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Disclaimer: Former FBA seller here. > So every time you think you've got just the right size/weight/price balance you get screwed. And where else are you going
by BeetleB 3y ago
Disclaimer: Former FBA seller here.
> So every time you think you've got just the right size/weight/price balance you get screwed. And where else are you going to go?
You've skirted around the obvious question: Why did you pick FBA to begin with? Amazon sellers existed long before FBA. They did their own shipping, so almost none of those fees apply. Many sellers continue to do well on the Amazon platform while not being part of FBA.
If you can't succeed without participating in FBA, then all that's happened is Amazon created an environment for previously unviable businesses to succeed, and has merely tightened it.
Edit: Amusing that this comment is being downvoted, whereas my other comment saying pretty much the same thing is being upvoted.
- agentgumshoe 3y agoI think a more obvious question is how are Amazon making this possible if it's not profitable otherwise?
- BeetleB 3y agoAmazon gets to negotiate good shipping rates, and has larger economies of scale than a regular business can achieve. In general, cost per unit is cheaper if you have more volume.
- nortirn 3y ago[dead]