Fees and Pricing
When your item sells, Amazon Payments collects the amount paid by the buyer (including the item price and any shipping, gift wrap, or other charges).
Amazon Payments deducts the greater of the applicable referral fee percentage or applicable per-item minimum referral fee calculated on (i) the item price, and (ii) any gift wrap charges, in each case excluding any taxes collected through Amazon tax collection services, plus a variable closing fee. Sellers who do not pay a monthly subscription fee also pay a per item fee for each item sold.
Amazon platform shipping rates apply to all items sold. Only Professional sellers can offer gift wrap.
See Shipping Rates and Services for a table of shipping credits.
Here’s how it works:
Item price
+ Shipping charges paid by the buyer
+ Gift wrap charges paid by the buyer
– Referral fee (calculated on the item price and any gift wrap charges paid by the buyer)
– Variable closing fee
– $0.99 per item fee (waived for sellers who pay a subscription fee)
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= Total deposited to seller account
Referral Fees
Sellers pay a referral fee on each item sold. Items in several categories have a per-item minimum referral fee as listed below (i.e., sellers pay the greater of the referral fee percentage or the per-item minimum referral fee).
The table below describes the referral fees and variable closing fees by category.
| Product Type | Amazon deducts the greater of the applicable referral fee percentage or applicable per-item minimum referral fee. See notes above. | |
| Referral Fee Percentages |
Applicable Minimum Referral Fee (applied on a per-item basis unless otherwise noted) |
|
| 3D Printed Products | 12% | — |
| Amazon Device Accessories | 45% | $1.00 |
| Amazon Kindle | 15% | — |
| Automotive & Powersports | 12%, except 10% for tires and wheels products | $1.00 |
| Baby Products (excluding Baby Apparel) | 15% | $1.00 |
| Beauty | 15% | $1.00 |
| Books | 15% | — |
| Camera and Photo | 8% | $1.00 |
| Cell Phone Devices* | 8% | — |
| Clothing & Accessories | 15% | $1.00 |
| Collectible Coins |
|
$1.00 |
| Consumer Electronics | 8% | $1.00 |
| Electronics Accessories |
|
$1.00 |
| Entertainment Collectibles |
|
— |
| Furniture & Decor | 15% | $1.00 |
| Health & Personal Care (including Personal Care Appliances) | 15% | $1.00 |
| Home & Garden (including Pet Supplies) | 15% | $1.00 |
| Independent Design | 25% 1 | $1.00 |
| Industrial & Scientific (including Food Service and Janitorial & Sanitation) | 12% | $1.00 |
| Jewelry | 20% | $2.00 |
| Kitchen | 15% | $1.00 |
| Luggage & Travel Accessories | 15% | $1.00 |
| Major Appliances |
|
$1.00 |
| Music | 15% | — |
| Musical Instruments | 15% | $1.00 |
| Office Products | 15% | $1.00 |
| Outdoors | 15% | $1.00 |
| Personal Computers | 6% | $1.00 |
| Shoes, Handbags and Sunglasses | 15% | $1.00 |
| Software & Computer/Video Games | 15% | — |
| Sports | 15% | $1.00 |
| Sports Collectibles |
|
— |
| Tools & Home Improvement |
15% except 12% for base equipment power tools |
$1.00 |
| Toys & Games | 15% |
$1.002 |
| Video & DVD | 15% | — |
| Video Games | 15% | — |
| Video Game Consoles | 8% | — |
| Watches | 15%3 | $2.00 |
| Everything Else4 | 15% | — |
*Certain cell phone devices may require approval. Please click here to learn more.
1 Effective May 20, 2015, the referral fee for Independent Design will change to 40% with a $1.00 per item minimum referral fee.
2 The $1.00 per item minimum referral fee does not apply to Collectible Cards products in the Toys & Games category.
3 Effective from March 16, 2014, through March 15, 2016, the Watches category will have the following referral fee structure:
- 16% for the portion of the total sales price up to $200 (with a minimum referral fee of $2.00 per item)
- 15% for any portion of the total sales price greater that $200 up to $800
- 12% for any portion of the total sales prices greater than $800
After March 15, 2016, the Watches category will have the following fee structure:
15% for the total sales price of each item with a minimum referral fee of $2.00 per item.
4 The 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 appropriately fall within another category.
Rental Book Service Fee
For each textbook rental that is sold, sellers pay a rental book service fee of USD $5.00.
Variable Closing Fees
Media products (per item):
| Product Type | Domestic Standard | Domestic Expedited | International |
| Books | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.35 |
| DVD | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.35 |
| Music | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.35 |
| Software & Computer/Video Games | $1.35 | $1.35 | Not available |
| Video | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.35 |
| Video Games | $1.35 | $1.35 | Not available |
| Video Game Consoles | $1.35 | $1.35 | Not available |
Other products (per item plus per weight):
| Product Type | Domestic Standard | Domestic Expedited | International |
| Non-media products | $0.45 + $0.05/lb. | $0.65 + $0.10/lb. | Not available |
Every 14 days, Amazon Payments initiates a transfer of available funds to your bank account. See Getting Paid for details.
For information about fees for other programs, use the links below.
- Fulfillment by Amazon – FBA Fees and Pricing
- Webstore by Amazon – Webstore Fees and Pricing
- Amazon Product Ads – Cost-per-click Fees and Pricing
Pricing
Individual sellers may not list items at a price in excess of $10,000 (US Dollars). Individual sellers approved to list in the Collectible Books category are not subject to this limitation.
You may list items at any price you feel is fair, regardless of the Amazon.com price or list price, within the limits set by Amazon, and so long as your price adheres to our General Pricing rule. However, only items priced at or above the list price (MSRP) or $10, whichever is greater, are eligible for listing as Collectible music or other media products. Collectible books may be listed at any price. Music and other media items priced below $10 or list price may not be listed as Collectible.
General Pricing Rule: By our General Pricing rule, you must always ensure that the item price and total price of an item you list on Amazon.com are at or below the item price and total price at which you offer and/or sell the item via any other online sales channel.
Our pricing terms are defined below:
The item price is the amount payable by a customer, excluding shipping and handling, as it appears when you list an item.
The total price is the amount payable by a customer as well as all terms of offer/sale. This includes all of the following:
- Shipping and handling charges
- Discounts, rebates, or special sales/promotions you offer/make with respect to purchases
- Shipping method
- Business practices, such as any reduction or elimination of shipping charges on an order, or of any other order-related fees and expenses
- Low-price guarantees
The total price does not include discounts, sales, rebates, or other promotional offers you attempt to make available through Amazon Marketplace but which we do not honor or support.
