Mar 6 • General discussion
Pros and Cons 👀 FBA vs FBM
📦 Sellers
Both Amazon pricing plans can use FBA or FBM.
Individual Plan
• No monthly fee
• Pay $0.99 per item sold
• Can still use FBA or FBM
Professional Plan
• About $39.99 per month
• No $0.99 per item fee
• Can also use FBA or FBM
🚚 FBA (Fulfilled by Amazon)
Amazon stores your product and ships it to the customer.
👍 Pros
• Amazon ships the order
• Amazon handles returns & customer messages
• Prime shipping can help get more sales
👎 Cons
• More Amazon fees
• You must send inventory to Amazon first
• Storage fees if products sit too long
📦 FBM (Fulfilled by Merchant)
You keep the products and ship the orders yourself.
👍 Pros
• Lower Amazon fees
• You control your inventory
• Good for testing products
👎 Cons
• You pack and ship every order
• You handle customer messages
• Shipping mistakes can hurt account health
• Shipping cost can eat your profit if you price wrong
Quick tip 👇for new sellers 📦
Just be careful with FBM shipping — if you don’t calculate it right, it can eat your profit.
💡 Tip:
Many sellers use both methods in the same store.
• Send fast-selling products to FBA 🚚
• Test products or ship slower items with FBM 📦
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Pros and Cons 👀 FBA vs FBM
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