Amazon seller fees in 2026
Last verified: June 2026 from official Amazon selling fee pagesDirect answer: Amazon seller fees in 2026 are source-checked against official Amazon selling fee pages on 2026-06-30: the default model starts with a category referral fee on total sales price, Individual sellers add $0.99 per item, Professional sellers pay $39.99/month outside the per-sale estimate, media items can add a $1.80 media closing fee, and FBA sellers need the 3.5% FBA fuel surcharge plus fulfillment assumptions. On the default $50 Professional FBM sale, Amazon seller fees are $7.50, leaving $42.50 before item cost, fulfillment cost, storage or advertising, returns, removals, taxes, or SKU-level FBA size/weight charges. Use the Amazon component pages for referral fees, category rates, selling plans, FBA vs FBM, fuel surcharge, media closing fee, shipping or gift-wrap basis, and excluded storage or advertising costs before citing a fee line.
TL;DR
- - Category referral fees on total sales price plus selling-plan effects, media closing fees, FBA fuel surcharge, and fulfillment assumptions where applicable.
- - On a default $50.00 sale, Amazon seller fees are $7.50 and payout is $42.50 before item cost.
- - The effective fee rate at $50.00 is 15.0% before seller-specific adjustments.
- - Amazon fee planning is only useful when category, selling plan, and fulfillment method match the real listing.
- - Rates were last checked on 2026-06-30 from official Amazon selling fee pages.
What Amazon charges sellers
Category referral fees on total sales price plus selling-plan effects, media closing fees, FBA fuel surcharge, and fulfillment assumptions where applicable.
Amazon fee planning is only useful when category, selling plan, and fulfillment method match the real listing.
- - Referral fees vary heavily by product category and total sales price.
- - Individual adds $0.99 per item while Professional monthly plan is outside the one-sale estimate.
- - FBA, FBM, media, storage, advertising, returns, and inventory costs need separate checks.
Fee lines on a default $50 sale
- Listing fee
- $0.00
- Marketplace selling fee
- $7.50
- Payment processing
- $0.00
- Per-order fee
- $0.00
- Promotion fee
- $0.00
- Total seller fees
- $7.50
Amazon seller fees by price
| Sale price | Seller fees | Net before costs | Effective rate | Exact answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.50 | $8.50 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $10.00 |
| $15.00 | $2.25 | $12.75 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $15.00 |
| $25.00 | $3.75 | $21.25 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $25.00 |
| $50.00 | $7.50 | $42.50 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $50.00 |
| $100.00 | $15.00 | $85.00 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $100.00 |
| $200.00 | $30.00 | $170.00 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $200.00 |
| $500.00 | $75.00 | $425.00 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $500.00 |
| $1,000.00 | $150.00 | $850.00 | 15.0% | Amazon fees on $1,000.00 |
Route each Amazon seller-fee question to the right source page
Amazon seller-fee answers split into separate questions: referral fee, category rates, Individual vs Professional plans, FBA vs FBM fulfillment, FBA fuel surcharge, media closing fee, shipping or gift-wrap fee basis, and excluded storage or advertising costs. Use the matching component page before citing the formula.
Use this for the core category commission and $0.30 minimum.
Use this when electronics, clothing, media, jewelry, or watches change the rate.
Use this before adding $0.99 per item or allocating $39.99/month.
Use this when fulfillment method changes the margin answer.
Use this before adding the 3.5% surcharge to entered FBA fulfillment cost.
Use this for books, DVDs, records, and other mapped media categories.
Use this to separate buyer-paid shipping from seller-paid fulfillment cost.
Use this before treating referral fees as the full Amazon cost stack.
Included in this fee page
- - Referral fee
- - Category-rate rules
- - Selling-plan effects
- - Media closing fee
- - FBA fuel surcharge
Still check separately
- - Storage fees
- - Long-term inventory fees
- - Advertising and coupons
- - Returns and removals
- - SKU-level FBA size/weight fees
Price the listing before it goes live
Use the exact marketplace, category, shipping setup, and cost of goods you expect to list with. That gives you a real payout baseline instead of a fee estimate from memory.
Amazon referral fees use item price plus buyer-paid shipping; FBA surcharge applies to the fulfillment cost field.
Turn the fee formula into a listing decision
The formula page gives the current fee structure. Use the calculator for the actual listing and the exact-price pages when you need a sourceable answer for one sale amount.