Is the new Amazon seller fee keeping you in the dark? [Crew Review]

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Hey Reader,

How much does it take to sell on Amazon?

The answer used to be pretty straightforward, but with all the new policies and seller fees, it’s getting more difficult to tell.

The Low Inventory fee has just been implemented yesterday. This new fee continues the trend of Amazon introducing increasingly complex and difficult to calculate fees over the last two years.

We tried to trace how much Amazon seller fees increased over the years and compared it with increases in other third-party logistics providers.

Here’s what we found.

Amazon Reports Ad Revenue Increase in Q1

Analysts’ predictions were quite close to what the company actually made in the first quarter of 2024 in terms of digital advertising. With more companies recovering from the inflation, Amazon made $11.8 billion (analysts predicted $11.7 billion) in digital ad revenue last quarter, which is up by 24% compared to last year’s $9.5 billion.

The e-commerce giant reported an overall increase in net income representing a 229% YoY change. It exceeded analysts’ expectations of $8.95 billion as the company made $10.43 billion in net profit in Q1.

The use of AI also boosted AWS revenue, which contributed to the number.

CEO Andy Jassy is expecting the company’s investments in artificial intelligence to pay off in the long run. This is not unlike the expectations of executives of other Big Tech companies like Meta and Alphabet.

Take Advantage of the Black Box

There are millions of products on Amazon and even more that aren’t sold on the platform (yet). So how do you sift through all of them and determine which ones can be profitable?

With Helium 10’s Black Box, you can easily filter your search by setting your desired limits—category, number of reviews, monthly revenue, etc. And with just a couple more clicks, you’ll have multiple product launch ideas.

Check out Black Box and other features.

Seller Spotlight: Utopia Deals

Beddings, home improvement, towels, kitchen accessories, and lab coats. These are just some of the products sold by this week’s featured Amazon third-party seller.

Utopia Deals was launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Plainview, New York. They sell in more than 50 product categories with over 250 million product reviews in multiple platforms including Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, and eBay.

27.27% of Amazon Sellers Are Chinese

The percentage of Chinese Amazon sellers increased to 27.27% from 24.7% last month. Meanwhile, US-based sellers still take the majority of the pie with 67.78%, despite a 0.52% drop from April.

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AI-recommended. Walmart has a new technology in place that gives employees advice on when produce goes bad or when a style becomes outdated. The goal is to avoid waste to maximize the company’s profits—and to save the planet.

Q. Eighty percent. That’s how much more productive developers and businesses have been since using Amazon Q (at least that’s what the company claims).

The cookies are still here. Google was planning to get rid of its cookies by the end of the year, but the deadline has been pushed again, now to 2025.