Amazon FBA Fees in 2026: A Complete Breakdown

Every fee Amazon charges an FBA seller in 2026 — explained with examples and an interactive calculator at the end. Amazon's fee schedule changed in January 2026, and a new Fuel & Logistics Surcharge hit in April. If your cost model is from before April 2024, you're missing the two new fees that take an extra $0.30–$0.70 per unit. This post breaks down what every fee does, when it applies, and how to model it before you place a purchase order.

1. Referral fee (6%–15% by category)

The referral fee is a percentage of the total sale price (including shipping) charged on every item sold. Most consumer categories are 15%, but several are 8% and a few have special rules. Minimum $0.30 per item, regardless of percentage.

• Most categories: 15%
• Electronics, Computers, Cell Phones, Cameras, Beauty, Grocery: 8%
• Clothing, Shoes: 17%
• Jewelry: 20% (5% for items over $250)
• Amazon Device Accessories: 45%, capped at $0.30 per unit

Example: A $29.99 product in "Home & Kitchen" pays a $4.50 referral fee (15%). A $0.30 minimum doesn't kick in here. But the same $0.30 minimum becomes binding at very low price points — Amazon will charge $0.30 even on a $2.00 item in an 8% category.

2. FBA fulfillment fee ($3.30–$75.86 per unit)

Amazon's flat per-unit fee to pick, pack, ship, and provide customer service. Determined by the item's size tier. Effective January 15, 2026, all tiers got a +$0.08 increase over 2025. Plus a new 3.5% Fuel & Logistics Surcharge on top of the fulfillment fee (effective April 17 2026). The five main US tiers:

• Small Standard: $3.30
• Large Standard: $4.98
• Small Oversize: $8.74
• Medium Oversize: $11.45
• Large Oversize: $75.86

Low-Price FBA (items under $10): fulfillment drops to $1.43 (small standard) or $3.27 (large standard). But Amazon also adds a $0.05 per-unit referral add-on, partially offsetting the savings.

3. Inbound Placement Fee (new in 2024, still in 2026)

Effective April 1, 2024. Replaced the old FBA inbound shipping discounts. Charged per unit shipped into Amazon's network, based on size tier and placement program:

• Minimal (Amazon assigns FCs): cheapest, often $0 for small standard
• Partial (you pick some FCs): middle fee — typical 0.75 lb item pays $0.21
• Amazon Partnered Carrier: a third tier between Minimal and Partial

For 5,000 units of a 0.75 lb Large Standard on Partial, that's $1,050 in placement fees. Meaningful but not catastrophic. The point is most online calculators skip this entirely.

4. Low-Inventory Fee (new in 2024, still in 2026)

Also effective April 1, 2024. Charged per unit sold when your historical days-of-supply falls below 28 days relative to recent demand. Applies only to standard-size items. $0.32 (small standard) to $1.10 (extra large) per unit sold.

The fix is simple: keep at least 4 weeks of forward inventory for your best-selling SKUs. The penalty is more expensive than the carrying cost of extra inventory.

5. Monthly storage fee ($0.87–$2.40 per cubic foot)

Amazon charges by the volume of space your inventory occupies. Standard-size items pay $0.87/cu ft/month from January through September, then $2.40/cu ft/month from October through December — almost 3× more. Oversize items have a separate, lower schedule. Long-term storage surcharges apply to inventory over 365 days old ($6.90/cu ft).

6. The new Fuel & Logistics Surcharge (+3.5%)

Effective April 17, 2026 in the US and Canada. Amazon added a 3.5% surcharge on FBA fulfillment fees, calculated on the fulfillment fee (not your sale price). On a $4.75 fulfillment fee, that's about $0.17 per unit. No end date announced yet. Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime followed on May 2.

7. Optional fees you may also see

• Removal / disposal fee — charged when you ask Amazon to return or destroy your inventory.
• Return processing fee — for high-return-rate items in certain categories.
• Aged-inventory surcharge — applies to inventory in FCs for more than 181 days.
• Multi-channel fulfillment (MCF) fee — for FBA orders shipped to non-Amazon channels.

Putting it all together

A 0.75 lb product sold for $29.99 with $6.50 COGS and $1.20 inbound shipping — in the "Home & Kitchen" category, non-Q4, with healthy inventory — earns about $12.15 net profit per unit (40.5% margin, 158% ROI on COGS+ship). Switch to Q4 storage, drop into a low-inventory situation, and the same product drops to about $10.10 (33.7% margin). Same product, two completely different outcomes — and most calculators online will only show you the $13.50 number that ignores placement and low-inventory fees.

Use the FBA Calculator to model your own product. It's free, no signup, and includes the 2026 fee rules including the placement, low-inventory, and fuel surcharge.