Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Helium 10 Weekly Buzz.

My name is Shavali Patel, and this is the show where we get you familiar with the latest news in the Amazon and e-commerce space,

interview people in the industry we think you need to hear from, and provide a training tip of the week that will give you serious strategies for serious sellers of any level in the

Amazon, Walmart, and ecommerce world. Let's see what's buzzing this week. Today we'll talk about

the latest 5% seller fee increase, among other breaking news pieces, have a conversation with

the co-founder of Spot,

and dive into how you can generate your own QR codes to better scale your growing business.

Let's get started.

Up first, we have some news that was released right after last week's weekly buzz episode.

To offset rising costs, Amazon recently stated they will be adding

a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge to seller fees for those third-party sellers who use the

superstores fulfillment services. Now, don't panic. Understand that this is not the Amazon

Commission, nor an arbitrary fee that's being taken off the retail price.

This is the pick-pack and shipping fee that Amazon charges you to deliver orders to your customers.

And according to the notice that was sent to sellers on Wednesday, this is largely attributed to the increased company costs since this start of the pandemic.

So they're hoping that the surge will absorb those increased hourly wages,

the hiring of workers, and the construction of more warehouses.

Now, although those new changes are subject to change,

they'll apply to apparel and non-apparel products ordered before April 28th, but shipped and delivered

after that date. And this is effective April 28th. If you're interested in understanding exactly

how this impacts your profit margins, then be sure to head over to Helium 10 and check out

the blog section. There's an article there written by Bradley Sutton to see that talks about an

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