If you’re an Amazon Seller, you know how difficult it can be to keep up with all of Amazon’s multitude of selling fees. Each year, Amazon adjusts their fees slightly, and 2020 will be no different - with the push for One-Day Prime Shipping, most of the fee increases are centered around fulfillment. Luckily, despite Amazon’s continued investment in expanding their fulfillment network, Amazon is making only minimal increases to fees this year.
With all the different types of fees on the Seller Central Platform, and it’s always important to take note of changes in fees to make sure you are not surprised. Here are the important fee changes coming to Seller Central in February 2020. For full details of all changes, see the reference tables at the end of this post.
The average referral fee to sell on Amazon is 15% for most categories. Luckily, this won’t be changing for many categories. If you’re in the Activewear category, watch out for a 2% increase in your referral fee. Sellers selling Shoes, Handbags & Sunglasses will see a decreased fee from 17% to 15% on anything priced over $75. For all sellers on Amazon B2B, Amazon will be charging a flat referral fee based on your category.
FBA Fees on Amazon vary by category, size and weight of the product. In February, Amazon will be raising their FBA fees per unit by an average of 4% across the different size tiers. For sellers in the clothing category, FBA fees will be raised by 5% on average across the size tiers.
FBA storage fees already fluctuate during the year as amazon increases storage during Q4, when traffic is higher, and the fulfillment centers are busiest. Luckily, Amazon is only raising the storage fees for the first part of the year. Starting in March, Amazon will be raising the standard-size storage fee from $0.69/cubic foot to $0.75/cubic foot. The Q4 rates will remain the same at $2.40/square foot.
The standard fee for removal orders has been $0.50/unit no matter the size tier. Amazon will be changing that starting in February with a tiered structure. This is good news for sellers in the standard-size tier, where Amazon will be decreasing the removal order fee to as low as $0.25/unit. See the entire tiered changes below.
Disposal Orders will also be changing to a tiered fee structure but will see an increase this year. The standard $0.15/unit will be replaced with a $0.25/unit fee at the lowest tier and will go up to over $0.40/unit at the highest for the standard-size tier. See the details below.
For Sellers that use the Label Service and have Amazon label units at the fulfillment center, the per unit label fee will increase from $0.20 per unit to $0.30 per unit.
As of December 18th, 2019, Amazon automatically enrolled eligible items into the Subscribe & Save program and no longer will require Manual enrollment. Also, sellers can now choose to increase the base subscription discount from the normal 5% to 10%. Keep in mind that the additional 5% is funded by the seller.
| Category | Before February 18th 2020 | After February 18th 2020 |
| Shoes, Handbags, & Sunglasses | 18% | 15% on products over $75 |
| Activewear | 15% | 17% |
| Outdoor Furniture | 15% | 10% on any portion of the sales price over $200 |
| Personal Care Appliances | 15% | 8% for items under $10 |
| Ring Accessories | 15% | Moving to the Amazon Device Accessories Category - 45% |
| Amazon Business | Tiered Fee Structure | Flat referral fee based on Category |
| Before February 18, 2020 | February 18, 2020, and after | |||
| Size tier | Shipping weight | Packaging weight | Fulfillment fee per unit | Fulfillment fee per unit |
| Small standard | 10 oz or less | 4 oz | $2.41 | $2.50 |
| 10 to 16 oz | $2.48 | $2.63 | ||
| Large standard | 10 oz or less | 4 oz | $3.19 | $3.31 |
| 10 to 16 oz | $3.28 | $3.48 | ||
| 1 to 2 lb | 4 oz | $4.76 | $4.90 | |
| 2 to 3 lb | 4 oz | $5.26 | $5.42 | |
| 3 lb to 21 lb | 4 oz | $5.26 + $0.38/lb above first 3 lb | $5.42 + $0.38/lb above first 3 lb | |
| Small oversize | 71 lb or less | 1 lb | $8.26 + $0.38/lb above first 2 lb | $8.26 + $0.38/lb above first 2 lb |
| Medium oversize | 151 lb or less | 1 lb | $9.79 + $0.39/lb above first 2 lb | $11.37 + $0.39/lb above first 2 lb |
| Large oversize | 151 lb or less | 1 lb | $75.78 + $0.79/lb above first 90 lb | $75.78 + $0.79/lb above first 90 lb |
| Special oversize | N/A | 1 lb | $137.32 + $0.91/lb above first 90 lb | $137.32 + $0.91/lb above first 90 lb |
| Before February 18, 2020 | February 18, 2020, and after | |||
| Size tier | Shipping weight | Packaging weight | Fulfillment fee per unit1 | Fulfillment fee per unit |
| Small Standard | 10 oz or less | 4 oz | $2.81 | $2.92 |
| 10 to 16 oz | $2.88 | $3.11 | ||
| Large standard | 10 oz or less | 4 oz | $3.59 | $3.70 |
| 10 to 16 oz | $3.68 | $3.81 | ||
| 1 to 2 lb | 4 oz | $5.16 | $5.35 | |
| 2 to 3 lb | 4 oz | $5.66 | $5.95 | |
| 3 lb to 21 lb | 4 oz | $5.66 + $0.38/lb above first 3 lb | $5.95 + $0.38/lb above first 3 lb |
| Before February 18, 2020 | February 18, 2020, and after | |||
| Size tier | Shipping weight | Packaging weight | Fulfillment fee per unit | Fulfillment fee per unit |
| Small standard | 10 oz or less | 4 oz | $3.27 | $3.43 |
| 10 to 16 oz | $3.45 | $3.64 | ||
| Large standard | 10 oz or less | 4 oz | $3.87 | $4.06 |
| 10 to 16 oz | $4.01 | $4.23 | ||
| 1 to 2 lb | 4 oz | $5.23 | $5.47 | |
| 2 to 3 lb | 4 oz | $5.70 | $5.86 | |
| 3 lb to 21 lb | 4 oz | $5.70 + $0.38/lb above first 3 lb | $5.86 + $0.38/lb above first 3 lb | |
| Small oversize | 71 lb or less | 1 lb | $8.98 + $0.38/lb above first 2 lb | $8.98 + $0.38/lb above first 2 lb |
| Medium oversize | 151 lb or less | 1 lb | $11.22 + $0.39/lb above first 2 lb | $11.22 + $0.39/lb above first 2 lb |
| Large oversize | 151 lb or less | 1 lb | $87.14 + $0.79/lb above first 90 lb | $87.14 + $0.79/lb above first 90 lb |
| Special oversize | N/A | 1 lb | $157.12 + $0.91/lb above first 90 lb | $157.12 + $0.91/lb above first 90 lb |
| Before March 1, 2020 | March 1, 2020 and after | |
| Month | Standard-size | Standard-size |
| January - September | $0.69 per cubic foot | $0.75 per cubic foot |
| October - December | $2.40 per cubic foot | $2.40 per cubic foot |
| Removal Fee | Before February 18, 2020 | February 18, 2020, and after | |
| Size tier | Shipping weight | Removal fee per unit | Removal fee per unit |
| Standard-size | 0 to 0.5 lb | $0.50 | $0.25 |
| 0.5 to 1.0 lb | $0.50 | $0.30 | |
| 1 to 2.0 lb | $0.50 | $0.35 | |
| More than 2 lb | $0.50 | $0.40 + $0.20/lb above first 2 lb | |
| Oversize and special handling items* | 0 to 1.0 lb | $0.60 | $0.60 |
| 1 to 2.0 lb | $0.60 | $0.70 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 lb | $0.60 | $0.90 | |
| 4.0 to 10.0 lb | $0.60 | $1.45 | |
| More than 10.0 lb | $0.60 | $1.90 + $0.20/lb above first 10 lb |
| Disposal Fee | Before February 18, 2020 | February 18, 2020, and after | |
| Size tier | Shipping weight | Disposal fee per unit | Disposal fee per unit |
| Standard-size | 0 to 0.5 lb | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| 0.5 to 1.0 lb | $0.15 | $0.30 | |
| 1 to 2.0 lb | $0.15 | $0.35 | |
| More than 2 lb | $0.15 | $0.40 + $0.20/lb above first 2 lb | |
| Oversize and special handling items* | 0 to 1.0 lb | $0.30 | $0.60 |
| 1 to 2.0 lb | $0.30 | $0.70 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 lb | $0.30 | $0.90 | |
| 4.0 to 10.0 lb | $0.30 | $1.45 | |
| More than 10.0 lb | $0.30 | $1.90 + $0.20/lb above first 10 lb |
