amazon delivery cost
the price of free two day shipping is about to go up that was the message from amazon executives last week who said that shipping costs would probably force them to raise the price of the company s popular amazon prime program now $ 79 per year the cost could go up $ 20 to $ 40 more this statistic illustrates amazon com s annual shipping revenue and outbound shipping costs from 2006 to 2014 in 2014 amazon s shipping revenue amounted to 4 49 billion us dollars whereas the company s outbound shipping costs came to 8 71 billion us dollars amazon s nasdaq amzn cost of shipping in the first quarter of 2014 increased to an all time high for a non holiday period according to an sec filing from the company the online retailer spent almost $ 1 billion in shipping during the quarter an increase of 28 % from the same period in 2012 that was the message from amazon executives last week who said that shipping costs would probably force them to raise the price of the company s popular amazon prime program now $ 79 per year the cost could go up $ 20 to $ 40 more amazon amzn announced the annual membership will now cost $ 99 a year up from $ 79 a student membership will cost $ 49 annually in february amazon said it was considering raising the price to $ 119 a year in 2014 amazon s shipping revenue amounted to 4 49 billion us dollars whereas the company s outbound shipping costs came to 8 71 billion us dollars net shipping costs in the year amounted to 4 22 billion u s dollars a student membership will cost $ 49 annually in february amazon said it was considering raising the price to $ 119 a year prime members get two day shipping on a large number of amazon items at no extra cost plus the ability to borrow kindle books and stream movies and television shows however roboteconomic s colin lewis did some back of the napkin math to figure out whether drones could save amazon some cash his conclusion yes he believes amazon s average shipping cost is $ 2 to $ 8 with drones if amazon prices it right the cost could be as low as $ 2 a shipment victor j blue wired the price of free two day shipping is about to go up that was the message from amazon executives last week who said that shipping costs would probably force them to raise the price of the company s popular amazon prime program now $ 79 per year the cost could go up $ 20 to $ 40 more but even with this premium it s still expensive when bezos introduced the drone delivery concept the subtext was that it would make sense only if it saved the company money in 2013 shipping cost amazon $ 6 63 billion over the past three years combined the net cost of shipping has been about $ 8 8 billion
$2-$8