Business
Coronavirus has officially hit Amazon. Two employees in Italy and one in Seattle. There was a joke online that said now that Amazon has contracted COVID-19, the rest of us can expect it for free within two days—at least those of us with a prime membership. Amazon’s building Mini Fulfillment Centers. In an article by Supply Chain Dive, Amazon’s reported to be building smaller ship houses to get customers product in one day or less. The delivery windows are somewhere in the ball park 5-10 hours. This is now available fore up to 300 million products. There are pros and cons to this for sellers (higher sales, higher expenses). Amazon is decreasing Multi-Channel Fulfillment fees to push people to use them as a fulfillment option. It’s a little more flexible than selling on Amazon directly (for example, you can have customers ship returns back to you instead of them), and Amazon’s always trying to do more to get into other markets. Looks like they’re taking on Shipstation now. A list of the new fees can be found here.