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Amazon Announces It Will Charge Holiday Peak Fulfillment Fees Starting October 15, 2022
Holiday peak fulfillment fees will be charged from October 15, 2022 to January 14, 2023, according to an Amazon platform announcement.
The announcement states that third-party sellers using Amazon's logistics services (FBA) will need to pay an additional $0.35 per item sold in the U.S. or Canada.
2022 Holiday Peak Fulfillment Fee
For many years, we have continued to evolve how we charge fulfillment fees to better reflect the
underlying operational costs, while ensuring that we provide a great value for sellers.As we look ahead and prepare for the busy holiday shopping season, we expect greater utlization of our fulfillment network. Across the supply chain, this creates increased operating costs during this holiday peak period.
As a result, similar to other major carriers, we will introduce a holiday peak fulfillment fee from October 15,2022, to January 14,2023.The fee will be an average of USD 0.35 per item sold using US and Canada FBA.For specific fees by size and weight and for changes to other fulfillment methods, please visit the links below.
Our selling partners are incredibly important to us, and this is not a decision we made lightly.The entire industry sees increases in fulfillment and logistics costs during the holiday peak period due to the concentrated volume of shipments. We have previously absorbed these cost increases, but seasonal expenses are reaching new heights.As a result, we decided that similar to other carriers, we will implement a holiday peak fulfillment fee that applies during a timebound period each year.
FBA continues to provide a very high level of service to customers and a great value for sellers.With this change, Amazon's fulfilment fees during this peak period will remain an average of 30% less expensive for slower standard shipping methods than other major third-party logistics providers, and anaverage of 70% less expensive than comparable two-day shipping alternatives.
To find a detailed rate chart applicable for your business, please visit the relevant Seller Central helppages for more information

A few days ago, Amazon U.S. and Europe announced the latest inbound time for the peak season, reminding sellers to ensure that shipments reach Amazon's distribution centers before the specified date.
U.S.
Black Friday: November 2
Christmas Day: December 1
Europe
Black Friday: November 4
Christmas Day: December 11

At this point of Black Friday and Christmas coming up, another major UK port has announced strike time, at a time when strikes are threatening to affect the unloading and delivery times of cargo in the UK.
It is reported that the UK's Unite the Union has confirmed that more than 560 dock workers at the Port of Liverpool, the UK's second largest container terminal, will hold strike action from September 19 to October 3.
UK container port operator Peel Group said the move was aimed at disrupting port operations and demanding higher pay rises after the union rejected a pay package that was raised from 7 percent to 8.3 percent.
In response, shipping company Duffy CMA CGM said, "The team is doing its best to develop appropriate contingency plans to provide the most reliable service possible during the disruption. We are working to provide alternative solutions through other UK ports and will continue to provide door-to-door services."

The most common reasons for 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 include:

Inauthentic (this is often different from being accused of selling fake products);

Used Sold as New;

Baseless intellectual property rights complaints (trademark, copyright, or patent);

Related accounts (having more than one Amazon Sellers’ account;

Forged or manipulated documents, and;

Account metrics exceeding Amazon’s thresholds

U.S. West Amazon warehouse LGB8 & LAX9, temporarily closed
Amazon U.S. marketplace to California within the ONT8, LGB8, LAX9, SMF3 as a representative of the popular warehouses, reservation difficulties and delivery difficulties have always existed ......
From May this year onwards, there has been a serious explosion of warehouses, resulting in a large number of delays in the booking and delivery of warehouses. Among them, SMF3 is in the United States time on June 20, 1:30 p.m. notice of external closure, to the original use of the warehouse and failed to timely into the warehouse of Amazon sellers produced a more serious impact.
According to the latest external news, LGB8 & LAX9 will close the warehouse for some time because of some reasons.
LGB8 closing time: August 25, 3:30 pm U.S. time ~ August 29, 7:00 am (the previous reservation full jump, because this closing time is relatively long, is expected to open again after the reservation will be relatively tight)
LAX9 closing time: September 26, U.S. time (specific closing and re-opening time not yet announced)

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