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FBA is cheaper than USPS is almost all cases. Once you throw in the fact that FBA fees included pick and pack which you'd otherwise have to pay for yourself, it
by ikeboy 7y ago
FBA is cheaper than USPS is almost all cases. Once you throw in the fact that FBA fees included pick and pack which you'd otherwise have to pay for yourself, it's quite rare to find items more cost effective to ship directly than to use FBA. Primarily it's either very small items that can be shipped with flats, or very large items where dimensional weight comes into play.
- theturtletalks 7y agoThis is a good point, but Amazon tacks on even more fees if you want to fulfill those orders outside of Amazon. We used to sell small electronics on Amazon and other channels which used to cost $2.60 to ship USPS. We signed up for FBA and they charged $5.95 to fulfill each order. Even if picking and packing costs $1-$2, you still make more profit shipping it yourself. We used to have 3 workers fulfill 150 orders a day from our warehouse which equals $0.80 to "pick and pack" and can be sent to any channel.
- ikeboy 7y agoYes, MCF is not competitive with other 3pls or in-house. It's a convenience charge.