Amazon FBA Fees Explained - How to Calculate FBA Fees
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Amazon FBA Fees Explained - How to Calculate FBA Fees
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In this Amazon FBA training video, Stephen shows you how to use the FBA fee calculator to see your Amazon FBA fees for a particular item. He shows how changes in price affect changes in the fees.
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This has nothing to do with the video, but I just appreciate so much your not using profanity and foul language in your videos. I've had to stop watching the videos of other people because they don't seem to be able to make a point without using crude and debased language.
Thank you Terry.
Agreed! A code of honor!
Terry Gray or the other channels talk to fast or they are obnoxious thinking that they are entertaining. It really is nice to have someone explain something in a professional/teacher kind of way.
Well said. Most people on utube seem to use more bad language and less of useful information. Thank god some people like the person in the video has some knowledge and brains. Thank you for pointing this very important info here.
Thank you!!! Best explanation of Amazon fees I've ever seen!! This video was exactly what I was looking for.
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In calculating fees we need also to keep in mind the long term storage fees + return fees if there is customers returning your product + for people selling medias like CDs I heard there are additional fees for that also
Great information and presentation! I like that you're also a pilot and put your kids pictures on the wall, two things I also do.
I found a product I really want to sell but it'll take me 30 days to get it into FBA and all I've been doing is trying to calculate all this together before I invest into what I want to do.. thank you for making this video!
Great video, all the small little things like prepping is where people can mess up with their fba fees
The ASN is in the URL as well
EXCELLENT ADVICE ! ThanQ Timeless advice...
Interesting that the Amazon Fees changed when you changed the price. The amount of work they had to do remained the same. They may as well just take 50 percent and be done with it.
Very good information I've been selling on amazon for about 2 years and never knew about this calculator, very useful howevre usual just work it out in my head this could help a lot haha
question:
1. So those weight handling doesn't seem to change based on the item's size? so if I have big spacy item and heavy would it be the same?
The monthly fee is only for the one item, how do you calculate monthly cubic yard fees?
It looks like in late 2018 they added the ability to add your cost to this list and I no longer see a field for prep fees - did all this change?
Full-Time FBA. At 5:39 on that calculator something doesn’t seem right to me. You said that Amazon would be sending me $24.47 but that would mean that Amazon charged me for both the last two boxes that I filled out (inbound shipping & the plastic seal). Won’t I have paid the inbound fee and the plastic seal myself before Amazon received it? So by Amazon taking it out of my profit and me paying it I lost $0.75 cents??? You also said that in the “prep service” box maybe I would have paid a employee say $1. So if I put that in Amazon would deduct something already came out of my pocket. OR is the $24.47 the profit I made on the item and Amazon would be sending me a check for $25.22 (the 24.47 + 0.75)???
When something sells how can I see the fees? Also how can we see how much we pay to ship stuff in is there a list somewhere?
I'm just beginning to learn about selling on amazon FBA. Have no experience of selling before online whatsoever. But I'm very interested in it. To start with I'm thinking about small quantity of inventory but as I'm a full time mother of two children, I thought fba would be more suitable for me as it would save me time and stress from shipping and customer service. What would you advise for me. Should I opt for merchandise selling or fba? Please advice! Thank you so much for your time and your videos are very helpful and informative🙂
I think selling via FBA is the best. You send all your inventory to Amazon and they take care of storage, shipping, returns, customer service, etc... and with 2 kids, Amazon doing those things for you frees you up to spend more time with your kids. :-)
great video steve but i got a question for u. i presume the calculation u did is based on a single unit item. if i am rite, then i presume if i have 1000 pieces of an item to be shipped together, then i can as well multiply my unit price by 1000 in doing the calculation so that the final profit i get could also be divided by 1000 to give me my unit profit. kindly get back to me on this. Thanks.
Why do the fees on your calculator never match the amazon sell app? I put all the same info in but on the seller app it always comes up with a several dollar lower profit margin.
If my product is 0.0059 cubic feet, times $0.64 would be $0.003776. Does this mean I would be paying less than a penny for storage fees or does Amazon have some minimum storage fee amount?
How effective is FBA compared to eBay in regards to getting things sold? Ebay seller fees are around 12%.
I sell WAY more items via FBA than I did on eBay... and I don't have to worry about storing or shipping the items before they sell. Amazon takes care of all that. I have a big inventory and wouldn't want to go find the item, pack it up, and ship it every time something sold. I'd rather spend my time doing things that are more profitable uses of my time. Learn more about succeeding with Amazon FBA here: www.fulltimefba.com/jumpstart
Friend, how does the fee is charged ? Do I have to pay it already when i sent to amazon (storage fee) or only when it is sold ?
The fees come from the profits you make from the sales... if you're not making sales, the fee is charged to the credit card you have on file with Amazon.
How to find out the storage fees they don't have it on there?
It's there. Once you put your price in, click on the little upside down triangle at the end of the "fulfillment by Amazon fees" line and it will give you the monthly storage fees. During Q4 (Oct, Nov, and Dec) it will give you the Q4 monthly storage fees (which are higher than the rest of the year) and during the rest of the year, it will give you the standard monthly storage fee.
Hope this helps!
Have you encountered a variable closing fee? Just discovered the fee when I was putting together a shipment.
Yes. For each media item that is sold, sellers also pay a standard variable closing fee of $1.35. Here is more info about Amazon fees: amzn.to/2s8c4T8
Thank you Stephen. Prior to listening to your video I was coding a calculator of my own as part of a web page. I'll finish the page however I will probably stick to the official Amazon fee calculator you introduced me to.
how would this apply to 'white label' product? if you're buying wholesale some kitchen appliances, that in this case would not have any of the codes the calculator requires?
I would try to find a product on Amazon that is similar and that would give you the best estimate of what the fees wold be. Hope this helps!
thank you
Here is food for thought. I bet Amazon will track "cost of product" youve entered, so they are able to see what is my cost to buy the product. It might help them a lot while deciding if they will stock the product too. What do you think?
where's the price of the product you have to pay?
how much does it cost to send 86 units thats 5 pounchs each to amazon?
It all depends, but based on my experience it's about $0.45 per pound. But there are a lot of factors that could change that.
Thanks! This is great!
Hello! I'm new to this and my only question is: How do you add a product to sell on Amazon that nobody else sells?
You need to be a Pro-Seller... and then in Seller Central, you click on Inventory, and then Add a Product. You'll want to be sure to have a great title and keywords, and this resource can help you with that: www.fulltimefba.com/amazonadvantage
Full-Time FBA so there is no way to add a product being an individual seller instead of a pro? I don't think I will be able to sell more than 40 units in my first month! I'm new to this business... Would you recommend me to buy a product that already sells on Amazon then?
Lalo Rumayor I recommend those who are starting focus first on items they know will sell because the sales rank history shows it will sell often. Then start adding your own products once you have the base knowledge of selling other items.
Full-Time FBA Thanks! is there a way to privately contact you just to hear your opinion on the product I'm thinking of?
I have a contact me page on my blog: www.fulltimefba.com
Hi Thanks for your video..very informative. I'm based in the UK and cannot find the calculator in my seller central despite searching for it .. could you tell me where it would be, please?
One last question - I have reduced my price to clear out the stock £3.99 but the fees remain at £2.83 - is this because there is a minimum charge? Where do I find this information? Seller central is sooooo confusing!
sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/hz/fba/profitabilitycalculator/index?lang=en_GB
what if you are selling an item that is not in amazon already?
You can look for a comparable item (same category, size, weight, etc) and use that item to get an idea what the fees might be.
So you pay 40$ a month. And also pay additional fees. Isn't self fulfillment better?
Seller Fulfilled (also called Merchant Fulfilled) is great for those with really small levels of inventory. Once you start selling more and more, most sellers realize they don't have the space to store everything, nor the time to ship all the orders out. FBA saves both time and money by providing the service of storing and shipping for me. I have 1500+ items in my inventory and there is no way could ever keep up with that.... so I basically pay Amazon, via the fees, to take care of all that work for me. That frees me up to work on more profitable tasks, such as finding more inventory!
+Full-Time FBA well explained. Thank you
Hi Steve, The Pick and Pack fees have risen tremendously in recent times. How does one get around this for selling small furniture items. The pick and pack has swelled up so much that it makes FBA pretty darn lousy deal don't you think? Hope to hear from you
Fernando Rojas seems like Amazon is making the more money than the sellers...they're basically taking half....
So it is only this much for them to hold your 300+ products, and they post them for you? If so thats awesome. Please someone reply cause im hoping to get into this!
If I get a hundred screen protectors from alibaba, how Do I calculate the fee for the weight? because I'm sending all 100 at the same time? and how do i find out how to calculate the weight
you will need to get a scale (which you can get on amazon) or ask your supplier what the weight of the shipment was.
when i am using amazon FBA selling system are they shipping instead of me?
You ship your inventory to Amazon and they keep it until it sells. Once it sells Amazon ships the item to your customer.
I just calculated my cost and my profit was quite low. I will not be starting with FBA at this time. I will keep my indiv. account and use my other platform.
If your profits are too low, then you need to find better inventory that will sell at higher prices.
Yes that is another option.
Oh you telling me if find a dud, remove or destroy it and move on to a better inventory? Wow that's pretty much like dude take your money and throw it in the garbage or burn it. The problem is me myself and tons of people out there don't have money to dump or burn, if you want to help people then you should explain what are all the expenses include amazon fees and what's final chumps change that is yours to put in your pocket and don't have pay anything else, no matter how you price your product amazon still make way more than us, we are just a little fishes sucking off the big shark ( amazon) but be careful don't list your price to high to make profit because no one gonna and don't list it to low that's mean more money going to fall out of you pocket, just a suggestion and thought 😊
In any business worth doing, you're not going to find a winner every time. Even Walmart loses money on some of their products... but when they find winners, they focus on those items and clearance out the losers. It takes spending money to make money... and Amazon isn't going to offer up free services, hence the fees. And usually, if sourced and priced correctly, Amazon only takes about 1/3 of the sales price in fees, so that leaves you with 2/3 of the sales price... and if your price to source the product in the first place was 1/3 of the sales price, you end up doubling your money. I like those numbers. So look for items that have a consistent sales rank in the top 1-3% of it's category, and can sell on Amazon for 3 times the buying price, and most of the time, things will work out when it comes to profit.
haha I like the beginning! good humor😁
How do you find the cost of shipping to Amazon
I intend to sell on Amazon ONLY with FBA. How can we use the calculator if our product is NOT already on Amazon? Is it that I register my product first on Amazon and then - without actually being "live" - I can then have my product information to plug into the calculator? (cartoon head explodes) Thanks!
You would have to create the product page for the FBA calculator to work on your specific item. Another thing you can do is to find an item on Amazon that is roughly the same size/weight and use that item on the FBA calculator to get a close estimate. Hope this helps!
I found a product I can buy for $2.70 and sell for $10. But after entering it into the calculator it says I will have a net profit of -$1.60. Do you think it is possible to lose money on an item I can sell at almost 400%? FYI this product is small and weighs about 2.8 pounds
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if you do fba, then you need to count the shipping cost , then Amazon fee.
if you buy 2.70+ tax , then you list 10.00 then it is hard to make money.
A lot of people do not make money by listing the lower price, but a lot of people do by buying from wholesale.
Non professional plan 1 dollar a listing monthly or 1 dollar transaction fee when sold + insertion fee please help anyone I've been struggling for awhile trying to figure this out
The individual (non-professions) plan charges you $0.99 per sale on Amazon. It's not per item, but per sale. The professional seller plan is around $40 a month and there is no "per sale" fee, so once you start to get 40 sales a month, you really should go pro. Hope this helps.
Hi,
Am a bit confused with my FBA fee display while am trying to list my item, here is what am getting £6.62 Includes £5.05 FBA Fee (my selling price £5.49)
When i use the fulfilment calculator am getting net profit of £1.94 which i dont mind. But the display is showing £6.62 which above and that more than my selling price.
Can i get advise please?
The fee calculator is only an estimation... so some numbers might be off a little. Overall, my advise would be to not sell items via FBA that are priced under $10.... most of your profits will be eaten up by fees.
Lanre Atand
Full-Time FBA
nice sec charts on your doors lol happy landings brother
what about the other fees like slow moving items fees where amazon will offer either burn your items for 20c or ship it to you for 80c an item ? correct me if i'm wrong. But can you make more complete fees list of the overal fba involved? I'm in Australia and amazon just enter here. we have population of 10 x less than us. Hopefully it will work eventhough i doubt we're gonna make same money as if you're selling it in us. I really would like to sell on us amazon too but don't have us address if anyone can help too?
Here is a resource: www.fulltimefba.com/international
Julia Oregano If you can't google what you need, I would suggest you do some research before trying to start up a business.
I'm confused. I tried using the Amazon Fulfillment Calculator on: B0000BYDKO as an example. If I set both "ship to Amazon" and "cost of product" to zero, it still comes out as a loss of almost $3.50 per unit. This product is a "#1 Best Seller" on Amazon. Does that mean the seller of this item is doing their own fulfillment instead of Amazon?
There are a number of reasons that someone would price an item and actually lose money on the item... the top 2 being: 1. The seller is clueless... and 2. The seller has other items in their inventory that are not fast sellers, or get more returns, or get more negative feedback... and it's worth it to this seller to sell a dependable item at a loss to even out the overall sales velocity, return rate, or feedback score. There are other reasons it's possible, but these are the two most common. Hope this helps!
I doubt they are selling for a loss. Check out the item number to see what I'm referring to. With an item price of $9.98, they must not be using FBA.
I just looked... and the seller is Amazon themselves. So they don't have the same fees as you and I. The next price up is $14.
So how does one go about getting that arrangement setup with Amazon? In this case, Bayco is the manufacturer. How did they get Amazon to be the seller? If I am the manufacturer, how would I arrange Amazon to be the seller of my product?
@@static75 It's called Vendor Central. It's an invite-only Amazon program that has Amazon purchasing from you and they sell your product under the Amazon label. It's expensive but can be extremely worth it for some companies. Works mostly for large-scale corporations or a large company capable of producing the volume that Amazon demands.
Thank you pretty
Can you find out your ROI with this?
Yes... Just put the price of the item in the "prep" line and it will calculate the ROI on your item.
Okay thank you
Amazon recently removed the Prep Line... Just include that cost with your cost of product.
Larry Lafferty yes
Hey I'm new to Amazon never use Amazon before. I'm from Singapore. Do you think I can make money using FBA?
My cost per item to ship to Amazon $6.36 per item. $70 to ship 11 items. This FBA may not be for people in Hawaii.
Yes, it's more expensive to send things to US Amazon FBA warehouses from Hawaii because of the necessary air shipments.
The 50 & 25 Cents that you entered in.. The final number is what they are going to pay you. What does Amazon Calculator do with this 75 Cents? It seems like if I put $50 & $25 in these spots it would not effect the final output. These are just YOUR costs. Am I right or wrong? Because the final number should be what Amazon is going to pay me. Right. Also do you have that monthly sheet your offering for the USA? Or can you direct me where on Amazon to get this sheet for USA FBA's like me?
Play around with the FBA calculator and see for yourself what it does: www.fulltimefba.com/calculator. Also, I'm not sure what sheet you're talking about. This one? www.fulltimefba.com/salesrank
Is this still relevant today, FTFBA? 2018...
Absolutely!
Well if you can find items that will sell easy and fast then everyone can be rich and success but life doesn't work that way isn't it?
No, it doesn't work that easily... it takes hard work to learn what sells the best, as well as a growth mindset to handle all of the changes and charges that Amazon sets up for use sellers. Those who adapt to the changes and fees the fastest will come out on top. It's hard work, but it pays off if done correctly.
They didn't include the cost of item that you paid for and account fee which $40/months and your PayPal or credit cards, taxes etc... in the end amazon always wins, and if your items don't sell they still make money of you. Just a thought...😁
Yep - If you send in items nobody wants and it doesn't sell, then Amazon will still charge you for the shipping, storage, and upkeep of your items. It's up to you to find products that will sell fast and for a profit. If you find a dud, remove or destroy it and move on to better inventory.
why sienfeld???
you almost have to get your items for free. to make a profit.
just do it your self guys
how do you get ungated in beauty
either people working with the right suppliers, have an experienced account, or use a service
Boy, they really screw you on fees don't they?
Not really. You get what you pay for and all of the fees make sense to me for what I get in return.
amazon charge shipping commission is ridiculous . I have to pay more shipping fees out of my pocket + I have to pay amazon commission ripoff fees
If that small fee no longer makes it worth it to sell an item on Amazon, then find inventory with higher ROI. In my opinion, the Amazon fees are worth it for the service we get in return.
Amazon is a rip off I wish they would go out of business