Amazon Bulk Services: Referral fee discount

Amazon has launched Amazon Bulk Services program to help you save costs and accelerate sales of case packs and pallets. The program enables you to link units, case packs, and pallets of a product in a package hierarchy. For more information about the program, go to Amazon Bulk Services: Overview and for steps to create package hierarchy, go to Amazon Bulk Services: Creating a package hierarchy. As part of the program, you can get referral fee discount on eligible case packs and pallets.

The program is applicable to seller-fulfilled offers for hardline and consumable product types sold on Amazon.com in the US.

The program is applicable to seller-fulfilled offers for hardline and consumable product types sold on Amazon.co.jp in Japan.

A case pack or pallet must meet the following criteria to be eligible for this referral fee discount:

• The case pack or pallet must be part of the Amazon Bulk Services program, that is linked using package hierarchy.
• The case pack or pallet must be sold on the US store.
• The price of the case pack or pallet must be greater than or equal to $20.
• At least one of the following conditions must be met:
  • The number of units in the case pack or pallet must be greater than or equal to 10.
  • The case pack or pallet volume must be greater than or equal to 1,400 cubic inches.
  • The case pack or pallet weight must be greater than or equal to 35 lb.

The discount will be applied on the referral fee, as shown on the Referral fees help page, and will be based on the number of units contained in the case pack or pallet.

Referral fee discounts
Number of units in case pack or pallet	2–9	10–23	24+
Referral fee discount	15%	20%	25%

The Consumer Electronics category has a referral fee of 8%, as described on the Referral fees Help page. The following table illustrates the referral fee discount calculation for eligible case packs and pallets in the Consumer Electronics category.

Number of units in case pack or pallet	2–9	10–23	24+
Referral fee discount	15%	20%	25%
Discounted referral fee	8% * (1-15%) = 6.80%	8% * (1-20%) = 6.40%	8% * (1-25%) = 6.00%

Based on the table above, the following discounts will apply:

• For an eligible case pack or pallet containing 5 units, the referral fee would be 6.80% instead of 8%.
• For an eligible case pack or pallet containing 15 units, the referral fee would be 6.40% instead of 8%.
• For an eligible case pack or pallet containing 25 units, the referral fee would be 6% instead of 8%.

* Amazon reserves the right to cancel or modify the referral fee discount as it deems appropriate.

Previewing discounted referral fees

Follow the steps below to preview the referral fee discount for an ASIN:

1. Log in to Seller Central account using your credentials
2. Go to Inventory >> Manage Inventory page
3. Search the ASIN.

The discounted referral fee will be shown in ‘Estimated fee per unit sold’

Checking discounted referral fees for a transaction

Follow the steps below to see the discounted referral fee for a transaction:

1. Log in to Seller Central account using your credentials
2. Go to Reports >> Payments >> Transaction view
3. Click on the number in ‘Total’ column of the relevant transaction
4. Click on the number against the field ‘Amazon fees – Referral fee on item price’.

The page will show you the base referral fees at the top and the discounted referral fee charged against the field ‘Total fee’.