Amazon U.S. and Canada
Selling on Amazon comes at a price that will drive alot of sellers OUT OF AMAZON in 2024. The cost of doing business on Amazon is going to be higher than ever before in 2024. Many sellers and re-sellers are expected to see price increases for simply selling their items. In the case with Amazon, storing and shipping with Amazon is getting more expensive. They are raising their rates and fees in 2024.
We are currently uncertain how much longer we will remain selling on Amazon. Right now, we only have a limited amount of active listings and due to the rate increases Amazon is implenting on sellers, we are likely going to be forced to increase the prices on the active listings.
We are also uncertain if we will add any new listings to Amazon U.S. and Canada. A big part of these decisions will be how much impact the cost of selling on Amazon will really be. Its not just us but other platforms too.
Amazon Canada listings will reflect a higher price per listing as it will include the cost of shipping from the U.S. to Canadian buyers. These listings are FULFILLMENT BY SELLER (FBS). When someone in Canada places an order, the items ship from the U.S. to Canada. Canadian listings on Amazon do not cover the actual cost of shipping internationally. The listings only charge a domestic shipping charge. Since the lisitings are on the Canadian Amazon site, it does this automatically by only charging a Domestic Shipping Rate. Therefore, in order to fulfill these orders from the Amazon Canada site, we are forced to cover the rest of the actual shipping cost on the INTERNATIONAL RATE. Therefore, Amazon Canada listings will not reflect a higher price to cover that additional cost. Once we send inventory to Amazon warehouses in Canada, we will be able to fulfill orders with a domestic shipping rate and FULFILLMENT BY AMAZON (Prime) will also be available. This is important to consider because Amazon Canada listings will be higher than usual as items are being shipped directly to buyers in Canada from the U.S. and the higher price is only for International Shipping rates included in the price of the items purchased. Once the inventory is available on Canadian Amazon warehouses, we will adjust prices (which will be lower).
Ebay
Ebay will also be a platform that is getting costly for sellers to place their items for sale. Therefore, prices will increase by as much as 10%-15% to cover the rising rates of doing business on Ebay. You can expect to see this change as early as January. Again, we can only highly recommend shopping our site as nothing on our site will cost anything more than the price and the cost of shipping to do business on our site. We cannot say this about any 3rd party Seller Platforms.
What's Next?
Facebook and Instagram are still unpredicabtle. You may recall that there was a time when people were doing Facebook LIVE selling. Those privileges were taken down as Meta has continued to make changes with its Facebook and Instagram Shops. There is no telling what they will do next. What we do know is that it is still much easier and better to shop our site 1000%
Sigil Occult Jewelry
(Xerxes)
In 2024, we have plans for at least 1 new design. It will be Lucifer Descending. Its been a piece that was designed a couple years ago and I believe we are finally ready to bring it to life. Not since I designed LILITH has a piece this complicated been created. I am very much looking forward to it. Pictures will be shared once we are in production.
I am not sure if I will make more designs for 2024 other than this one. Inflation is affecting everyone on every level and its simply a matter of waiting for the right time to produce this design.
SHIPPING RATES
This season, the USPS increased shipping rates for the holiday season. This is a rate that will go back down in January or February. This is now going to be a seasonal change, each year for the Xmas season. Know this now so you can shop early next Xmas Season in 2024.
ANYTHING ELSE??
Is ther anything else that we have not yet covered? This is what we know so far. We are likely to share more updates on our social media accounts. We felt that the Ebay and Amazon changes was important enough to share on a blog for future reference.
If you feel we have not yet covered some subjects, please feel free to contact us and we would gladly respond in email and possibly make a new social media post or blog to elaborate further on what you can expect in 2024.
~ Xerxes
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