What does FBA shipping cost mean? How is it calculated?

FBA is a drop shipping service provided by Amazon warehouse. It is the mainstream logistics method on Amazon cross-border e-commerce platform. Many merchants may not know what FBA freight means. Let's learn about it in the following content.

What is FBA? How to calculate the first-leg freight of FBA? In simple terms, FBA is a consignment delivery service provided by Amazon warehouses. What we are going to talk about is how to calculate the first-leg freight of FBA.

1. First, let’s talk about the meaning of FBA:

FBA is the abbreviation of Fulfillment by Amazon. "Fulfilled by Amazon" or "shipped by Amazon" refers to the shipping service provided by Amazon warehouse.

FBA is somewhat similar to JD Logistics. Whether it is JD-operated or not, all products are shipped by JD Logistics. Sellers on JD use JD Logistics to provide buyers with efficient and reliable logistics services.

2. Why does FBA come about?

After a foreign buyer places an order, if the goods are shipped in China, the timeliness will be very poor, and the buyer may not receive the goods for more than a week. In order to improve the quality and level of service, you can use the FBA service provided by Amazon. According to sales forecasts, you can first ship the goods to foreign countries by sea, air or international express, and enter the Amazon FBA warehouse in large quantities. In this way, once a foreign buyer places an order, the goods can be shipped directly from the FBA warehouse. For example, after an American buyer places an order, the goods are shipped directly from the FBA warehouse in the United States. This is equivalent to domestic express delivery in the United States, and the timeliness and quality are improved!

3. The calculation method of FBA first-leg freight is in accordance with; N freight rate; freight calculation for clean items

A box of clothing is sent from Shanghai to the United States, with a gross weight of 28.4kg and a volume of 82cm times; 48cm times; 32cm. Please calculate the air freight and AWB regulations for this shipment. ??

Step 1: Volume: 82cm times; 48cm times; 32cm = 125952cm sup3; Step 2: Volume Weight: 125952cm sup3; bride; 6000cm sup3./kg = 21.0kg Step 3: Cross Weight: 28.4kg?

Part 4: Chargeable Weight: 28.5kg (rounded up to 28.4kg). Since the volume weight is 21.0kg and the actual gross weight is 28.4kg, the chargeable weight should be 28.4kg.

Step 5: Applicable Rate: GCR N 38.67CNY/kg?

Part 6: Weight charge: 28.5 times; 38.67 = CNY 1102.10

FBA is a bit similar to JD.com delivery. Currently, Amazon’s cross-border e-commerce platform adopts this logistics method. As for what it means and how it is calculated, we have already introduced it in the above content.

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