANS7wDPnrz2u
2024 FBA inbound placement service fee
Factors that affect the number of inbound options include the following:
- Whether your shipment includes a mix of standard-size items, non-standard-size items, or special handling categories
- Whether each box contains the same mix and quantities of SKUs
- Quantities and number of boxes for each item
- Geographical demand
To maximize the number of inbound options, try the following:
- Create separate shipments for standard-size items, non-standard-size items, and each special handling category
- Ensure that the item mix and item quantities are equal across all boxes
- Increase the number of boxes
