Update to Amazon US referral and FBA fees: Effective June 1, 2021
2020 was one of the most successful years for sellers in Amazon’s store, even with the obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 15, 2020 to January 15, 2021, independent third-party sellers – almost all small and medium-sized businesses – increased their Amazon sales by more than 55% year-over-year. And we are working hard and investing heavily to help you continue this success.
In 2020, we increased square footage across our fulfillment and logistics network by 50%, opening dozens of new delivery stations and fulfillment centers around the world. We built more than 250 tools and services to help you manage and grow your business, such as the Growth Opportunities page to help you drive new sales, FBA Liquidations to help you recover value from inventory and improve sustainability, and improved Seller University courses to guide you on how to use all of these new tools and services effectively. We also recognized the uncertainty the COVID-19 pandemic created for small businesses, and in December, we made the decision to postpone our annual fee adjustments until the spring of 2021 to provide stability and support through what we expected would be a challenging winter. While many other companies passed along costs through surcharges and fee changes in 2020, we absorbed over $5 billion in COVID-related costs on your behalf, and are absorbing billions more in the first half of 2021.
Now, as vaccines are being distributed and we see a path to normalcy, our next fee adjustment in the US has been scheduled for June 1, 2021. Most referral fees will not change, and we are making only modest increases (about 2-3% on average) to fulfillment fees, in line with or below industry averages. We will also reduce certain fees, like the returns processing fee, which reflects feedback we have received from sellers and our continued efforts to reduce costs.
Please review the fee change highlights below and links to the more detailed fee pages in Seller Central. These changes will take effect June 1, 2021, except where otherwise noted.
2021 FBA fulfillment fee changes
2021 Amazon referral and program fee changes
2021 FBA returns processing fee changes
2021 FBA New Selection program changes
2021 FBA fee changes for removals, disposals, and manual processing fee
167 replies
Seller_SbnaDAz2rSju5
One-time improvements at the cost of ongoing charges, though for us most of these tools and programs are not used.
How is an accepted solution to the pesticides problem, to add (or attempt to add) an ASIN you don’t carry to your inventory? That is a huge code smell, to be asked to lie to a system.
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Getting charged up the a** for FBA Removal Fees.
OVERSIZE:
Before June 1, 2021 (10+lbs) = $1.90 + $0.20/lb above first 10 lb
After June 1, 2021 (10+ lbs) = $3.50 + $0.35/lb above first 10 lb
Doubling the cost even more, yet customer get free returns on our buck, it will soon not even be worth it to retrieve FBA Returns bcs of such high fees. this is ridiculous
Seller_XsJp0PHqimhdk
Now that we’re returning to normalcy, will restock limits be removed?
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Amazon keeps on giving to customers… & taking from hard working sellers
Seller_AKzBkEcxWyy0s
They raise the fees because they can, not because there’s an overbearing need to. When they want to make an investment the 1.56T dollar company doesn’t do it themselves, they charge us to fund it, then charge us to use it and release a newsletter expecting us to be grateful and thank them. Amazon already takes such a massive margin on low cost items (>70%) yet continuously raise fees, demand lower costs, and give us heavily restrained cashflow in bi-weekly payouts that hold over half our money every two weeks and we either have to turn to Payability and have all the profits eaten or suffer until the next payout. Amazon is moving heavily to get rid of 3rd party sellers, and quite fast to say the least. This monopoly of a company in both e-commerce and internet presence (AWS) is simply inconceivably massive. And where buyers of a company would typically face the honorifics of such a massive company, it is the oddly situated, “partnered” sellers who face this slowly killing and abusive devastation.
Seller_sgabjs6G1RuE7
What does this mean
- We will eliminate the packaging weight adjustment to our rate card calculation for FBA.
Using Dim only?
Seller_f5NinHPryoyCJ
FBA is a classic bait-and-switch scam. Why would anyone fall for it?
Update to Amazon US referral and FBA fees: Effective June 1, 2021
2020 was one of the most successful years for sellers in Amazon’s store, even with the obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 15, 2020 to January 15, 2021, independent third-party sellers – almost all small and medium-sized businesses – increased their Amazon sales by more than 55% year-over-year. And we are working hard and investing heavily to help you continue this success.
In 2020, we increased square footage across our fulfillment and logistics network by 50%, opening dozens of new delivery stations and fulfillment centers around the world. We built more than 250 tools and services to help you manage and grow your business, such as the Growth Opportunities page to help you drive new sales, FBA Liquidations to help you recover value from inventory and improve sustainability, and improved Seller University courses to guide you on how to use all of these new tools and services effectively. We also recognized the uncertainty the COVID-19 pandemic created for small businesses, and in December, we made the decision to postpone our annual fee adjustments until the spring of 2021 to provide stability and support through what we expected would be a challenging winter. While many other companies passed along costs through surcharges and fee changes in 2020, we absorbed over $5 billion in COVID-related costs on your behalf, and are absorbing billions more in the first half of 2021.
Now, as vaccines are being distributed and we see a path to normalcy, our next fee adjustment in the US has been scheduled for June 1, 2021. Most referral fees will not change, and we are making only modest increases (about 2-3% on average) to fulfillment fees, in line with or below industry averages. We will also reduce certain fees, like the returns processing fee, which reflects feedback we have received from sellers and our continued efforts to reduce costs.
Please review the fee change highlights below and links to the more detailed fee pages in Seller Central. These changes will take effect June 1, 2021, except where otherwise noted.
2021 FBA fulfillment fee changes
2021 Amazon referral and program fee changes
2021 FBA returns processing fee changes
2021 FBA New Selection program changes
2021 FBA fee changes for removals, disposals, and manual processing fee
Update to Amazon US referral and FBA fees: Effective June 1, 2021
2020 was one of the most successful years for sellers in Amazon’s store, even with the obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 15, 2020 to January 15, 2021, independent third-party sellers – almost all small and medium-sized businesses – increased their Amazon sales by more than 55% year-over-year. And we are working hard and investing heavily to help you continue this success.
In 2020, we increased square footage across our fulfillment and logistics network by 50%, opening dozens of new delivery stations and fulfillment centers around the world. We built more than 250 tools and services to help you manage and grow your business, such as the Growth Opportunities page to help you drive new sales, FBA Liquidations to help you recover value from inventory and improve sustainability, and improved Seller University courses to guide you on how to use all of these new tools and services effectively. We also recognized the uncertainty the COVID-19 pandemic created for small businesses, and in December, we made the decision to postpone our annual fee adjustments until the spring of 2021 to provide stability and support through what we expected would be a challenging winter. While many other companies passed along costs through surcharges and fee changes in 2020, we absorbed over $5 billion in COVID-related costs on your behalf, and are absorbing billions more in the first half of 2021.
Now, as vaccines are being distributed and we see a path to normalcy, our next fee adjustment in the US has been scheduled for June 1, 2021. Most referral fees will not change, and we are making only modest increases (about 2-3% on average) to fulfillment fees, in line with or below industry averages. We will also reduce certain fees, like the returns processing fee, which reflects feedback we have received from sellers and our continued efforts to reduce costs.
Please review the fee change highlights below and links to the more detailed fee pages in Seller Central. These changes will take effect June 1, 2021, except where otherwise noted.
2021 FBA fulfillment fee changes
2021 Amazon referral and program fee changes
2021 FBA returns processing fee changes
2021 FBA New Selection program changes
2021 FBA fee changes for removals, disposals, and manual processing fee
167 replies
167 replies
Seller_SbnaDAz2rSju5
One-time improvements at the cost of ongoing charges, though for us most of these tools and programs are not used.
How is an accepted solution to the pesticides problem, to add (or attempt to add) an ASIN you don’t carry to your inventory? That is a huge code smell, to be asked to lie to a system.
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Getting charged up the a** for FBA Removal Fees.
OVERSIZE:
Before June 1, 2021 (10+lbs) = $1.90 + $0.20/lb above first 10 lb
After June 1, 2021 (10+ lbs) = $3.50 + $0.35/lb above first 10 lb
Doubling the cost even more, yet customer get free returns on our buck, it will soon not even be worth it to retrieve FBA Returns bcs of such high fees. this is ridiculous
Seller_XsJp0PHqimhdk
Now that we’re returning to normalcy, will restock limits be removed?
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Amazon keeps on giving to customers… & taking from hard working sellers
Seller_AKzBkEcxWyy0s
They raise the fees because they can, not because there’s an overbearing need to. When they want to make an investment the 1.56T dollar company doesn’t do it themselves, they charge us to fund it, then charge us to use it and release a newsletter expecting us to be grateful and thank them. Amazon already takes such a massive margin on low cost items (>70%) yet continuously raise fees, demand lower costs, and give us heavily restrained cashflow in bi-weekly payouts that hold over half our money every two weeks and we either have to turn to Payability and have all the profits eaten or suffer until the next payout. Amazon is moving heavily to get rid of 3rd party sellers, and quite fast to say the least. This monopoly of a company in both e-commerce and internet presence (AWS) is simply inconceivably massive. And where buyers of a company would typically face the honorifics of such a massive company, it is the oddly situated, “partnered” sellers who face this slowly killing and abusive devastation.
Seller_sgabjs6G1RuE7
What does this mean
- We will eliminate the packaging weight adjustment to our rate card calculation for FBA.
Using Dim only?
Seller_f5NinHPryoyCJ
FBA is a classic bait-and-switch scam. Why would anyone fall for it?
Seller_SbnaDAz2rSju5
One-time improvements at the cost of ongoing charges, though for us most of these tools and programs are not used.
How is an accepted solution to the pesticides problem, to add (or attempt to add) an ASIN you don’t carry to your inventory? That is a huge code smell, to be asked to lie to a system.
Seller_SbnaDAz2rSju5
One-time improvements at the cost of ongoing charges, though for us most of these tools and programs are not used.
How is an accepted solution to the pesticides problem, to add (or attempt to add) an ASIN you don’t carry to your inventory? That is a huge code smell, to be asked to lie to a system.
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Getting charged up the a** for FBA Removal Fees.
OVERSIZE:
Before June 1, 2021 (10+lbs) = $1.90 + $0.20/lb above first 10 lb
After June 1, 2021 (10+ lbs) = $3.50 + $0.35/lb above first 10 lb
Doubling the cost even more, yet customer get free returns on our buck, it will soon not even be worth it to retrieve FBA Returns bcs of such high fees. this is ridiculous
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Getting charged up the a** for FBA Removal Fees.
OVERSIZE:
Before June 1, 2021 (10+lbs) = $1.90 + $0.20/lb above first 10 lb
After June 1, 2021 (10+ lbs) = $3.50 + $0.35/lb above first 10 lb
Doubling the cost even more, yet customer get free returns on our buck, it will soon not even be worth it to retrieve FBA Returns bcs of such high fees. this is ridiculous
Seller_XsJp0PHqimhdk
Now that we’re returning to normalcy, will restock limits be removed?
Seller_XsJp0PHqimhdk
Now that we’re returning to normalcy, will restock limits be removed?
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Amazon keeps on giving to customers… & taking from hard working sellers
Seller_slg29SMl9ojVi
Amazon keeps on giving to customers… & taking from hard working sellers
Seller_AKzBkEcxWyy0s
They raise the fees because they can, not because there’s an overbearing need to. When they want to make an investment the 1.56T dollar company doesn’t do it themselves, they charge us to fund it, then charge us to use it and release a newsletter expecting us to be grateful and thank them. Amazon already takes such a massive margin on low cost items (>70%) yet continuously raise fees, demand lower costs, and give us heavily restrained cashflow in bi-weekly payouts that hold over half our money every two weeks and we either have to turn to Payability and have all the profits eaten or suffer until the next payout. Amazon is moving heavily to get rid of 3rd party sellers, and quite fast to say the least. This monopoly of a company in both e-commerce and internet presence (AWS) is simply inconceivably massive. And where buyers of a company would typically face the honorifics of such a massive company, it is the oddly situated, “partnered” sellers who face this slowly killing and abusive devastation.
Seller_AKzBkEcxWyy0s
They raise the fees because they can, not because there’s an overbearing need to. When they want to make an investment the 1.56T dollar company doesn’t do it themselves, they charge us to fund it, then charge us to use it and release a newsletter expecting us to be grateful and thank them. Amazon already takes such a massive margin on low cost items (>70%) yet continuously raise fees, demand lower costs, and give us heavily restrained cashflow in bi-weekly payouts that hold over half our money every two weeks and we either have to turn to Payability and have all the profits eaten or suffer until the next payout. Amazon is moving heavily to get rid of 3rd party sellers, and quite fast to say the least. This monopoly of a company in both e-commerce and internet presence (AWS) is simply inconceivably massive. And where buyers of a company would typically face the honorifics of such a massive company, it is the oddly situated, “partnered” sellers who face this slowly killing and abusive devastation.
Seller_sgabjs6G1RuE7
What does this mean
- We will eliminate the packaging weight adjustment to our rate card calculation for FBA.
Using Dim only?
Seller_sgabjs6G1RuE7
What does this mean
- We will eliminate the packaging weight adjustment to our rate card calculation for FBA.
Using Dim only?
Seller_f5NinHPryoyCJ
FBA is a classic bait-and-switch scam. Why would anyone fall for it?
Seller_f5NinHPryoyCJ
FBA is a classic bait-and-switch scam. Why would anyone fall for it?
