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 Fee Explainer.
*If you have active listings in additional countries or regions using merged accounts, a different fee may apply. For more information, go to Monthly subscription fee and Merge accounts.
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 (for more information, go to Activate custom BMVD shipping rates). For Individual account sellers, Amazon shipping rates will apply for BMVD products.
For a table of Amazon shipping credits for products in these categories, go to Shipping rates for BMVD. For a table of Amazon shipping rates for all products sold by Individual account sellers, go to Shipping credits for individual sellers.
For more information, go to Per-item selling 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 more information about Fulfillment by Amazon fees, go to FBA features, services, and fees.
For applicable referral fees for registered Amazon Business sellers, go to Selling on Amazon Business fee schedule.
For a detailed, searchable list of products in each category, go to our fee category guidelines. This list allows you to quickly determine which fee category pertains to a specific product. For more information, go to Understanding fee categories.
Referral fees vary by category, as listed below. Prior approval may be required to offer products in the categories listed in Categories and products that require approval.
Categories | Amazon deducts the greater of the applicable referral fee percentage or applicable per-item minimum referral fee. See "Referral fees" notes above. |
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Referral fee percentages | Applicable minimum referral fee (applied on a per-unit basis unless otherwise noted) |
|
Amazon Device Accessories | 45% | $0.30 |
Amazon Explore | 30% for Experiences | $2.00 |
Baby Products (excluding Baby Apparel) |
|
$0.30 |
Books (including Collectible Books) | 15% | -- |
Camera and Photo1 | 8% | $0.30 |
Cell Phone Devices2 | 8% | $0.30 |
Consumer Electronics | 8% | $0.30 |
Electronics Accessories |
|
$0.30 |
Furniture (including outdoor furniture) |
|
$0.30 |
Home & Garden | 15% | $0.30 |
Kitchen | 15% | $0.30 |
Full-Size Appliances | 8% | $0.30 |
Compact Appliances (including parts and accessories) |
|
$0.30 |
Lawn Mowers & Snow Throwers |
|
$0.30 |
Mattresses | 15% | $0.30 |
Music | 15% | -- |
Musical Instruments | 15% | $0.30 |
Office Products | 15% | $0.30 |
Outdoors | 15% | $0.30 |
Personal Computers | 8% | $0.30 |
Pet Supplies | 15%, except 22% for veterinary diets | $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 & Games3 | 15% | $0.30 |
Video & DVD | 15% | -- |
Video Game Consoles | 8% | $0.30 |
Everything Else4 | 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 |
|
$0.30 |
Entertainment Collectibles |
|
-- |
Fine Art |
|
-- |
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 |
|
-- |
Watches |
|
$0.30 |
1 Bundles within the Camera category and Accessory products are classified under the Electronics Accessories category. For a detailed, searchable list of products in each category, go to our fee category guidelines.
2 Certain cell phone devices may require approval. For more information, go to Selling cell phones and cell phone accessories.
3 The $0.30 per item minimum referral fee does not apply to Collectible Cards products in the Toys & Games category.
4 The Everything Else category is for products that do not clearly fit within existing categories.
Sellers also pay a closing fee of $1.80 per item that is sold in the categories of Books, DVD, Music, Software & Computer/Video Games, Video Game Consoles, and Video Game Accessories.
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 fee 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.
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).
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 of referral fee calculations for watches:
Sales price | Example 1: Referral fee for an $8.00 watch | Example 2: Referral fee for a $1,500.00 watch | Example 3: Referral fee for a $7,000.00 watch |
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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 |
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