Amazon FBA Fees Breakdown 2026 — Every Charge Explained

This guide covers the US marketplace. The cited fee rates were checked on September 26, 2026; the guide and tool links were updated on September 27. It separates current fees from seasonal changes and illustrative costs. The earlier version contained obsolete size-tier examples and incorrect referral rates; those figures should not be used for pricing.

Your settlement report is the starting point for a reliable margin calculation. Match each deduction to a product, order or month, then make sure it appears once in your model. An advertising expense and a warehouse fee can both reduce profit, but they behave differently as your volume changes.

Referral fees and selling plans

Amazon charges referral fees on item price plus buyer-paid shipping and gift wrap. Many categories use 15%, but consumer electronics and computers use 8%. Jewelry charges 20% on the first $250 and 5% above it; Amazon Device Accessories is 45%. Minimum fees and category exceptions matter. Amazon pricing

Some bands choose a rate for the entire price. Clothing at $25 attracts 17% of $25, or $4.25; it is not a progressive tax-style calculation. Our calculator now distinguishes these thresholds from marginal bands. Confirm Amazon’s fee category for the ASIN rather than relying on its storefront label.

The Professional plan is $39.99 monthly; Individual is $0.99 per item. Model the plan separately from fulfillment. Media also has a closing fee that our current category estimate does not include. Veterinary diet pet food is another exception to the general pet category. Add these product-specific charges before relying on the result.

Fulfillment: estimate the fee, then check your quote

FBA fulfillment depends on packaged dimensions, shipping weight, product classification, selling price and season. Use the package fee estimator to select the published 2026 US rate for standard or bulky products up to 50 lb. The estimate is visible by default: enter dimensions and unit weight, then choose non-apparel, apparel or dangerous goods. The estimator uses dimensional weight where Amazon’s size rules call for it and immediately updates the profit calculation. For extra-large products, incomplete measurements and ASIN-specific exceptions, choose Amazon quote and enter Amazon’s fee preview. If you only need to check the tier and normal-versus-holiday fee, use the FBA size tier checker. Amazon’s 2026 fulfillment schedule

Amazon’s 2026 fee announcement described an average $0.08 per-unit increase from January 15. An average is useful for understanding an announcement, but it is not an amount to add to every product.

The fuel and logistics announcement adds 3.5% to US and Canadian FBA fulfillment from April 17. Our surcharge toggle defaults to on. Enter a pre-surcharge fee; if your preview is already inclusive, switch it off to avoid double charging. For an assumed $5 base, the surcharge is $0.175, giving $5.175 before display rounding.

Announced holiday peak period

Amazon has announced peak fulfillment rates for October 15, 2026–January 14, 2027. The average increase over non-peak rates is $0.32 per unit, and the 3.5% fuel surcharge applies on top. Select the seasonal quote in Amazon’s Revenue Calculator or Fee and Economics Preview Report. Do not automatically add $0.32 to every SKU. Amazon holiday announcement

As of this review, that fulfillment period is upcoming. Monthly storage has its own seasonal schedule, so using a holiday fulfillment quote does not also account for your storage bill. Compare a normal-month scenario with a holiday scenario and keep the inventory assumptions visible in both.

Storage and inventory health

Monthly storage depends on the space occupied, average daily units held, product type and month. In the same estimator, enter average daily units and choose January–September or October–December. Selecting Estimate for storage applies Amazon’s base per-cubic-foot rate to your packaged volume. Storage utilization and aged-inventory surcharges are extra, so add those from your reports to a manual quote if they apply. Amazon’s monthly storage schedule

Aged-inventory surcharges can begin at 181 days, with category exclusions and different rates across age bands. They are additional to ordinary storage. The former guide’s universal 271-day threshold was wrong. Use the age buckets in your inventory report and model a slower-sales case before buying a large batch. Amazon aged-inventory guidance

Low-inventory-level fees are another possible charge. Their eligibility, historical days-of-supply measurements and exemptions need an ASIN-level check. We do not publish a universal per-unit rate for them. Keeping more stock can reduce one exposure while increasing storage risk, so compare the combined cost.

Other costs to include

Inbound placement, inbound transportation, preparation, removal and disposal depend on the shipment and inventory. Returns processing also has category and eligibility rules; it is not automatically identical to your outbound fulfillment charge. Record the actual quote or report allocation instead of using the old guide’s generic ranges.

On refunds, Amazon retains an administration charge equal to the lesser of $5 or 20% of the referral fee. Outbound fulfillment already performed remains a cost. Additional return-related charges need separate budgeting. Refund administration policy

A transparent worked example

Assume 100 orders per month, each selling for $25, with no shipping collected or refunds. The fulfillment and storage figures below are scenario inputs, not Amazon rate quotes.

This leaves about $4.50 per order, or 18.0%, before inbound costs, other overhead and tax. At fewer orders, the monthly plan costs more per sale. At higher advertising cost, contribution falls even if Amazon changes no fee. Both are useful sensitivity checks.

Try this example in the calculator: Load the $25 order and its $5 illustrative fulfillment quote. The inputs carry into the calculator so you can replace the quote with your package’s actual dimensions. For a seasonal comparison, load an 8 oz, 10 × 6 × 1 inch product for Q4. These are examples, not a claim about a particular ASIN.

After you calculate, use Max buy cost to find the highest product cost that meets your target, or save the scenario to revisit it. Review the fee changelog for corrections. For the accounting distinction between contribution and net profit, see how to calculate profit margin.

Review your whole FBA catalog

The single-product calculator helps with a new listing or a price change. For products already selling, download Amazon’s Fee Preview under Seller Central → Reports → Fulfillment. It provides an estimated fee total, referral fee and fulfillment fee for active FBA offers. The Fee Preview audit reads that report in your browser, joins a cost sheet by SKU and ranks products by per-unit contribution. Add an older Fee Preview export to spot fee changes between the two estimates. This is a planning view: Fee Preview is not a record of charges already paid, and missing costs are never inferred. Amazon’s report guide