Amazon's multi-site warehouses are overwhelmed, are sellers facing another wave of returns?

Finally, the warehouse went bankrupt! After ONT8 and four other warehouses were breached, Amazon’s warehouse went bankrupt again!

Another blowout

Recently, many sellers have complained that Amazon FBA’s warehouse overflow problem is serious, and there have been cases where warehouses have refused to accept or returned goods.

According to the freight forwarder, Amazon’s warehouse explosions were mostly concentrated in four warehouses : WRO5, WRO1, POZ1, and XWR1. The situation had even reached the point where they had suspended acceptance, refused to accept, or even returned goods.

"I avoided the epidemic and the freight accidents, but I didn't expect that I would end up in the hands of a warehouse explosion~"

In early April, a freight forwarder said that Amazon's warehouses in Europe might be overwhelmed. What is coming will eventually come. Facing the "third wave of the epidemic", Germany and Poland both reported more than 21,000 new cases per day, with 342 and 803 deaths respectively. The warehouse explosion may be late, but it will never be absent.

Troubled European Station

In fact , Amazon’s warehouse overflow problem has become more obvious since the end of March , and the trend is getting worse. Currently, warehouses in the United States, Germany, Canada and other places have experienced warehouse overflow problems one after another.

The continuous shipping accidents that have occurred this year under the epidemic have already dealt a heavy blow to many sellers. Coupled with the continuous warehouse explosions at Amazon warehouses, this already "not wealthy family" has been hit even harder.

For most sellers, the warehouse explosions in many places in Europe may lead to FBA capacity shortages, warehousing delays, and delays in listing time. In addition, the delivery time of end-products will also be affected.

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What is more serious is that the warehouse explosion will bring a series of returns! For sellers who encounter returns, the consequences of returns are even more serious, that is, a long wait and a lot of financial losses.

With the spread of the third wave of the epidemic in Europe, coupled with the successive strikes of Amazon workers in early April, it is foreseeable that the wave of returns caused by warehouse explosions will not be short! And in the face of this "mess", the sellers are the ones who suffer in the end.

As of 4 p.m. yesterday, Amazon's market value reached $1.68 trillion. As the world's largest e-commerce platform , Amazon has benefited greatly from the epidemic, with both market value and sellers increasing.

However, we also hope that while Amazon benefits, it will pay more attention to these internal problems, scientifically optimize warehouse management and logistics delivery, and provide better services to sellers who are the cornerstone of Amazon , rather than always letting sellers silently bear the "pain" brought by Amazon .

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