*If you expand to sell in other stores using merged accounts, you will pay the equivalent of USD 39.99 per month, split proportionately across each country or region in which you have an active listing and charged separately in each local currency. You can downgrade at any time. For more information, go to Monthly subscription fee FAQ and Merging accounts (previously referred to as Linking accounts).
When your item sells, Amazon collects the amount paid by the buyer (including the item price, any shipping, gift wrap, or other charges), as well as taxes and customs duties to the extent specified in the applicable Tax Policies.
All sellers (regardless of plan type) pay a referral fee on each product sold. For all products, Amazon deducts the applicable referral fee percentage calculated on the total sales price. The total sales price is the total amount paid by the buyer, including delivery and any gift wrapping charges. There is no minimum or maximum referral fee.
Referral fees vary by category, as listed below.
For sellers who use Fulfilment by Amazon, go to FBA Features and Fees.
Categories | Referral fee percentages |
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Automotive | 9% |
Books | 15% |
Beauty* |
For Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) selection:
For all other selections:
|
Baby Products (excluding baby clothing – see Clothing) |
|
Camera & Photo Accessories | 13.5% |
Camera & Photo Devices | 7.5% |
Clothing & Accessories (including baby clothing) |
|
Consumer Electronics (excluding Mobile Phone Handsets) | 7.5% |
Electronics Accessories | 13.5% |
Grocery |
|
Home (e.g. Arts and Craft, Bedding & Linen) | 13% |
Home and Kitchen Appliances (e.g. Microwaves, Robotic Vacuums, etc.) | 7% |
Health & Personal Care |
|
Jewellery |
|
Kitchen | 9.5% |
Luggage & Travel Accessories | 12% |
Lawn and Garden | 10% |
Major Domestic Appliances | 7% |
Manual Tools & Home Improvement | 12% |
Mobile Phone Handsets | 7% |
Music | 15% |
Musical Instruments | 9% |
Outdoors** | 12% |
Office Products | 12% |
Personal Computers, Storage, and Accessories | 6.5% |
Personal Care Appliances |
|
Pet Products |
|
Power Tools | 7% |
Shoes, Handbags & Sunglasses |
|
Sports** | 12% |
Software | 15% |
Toys & Games (excluding Video and PC games) | 9% |
Video & DVD | 12% |
Video Games & PC Games | 9% |
Video Game Consoles | 6% |
Watches |
|
Everything Else¹ | 12% |
*The referral fee rates for this FBA selection are valid for the promotional period between September 15, 2021 and September 14, 2022.
**The referral fee rates in these categories are valid for the promotional period between September 15, 2021 and September 14, 2022.
¹The Everything Else category is available to sellers for products that do not clearly fit within existing categories. Do not list items in the Everything Else category that fall appropriately within another category. Amazon may add new categories from time to time and new categories will be subject to their own referral fees, as specified.
Sellers may require approval from Amazon before listing in certain product categories.
Professional selling plan: No fixed closing fee
Individual selling plan: $0.99 per item sold
All sellers (regardless of plan type) also pay a closing fee of $1.00 per media item that is sold. Media categories are Books, Video & DVD, Music, Software, Video Games & PC Games, and Video Game Consoles.
If you refund a buyer for an order for which you have already received payment, Amazon will refund you the amount of the referral fee that you paid for the item(s), minus the applicable refund administration fee, which is the lesser of $5.00 or 20% of the applicable referral fee.
For example, if you refund a buyer the $10.00 total sales price of an item in a category with an 8% referral fee, your refund administration fee will be $0.16 ($10.00 x 8% referral fee = $0.80).
Professional selling plan example:
Item price
+ Delivery charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
- Closing fee of $1.00
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= Total deposited to seller's account
Individual selling plan example:
Item price
+ Delivery charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
- Closing fee of $1.00
- Fixed closing fee of $0.99
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= Total deposited to the seller's account
Professional selling plan example:
Item price
+ Delivery charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
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= Total deposited to seller's account
Individual selling plan example:
Item price
+ Delivery charges paid by the buyer
- Referral fee
- Fixed closing fee of $0.99
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= Total deposited to the seller's account