Amazon FBA Fees 2027: What Changed and What to Do Now

What did Amazon announce for 2027 FBA fees?

Amazon's November 5, 2026 notice raises US FBA fulfillment fees by $0.19 per unit on average starting January 15, 2027. On February 1 it drops the storage utilization surcharge, merges aged inventory charges into one age-based storage rate and changes how the low-inventory-level fee is tested. The 3.5% surcharge stays.

Our source for Amazon's wording is the full notice as copied by sellers on the Sellers Ask Sellers forum. PYMNTS and EcomCrew report the same headline facts. The row-by-row tables are on a Seller Central page called 2027 US Referral and Fulfillment by Amazon fees. It sits behind a login and we could not open it, so as of November 6, 2026 this guide prints no 2027 rate rows from Amazon. Log in and read that page before you change a price.

The notice period is also shorter than last year's. Amazon's 2026 fee post told sellers they had at least 90 days before increases took effect. This time it says more than two months, and we count 71 days from November 5 to January 15, nearly all of them inside the holiday peak window.

Which products take the biggest hit in 2027?

By AMZ Prep's reported averages, small standard items and anything priced above $50 rise the most, with large standard items at $10 to $50 rising far less than Amazon's overall $0.19. We found these band figures in one source and could not check them against Amazon's own tables, so treat them as estimates.

If those averages hold, the price lines get more expensive to cross. On AMZ Prep's 2026 card, a large standard item billed just over 1 lb pays $5.04 at $10 to $50 and $5.30 above $50, a $0.26 gap. Add the reported averages and that gap would be about $0.61 in 2027. Going by the same averages, small standard items crossing $10 would also see a wider step. So before moving any price across $10 or $50, read your exact 2027 row, because a small rise could cost more in fees than it earns.

What does the $0.19 increase do to one unit?

On a $25 product earning about $5.84 per unit, a $0.19 fee rise costs roughly $0.20 once the 3.5% surcharge is applied, or 3.4% of contribution. That is the part Amazon's 0.8% figure hides: a small share of price can be a much bigger share of what you keep.

This is an illustration with made-up product numbers. Amazon's two averages imply a typical price near $23.75 ($0.19 divided by 0.8%), so we used a $25 home and kitchen item in the large standard tier, billed just over 1 lb. It costs $7.00 landed, spends $3.00 per unit on ads and takes 0.25 cubic feet. The $5.04 base fee is the 2026 non-peak rate as published by AMZ Prep. The 2027 row for this item is unknown to us, so we applied Amazon's average to it.

Rounded lines may look a cent off; the totals come from unrounded figures. We assumed the surcharge applies to the new base fee, because Retail Dive reported it is calculated on fulfillment fees. Amazon's notice does not say whether its $0.19 already includes it.

At 3,000 units a month, this SKU loses about $590 a month. Break-even ACoS, the ad share of price that leaves zero contribution, falls from about 35.4% to 34.6%, so any ACoS target set on the old number is now slightly too loose. You can rerun the sum with your own inputs in our FBA profit calculator and ACoS and TACoS calculator.

Because the average is only an average, test a range. The $0.06 row is the portfolio average a seller posting as ASV_Vites reported on the forum, which is one account's experience. The $0.12 row is AMZ Prep's reported average for this item's band. The $0.40 and the decrease are stress cases we chose for this SKU.

The price rise is larger than the fee because Amazon takes 15% of the increase as referral. Moving this item to $25.49 lifts contribution to about $6.06, so you could lose about 3.6% of volume and still match today's total dollars. That percentage is the number to watch when you test the new price.

Why could your fee line fall on January 15 despite the increase?

Holiday peak rates end on January 14, 2027, and they run about $0.32 per unit above non-peak on average. New 2027 rates start the next day with an average rise of $0.19. Compared with December, many SKUs could show a lower fee in mid-January, even though the non-peak cost has gone up.

In our illustration, the item pays $5.34 at holiday peak rates, or $5.53 with the surcharge. On January 15 the assumed fee is $5.23, or $5.41 with the surcharge. The report shows a drop of about $0.11, while the comparison that matters for the rest of the year is $5.22 against $5.41, a rise of about $0.20.

EcomCrew makes a similar point and suggests keeping non-peak, holiday and projected 2027 costs in separate columns. We agree. If someone on your team compares only month over month, the increase will not appear until next October, by which time the pricing window is long gone.

Will the 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge go away in 2027?

Model it as permanent. As of November 2026, Amazon says the 3.5% surcharge remains unchanged and that fuel and line-haul trucking costs have stayed high since it began. It will keep reviewing the charge, but Retail Dive reported in April that Amazon gave no end date, and it has not given one since.

The layering is why 2027 feels bigger than the headline. Amazon's average for the January 2026 rise was $0.08. Retail Dive reported Amazon's average for the April surcharge at about $0.17. Add $0.19 and the rough non-peak total since the start of 2026 is $0.44 per unit. These averages cover different periods and mixes, so treat that as a sense of scale for your own account, where the sum could be quite different.

What changes in FBA storage on February 1, 2027?

Amazon removes the storage utilization surcharge and rolls the aged inventory surcharge and monthly storage into one rate that depends on inventory age. It promises "flat or lower fees" for stock that turns in under six months and says aged stock pays more. We have not seen the new per cubic foot rates.

Build your baseline from today's numbers so the comparison is ready when you open the new table. This illustration uses a 0.25 cubic foot standard-size unit at the January to September storage rate plus the 2026 surcharge bands in our aged inventory guide. The current October to December storage rate is higher, at $2.40 per cubic foot. These are 2026 figures and must not be used as 2027 rates.

Put your own inventory age export beside this table, then add the 2027 rate for each band. Amazon's wording suggests a reader should expect the older rows to rise, so a surcharge disappearing from your invoice says nothing about whether slow stock got cheaper.

Stock already past about 150 days should be priced to sell during the holiday season, while demand is doing some of the work for you. On the monthly calendar in our aged inventory guide, January 15 looks like the last old-style assessment, with removal orders due by the 14th. Amazon's notice does not confirm that detail, so check it.

The utilization surcharge still applies through January 31. If your account pays it, we would avoid landing a large early-year restock in late January when the same units could arrive days later. Capacity limits are a separate matter, and the notice does not mention them, so a cheaper bill does not mean you can send more.

How does the low-inventory-level fee change in 2027?

The 28-day line is familiar, and the measurement around it is new. Today's test uses trailing sales over 30 and 90 days. Starting February 1, 2027, Amazon checks real shipments on each side of the assessment date, four weeks back and four weeks forward, which should spare SKUs whose demand spike has already passed.

Here is how we read it, using made-up numbers, since Amazon's notice gives no formula. A SKU holds 200 units on the assessment date. It shipped 336 units in the prior four weeks during a deal, or 12 a day, which is about 17 days of supply. It then ships 140 in the next four weeks, or 5 a day, which is 40 days of supply. One view is above 28 days, so on our reading no fee applies. A steady SKU shipping 10 a day with the same 200 units sits at 20 days on both views and would pay.

Seasonal and end-of-life products should benefit most, and Amazon names both. Several things are still open. We have not seen the 2027 fee amounts, and we do not know how the charge will be timed, given that the test relies on four weeks that have not happened yet. We also could not confirm how a stockout during those later weeks is treated, or whether today's exemptions, such as AWD auto-replenishment, carry over.

Until January 31 the old test applies, so the tactics in our low-inventory fee guide still hold. After that, do not cut safety stock on the strength of this change. Running out still costs you rank and sales, and those losses can easily outweigh the fee.

Did Amazon change referral fees for 2027, and what else is unconfirmed?

We could not confirm any 2027 referral fee change as of November 6, 2026. Amazon's notice carries referral fees in its title, yet its text describes none. PYMNTS and EcomCrew mention none, and Amazon's public pricing page still lists rates such as 15% for Home and Kitchen with no 2027 date.

That absence is weak evidence, because the full summary is the one document we could not read. Keep referral rates flat in a first-pass model, then replace that assumption once you have checked the login page. These are the items we would read first.

• Buy X, Get Y promotions. If any are booked for after January 15, read this change before you run them.
• AWD. It is named with no detail in the notice, and the only AWD figures we found were 2026 ones. If you use AWD to feed FBA, redo that comparison once the storage rates are visible, because the case for holding stock upstream may shift. Our AWD vs FBA break-even guide shows how to run it.
• Multichannel Fulfillment detail. Amazon's MCF pricing page confirms the January 15 average above and adds size tiers aligned with FBA, Preferred Pricing extended through 2027 and a new surcharge on boxed returns. Packaging fees and the discount for items shipped in their own packaging are also being revised, with no figures in the part we could read.
• Inbound placement. The notice text does not mention it. That does not prove the fee is unchanged, so check the summary and then rerun the numbers in our inbound placement guide.

What mistakes should you avoid with the 2027 FBA fees?

The costliest mistake is budgeting on the $0.19 average when your catalog could sit far above or below it. Close behind are sorting SKUs by percentage change, reading the February storage change as a price cut for all stock, and buying inventory to dodge a fee your forecast does not justify.

Sort by dollars. A $0.10 rise on a SKU that ships 5,000 units a month costs $500, while a $1.00 rise on one that ships 50 costs $50. Our fee change modeling guide walks through the spreadsheet and the size tier checks, including how to dispute a wrong measurement.

Raising every price by the same amount is the other trap we would warn a client about. Heroes with strong conversion can often carry it, while a SKU competing on price in a crowded search result may lose more in volume than the fee ever cost. Test in small groups, and hold a fee-loser at its current price when the break-even volume drop is too thin to risk.

What should you do before January 15? A repricing checklist

Start with your own numbers, because the average tells you little. Export the Fee Change Comparison dashboard this week, read the full 2027 summary, then rank SKUs by dollars at risk. Decide prices in early January, and put February 1 in the calendar separately for storage and low-inventory work.

• Open Fee Change Comparison in Profit Analytics and export account and SKU results.
• Read 2027 US Referral and Fulfillment by Amazon fees in Seller Central, and note any row that touches your tiers, price bands, promotions, MCF or AWD.
• Check the dimensions and weight Amazon holds for your top SKUs, since a wrong tier distorts everything below it.
• Build three cost columns for each SKU: current non-peak, current holiday and projected 2027, with the 3.5% surcharge on its own line.
• Multiply each SKU's fee change by forecast units, then sort by dollars.
• Recalculate contribution, minimum price and break-even ACoS for the top group in the Revenue Calculator and our FBA profit calculator.
• Flag every SKU priced within about $1 of a fee band line, and hold those prices until you have read the 2027 bands.
• Choose one action for each SKU: raise, hold, renegotiate cost or change packaging. Our rule of thumb is to absorb a change under about 2% of contribution and test a price on anything larger.
• Work out the volume loss each price rise can survive, as in the $25.49 example, and write it down before the test starts.
• Recheck coupons, deals and ad targets booked for after January 15 at the new contribution.
• Pull inventory age by SKU, list everything past about 150 days and start clearing it during the holiday season.
• Before the next purchase order, compare a smaller order with a larger one using new storage rates, and put February 1 on the purchasing calendar.

On timing, we would leave hero prices alone through the holiday rush and make moves in the first half of January, when you can read post-holiday demand. If a SKU's margin is already thin, move sooner. Thirty days after the change, compare volume and Buy Box share against the limit you wrote down, and roll back anything that went past it.

Do these Amazon FBA fees for 2027 apply in the UK and Europe?

No. Everything above covers the US marketplace. As of November 2026, we found no announced 2027 fee round for the UK or Europe. Amazon's European rate card says fulfillment fees return on January 15, 2027 to non-peak rates, unchanged from 2026, and a later update remains possible.

Angler Fulfilment, writing on October 30, 2026, noted that recent European updates have come in December. So a UK brand should keep its current model and check Seller Central again next month. We found nothing confirmed for India in this research. If you sell in both the US and UK, keep separate fee models.

Sources and data notes

Facts in this article were checked against the sources below on November 6, 2026. Amazon and agencies change programs and prices often, so confirm details before you act.

• Amazon, as reproduced on Sellers Ask Sellers: 2027 Updates to US Referral and Fulfillment by Amazon fees
• EcomCrew: Amazon's 2027 Fee Math Doesn't Stop at 19 Cents
• PYMNTS: Amazon Raises Seller Fees as Walmart Courts Holiday Shoppers
• Amazon Seller Forums: 2026 Updates to US Referral and Fulfillment by Amazon Fees
• Amazon Seller Forums: Holiday 2026: Same fees, same eligibility, earlier deadlines
• Retail Dive: Amazon to apply 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on fulfillment
• Amazon Supply Chain: Multichannel Fulfillment pricing
• Amazon (sell.amazon.com): Pricing and referral fee table
• AMZ Prep: Amazon FBA Fees 2027, What Changes Jan 15, Plus 2026 Rates
• Angler Fulfilment: Amazon FBA Fees 2027 UK, What Is Confirmed So Far
• Amazon: European FBA rate card effective 2 November 2026

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