Listed below are upcoming changes to Amazon’s program policies.
Effective June 27, 2022, our United States commercial liability insurance program policy will be updated with the following changes:
For more information, go to the ‘frequently asked questions’ section on the Business Insurance page.
Effective April 25, 2022, we will no longer allow limited quantities of dangerous goods to be shipped to offshore US island destinations through FBA. Sellers must use third-party shippers to ship all dangerous goods to those destinations.
Effective March 11, 2022, we are not accepting registrations from Russia or Belarus. For more information, see Countries accepted for seller registration.
As part of our efforts to make fee categories easier to understand, we are introducing fee category guidelines. These guidelines, effective March 16, 2022, provide detailed lists of products mapped to each fee category, allowing you to quickly find the fee category for a specific item.
For more information, go to Understanding fee categories.
Effective January 17, 2022, all wand massagers and kegel and ben wa balls will be classified as adult products. These items will continue to be available for sale and discoverable to all customers who search for them in their current listing category. For more information, go to Adult products policies and guidelines.
Effective November 19, 2021, we will no longer allow the sale of any product that contains "strike anywhere" matches on Amazon. To learn more, go to Strike anywhere matches.
Effective December 2, 2021, we are removing the 90-day dispute window requirement for referral fee reimbursement claims. We are adding additional clarification that we will consider claims to be invalid when the fee transaction is contrary to the fee category guidelines in effect at the time of the fee transaction. For more information, go to Referral fees reimbursement policy.
Effective October 26, 2021, all seller-fulfilled offers on Fashion items will feature a free return message, and sellers will no longer be able to deduct the return shipping fee for Fashion items listed under Apparel, Shoes, Jewelry, and Watches in the US. To learn more, go to Free returns on Fashion items for seller–fulfilled orders.
Effective May 18, 2021, the following fee-related program policy pages will be updated in the US for clarity and the names will be changed where indicated:
There are no changes from the rates currently charged.
Further, effective on the same date mentioned above, new program policy pages dedicated to the FBA disposal order fee, lithium batteries fee, and special handling fee will be added in the US for clarity. There are no changes from the rates currently charged.
Since February 3, 2021, reimbursements for all FBA sellers that are determined based on sales now incorporate all sales over the past 18 months. The previous window was 90 days. We made this change to gather more data to help calculate accurate reimbursement values.
We’ve also updated the descriptions of how we determine reimbursement value when sales history is unavailable. For example, listing price is another way that we determine this value.
For more information, go to FBA inventory reimbursement policy and scroll down to “How we calculate reimbursement value.”
Effective March 19, 2021, we are adding the unsuitable inventory investigations policy as a new program policy.
Under this policy, if there is suspicion that a selling partner may have been engaged in the sale of counterfeit products or other illegal goods at Amazon, we may require additional information regarding the affected FBA inventory. If the requested information is not provided, or we find after investigation that the inventory constitutes unsuitable units, we may dispose of it.
The Selling services terms and Selling services on Amazon policies were updated to include product sale and delivery requirements
Effective November 6, 2020, our communication guidelines were updated with additional information related to buyer-seller messages. For more information, go to the updated guidelines.
The Animals and animal-related products page of our restricted products policy was updated to include veterinary diets as an example of permitted listings on August 19, 2020.
The Sold by Amazon terms and conditions page will be removed from the program policies page on July 4, 2020.
On January 24, 2020, the legal entity listed in the Amazon Vine terms and conditions was changed to Amazon.com Services LLC.
Our tax policies are being updated with additional information related to tax treatments that could apply based on your use of Amazon services and selling in Amazon stores.
The Referral fees reimbursement policy page will be added to the program policies page on February 5, 2020.
Your continued use of selling services after February 5, 2020, constitutes your acceptance of the updated agreement.