US sellers will be hit with a 5 percent surcharge on April 28th.
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Amazon is looking to offset costs to third-party sellers in the US resulting from soaring inflation and fuel prices. The newthat use Amazon’s fulfillment services will go into effect starting April 28. Since most items purchased off Amazon are from third-party sellers, you can expect these new costs to be passed along to shoppers.
89 percent of Amazon’s over two million third-party sellers use Fulfillment by Amazon to leverage the retail giant’s supply chain, warehouses, and shipping operations,“In 2022, we expected a return to normalcy as Covid-19 restrictions around the world eased, but fuel and inflation have presented further challenges,” said an Amazon spokesperson in.
FedEx charges a fuel surcharge of 49 cents per unit while UPS charges 42 cents, according to CNBC. Amazon’s surcharge is 24 cents.
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