"Low-Cost Store" - new FBA program?

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This is a new one for me. I was using the FBA Revenue Calculator a few days ago and the default option is now “Low-Cost Store”. Description says:

Low-Cost Store

The Low-Cost Store is a dedicated shopping experience within Amazon stores that allows customers to shop low-priced, unbranded fashion and lifestyle products

**Lower FBA fees: Fulfillment and storage fees for Low-Cost Store items will be significantly lower than for standard FBA

**Amazon fulfillment center located in China

**Hassle-free delivery with Amazon’s trusted delivery network

**Dedicated storefront to highlight low-cost selection

Screenshot below. I don’t see I’ve seen an announcement regarding this before.

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I just read the article below and do remember having previously read that Amazon wanted to put together a competitive alternative to Temu, which I’m assuming is the now so-called “Low-Cost Store”:

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Great, so now we have to directly compete with the Chinese.

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So which is it?
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It’s both - Amazon is expanding its infrastructure with more FCs in the PRC.

From what I’ve seen so far, it has yet to be revealed whether or not the Low-Cost Store’s Chinese participants will be held to the same requirement for deploying a domestic return facility which currently applies (and for many years has) to foreign-based sellers selling into the US Marketplace.

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Considering there’s already container shipping direct to FBA, it’s gotta be some real cheap junk to justify shipping direct from china to consumer and making them wait 3 weeks to get it.

I would imagine they’d just do returnless refunds for this.

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This?

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Yup…

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I do not have that option on the Revenue Calculator.

Interesting

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Sounds like knock-offs of the knock-offs.

Marilyn

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