Amazon has forbidden its third-party sellers from using FedEx ground delivery for Prime shipments starting this week, FedEx confirmed.
That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited an email sent to merchants noting “a decline in performance heading into the final stretch of the holiday shopping season.”
Jonathan Weber, a third-party seller focused on outdoor equipment and school supplies, told Adweek the move impacts sellers who use Amazon’s Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) program, or those who fulfill their own orders.
Weber described the SFP program as used by “a small percentage of sellers” because it requires “a robust warehouse infrastructure to be able to match Amazon’s own speed in making shipments.”
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