2027 US FBA Fees: +$0.19 a Unit on Average, and Far More If You Sit Near $50

Amazon Seller Central announcement: 5 November 2026

Amazon has published its 2027 US fee changes. The headline number — an average FBA fulfilment increase of $0.19 per unit, roughly 0.8% of average selling price — is the least useful figure in the announcement. Almost nobody pays the average.

Two effective dates, and they are not the same: fulfilment fee changes start 15 January 2027, while storage, low-inventory-level and promotion changes start 1 February 2027.

1. Where the Increase Actually Lands

For many small standard-size items, the 2027 non-peak rate is higher than the current holiday peak rate. That is worth sitting with. The rate you are paying right now, at the most expensive point in the year, becomes your baseline in January.

The 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge stays.

2. The $50 Threshold Penalty More Than Doubles

The extra cost of crossing the $50 price threshold rises to $0.55–$0.57 per unit, up from $0.26.

If you have products priced at $50.99 or $51.49, that pricing decision is now worth more than twice what it was. The same applies at $10. Review everything sitting just above either threshold — in some cases the right move is to price down below it, and in others it is to price up far enough that the penalty stops mattering.

3. Five Categories Lose Low-Price FBA

Automotive and Powersports, Compact Appliances, Musical Instruments and AV Production, Media, and Computers no longer qualify for low-price rates. Products in these categories move to the $10–$50 rates.

Amazon’s own example: an iron in Compact Appliances priced under $10 goes from $6.31 to $7.32 per unit. On a sub-$10 product, that is not a fee increase — it is the end of the product.

4. Size Tiers Are Being Rebuilt

• Bulky goods split into four size tiers; oversize goods into six.
• The overmax handling fee is eliminated, replaced by flat product handling fees and overhang handling fees.
• The returns processing fee moves onto the new size tiers.

Overhang fees punish shape rather than volume. Long, flat or wide packages are the ones to remeasure — a product that sat comfortably in one tier under the old structure can land badly in the new one without changing at all.

5. Storage: Good News If You Turn Stock Fast

From 1 February 2027, the storage utilisation surcharge is eliminated, and the aged inventory surcharge is merged into a single age-based monthly storage fee. Inventory turning in under six months pays flat or lower fees. Aged inventory pays more.

This is the one change that rewards good operators. If your stock moves, you benefit. If you are sitting on aged inventory, clear it before 1 February rather than after.

6. Low-Inventory-Level Fee Now Covers Oversize

The fee applies when supply covers fewer than 28 days, assessed on shipments in the four weeks before and after the check — and from February it also covers oversize tiers.

7. Promotions Get a Fee

Buy X, Get Y promotions carry a $5 upfront fee plus a 2% variable fee, capped at $2,000. All promotions move to monthly billing from February 2027. AWD processing and transportation fees also change on 1 February.

8. What to Do Before 15 January

• Open the Fee Change Comparison dashboard in Profit Analytics and pull account-level and ASIN-level impact — do not work from the $0.19 average.
• Audit fees on your top 20 ASINs before 15 January 2027.
• Review every price sitting just above $10 or $50.
• Remeasure bulky and oversize items, prioritising long, flat and wide packages.
• Clear aged stock before 1 February 2027.
• Rebuild 2027 margins and promotion budgets with Buy X, Get Y fees included, before Q1 promotions are planned.