Selling on Amazon Fee Schedule
The Fee Schedule for selling on Amazon.ca is available on this page: Amazon.ca Fee Schedule.
Amazon collects the lower of the applicable fees stated below and any fees communicated to you by Amazon (such as promotional fees that Amazon may provide from time to time). This does not apply to certain sellers, such as warranty providers and other service providers, who will continue to pay selling fees in accordance with the rates provided in their program agreements.
You can also view more details about your fees with the Detailed Fee Explainer.
Monthly subscription fee
- Professional Selling Plan: USD $39.99 per month
- Individual Selling Plan: No subscription fee
Selling Fees
When your product sells, Amazon collects the amount paid by the buyer (including the price and any shipping, gift wrap, or other charges). Professional account sellers can set their own shipping rates for books, music, video, and DVD (BMVD) products, including offering free shipping, (see Activate custom BMVD shipping rates). For Individual account sellers, Amazon shipping rates will apply for BMVD products
See Shipping Rates for BMVD for a table of Amazon shipping credits for media products. For a table of Amazon shipping rates for all products sold by Individual sellers, see Shipping Credits for Individual Sellers.
Per-item fees
- Professional sellers: No per-item fee
- Individual sellers: USD $0.99 fee for each item sold
Referral Fees
Sellers pay a Referral Fee on each item sold.
Items in some categories have a per-item minimum referral fee as listed below (for example, sellers pay the greater of the referral fee or the per-item minimum referral fee).
For all products, Amazon deducts the applicable referral fee percentage calculated on the total sales price, excluding any taxes calculated through Amazon tax calculation services. The total sales price is the total amount paid by the buyer, including the item price and any delivery or gift wrapping charges.
Referral Fees vary by category, as listed below.
For sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon, please see the FBA Features and Fees.
Registered Amazon Business sellers should refer to the Selling on Amazon Business Fee Schedule for applicable referral fees.
Prior approval may be required to offer products in the categories listed under "Categories Requiring Approval." Learn more
| Categories | Amazon deducts the greater of the applicable referral fee percentage or applicable per-item minimum referral fee. See "Referral fees" notes above. |
|
|---|---|---|
| Referral fee percentages | Applicable minimum referral fee (applied on a per-item basis unless otherwise noted) |
|
| Amazon Device Accessories | 45% | $0.30 |
| Amazon Explore | 30% for Experiences | $5.00 |
| Baby Products (excluding Baby Apparel) |
|
$0.30 |
| Books | 15% | -- |
| Camera and Photo¹ | 8% | $0.30 |
| Cell Phone Devices* | 8% | $0.30 |
| Consumer Electronics | 8% | $0.30 |
| Electronics Accessories |
|
$0.30 |
| Furniture (including outdoor furniture) |
Note: Mattresses will be charged 15% regardless of price point.
|
$0.30 |
| Home & Garden (including Pet Supplies) | 15% | $0.30 |
| Kitchen | 15% | $0.30 |
| Major Appliances |
|
$0.30 |
| Music | 15% | -- |
| Musical Instruments | 15% | $0.30 |
| Office Products | 15% | $0.30 |
| Outdoors | 15% | $0.30 |
| Personal Computers | 6% | $0.30 |
| Software & Computer/Video Games | 15% | -- |
| Sports (excluding Sports Collectibles) | 15% | $0.30 |
| Tools & Home Improvement | 15%, except 12% for base equipment power tools | $0.30 |
| Toys & Games2 | 15% | $0.30 |
| Unlocked Cell Phones | 8% | $0.30 |
| Video & DVD | 15% | -- |
| Video Game Consoles | 8% | -- |
| Everything Else3 | 15% | $0.30 |
| Categories Requiring Approval | Referral fee percentages | $0.30 |
| 3D Printed Products | 12% | $0.30 |
| Automotive & Powersports | 12%, except 10% for tires and wheel products | $0.30 |
| Beauty |
|
$0.30 |
| Clothing & Accessories (including activewear) | 17% | $0.30 |
| Collectible Books | 15% | -- |
| Collectible Coins | See Category Requirements for referral fees. | $0.30 |
| Entertainment Collectibles | See Category Requirements for referral fees. | -- |
| Fine Art | See Category Requirements for referral fees. | -- |
| Gift Cards | 20% | -- |
| Grocery & Gourmet Food |
|
-- |
| Health & Personal Care (including Personal Care Appliances) |
|
$0.30 |
| Industrial & Scientific (including Food Service and Janitorial & Sanitation) | 12% | $0.30 |
| Jewelry |
|
$0.30 |
| Luggage & Travel Accessories | 15% | $0.30 |
| Shoes, Handbags & Sunglasses | 15% | $0.30 |
| Sports Collectibles | See Category Requirements for referral fees. | -- |
| Watches |
|
$0.30 |
*Certain cell phone devices may require approval. Please see here to learn more.
1Accessory products fall in the Electronics Accessories category. Bundles within the Camera category will be included in the Electronics Accessories category effective February 9, 2018.
2The $0.30 per item minimum referral fee does not apply to Collectible Cards products in the Toys & Games category.
3The Everything Else category is available to sellers for products that do not clearly fit within existing categories. Do not list items in the Everything Else category that appropriately fall within another category.
Rental Book Service Fee
For each textbook rental that is sold, sellers pay a rental book service fee of USD $5.00.
Closing fees
Sellers also pay a closing fee of $1.80 per media item that is sold. Media categories are Books, DVD, Music, Software & Computer/Video Games, Video, Video Game Consoles, and Video Game Accessories.
High-volume listing fee
We charge a monthly High-Volume Listing Fee of $0.001 per eligible SKU to cover our system costs associated with cataloging and maintaining large numbers of SKUs on Amazon.com.
To help you grow the selection of products you offer on Amazon, we waive the High-Volume Listing for the first 1.5 million SKUs. All SKUs across all product categories, irrespective of creation date or sales history, will be counted towards the fee. We apply a listing fee of $0.001 for each SKU per month on the SKUs in excess of the initial 1.5 million. We apply the fee to your highest number of eligible SKUs from the fifth day through the thirty-first day of the month.
For example, if you offer 1.6 million SKUs in December 2020, we will charge you a fee of $100 for the month of December, calculated as $0.001 on the 100,000 SKUs that were above your free allowance of 1.5 million SKUs. You can view the number of eligible SKUs by going to the Inventory tab in Seller Central, selecting Inventory Reports, and then selecting High Volume Listings Report from the drop-down menu on the page. The fee will be calculated and charged monthly, and will be displayed in the next month's statement.
To learn more about this fee, see the High-Volume Listing Fee FAQ page.
Refund administration fee
If you refund a customer for an order for which you have already received payment, Amazon will refund you the amount of the referral fee you paid for the item(s), minus the applicable Refund Administration Fee, which is the lesser of $5.00 or 20% of the applicable referral fee.
For example, if you refund a customer the $10.00 total sales price of an item in a category with a 15% referral fee, your Refund Administration Fee will be $0.30 ($10.00 x 15% referral fee = $1.50).
Examples of referral fee calculations
Media products
Individual Selling Plan example:
Item price
+ Shipping charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
- Closing fee of $1.80
- $0.99 per item fee
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= Total deposited to seller account
Professional Selling Plan example:
Item price
+ Shipping charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
- Closing fee of $1.80
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= Total deposited to seller account
Examples for Watch products
Examples of referral fee calculations for Watches products:
| Sales Price | Example 1: Referral fee for a $8.00 watch | Example 2: Referral fee for a $1,500.00 watch | Example 3: Referral fee for a $7,000.00 watch |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the portion of the total sales price up to $1,500.00 | $1.28 | $240.00 | $240.00 |
| For any portion of the total sales price from $1,500.01 and above | $0.00 | $0.00 | $165.00 |
| Referral fee | $1.28 | $240.00 | $405.00 |
Examples for other products
Individual Selling Plan example:
Item price
+ Shipping charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
- $0.99 per item fee
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= Total deposited to seller account
Professional Selling Plan example:
Item price
+ Shipping charges paid by the buyer
+ Gift wrap charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
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= Total deposited to seller account
Selling on Amazon Fee Schedule
- High-volume listing fee FAQ
- Selling on Amazon Business fee schedule
- Access the Fee Explainer
- Selling Policies and Seller Code of Conduct
- Category, product, and listing restrictions
- Product Detail Page Rules
- Prohibited seller activities and actions
- Drop Shipping Policy
- ASIN creation policy
- Recalled Products
- Expiration dates on seller-fulfilled products
