How much does Amazon take?
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On a $100.00 sale with the default settings, Amazon takes $15.99 and you keep $84.01 — an effective rate of 15.99%. Amazon takes a referral fee — a category percentage (8% to 45%, most at 15%) of the item price plus shipping and gift wrap, with a $0.30 minimum in most categories — plus $0.99 per item on the Individual plan or $39.99 a month on Professional, and a $1.80 closing fee on media. FBA fulfillment fees are separate.
| Sale | Fees | You keep | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $2.49 | $7.51 | 24.90% |
| $25.00 | $4.74 | $20.26 | 18.96% |
| $50.00 | $8.49 | $41.51 | 16.98% |
| $100.00 | $15.99 | $84.01 | 15.99% |
| $250.00 | $38.49 | $211.51 | 15.40% |
| $500.00 | $75.99 | $424.01 | 15.20% |
| $1,000.00 | $150.99 | $849.01 | 15.10% |
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How the fee is built
Two layers. (1) Selling plan: Individual = $0.99 per item sold, no subscription; Professional = $39.99 per month 'when you have active listings', no per-item fee. (2) Referral fee per unit sold, charged 'When the buyer's order is shipped': Referral fee = max( (item price + delivery charges + gift-wrap charges) x category rate , per-item minimum referral fee ). Base = 'total sales price' = total amount paid by the buyer including item price and any delivery or gift wrapping charges, 'excluding any taxes calculated through Amazon tax calculation services'. Minimum is $0.30 per unit for most categories; categories shown as '--' have no minimum (Fine Art, Gift Cards, Grocery and Gourmet, Media, Video Game Consoles, Video Games and Gaming Accessories). Tiered categories come in two kinds: 'portion' (marginal) tiers where each rate applies only to the slice of the total sales price inside the band (Compact Appliances, Electronics Accessories, Fine Art, Furniture, Jewelry, Watches), and 'whole_price' tiers where the rate is picked by the total sales price bucket and applied to the entire price (Baby Products; Beauty, Health and Personal Care; Clothing and Accessories; Grocery and Gourmet; Lawn Mowers and Snow Throwers). (3) Closing fee: flat $1.80 per unit sold in Books, DVD, Music, Software & Computer/Video Games, Video Game Consoles, and Video Game Accessories, in addition to the referral fee. Seller pays all of the above (deducted from the buyer's payment before deposit). Amazon 'collects the lower of the applicable fees stated below and any fees communicated to you by Amazon (such as promotional fees)'. Refunds: Amazon returns the referral fee minus a refund administration fee (lesser of $5.00 or 20% of the referral fee). Rounding rules are not stated on any loaded page.
In Amazon's own words
- Individual $0.99 / item sold
- Professional $39.99 / month
- Professional Selling Plan: USD $39.99 per month* when you have active listings
- Individual Selling Plan: No subscription fee
- Professional sellers: No per-item fee
- Individual sellers: $0.99 fee for each item sold
- Referral fees vary by product category. For every item sold, you’ll pay a percentage of the total price or a minimum amount, whichever is greater.¹
- For all products, Amazon deducts the applicable referral fee percentage calculated on the total sales price, excluding any taxes calculated through Amazon tax calculation services. The total sales price is the total amount paid by the buyer, including the item price and any delivery or gift wrapping charges.
Source: How much does it cost to sell on Amazon? | Sell on Amazon (Standard selling fees) · Selling on Amazon fee schedule (Seller Central help, public; 'This article applies to selling in: United States') · Referral fees (Seller Central help, public) · Closing fees (Seller Central help, public) · Seller Central help page GX7NRP7C7LKZLQV6 (FAILED: JS app shell only, body text 'You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.'; also tried https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/GX7NRP7C7LKZLQV6 with same result).