By Dua Rashid
Amazon has recently been working on launching a new discount marketplace with ultra-cheap products shipped directly from China to rival the likes of Temu and Shein, two massively popular Chinese stores selling dirt-cheap items. According to a report from The Information, the e-commerce giant was recently seen sharing information with its merchants on price caps that it’ll set for select products.
Reportedly, the shipping timelines will be around nine to 11 days, and sellers will be charged between $1.77 and $2.05 for shipping a four to eight-ounce item from the center. The Information compares these figures to the $2.67 to $4.16 fee that sellers pay for shipping items of the same weight from local warehouses under Fulfillment by Amazon.
As mentioned in the report, “[…] all the companies operating in the United States must clean up their supply chain and ensure that they are not contributing to the […] genocide of the Uyghur people by facilitating the sale of goods made with forced labor.” But given the already exploitative labor model that Amazon operates on and how ridiculously abusive it is with its workplace policies, it’s highly unlikely that it’s going to take a different, more ethical approach with its budget store.
Temu and Shein haven’t just made Amazon feel insecure with their explosive success. Last year, TikTok responded to the competition by launching an in-app shopping function exclusively for the U.S. to sell cheap Chinese-made products.
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