Amazon FBA fee calculator

Every fee Amazon charges on one unit, computed from its published rate cards and traced to the source row it came from. Free, no login.

Your product

A category and a price are enough to start. Add your unit cost and the answer becomes profit rather than fees.

Store

Amazon US's own rate card. Prices are read in USD and nothing is converted between stores.

Amazon US's own category names, as it publishes them.

In USD. Nothing is converted.

What the unit costs you. Turns the answer above from fees into profit, and unlocks break-even.

How many you expect to sell a month. Adds a monthly column to the breakdown, and sizes the working capital figure below.

Ship it yourself and the platform charges no fulfillment fee, so the line leaves the breakdown rather than reading zero. Your own shipping and packaging then replace it.

Dimensions & weight

Longest, median and shortest side of the packaged unit. Computes the monthly storage fee, which Amazon US charges per cubic foot.

Packaged weight, in oz, which is the unit Amazon US labels its own card in. Nothing is converted.

Amazon US's published tiers. The tier follows from packaged dimensions, so the fulfilment fee stays an estimate until you set both this and a weight.

Amazon US's own placement options. The first one carries no fee; the others are published as a range, because the fee varies by inbound location. Partial option available for Bulky sizes only.

The share of your units that come back. Sizes the returns exposure below, against the profit each returned unit was earning. Needs a monthly volume too. Nothing is assumed about it.

Advertising

Monthly ad spend divided by monthly units. Needs a product COGS.

Computing…

Your fee breakdown

Enter a price and select a category to see every fee on one unit.

Every fee Amazon US charges, computed from its published rate cards and traced to source. Free, no login.

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When Amazon US pays you

Amazon US publishes a speed per disbursement path rather than one cadence, so every path it publishes is listed, fastest first. The path you are on is the one that governs how much cash you have to float.

Express Payout (Bank Account) speed 24 hours
Express Payout (Debit Card) speed 24 hours
ACCS — average payment speed 2-5 business days from initiation
Disburse on Demand standard delivery time 3-5 business days
Disbursement — funds appearance after 'Acknowledged by bank' status up to 5 business days
Standard ACH payout speed 3-5 business days

A payout speed is how long an initiated disbursement takes to arrive. It is not how often one is initiated: Amazon US publishes no payout cadence, and this page does not state one. The working capital figure above is built from these published figures and says which.

Step 2: get your profitability check

You've seen your per-unit fees. Your full profitability depends on the things one unit's price cannot show: how long stock sits, how often it comes back, what you spend on advertising, your cash cycle, and how the rest of your range is priced. Those are the 30-plus factors we track.

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How Amazon US fees are structured

Selling on Amazon US costs money in three places, and they behave differently from one another. Knowing which is which is most of what makes a product's margin predictable.

The referral fee

A percentage of the total sales price, charged on every sale and set per category. Most categories apply one rate at any price. Some band it, and the banding comes in two shapes that are easy to confuse and expensive to get wrong. In one, the rate for the band your price lands in applies to the whole price. In the other, each band's rate applies only to the slice of the price inside that band, the way income tax brackets work. On a higher-priced item in a banded category the two readings can differ by several times over, so this calculator applies whichever shape the category publishes rather than assuming one. The full schedule below says which categories do which.

Most categories also carry a minimum referral fee, and it is not a single figure across the marketplace: most categories share one minimum, handmade categories carry a higher one, and a handful carry none. Where a minimum applies and the percentage falls below it, the minimum is what gets charged.

The fulfilment fee

If Amazon US picks, packs and ships the unit, it charges a fulfilment fee per unit. The rate is selected by the unit's size tier and its shipping weight, and on some cards by more than that: by the price, or by which fulfilment programme the unit is in. Past a weight threshold the fee stops being a flat amount and becomes a base charge plus an increment for each whole weight interval above the threshold, charged per interval, so being barely over the line costs a full interval. The breakdown names the dimensions it used on the fulfilment line itself.

Size tier follows from packaged dimensions, which is why the tier picker above offers the platform's own tiers rather than a standard-or-oversize choice: the rate card is not written that way, and collapsing Amazon US's 8 published tiers into two would put the wrong rate on most of them.

Fulfilment rates are also seasonal. A separate peak-season rate card runs from the middle of October to the middle of January, and it is higher. This calculator picks the card in effect today, so the figures move when the peak card takes over. Choosing to ship the unit yourself removes the fee from the breakdown entirely, because the platform does not charge one on a unit it does not handle.

The closing fee

A flat per-unit charge on media categories, on top of the referral fee. It does not scale with price, which makes it a larger share of a cheap item than an expensive one.

What is not in this calculation

The monthly subscription is shown separately rather than added to the unit, because it is charged per account whether or not any given unit sells. Folding it in would mean picking a number of units to divide it by, and that number would be a guess. Storage, advertising, returns processing, inbound placement and removal fees are costs a seller carries and are not in this breakdown: they depend on how long inventory sits, how it arrives and how often it comes back, none of which a single unit's price and weight can tell you.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Amazon US charge sellers?

It depends on the category, the sale price and how the unit is fulfilled. Amazon US charges a referral fee on each sale, a fulfilment fee if it ships the unit for you, and a closing fee on media categories. Enter a price and category above to see each one computed from the published rate card.

What is the Amazon US referral fee?

A percentage of the total sales price, charged on every sale and set per category. Some categories use one rate at every price. Others band it, either applying the band's rate to the whole price or applying each band's rate only to the portion of the price inside it. The difference matters a great deal on a higher-priced item, and the calculator applies whichever the category publishes. The full schedule is below.

What is the referral fee for my category?

Every category Amazon US publishes a referral rate for is listed in the full schedule below, with its rate or rates, its minimum referral fee and the shape of its bands. Pick the category above to see the fee computed on your own price.

Is there a minimum referral fee?

On most categories, yes, and it is not the same everywhere. Most carry one minimum, handmade categories carry a higher one, and a handful carry none at all. Where a minimum applies and the percentage comes out below it, the minimum is charged instead, and the schedule below shows which categories carry which.

How do FBA fulfilment fees work?

Amazon US charges a flat amount per unit, selected by the unit's size tier and its shipping weight. Above a weight threshold the fee stops being a flat amount and becomes a base charge plus an amount for each whole weight interval above it. Some cards split further, by price or by which fulfilment programme the unit is in, and the calculator applies whichever dimensions Amazon US publishes. Size tier follows from packaged dimensions, so if you do not set it the calculator assumes a common tier and says so beside the figure.

How do the size tiers work?

Amazon US publishes a tier per packaged size, and the tier selects the fulfilment rate before weight is considered at all. The tier picker above offers the platform's own tiers; it is not a standard-or-oversize choice, because the card is not written that way.

Which categories need approval before I can list?

Some do, and the calculator says so beside the category as soon as you pick it. The requirement, what unlocks it, and where published what it costs and how long it takes come from Amazon US's own selling-permission documentation.

Do fulfilment fees change during the holidays?

Yes. Amazon US publishes a separate peak-season fulfilment rate card that runs from the middle of October to the middle of January. This calculator selects the card in effect on today's date, so the figures change when the peak card takes over.

How quickly does Amazon US pay sellers?

Amazon US publishes a speed per disbursement path rather than one cadence, and all of them are shown below. It also publishes a reserve rule that governs when funds become disbursable at all, which is the figure that matters for how much cash you have to float.

Does this include the monthly subscription?

It is shown separately and is not added to the per-unit fees. The subscription is charged per account whether or not a particular unit sells, so folding it into one unit's cost would mean choosing a number of units to divide it by, and that number would be a guess.

How do I work out my profit margin?

Add your unit cost above. The calculator subtracts every fee and your cost from the sale price, and shows profit per unit, margin after fees, and the price below which the unit stops earning. Nothing is assumed about your cost: it is only ever the figure you enter.

What is ACoS and how does it affect profitability?

Advertising cost of sale is ad spend as a share of the revenue it produced. What matters here is the ceiling: the share of the sale price advertising can take before the unit stops earning, which is this unit's profit divided by its price. The break-even panel states it once your cost is entered.

Where do these fees come from?

Published rate cards and seller documentation, extracted per platform with the source URL and verification date recorded against every row. The footer shows how many sources back this platform and when they were last checked. Nothing here is modelled or predicted.

Full Amazon US referral fee schedule (47 categories)
Generated from the same published rows the calculator above computes from, so the table and the figure cannot disagree. Last verified 2026-09-05.
Category Referral fee rate Minimum referral fee How the rate applies
Amazon Device Accessories 45% $0.30 Single rate
Automotive and Powersports 12% $0.30 Single rate
Baby Products 8% on total sales price ≤$10.00 15% on total sales price >$10.00 $0.30 Rate by price band
Backpacks, Handbags, and Luggage 15% $0.30 Single rate
Base Equipment Power Tools 12% $0.30 Single rate
Beauty, Health and Personal Care 8% on total sales price ≤$10.00 15% on total sales price >$10.00 $0.30 Rate by price band
Business, Industrial, and Scientific Supplies 12% $0.30 Single rate
Clothing and Accessories 10% on total sales price $15.01-$20.00 17% on total sales price >$20.00 5% on total sales price ≤$15.00 $0.30 Rate by price band
Compact Appliances 8% on portion of total sales price >$300.00 15% on portion of total sales price up to $300.00 $0.30 Rate per price portion
Computers 8% $0.30 Single rate
Consumer Electronics 8% $0.30 Single rate
Electronics Accessories 15% on portion of total sales price up to $100.00 8% on portion of total sales price >$100.00 $0.30 Rate per price portion
Everything Else 15% $0.30 Single rate
Eyewear 15% $0.30 Single rate
Fine Art 20% on portion of total sales price up to $100.00 15% on portion of total sales price $100.01-$1,000.00 10% on portion of total sales price $1,000.01-$5,000.00 5% on portion of total sales price >$5,000.00 - Rate per price portion
Footwear 15% $0.30 Single rate
Full-Size Appliances 8% $0.30 Single rate
Furniture 15% on portion of total sales price up to $200.00 10% on portion of total sales price >$200.00 $0.30 Rate per price portion
Gift Cards 20% - Single rate
Grocery and Gourmet 8% on total sales price ≤$15.00 15% on total sales price >$15.00 - Rate by price band
Handmade: Accessories 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Apparel 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Baby 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Beauty and Personal Care 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Home 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Jewelry 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Pet Supplies 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Shoes 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Sports 15% $1.00 Single rate
Handmade: Toys & Games 15% $1.00 Single rate
Home and Kitchen 15% $0.30 Single rate
Jewelry 20% on portion of total sales price up to $250.00 5% on portion of total sales price >$250.00 $0.30 Rate per price portion
Lawn Mowers and Snow Throwers 15% on total sales price ≤$500.00 8% on total sales price >$500.00 $0.30 Rate by price band
Lawn and Garden 15% $0.30 Single rate
Mattresses 15% $0.30 Single rate
Media - Books, DVD, Music, Software, Video 15% - Single rate
Merchant Fulfilled Services 20% $0.30 Single rate
Musical Instruments and AV Production 15% $0.30 Single rate
Office Products 15% $0.30 Single rate
Pet Products 15% (non-veterinary-diet products) 22% (veterinary diets) $0.30 Single rate
Sports and Outdoors 15% $0.30 Single rate
Tires 10% $0.30 Single rate
Tools and Home Improvement 15% $0.30 Single rate
Toys and Games 15% $0.30 Single rate
Video Game Consoles 8% - Single rate
Video Games and Gaming Accessories 15% - Single rate
Watches 3% on portion of total sales price >$1,500.00 16% on portion of total sales price up to $1,500.00 $0.30 Rate per price portion
Single rate: One rate at every price.
Rate by price band: The rate for the band the price falls in applies to the whole price.
Rate per price portion: Each band's rate applies only to the part of the price inside that band, the way income tax bands work.
A dash in the minimum column means the category publishes no minimum referral fee, which is not the same as a minimum of zero.

Fee data based on 209 official Amazon US sources · Last verified 2026-09-05