Recently, many Amazon sellers have talked about the inconsistency of Amazon fees. Compared with many new Amazon sellers who have added new fees in recent years, they are not very familiar with some of the related fees of Amazon. So what does Amazon fee include? Why are they different?
What are Amazon’s fees?
Monthly service fee
Professional Selling Plan: $39.99 per month
Individual selling plan: No service fee
Sales expenses
When your item sells, Amazon collects payment from the buyer (which includes the item price and any shipping, gift wrap, or other charges). Professional account sellers can set their own shipping rates for media products (books, music, video), including offering free shipping
Cost per item
Professional Sellers: No per-item fee
Individual sellers: $0.99 per item sold
Sales Commission
Sellers pay a referral fee for each item sold.
Products in certain categories have a minimum referral fee per item as listed below.
Rental book service fee
Sellers are required to pay a $5.00 rental book service fee for each rental textbook sold.
Transaction Fees
Sellers also pay a $1.80 closing fee for each media item sold. Media products are books, DVDs, music, software and computer/video games, videos and video game consoles, and video game accessories.
Bulk Listing Fees
We charge a monthly high-volume listing fee of $0.005 per eligible ASIN to cover the system costs associated with cataloging and maintaining a large number of ASINs on Amazon.com.
Refund administration fee
If you refund a customer for an order for which you have already received payment, Amazon will refund you the referral fee you paid for that item, less the applicable Refund Administration Fee (the lesser of $5.00 or 20% of the applicable referral fee).
For example, if the total sales price of an item you refund to a customer is $10.00 and the item is in a category with a 15% referral fee, your refund administration fee is $0.30 ($10.00 x 15% referral fee = $1.50).
Sales Commission Calculation Example
Media Products
Item price + shipping fee paid by buyer - sales commission - $1.80 transaction fee - $0.99 per item = total amount deposited into the seller's account. .
The above is the content of Amazon fees. Why are Amazon fees inconsistent? First of all, there are geographical differences. Amazon is the world's largest cross-border e-commerce platform, and the charging conditions of different countries are inconsistent, especially in logistics. Secondly, the fees required for Amazon vary according to the store content and specific conditions of the Amazon seller.
So Amazon sellers who have opened stores over the years, please pay attention. The above are the reasons why Amazon’s fees are inconsistent. For more complete Amazon information, please continue to pay attention!
