Amazon FBA fee changes 2027: what US sellers need to check.

These Amazon FBA fee changes for 2027 apply to the US store. Amazon says most changes start on 15 January, with storage and low-inventory-level changes from 1 February. Amazon puts the average fulfillment increase at $0.19 per unit sold, but that is not a fee forecast for every SKU; check your own products before changing the trading plan.

When do the US FBA fee changes take effect?

Amazon’s announcement, dated 5 November 2026, separates the main fulfillment updates from changes to storage and low inventory. Treat those as separate planning tasks rather than a single account-wide adjustment.

Area	Announced timing	What to review
Most fee changes, including the main fulfillment update	15 January 2027	Product-level fulfillment costs
Storage fee structure	1 February 2027	Inventory age and expected sell-through
Low-inventory-level fee assessment	1 February 2027	Stock cover and replenishment assumptions

This is not a UK, Irish or EU fee announcement. A brand selling across stores should keep this US review separate from local fee schedules. Do not copy the assumptions into a shared marketplace forecast without identifying which store they belong to.

How much are fulfillment fees changing?

Amazon says FBA fulfillment fees will increase by an average of $0.19 per unit sold, approximately 0.8% of the average item’s selling price. It also says the effect varies by product, size and price: some fees will increase and others will decrease.

That average is useful context, not a number to add to every product’s cost sheet. The decision belongs at product level. A catalog-wide assumption can hide the lines that need attention and prompt unnecessary changes to lines whose fees move differently.

The FBA fuel and logistics surcharge remains unchanged. Keep it distinct from the fulfillment fee update when reviewing costs. An unchanged surcharge does not mean that the total fulfillment cost of a particular product is unchanged.

Our recommendation is to separate confirmed fee changes from the decisions they might prompt. First establish the cost impact. Then review stock, promotions and advertising together. Avoid changing the whole trading plan before the product-level comparison is complete.

What changes for storage and aged inventory?

From 1 February 2027, Amazon says it will eliminate the storage utilization surcharge. It will also remove the aged inventory surcharge and combine it with monthly storage fees into a single age-based rate.

The important distinction is between removing a separate surcharge and removing the cost of holding aged inventory. Amazon describes a new structure, not free storage for older stock.

Amazon says the changes result in flat or lower fees for inventory that turns in under six months, and higher fees for aged inventory. Do not treat that summary as a substitute for the applicable rate table when building a forecast.

For the stock review, group products by inventory age and expected sell-through. Identify which lines have a credible demand plan and which are simply being carried forward. Give the slow-moving group a named owner and a decision, rather than letting it disappear into the total stock value.

Keep the assumptions visible. If a promotion is expected to clear a product, record that dependency. If demand is uncertain, show that uncertainty in the forecast instead of assuming the stock will turn because the replenishment plan needs it to.

How will the low-inventory-level fee be assessed?

Amazon says the revised fee applies only when inventory falls below 28 days of supply, using actual shipments in both the four weeks before and after the assessment date. It contrasts this with the current assessment using trailing 30- and 90-day sales.

Amazon says considering shipments after the assessment helps establish whether low stock reflects continuing demand. That is the announced assessment change. It is not a guarantee that a particular SKU will avoid the fee.

Review replenishment assumptions alongside the fee change. Flag products where promotional demand, a seasonal exit or a discontinuation makes the stock position harder to interpret. Keep actual shipments, expected demand and planned inbound stock separate in the working file.

Our advice is not to replenish every slow-moving line simply to chase a stock-cover threshold. Read the low-inventory question beside the age-based storage question and the product’s commercial role. A stock decision needs to make sense beyond an isolated fee.

How do you check the impact on your own SKUs?

Amazon directs sellers to the new Fee Change Comparison dashboard in Profit Analytics for account- and product-level impact, and the Revenue Calculator to model scenarios.

Use those tools as the starting point for a review, not as permission to make automatic changes. The checklist below is Odla’s recommended workflow, not a claim about the controls or exports available inside either tool.

• Confirm the scope. Keep the US catalog and the relevant fee schedule together. Record the source and the assumptions used.
• Review the account, then the products. Start with the overall comparison, then identify which products account for the change. Do not stop at a blended total.
• Check the inputs. Confirm that the product being modelled and its fulfillment assumptions match the line being reviewed. Investigate discrepancies before acting.
• Model alternatives. Use the Revenue Calculator for the scenarios you genuinely need to evaluate. Label estimates as estimates rather than booked costs.
• Join up inventory. Add age, demand expectations and replenishment decisions to the product review. Keep the stock owner involved.
• Record the decision. State what changes, who approves it and what still needs checking. Retain the original comparison so the rationale is inspectable later.

Should you change advertising targets because of the fee update?

Review the margin assumptions first. An advertising target based on an outdated cost base is not a sound basis for a spending decision. Equally, a headline average does not establish that every campaign needs a different target.

Our break-even ROAS guide explains how variable costs connect to the room available for advertising. Use the confirmed product-level fee impact in that review (the worked example uses UK VAT; apply the same method with your US fees). Do not confuse a platform revenue metric with the contribution the business retains.

For brands running several products, keep the review specific enough to distinguish lines with different cost changes and stock positions. The outcome may be a revised assumption, a stock decision or no immediate change. It should not be an automatic account-wide reaction.

What should you verify before acting?

Keep Amazon’s announcement and its linked full US fee summary with your review. The summary page requires a Seller Central login and did not expose readable fee tables without one, so this guide does not reproduce per-size rates. Amazon says that summary also covers additional updates for small and large standard-size items, items priced above $50, Buy X, Get Y promotions, Multichannel Fulfillment and Amazon Warehousing and Distribution. Check those details there, not in a news recap. Amazon’s announcement doesn’t detail referral fee changes; check the 2027 US referral and Fulfillment by Amazon fees summary in Seller Central.

Before implementing a product-level decision, check the applicable tables in Seller Central. If your team cannot verify a rate, leave it unresolved rather than filling the gap with a news summary or a social post.

This work belongs with Amazon marketplace operations: stock, catalog and trading should be reviewed alongside advertising. The useful output is a supported decision for each affected product, not a promise that a fee update can be made to disappear.

David Sharkey is Chief Operating Officer at Odla, an Amazon partner.