How much does it cost to do it on Amazon? What fees are included?

For cross-border e-commerce operations, each seller has different practical experience, some have more, some have less. For those with less practical experience, they need to constantly learn some methods and skills. For example, they need to know how much money Amazon costs to do it?

Amazon is different from domestic platforms and does not require a deposit. Its total costs mainly include the following:

1. Monthly rent: This is: 39.9 USD/month;

2. Product costs: Product purchasing and packaging fees, which depends on the products you buy; unless you do dropshipping, it is also a fixed fee.

3. FBA storage fee: This fee is generated during the operation and is determined based on the volume and weight of the product. The cost is relatively floating and is calculated based on the quantity of your products.

4. First-leg transportation fee: The fee for shipping from the seller’s warehouse to Amazon’s distribution warehouse. This is also a relatively fixed expense for Amazon.

5. Commission: Amazon will charge a commission ranging from 8% to 25% for products sold on the platform. The fee is determined by the product and is relatively floating. It is also a fixed fee.

6. Storage fees: Amazon will charge monthly storage fees and long-term storage fees for the goods placed in their warehouses. If the goods exceed the specified time, long-term storage fees will also be charged.

7. Collection fee rate: Each third-party institution will charge a fee ranging from 0.3% to 1.2%.

8. Other expenses: In addition to these, there are some other miscellaneous expenses, such as advertising, off-site promotion fees, as well as personnel, equipment, venues, water and electricity, trademark registration and other expenses. So how much does it cost to start an Amazon business? Let's assume that the product costs 20 yuan, which is about 3 US dollars, and the logistics cost is 1 US dollar. FBA costs 3.48 US dollars each. Let's prepare 300 products and do the math.

When you register an Amazon store, you will inevitably face a choice of seller plans: "Individual Seller Plan" and "Professional Seller Plan"Individual Seller Plan

Monthly fee: No fixed fee, but Amazon charges $0.99 for every item sold

Sales categories: There are very few categories of goods that can be uploaded for sale

Shopping cart: Unable to grab the gold shopping cart

Upload products: You can only upload one product at a time, not batch uploads

Data report: There is no intuitive data report, and you need to calculate the data yourself

Shipping fee settings: Amazon will help you set up the operation, you cannot modify it yourself

Registration activities: Amazon does not allow individual sellers to participate in various promotional activities

Professional Seller Plan

Monthly fee: Fixed price of $39.99 per month

Sales categories: Except for some prohibited products, most categories can be uploaded for sale

Shopping cart: You can grab the gold shopping cart

Upload products: You can upload products in batches

Data report: There is a data report, and adjustments can be made based on the data report

Shipping fee setting: You can set the shipping fee yourself

Registration activities: You can register for many promotional activities

If you want to do well on Amazon, it is very necessary to choose the "Professional Seller Plan". Of course, there are definitely other expenses, which are just the hard costs. There are also some miscellaneous costs, and you have to prepare about 20,000 in start-up capital.

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