Yes you read that right! Flexport, the logistics arm of Shopify Fulfilment Network will be charging $5000 per month regardless of whether you have used that much value from their fulfilment network.
Some of you may remember 6 months ago receiving this exact same email enacting a $500 minimum starting from July 2025.
For those who weren’t aware of that it basically meant that if your fulfilment fees totalled $400 within a month, they would charge you $500 for their services. If your fees totalled $600, you would pay $600.
So within weeks of that taking effect, they have emailed us once again to prepare the way for a 10X(!!!) increase in 6 months time.
Personally I find it absolutely despicable and have grown to truly resent the way Shopify are treating their merchants in recent years. The act of doing a bait and switch on small to mid sized merchants, setting a $500 minimum to then switch it out to $5000 is disgusting business practice and shows distain to their bread and butter customers.
Although I might actually be lucky enough to not fall foul of this I see how they are acting in bad faith and reckon there is credible grounds to challenge this legally.
It’s out of control, what’s next, $10,000? $50,0000? Horrible precedent to set. Let me know your thoughts and if you are affected by this!