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Have there been any deep-dives into what Amazon pays for shipping on a per-package basis? At their volume, I can imagine that the cost per item shipped has the
by QuinnyPig 10y ago
Have there been any deep-dives into what Amazon pays for shipping on a per-package basis? At their volume, I can imagine that the cost per item shipped has the potential to be low enough that it costs more for the worker to put the item in the box than it does to ship the item out.
- tyingq 10y agoI'm sure their volume drives deep discounts. Their scale also allows them to have multiple warehouses spread across the US, avoiding high cost / long distance shipping of individual items. They have other levers as well. For example, they cap what third-party listings on Amazon can charge for shipping...often the cap is lower than the actual shipping cost.