What You Should Choose: Amazon Easy Shipping vs Self shipping

Posted by shyplite on April 24th, 2021

Amazon online shopping is currently the best for e commerce, and with good reason. This platform offers flexible plans, a user-friendly interface, easy to navigate design and it’s own shipping services- all of which makes it easy to start an e commerce business and sell products almost immediately. 

With over 2 million sellers across the globe and boasting one of the highest markets for buyers, this platform is the go-to to sell products without incurring OpEx in terms of marketing or customer acquisition.

While sellers on Amazon are already aware of how seamless their platform is, there is still a question about which shipping method is most suitable for their businesses. 

Amazon offers the following shipping methods to choose from based on your e commerce business needs.

1. Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA)
2. Amazon Easy Ship
3. Amazon Self Ship

To serve the purpose of this blog, we will be talking about the two logistics fulfilment methods, and helping you decide which one is better for your business.

Amazon Easy Ship

Amazon Easy Ship is a shipping service for Amazon Businesses in India. Opting for this service means that packaged orders are picked up from your location by an Amazon logistics partner. The products are then directly delivered to your buyer’s location.

Advantages

• Delivers to over 99.9% of India's pin codes.
• Track the order and get an assured delivery date.
• The option of cash on delivery for buyers.
• Finances are directly deposited into your bank account.
• Option for Amazon to handle customer returns.

Businesses this model suits

This model is ideal for businesses with their own warehouses selling a large number of products. 

What do you need to get started?

Step 1: Register as a seller on an Amazon business account

Step 2: Provide your warehouse address to Amazon for pickup of products

Step 3: Pack, label and schedule pickups for orders placed on Amazon

Step 4: Amazon partners deliver your products to customers

Amazon Self Ship

Amazon Self Ship is a service offered uniquely to Indian sellers on the platform. With this model, sellers take care of the entire shipping process- from packaging to labelling, and delivery.

Advantages:

• Sellers get the option to choose delivery associates or courier services.
• The prime badge is available for all nearby pin codes.
• You can set your own shipping rates.

Businesses this model suits:

Larger businesses with warehouses and delivery networks, or shop owners who want to sell to closer pin codes on the same day or next day using various logistics associates or courier services.  

What do you need to get started?

Step 1: Print labels and package products for shipping.

Step 2: Choose the right shipping partner.

Step 3: Ship the product through preferred shipping partners.

Step 4: Confirm shipment and provide tracking details.

Note: This can become a one-step process with the right logistics aggregator.

Which is the better option?

There are many reasons why self shipping is better than the easy ship model.

1. You are in charge of your own shipments- you make your own rules and rates, and it gives you the option to experiment with your pricing strategies and courier partners before you find the most profitable option for you.
2. The easy ship model can be more expensive than most courier partners. 
3. The safety and security of cash on delivery is questionable. With self-ship, you can eliminate this method and chose only prepaid methods of payment.
4. You are also given the choice of whether you want to accept or reject returns.
5. Sell on Amazon and other marketplaces, too. 

Why choose Shyplite to self-ship?

1. Multi-carrier availability
2. AI-based customizable shipping
3. Don’t pay for more than you use
4. Enhance service delivery with automated tracking notifications
5. Delivers to over 26,000 pin codes across India
6. Connects over 50,000 buyers to their market in India