New Delhi. Amazon is the biggest name in the world of e-commerce. Millions of people order goods from Amazon every month. A big reason for this is that all the goods are available cheaper on e-commerce platforms than in the market. Now there is bad news for those who visit Amazon in the hope of cheap goods. Amazon has decided to increase seller fees. Seller fees on Amazon will increase from April 7. As a result, all the goods will now be available at expensive prices instead of cheap ones on this e-commerce platform.
According to media reports, Amazon India has informed the sellers selling goods through it that it is now going to increase the shipping, referral and tech costs. English newspaper Economic Times has reported that Amazon will implement its new fee structure from April 7. This new fee will be according to the price of things. You may have never thought that what benefit would Amazon get by selling the goods of other companies or sellers? The reality is that seller fees are the biggest source of income for Amazon. This e-commerce platform charges fees for everything that is sold on Amazon. Earlier in May 2023, Amazon had increased the fees. Due to increase in fees, the price of goods available on Amazon also increases.
According to the news of Economic Times, now the prices of personal care products, keyboard, mouse, car electronics and camera accessories will increase on Amazon. According to the news, there will be 10 percent fee on 3D printer. At the same time, 10 percent fee is being kept on doors and windows, 6.5 percent on beauty products and 9 percent on grocery items. Whereas, Amazon is going to charge 4.5 percent fee on inverter and battery and 12.5 percent fee on fragrance items. Now the price of Easy Ship and Self Ship will also be between Rs 4 to Rs 80. Seller Flex is also being increased to Rs 61. Tech fee has been reduced to Rs 14. According to Amazon India, there was an attempt to change the fees for a long time. Those doing business on Amazon will benefit from this.