FTC vs. Amazon: 4 takeaways on how the company’s fulfillment services affect sellers The complaint says sellers are cornered into using Fulfillment by Amazon, squeezing out alternative providers.

In response to rising costs, Amazon will increase a fee charged to third-party merchants who use its Fulfillment By Amazon services by 5% to cover fuel and inflation.

Amazon is giving itself an unfair advantage, third-party merchants say, by deleting negative feedback pertaining to shipping problems -- but only when merchants use Amazon's own shipping service.

The e-commerce giant didn't elaborate on the pricing decision, but the company has made strides in lowering its cost to ...

Amazon to Add 'Inflation Surcharge' for Merchants That Use Its Shipping Services The new 5% surcharge may cause businesses to raise prices for goods on Amazon.

The company also offers an existing service called Multi-Channel Fulfillment, which supports Amazon’s Buy With Prime program to fulfill orders made on competing e-commerce websites.

Amazon announced new supply-chain services Tuesday that expand its fulfillment and logistics operations for sales outside of Amazon.com.

Walmart launched its fulfillment service allowing vendors a place to store and ship items in a two-day period.

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it will impose an average 5% fuel and inflation surcharge on merchants to warehouse and ship their products in the United States, in response to rising costs.