Amazon's overseas warehouse costs are too high, how to reduce long-term storage costs?
Everyone knows that if you want to do cross-border e-commerce, you can't do without Amazon, and the best way to do Amazon well is to rent Amazon's overseas warehouses. However, the increase in Amazon's overseas warehouse fees will lead to an increase in the operating costs of merchants. It is said that Amazon's overseas warehouse fees are too expensive, so we can reduce costs by reducing long-term storage fees, which is currently more effective. method , so what can be done to reduce long-term storage costs? There are mainly the following methods: 1. Consider sales strategies when hoarding inventory, 2. Hoard inventory outside Amazon warehouses, 3. Promote inventory products that are about to reach 6 months or 12 months, 4. Optimize the listing page, 5. Create removal product clearance inventory
When a seller launches a new product, they stockpile a small amount of inventory in Amazon warehouses until they can measure product sales. Avoid hoarding inventory in warehouses that cannot be sold out for a long time.
2. Stock up on inventory outside of Amazon warehouses
By putting the product in a place where it is easier to ship, the seller only needs to store a small amount of inventory in the Amazon warehouse to minimize storage costs, and at the same time can quickly send the product to the Amazon warehouse to avoid out of stock.
3. Promotion of stock products that are about to reach 6 months or 12 months
Carry out promotional activities for some products that meet the long-term inventory clearance twice a year to drive sales.
Optimize every element of your product detail page to drive sales. Image quality and product descriptions should be optimized. Optimizing product reviews is also a magic weapon to drive sales.
5. Create removal products, clear inventory
If the above methods fail, you can consider dealing with some stock products. Create a removal product and have Amazon return it, or simply destroy it.
As competition from Amazon intensifies, reasonable fees will be in your favor. Now FBA is getting more and more expensive, because members’ daily inventory is tight again, and sellers who are still using FBA should not forget to reduce the volume and reduce storage fees.
Remarks: The above content is only an internal opinion and is for reference only.
