The busy holiday season is approaching, which means it’s time to start sending in your inventory.

We want you to succeed this holiday season, and to ensure you have enough products in stock for peak, we recommend sending your FBA inventory to fulfillment centers in August and September.

Inventory must arrive at our fulfillment centers by October 19, 2024, to guarantee it’s Prime badge-ready by Black Friday.

Our fulfillment center teams will be focused on receiving inventory in September and October to ensure your products are placed in the right fulfillment centers ahead of peak.

In November and December, we’ll shift our focus to processing customer orders as this is our busiest time of year.

This seasonal shift helps us ensure faster delivery speeds and maximizes your sales potential during the holidays. Also, you may see lower estimated capacity limits for October and November. On average, the estimated capacity limits for October and November can help provide enough storage for six months of inventory.

The Capacity Monitor tool helps you stay up-to-date on capacity limits. You can now view estimated capacity limits for October, and November capacity limits will be available starting August 20. All date recommendations are subject to change.

Additionally, to help you simplify operations and manage inventory more efficiently during peak, we eliminated the overage fee for storage effective July 1, 2024. This means if your on-hand inventory exceeds your capacity limit, you will not incur the overage fee. To learn more, go to FBA inventory storage overage fees.

You can find more recommendations and best practices for a successful holiday season in the peak readiness playbook.

In 2023, your partnership helped make Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the overall holiday shopping season the biggest one yet. As we prepare our supply chain for another great peak season in 2024, we wanted to share the annual holiday peak fulfillment fees that will apply from October 15, 2024, through January 14, 2025. This seasonal fee is similar to those charged by other major carriers and covers increased fulfillment and transportation operating costs during the busy holiday shopping season.

The 2024 holiday peak fulfillment fee will apply to all products. The fee amount will be the same for all items within a specific size-band for each store and will apply to US Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Canada FBA, North America Remote Fulfillment, US Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Buy with Prime. The average holiday peak fulfillment fee will remain the same as last year, except for products priced under USD 10 in US FBA for which the peak fee is new in 2024. Amazon’s average FBA fulfillment fees continue to be 70% less expensive than comparable two-day shipping methods offered by other major third-party logistics providers.

To determine how the holiday peak fulfillment fee may affect your business, you can review detailed rates by size and weight on the following help pages:

• US Fulfillment by Amazon fee rates
• Canada Fulfillment by Amazon fee rates
• Remote fulfillment with FBA fee rates–Mexico, Canada
• US Multi-Channel Fulfillment rates
• Buy with Prime rates

We thank you for choosing to sell in Amazon’s store, and we look forward to seeing your business grow and having another successful holiday season together.

In 2023, your partnership helped make Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the overall holiday shopping season the biggest one yet. As we prepare our supply chain for another great peak season in 2024, we wanted to share the annual holiday peak fulfillment fees that will apply from October 15, 2024, through January 14, 2025. This seasonal fee is similar to those charged by other major carriers and covers increased fulfillment and transportation operating costs during the busy holiday shopping season.

The 2024 holiday peak fulfillment fee will apply to all products. The fee amount will be the same for all items within a specific size-band for each store and will apply to US Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Canada FBA, North America Remote Fulfillment, US Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Buy with Prime. The average holiday peak fulfillment fee will remain the same as last year, except for products priced under USD 10 in US FBA for which the peak fee is new in 2024. Amazon’s average FBA fulfillment fees continue to be 70% less expensive than comparable two-day shipping methods offered by other major third-party logistics providers.

To determine how the holiday peak fulfillment fee may affect your business, you can review detailed rates by size and weight on the following help pages:

• US Fulfillment by Amazon fee rates
• Canada Fulfillment by Amazon fee rates
• Remote fulfillment with FBA fee rates–Mexico, Canada
• US Multi-Channel Fulfillment rates
• Buy with Prime rates

We thank you for choosing to sell in Amazon’s store, and we look forward to seeing your business grow and having another successful holiday season together.