Amazon plans to expand SEND to additional destinations and shipping modes soon. Services offered under this new vertical will include information about multiple carriers, negotiating rates and service levels, compliance and credit checks, shipment tracking, and various payment modes.
Amazon India has launched SEND, its cross-border logistics platform, allowing end-to-end support to Indian exporters. The platform is currently available for exporters on Amazon Global Selling that ships air parcels from India to Amazon’s fulfillment centers in the US.
Amazon plans to expand SEND to additional destinations and shipping modes soon. Services offered under this new vertical will include information about multiple carriers, negotiating rates and service levels, compliance and credit checks, shipment tracking, and various payment modes.
According to a statement from Amazon, sellers can book, ship and track their packages from within their Amazon seller central dashboard and set up auto payments via their disbursement account.
The launch of Amazon’s SEND comes close to the annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) sales. And it opens an opportunity galore to several Indian exporters who can sell their products on Amazon’s global websites, especially categories including home and kitchen, toys, personal care, fashion and apparel, stationary, furniture and more.
The e-commerce giant has also slashed the subscription fee of Amazon’s SEND platform for new exporters joining its Global Selling program for the first three months from $120 per month to just $1 for the three months.
