The supply chain can do this very effectively, but it also has downsides. People who make decisions about where to send vehicles and how to route packages are constantly trying to keep costs down while still getting packages to customers on time. If you’ve ever used a tracking number to follow a package, you’ve seen it in action. To handle that many packages, shipping companies need an extensive network of manufacturers, vehicles and warehouses that can coordinate together. So your order from Etsy or eBay could also be packed and shipped by Amazon. Amazon’s multichannel fulfillment service allows other websites to use its warehousing and shipping services. This is greater than FedEx’s 19% market share and within striking distance of UPS’s 24%. Since then, Amazon’s logistics arm has grown from relying entirely on other carriers to shipping 22% of all packages in the U.S. In 2014, however, Amazon began delivering packages itself with a service called “Fulfilled by Amazon.” That’s when those signature blue delivery vans started appearing on local streets. Laid end to end, they would wrap around the Earth 62 times.īack in the early 2010s, most things bought from were shipped using a third-party carrier like FedEx or UPS. If each of these packages were a 1-foot square box and they were stacked on top of one another, the pile would be six times higher than the distance from the Earth to the Moon. In 2021 the company shipped an estimated 7.7 billion packages globally, based on its nearly $470 billion in sales. In the U.S., it has grown from a mere 7% of retail purchases in 2012 to 19.6% of retail and US$791.7 billion in sales in 2020.įor Amazon, the biggest player in e-commerce, this means delivering lots of packages. This kind of shopping is called “e-commerce” and it’s becoming more popular each year. Whether it’s a high-end telescope or a resupply of toothpaste, the goods appear right at your doorstep.
It’s incredibly convenient to buy something online, right from your computer or phone. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to many Amazon packages get delivered each year? – Aya K., age 9, Illinois
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