Fee categories made easier to understand
As part of our efforts to make fee categories easier to understand, we’re pleased to introduce fee category guidelines and an upgraded Fee Preview report.
We’ve also updated our referral fee reimbursement policy to remove the 90-day dispute window.
Fee category guidelines
The new fee category guidelines provide detailed lists of products, allowing you to quickly find the fee category of a specific item.
Your product’s fee category may differ from how the item appears to customers. For example, customers might find fitness trackers under either Electronics or Sports when they browse on our website.
However, fitness trackers will be included in only one fee category, to ensure that all products of a kind have the same rate.
Fee Preview report
We’ve also upgraded the Fee Preview report to include any upcoming changes to an ASIN’s fee category.
ASINs are continually audited and updated to ensure that they’re correctly categorized, as shown in our fee category guidelines. If the fee category will change for any of your products, the upcoming change will show in the Fee Preview report.
For more information, go to Selling on Amazon fee schedule, Understanding fee categories, and Referral fees reimbursement policy.
Fee categories made easier to understand
As part of our efforts to make fee categories easier to understand, we’re pleased to introduce fee category guidelines and an upgraded Fee Preview report.
We’ve also updated our referral fee reimbursement policy to remove the 90-day dispute window.
Fee category guidelines
The new fee category guidelines provide detailed lists of products, allowing you to quickly find the fee category of a specific item.
Your product’s fee category may differ from how the item appears to customers. For example, customers might find fitness trackers under either Electronics or Sports when they browse on our website.
However, fitness trackers will be included in only one fee category, to ensure that all products of a kind have the same rate.
Fee Preview report
We’ve also upgraded the Fee Preview report to include any upcoming changes to an ASIN’s fee category.
ASINs are continually audited and updated to ensure that they’re correctly categorized, as shown in our fee category guidelines. If the fee category will change for any of your products, the upcoming change will show in the Fee Preview report.
For more information, go to Selling on Amazon fee schedule, Understanding fee categories, and Referral fees reimbursement policy.
12 replies
Seller_tzfX0jBLBCmu2
Glad you posted this. There is a thread talking about this right now.
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Fee Preview Reports shows:
Invalid Access
- You do not have permissions to view this page
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Detailed? Looks like the list was thrown together in an afternoon.
The Beauty Category has 10 options??
Basics like SOAP, Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, etc, etc not options.
Seller_hA060q8nqygew
Dear Amazon,
You should just STOP. “Easier to understand” is NOT your forte.
I looked at your stupid ‘easier’ page and frankly, I couldn’t figure out what the heck it was supposed to tell me. Easier??? Not at all.
All I saw was a list of products, and what kind of stuff they were. Hey, you know what? I bet people selling stuff, know what kind of stuff their stuff is. 
Nothing on that page says anything about fees at all.
As a seller, I might want to know how much I’m paying if I sell… say, calculators, for instance. But all your page tells me is that a calculator is an office product. Well, no sh*t Sherlock. 
How the (bleep) does that tell me anything useful?
I’d also like to say the people developing this stuff seem dumb as (double bleep) and the people promoting it as ‘useful’ should be embarrassed.
Here are some BASIC tips on how to create actual USEFUL help files. Please forward my consulting fee at your earliest convenience.
- When writing a page regarding FEES, make sure information about FEES is present.
- The proper abbreviation for pressing the ‘Control’ key plus the letter ‘f’ is CTRL+F, not “control-F”. Don’t any of you people actually USE computers???
- When creating lists of items, capitalize the first letter of each item. See the bulleted list you are reading as an example.
- When creating lists you expect people to search, use words that will make sense to the people doing the searching. OK, yes, maybe someone would search for ‘ballpoint pens’ but would anyone search for ‘hardcover executive notebooks’? Why not just list ‘pens’ and ‘notebooks’. That way, anyone searching for any type of pen, or any type of notebook will find it under Office Supplies. Of course, anyone selling pens or notebooks already knows that they are office supplies, so we’re back to the question of WTF is the point of this useless page again???
I can not believe that anyone thought THIS was necessary.
- You are making yourselves look STUPID.
- It’s embarrassing.
- Just STOP.
- You lack the competence to do even this basic level of task successfully.
Seller_wnc1pjYEF5ZqF
It’s hard for me to believe these “improvements” are made by anyone who grasps the concept of common sense.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
In order for this to be meaningful, Amazon will need to stop recategorizing items, including items for which we have brand registry and are sole seller. I cannot walk every item I sell every day in order to see what Amazon has biffed, then go through an insanely painful support process in the hopes of getting the error d’jour fixed.
I also don’t understand why it is my job to double-check Amazon’s math to make sure that they are giving me what they promised at the time I created a listing; removing the 90-day lookback window tells me that Amazon realizes this is/was a chronic problem, but by not improving the process of recovering those funds – which often results in a negative ROI because it takes so much time and effort – they are demonstrating that’s 100% A-OK with them. Failing upward is a brilliant biznis model.
I am not “delighted.” I am also a seller, not a buyer, so Amazon doesn’t care whether I’m delighted or irritated, as long as they can keep me around long enough to mine my data and knock off my products, until such time they put a DC in my backyard in order to fulfill all e-comm directly. FUJB.
Seller_0jMi3lW83Wn9e
Here’s an easy way to understand fees. Amazon wants some of your money, Amazon charges a fee to take some of it.
Seller_RThu5E14o4uD9
You know what would even be easier? How about a flat 10% on everything.
Seller_ZMQqvBsWfSwrF
So apparently Toys and Games does not include the following:
building blocks
toy cars and trucks
board games
non-plush interactive toys
arts and crafts
children’s books (yes, you would think these are under “books” but they are actually listed under the ‘toys and games’ heading landing page)
games and accessories
model kits
trains
video games
puzzles
SEAmod
Hello Sellers,
I was interested in your comments about this announcement so I did some research.
We sequentially audit products that may fall into more than one fee category and consolidate them into a single category for future fee calculation. This is to ensure that the same type of product isn’t being charged different referral fee rates. We are continuing our audit and will add to the list of products within New Fee Category Guidelines over time. This addresses the concern that some of you have expressed about items missing from the list.
Most importantly, sellers will be given notice before any fee category corrections via the Fee Preview Report. If you are interested in keeping up-to-date, you can bookmark the Fee Preview Report and New Fee Category Guidelines for reference.
As an additional point of clarification, the fee categories as described in the guidelines are not the same as the customer-facing browse categories on Amazon retail pages. A product can belong to multiple browse categories and on multiple pages across the retail pages to aid in customer discovery, but it can only belong to one fee category to prevent fee discrepancies. For example, yoga pants are browsable via both the Sports and Apparel retail pages, but all yoga pants belong under the Apparel fee category only.
Thanks for posting to this announcement!
Susan
Fee categories made easier to understand
As part of our efforts to make fee categories easier to understand, we’re pleased to introduce fee category guidelines and an upgraded Fee Preview report.
We’ve also updated our referral fee reimbursement policy to remove the 90-day dispute window.
Fee category guidelines
The new fee category guidelines provide detailed lists of products, allowing you to quickly find the fee category of a specific item.
Your product’s fee category may differ from how the item appears to customers. For example, customers might find fitness trackers under either Electronics or Sports when they browse on our website.
However, fitness trackers will be included in only one fee category, to ensure that all products of a kind have the same rate.
Fee Preview report
We’ve also upgraded the Fee Preview report to include any upcoming changes to an ASIN’s fee category.
ASINs are continually audited and updated to ensure that they’re correctly categorized, as shown in our fee category guidelines. If the fee category will change for any of your products, the upcoming change will show in the Fee Preview report.
For more information, go to Selling on Amazon fee schedule, Understanding fee categories, and Referral fees reimbursement policy.
Fee categories made easier to understand
As part of our efforts to make fee categories easier to understand, we’re pleased to introduce fee category guidelines and an upgraded Fee Preview report.
We’ve also updated our referral fee reimbursement policy to remove the 90-day dispute window.
Fee category guidelines
The new fee category guidelines provide detailed lists of products, allowing you to quickly find the fee category of a specific item.
Your product’s fee category may differ from how the item appears to customers. For example, customers might find fitness trackers under either Electronics or Sports when they browse on our website.
However, fitness trackers will be included in only one fee category, to ensure that all products of a kind have the same rate.
Fee Preview report
We’ve also upgraded the Fee Preview report to include any upcoming changes to an ASIN’s fee category.
ASINs are continually audited and updated to ensure that they’re correctly categorized, as shown in our fee category guidelines. If the fee category will change for any of your products, the upcoming change will show in the Fee Preview report.
For more information, go to Selling on Amazon fee schedule, Understanding fee categories, and Referral fees reimbursement policy.
Fee categories made easier to understand
As part of our efforts to make fee categories easier to understand, we’re pleased to introduce fee category guidelines and an upgraded Fee Preview report.
We’ve also updated our referral fee reimbursement policy to remove the 90-day dispute window.
Fee category guidelines
The new fee category guidelines provide detailed lists of products, allowing you to quickly find the fee category of a specific item.
Your product’s fee category may differ from how the item appears to customers. For example, customers might find fitness trackers under either Electronics or Sports when they browse on our website.
However, fitness trackers will be included in only one fee category, to ensure that all products of a kind have the same rate.
Fee Preview report
We’ve also upgraded the Fee Preview report to include any upcoming changes to an ASIN’s fee category.
ASINs are continually audited and updated to ensure that they’re correctly categorized, as shown in our fee category guidelines. If the fee category will change for any of your products, the upcoming change will show in the Fee Preview report.
For more information, go to Selling on Amazon fee schedule, Understanding fee categories, and Referral fees reimbursement policy.
12 replies
12 replies
Seller_tzfX0jBLBCmu2
Glad you posted this. There is a thread talking about this right now.
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Fee Preview Reports shows:
Invalid Access
- You do not have permissions to view this page
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Detailed? Looks like the list was thrown together in an afternoon.
The Beauty Category has 10 options??
Basics like SOAP, Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, etc, etc not options.
Seller_hA060q8nqygew
Dear Amazon,
You should just STOP. “Easier to understand” is NOT your forte.
I looked at your stupid ‘easier’ page and frankly, I couldn’t figure out what the heck it was supposed to tell me. Easier??? Not at all.
All I saw was a list of products, and what kind of stuff they were. Hey, you know what? I bet people selling stuff, know what kind of stuff their stuff is.
Nothing on that page says anything about fees at all.
As a seller, I might want to know how much I’m paying if I sell… say, calculators, for instance. But all your page tells me is that a calculator is an office product. Well, no sh*t Sherlock. How the (bleep) does that tell me anything useful?
I’d also like to say the people developing this stuff seem dumb as (double bleep) and the people promoting it as ‘useful’ should be embarrassed.
Here are some BASIC tips on how to create actual USEFUL help files. Please forward my consulting fee at your earliest convenience.
- When writing a page regarding FEES, make sure information about FEES is present.
- The proper abbreviation for pressing the ‘Control’ key plus the letter ‘f’ is CTRL+F, not “control-F”. Don’t any of you people actually USE computers???
- When creating lists of items, capitalize the first letter of each item. See the bulleted list you are reading as an example.
- When creating lists you expect people to search, use words that will make sense to the people doing the searching. OK, yes, maybe someone would search for ‘ballpoint pens’ but would anyone search for ‘hardcover executive notebooks’? Why not just list ‘pens’ and ‘notebooks’. That way, anyone searching for any type of pen, or any type of notebook will find it under Office Supplies. Of course, anyone selling pens or notebooks already knows that they are office supplies, so we’re back to the question of WTF is the point of this useless page again???
I can not believe that anyone thought THIS was necessary.
- You are making yourselves look STUPID.
- It’s embarrassing.
- Just STOP.
- You lack the competence to do even this basic level of task successfully.
Seller_wnc1pjYEF5ZqF
It’s hard for me to believe these “improvements” are made by anyone who grasps the concept of common sense.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
In order for this to be meaningful, Amazon will need to stop recategorizing items, including items for which we have brand registry and are sole seller. I cannot walk every item I sell every day in order to see what Amazon has biffed, then go through an insanely painful support process in the hopes of getting the error d’jour fixed.
I also don’t understand why it is my job to double-check Amazon’s math to make sure that they are giving me what they promised at the time I created a listing; removing the 90-day lookback window tells me that Amazon realizes this is/was a chronic problem, but by not improving the process of recovering those funds – which often results in a negative ROI because it takes so much time and effort – they are demonstrating that’s 100% A-OK with them. Failing upward is a brilliant biznis model.
I am not “delighted.” I am also a seller, not a buyer, so Amazon doesn’t care whether I’m delighted or irritated, as long as they can keep me around long enough to mine my data and knock off my products, until such time they put a DC in my backyard in order to fulfill all e-comm directly. FUJB.
Seller_0jMi3lW83Wn9e
Here’s an easy way to understand fees. Amazon wants some of your money, Amazon charges a fee to take some of it.
Seller_RThu5E14o4uD9
You know what would even be easier? How about a flat 10% on everything.
Seller_ZMQqvBsWfSwrF
So apparently Toys and Games does not include the following:
building blocks
toy cars and trucks
board games
non-plush interactive toys
arts and crafts
children’s books (yes, you would think these are under “books” but they are actually listed under the ‘toys and games’ heading landing page)
games and accessories
model kits
trains
video games
puzzles
SEAmod
Hello Sellers,
I was interested in your comments about this announcement so I did some research.
We sequentially audit products that may fall into more than one fee category and consolidate them into a single category for future fee calculation. This is to ensure that the same type of product isn’t being charged different referral fee rates. We are continuing our audit and will add to the list of products within New Fee Category Guidelines over time. This addresses the concern that some of you have expressed about items missing from the list.
Most importantly, sellers will be given notice before any fee category corrections via the Fee Preview Report. If you are interested in keeping up-to-date, you can bookmark the Fee Preview Report and New Fee Category Guidelines for reference.
As an additional point of clarification, the fee categories as described in the guidelines are not the same as the customer-facing browse categories on Amazon retail pages. A product can belong to multiple browse categories and on multiple pages across the retail pages to aid in customer discovery, but it can only belong to one fee category to prevent fee discrepancies. For example, yoga pants are browsable via both the Sports and Apparel retail pages, but all yoga pants belong under the Apparel fee category only.
Thanks for posting to this announcement!
Susan
Seller_tzfX0jBLBCmu2
Glad you posted this. There is a thread talking about this right now.
Seller_tzfX0jBLBCmu2
Glad you posted this. There is a thread talking about this right now.
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Fee Preview Reports shows:
Invalid Access
- You do not have permissions to view this page
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Fee Preview Reports shows:
Invalid Access
- You do not have permissions to view this page
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Detailed? Looks like the list was thrown together in an afternoon.
The Beauty Category has 10 options??
Basics like SOAP, Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, etc, etc not options.
Seller_2sSWhvyZsq56v
Detailed? Looks like the list was thrown together in an afternoon.
The Beauty Category has 10 options??
Basics like SOAP, Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, etc, etc not options.
Seller_hA060q8nqygew
Dear Amazon,
You should just STOP. “Easier to understand” is NOT your forte.
I looked at your stupid ‘easier’ page and frankly, I couldn’t figure out what the heck it was supposed to tell me. Easier??? Not at all.
All I saw was a list of products, and what kind of stuff they were. Hey, you know what? I bet people selling stuff, know what kind of stuff their stuff is.
Nothing on that page says anything about fees at all.
As a seller, I might want to know how much I’m paying if I sell… say, calculators, for instance. But all your page tells me is that a calculator is an office product. Well, no sh*t Sherlock. How the (bleep) does that tell me anything useful?
I’d also like to say the people developing this stuff seem dumb as (double bleep) and the people promoting it as ‘useful’ should be embarrassed.
Here are some BASIC tips on how to create actual USEFUL help files. Please forward my consulting fee at your earliest convenience.
- When writing a page regarding FEES, make sure information about FEES is present.
- The proper abbreviation for pressing the ‘Control’ key plus the letter ‘f’ is CTRL+F, not “control-F”. Don’t any of you people actually USE computers???
- When creating lists of items, capitalize the first letter of each item. See the bulleted list you are reading as an example.
- When creating lists you expect people to search, use words that will make sense to the people doing the searching. OK, yes, maybe someone would search for ‘ballpoint pens’ but would anyone search for ‘hardcover executive notebooks’? Why not just list ‘pens’ and ‘notebooks’. That way, anyone searching for any type of pen, or any type of notebook will find it under Office Supplies. Of course, anyone selling pens or notebooks already knows that they are office supplies, so we’re back to the question of WTF is the point of this useless page again???
I can not believe that anyone thought THIS was necessary.
- You are making yourselves look STUPID.
- It’s embarrassing.
- Just STOP.
- You lack the competence to do even this basic level of task successfully.
Seller_hA060q8nqygew
Dear Amazon,
You should just STOP. “Easier to understand” is NOT your forte.
I looked at your stupid ‘easier’ page and frankly, I couldn’t figure out what the heck it was supposed to tell me. Easier??? Not at all.
All I saw was a list of products, and what kind of stuff they were. Hey, you know what? I bet people selling stuff, know what kind of stuff their stuff is.
Nothing on that page says anything about fees at all.
As a seller, I might want to know how much I’m paying if I sell… say, calculators, for instance. But all your page tells me is that a calculator is an office product. Well, no sh*t Sherlock. How the (bleep) does that tell me anything useful?
I’d also like to say the people developing this stuff seem dumb as (double bleep) and the people promoting it as ‘useful’ should be embarrassed.
Here are some BASIC tips on how to create actual USEFUL help files. Please forward my consulting fee at your earliest convenience.
- When writing a page regarding FEES, make sure information about FEES is present.
- The proper abbreviation for pressing the ‘Control’ key plus the letter ‘f’ is CTRL+F, not “control-F”. Don’t any of you people actually USE computers???
- When creating lists of items, capitalize the first letter of each item. See the bulleted list you are reading as an example.
- When creating lists you expect people to search, use words that will make sense to the people doing the searching. OK, yes, maybe someone would search for ‘ballpoint pens’ but would anyone search for ‘hardcover executive notebooks’? Why not just list ‘pens’ and ‘notebooks’. That way, anyone searching for any type of pen, or any type of notebook will find it under Office Supplies. Of course, anyone selling pens or notebooks already knows that they are office supplies, so we’re back to the question of WTF is the point of this useless page again???
I can not believe that anyone thought THIS was necessary.
- You are making yourselves look STUPID.
- It’s embarrassing.
- Just STOP.
- You lack the competence to do even this basic level of task successfully.
Seller_wnc1pjYEF5ZqF
It’s hard for me to believe these “improvements” are made by anyone who grasps the concept of common sense.
Seller_wnc1pjYEF5ZqF
It’s hard for me to believe these “improvements” are made by anyone who grasps the concept of common sense.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
In order for this to be meaningful, Amazon will need to stop recategorizing items, including items for which we have brand registry and are sole seller. I cannot walk every item I sell every day in order to see what Amazon has biffed, then go through an insanely painful support process in the hopes of getting the error d’jour fixed.
I also don’t understand why it is my job to double-check Amazon’s math to make sure that they are giving me what they promised at the time I created a listing; removing the 90-day lookback window tells me that Amazon realizes this is/was a chronic problem, but by not improving the process of recovering those funds – which often results in a negative ROI because it takes so much time and effort – they are demonstrating that’s 100% A-OK with them. Failing upward is a brilliant biznis model.
I am not “delighted.” I am also a seller, not a buyer, so Amazon doesn’t care whether I’m delighted or irritated, as long as they can keep me around long enough to mine my data and knock off my products, until such time they put a DC in my backyard in order to fulfill all e-comm directly. FUJB.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
In order for this to be meaningful, Amazon will need to stop recategorizing items, including items for which we have brand registry and are sole seller. I cannot walk every item I sell every day in order to see what Amazon has biffed, then go through an insanely painful support process in the hopes of getting the error d’jour fixed.
I also don’t understand why it is my job to double-check Amazon’s math to make sure that they are giving me what they promised at the time I created a listing; removing the 90-day lookback window tells me that Amazon realizes this is/was a chronic problem, but by not improving the process of recovering those funds – which often results in a negative ROI because it takes so much time and effort – they are demonstrating that’s 100% A-OK with them. Failing upward is a brilliant biznis model.
I am not “delighted.” I am also a seller, not a buyer, so Amazon doesn’t care whether I’m delighted or irritated, as long as they can keep me around long enough to mine my data and knock off my products, until such time they put a DC in my backyard in order to fulfill all e-comm directly. FUJB.
Seller_0jMi3lW83Wn9e
Here’s an easy way to understand fees. Amazon wants some of your money, Amazon charges a fee to take some of it.
Seller_0jMi3lW83Wn9e
Here’s an easy way to understand fees. Amazon wants some of your money, Amazon charges a fee to take some of it.
Seller_RThu5E14o4uD9
You know what would even be easier? How about a flat 10% on everything.
Seller_RThu5E14o4uD9
You know what would even be easier? How about a flat 10% on everything.
Seller_ZMQqvBsWfSwrF
So apparently Toys and Games does not include the following:
building blocks
toy cars and trucks
board games
non-plush interactive toys
arts and crafts
children’s books (yes, you would think these are under “books” but they are actually listed under the ‘toys and games’ heading landing page)
games and accessories
model kits
trains
video games
puzzles
Seller_ZMQqvBsWfSwrF
So apparently Toys and Games does not include the following:
building blocks
toy cars and trucks
board games
non-plush interactive toys
arts and crafts
children’s books (yes, you would think these are under “books” but they are actually listed under the ‘toys and games’ heading landing page)
games and accessories
model kits
trains
video games
puzzles
SEAmod
Hello Sellers,
I was interested in your comments about this announcement so I did some research.
We sequentially audit products that may fall into more than one fee category and consolidate them into a single category for future fee calculation. This is to ensure that the same type of product isn’t being charged different referral fee rates. We are continuing our audit and will add to the list of products within New Fee Category Guidelines over time. This addresses the concern that some of you have expressed about items missing from the list.
Most importantly, sellers will be given notice before any fee category corrections via the Fee Preview Report. If you are interested in keeping up-to-date, you can bookmark the Fee Preview Report and New Fee Category Guidelines for reference.
As an additional point of clarification, the fee categories as described in the guidelines are not the same as the customer-facing browse categories on Amazon retail pages. A product can belong to multiple browse categories and on multiple pages across the retail pages to aid in customer discovery, but it can only belong to one fee category to prevent fee discrepancies. For example, yoga pants are browsable via both the Sports and Apparel retail pages, but all yoga pants belong under the Apparel fee category only.
Thanks for posting to this announcement!
Susan
SEAmod
Hello Sellers,
I was interested in your comments about this announcement so I did some research.
We sequentially audit products that may fall into more than one fee category and consolidate them into a single category for future fee calculation. This is to ensure that the same type of product isn’t being charged different referral fee rates. We are continuing our audit and will add to the list of products within New Fee Category Guidelines over time. This addresses the concern that some of you have expressed about items missing from the list.
Most importantly, sellers will be given notice before any fee category corrections via the Fee Preview Report. If you are interested in keeping up-to-date, you can bookmark the Fee Preview Report and New Fee Category Guidelines for reference.
As an additional point of clarification, the fee categories as described in the guidelines are not the same as the customer-facing browse categories on Amazon retail pages. A product can belong to multiple browse categories and on multiple pages across the retail pages to aid in customer discovery, but it can only belong to one fee category to prevent fee discrepancies. For example, yoga pants are browsable via both the Sports and Apparel retail pages, but all yoga pants belong under the Apparel fee category only.
Thanks for posting to this announcement!
Susan
