Amazon tells sellers to pay up to get your packages to you faster
Amazon is asking some of its third-party sellers to bid for access to one of its fastest shipping options. Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Amazon wants more products delivered in as little as a couple of hours. Now it wants some third-party sellers to bid for fast-shipping eligibility. "I would rather that they just have an elevated cost," one seller says Amazon is turning to third-party sellers to expand one of its fastest shipping options — and asking them to pay up for it. The e-commerce giant is asking some sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon, or FBA, to submit bids to make their products eligible for "sub-Same Day" delivery, according to an email sent to sellers earlier this month. Sub-Same Day deliveries arrive as soon as two hours after customers place an order and are available in 2,300 metro areas, according to Amazon. Items sold through sub-Same Day delivery "have experienced 12% higher sales on average" than those delivered through regular FBA service, Amazon wrote in the email. "You pay only for units that actually ship through Sub Same Day, at the per-unit price you bid," the email reads. "Participation is optional, and you'r
Amazon is asking some of its third-party sellers to bid for access to one of its fastest shipping options. Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Amazon wants more products delivered in as little as a couple of hours. Now it wants some third-party sellers to bid for fast-shipping eligibility. "I would rather that they just have an elevated cost," one seller says Amazon is turning to third-party sellers to expand one of its fastest shipping options — and asking them to pay up for it. The e-commerce giant is asking some sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon, or FBA, to submit bids to make their products eligible for "sub-Same Day" delivery, according to an email sent to sellers earlier this month. Sub-Same Day deliveries arrive as soon as two hours after customers place an order and are available in 2,300 metro areas, according to Amazon. Items sold through sub-Same Day delivery "have experienced 12% higher sales on average" than those delivered through regular FBA service, Amazon wrote in the email. "You pay only for units that actually ship through Sub Same Day, at the per-unit price you bid," the email reads. "Participation is optional, and you'r
