Amazon Seller Fees & Transactions: A Comprehensive List

Adjustment Item Price Restocking Fee

Amazon sellers can charge a restocking fee when a buyer returns an item. For example, the adjustment item price restocking fee may occur when a buyer changes their mind about a purchase outside of the return window, or if the item has been taken out of its original packaging. The fee varies depending on the condition in which the product is returned, the circumstances, and the item type. Once you have figured out your restocking fee and have subtracted it from the refund total, this will provide you with your partial refund total to the customer. Full guidelines here.

Other Transaction Balance Adjustment

A balance adjustment can be made when an inventory reimbursement is reversed. This might occur when a customer does not return a unit, and then Amazon finds the unit (or it is finally returned by the customer). Amazon will reverse the initial reimbursement and file it under Other > Balance adjustment.

Liquidations Adjustments Item Price Principal

An adjustment related to the primary price of an item that's being liquidated or sold off at a discount on Amazon. You will still be paid out for the sale of this item, but the item is being sold at a lower rate.

Other Transaction Misc Adjustment

A miscellaneous adjustment that that may not qualify to be associated with any other existing adjustment items and could be due to a number of reasons, including but not limited to: transaction corrections made by Amazon, adjustments based on specific issues, circumstances or agreements between the seller and Amazon, certain promotional rebates or discounts, and corrections for previous billing or transactional errors.

Non-Amazon Order Shipping Fees

Refers to the fees associated with using Amazon's Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) service. MCF allows sellers to store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and when orders are received on other sales channels outside of Amazon (like a seller's own website or other marketplaces), Amazon will pick, pack, and ship the products on behalf of the seller. The fees for this service are typically higher than standard FBA fees because it's designed for orders not originating from the Amazon marketplace.

Other Transaction Inbound Transportation Charge

This fee is associated with the cost of shipping items to Amazon’s fulfillment centers and includes the broader expenses related to getting your products into Amazon’s network. ‘Inbound’ refers to the shipment that you send to Amazon. This could be coming from you, as an Amazon Seller directly, or from your manufacturer.

Other Transaction Inbound Transportation Fee

Refers to the costs associated with shipping inventory to Amazon's Fulfillment Centers using Amazon's partnered carriers under the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program. Unlike the “Other Transaction Inbound Transportation Charge,” it specifically refers to the cost incurred when you use Amazon’s shipping label service to send your items to their fulfillment centers. This service often offers discounted rates compared to standard carrier rates because of Amazon's bulk shipping agreements.

FBA Transportation Fee

Historically, this term was used to describe the fee associated with using Amazon’s shipping services to send items to their fulfillment centers (similar to “Other Transaction Inbound Transportation Fee”). This transaction can still appear and likely relates to other various transportation costs under the FBA program.

Other Transaction FBA Inbound Transportation Program Fee

Pertains to the fees or charges associated with the Amazon FBA Inbound Transportation Program (which offers discounted shipping options with partnered carriers for sellers to send inventory to their warehouses). This fee covers the negotiated carrier costs and any additional service fees for using the program.

Adjustment Item Fees Commission

Usually a reversal of a commission fee. Adjustment item fees are categorized by type and reason code. The code shows whether the adjustment to your item is an increase or decrease to your inventory, and whether it’s related to product changes, misplacement, ownership corrections, or found inventory.

Adjustment Item Fees Refund Commission

A retained fee Amazon charges to sellers on refunds. This amount is held back as a refund administration fee.

Refund Item Fees Commission

A fee charged by Amazon on refunded items.

Order Item Fees Commission

A fee charged by Amazon for ordered items sold on their platform.

Order Item Fees Gift Wrap Commission

If you’re an FBA seller and have enabled gift wrapping on your account as an option for your customers, Amazon will collect this fee and present it as your revenue. However, since Amazon does the gift wrapping service, they will receive a chargeback from you.

A-to-z Guarantee Refund Item Fees Commission

The A-to-z guarantee is offered to customers by Amazon when third party sellers are involved. It’s there to maintain their level of customer service and expectations, and takes into account things like delivery timeframes, the condition of the items, and returns. When the issue cannot be resolved between the third party seller and the customer, Amazon will step in, and will charge a commission to do so.

A-to-z Guarantee Refund Item Fees Refund Commission

A fee that relates to the reversal of the original referral fee charged to sellers when a buyer's claim under the A-to-z Guarantee is approved. In such cases, Amazon returns the commission to the seller since the sale is effectively nullified. However, other costs or penalties might still apply to the seller due to the claim.

Liquidations Adjustments Item Fees Liquidations Brokerage Fee

An adjustment or fee related to the handling or brokerage of items sellers are liquidating on Amazon. For example, in cases where your inventory is damaged, lost, or not suitable for liquidations, Amazon might perform a reversal of the initial payment.

Liquidations Item Fees Liquidations Brokerage Fee

Charges incurred by sellers for using Amazon's platform to liquidate or sell off inventory, with the "brokerage" aspect indicating a fee for facilitating or handling this process.

Order Item Fees FBA Per Order Fulfilment Fee

This Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) fee is a per order fee, based on the dimensions and weight of your total order. Determine your product categories and size tier to calculate the fulfilment fee.

Order Item Fees FBA Per Unit Fulfilment Fee

This Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) fee is a per unit fee, based on the dimensions and weight of each item. Determine your product categories and size tier to calculate the fulfillment fee.

Order Item Fees FBA Weight Based Fee

This Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) fee is based on the weight of each order item.

Non-Amazon Order Item Fees FBA Per Order Fulfilment Fee

This Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) fee is a per order fee, based on the dimensions and weight of your total order for non-Amazon items.

Non-Amazon Order Item Fees FBA Per Unit Fulfilment Fee

This Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) fee is a per unit fee for non-Amazon items.

Non-Amazon Order Shipment Fees FBA Transportation fee

This Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) fee is a shipment and transportation fee of your total order for non-Amazon items.

Other Transaction Storage Fee

A fee covering Amazon storage fees for your products.

Other Transaction Storage Renewal Billing

A recurring charge for storing items in Amazon's FBA fulfillment centers. It includes monthly storage costs and additional fees for items stored for extended periods.

Order Item Fees Gift Wrap Chargeback

Gift wrapping is optional for Amazon FBA sellers. If you opt for this, a buyer can select the gift wrap option at the checkout and pay for the additional service. Amazon will take care of the gift wrapping and charge back the cost to you for this.

Order Item Price Gift Wrap

This is the price of gift wrapping on ordered items.

Refund Item Fees Gift Wrap Chargeback

This is the gift wrapping charge-back fee on refunded items.

Refund Item Price Gift Wrap

This is a gift wrapping fee on refunded items.

Refund Item Price Goodwill

This is a refund payment given to a customer as a gesture of goodwill. For example, this could include an unhappy buyer with reasons Amazon deems as valid. In this situation, they will deduct the amount from either their own account or the seller’s, depending on the situation.

Order Promotion Principal and Refund Promotion Principal

"Promotion" (or discounts/refunds given to the customer) can be on “Principal”, otherwise known as the item being sold, or on Shipping.

Order Item Price Principal

This is the selling price for the ordered item.

Refund Item Price Principal

This is the refunded selling price of your item.

A-to-z Guarantee Refund Item Price Principal

This is the selling price amount of the refund to the buyer when the refund is handled by Amazon Pay.

Order Item Price Shipping

This is a charge for shipping purchased through Amazon’s shipping service.

Refund Item Price Return Shipping

A compensation to the customer for shipping when a buyer returns a refunded item.

Refund Item Price Shipping

A compensation to the customer for shipping on a refunded item.

Refund Promotion Shipping

A refund on the price of a promoted item when it’s returned by the buyer.

Other Transaction Current Reserve Amount

This is an accounts receivable amount that is held and then released following action from the seller, on your next statement(s). It should be allocated to the Amazon Reserved Balances asset account in Xero or QuickBooks Online.

Other Transaction Previous Reserve Amount Balance

This is the reserved amount Amazon eventually releases and it will show on your statement as ‘Previous Reserve Amount Balance’, which can be coded to the Amazon Reserved Balances asset account in Xero or QuickBooks Online. There will be a debit and a credit amount in the suspense account; these will cancel each other out.

Other Transaction Payable to Amazon

This is the transaction amount owing to Amazon. If the amount is significant, Amazon will charge your credit card. If the amount is small, they will carry the debt into the next settlement and charge you for the amount you owe from the proceeds of your next settlement.

Other Transaction Successful Charge

This Amazon charge is made via your credit card and it will be labeled as a 'Successful Charge' transaction. You will see it within a settlement or a single settlement only containing the 'Successful Charge' line.

Other Transaction Transfer of Funds Unsuccessful

This transaction occurs when a transfer of funds is not successful due to incorrect bank information provided or some other error.

Other Transaction Inventory Placement Service Fee

Amazon sometimes makes you split your inventory and send it to different fulfillment centers, which can get costly. This often applies when you ship small quantities. By activating the Inventory Placement Service Fee, you can send your shipment to a single designated warehouse, and Amazon will split up your inventory and distribute it accordingly.

Non-Amazon Order Shipment Fees Brand Neutral Packaging Service Fee

This is a fee you pay to Amazon for providing brand-neutral packaging on your non-Amazon orders when they’re shipped to your customers.

Non-Amazon Order Shipment Fees Multi Channel Fulfillment Brand Neutral Box Fee

This fee applies where you use Amazon’s logistics system to fulfill non-Amazon orders from other channels, such as your website. This also includes the fee for using a brand-neutral box.

Other Miscellaneous Event

Miscellaneous Amazon fees. For example, sending inventory to Amazon without proper labeling. If your sold item gets returned to Amazon and it qualifies for free returns, Amazon will charge you a processing fee for that return. If your inventory remains unsold and stored in an Amazon warehouse for longer than six months, you are able to request Amazon to return it and pay the removal orders fee.

Other Transaction Disposal Complete

This is a fee Amazon charges for the service of disposing of your inventory. You can manually dispose of products yourself if an item does not sell and it’s cheaper to throw it away, or if you sell food products that have expired.

Other Transaction Removal Complete

Removal complete fees are charged per item removed. Removal completion typically takes 14 business days, and will appear in the ‘Payments’ report.

Other Transaction Non-Subscription Fee Adjustment (Adj)

This fee could mean that Amazon hasn’t charged you what they should have as an Amazon seller on a non-subscription model. It could also mean they have overpaid you for something, and are now correcting this mistake.

Other Transaction Warehouse Prep

There are packaging and prep requirements for products you ship to and store in Amazon fulfillment centers. This transaction is for the FBA prep service to have your Amazon items packaged properly for fulfillment. This helps with reducing delays and protecting your product for shipment.

Liquidations Item Price Principal

A transaction (usually categorized as revenue) that relates to the base price of items sold under Amazon's liquidation program.

Other Transaction Shipping Label Purchase for Return

Usually a purchase of a shipping label from a third-party shipping provider, made via Amazon.

FBA Inventory Reimbursement Customer Return

This is when Amazon reimburses you for a damaged item in which they take possession of it. Amazon may sell the product for a discounted price.

Other Transaction FBA Inventory Reimbursement Damaged: Warehouse

This is an amount Amazon will reimburse you for any items damaged at their warehouse. You can also request a reimbursement.

FBA Inventory Reimbursement Lost: Inbound

This is a reimbursement fee that Amazon will cover if an item you send to them as part of the Fulfilment by Amazon service is lost or damaged by a carrier operated on behalf of Amazon.

FBA Inventory Reimbursement Lost: Warehouse

This is a reimbursement fee that Amazon will cover if an item you send to the Amazon warehouse gets lost.

Other Transaction FBA Inventory Reimbursement

This may show up as: “REVERSAL_REIMBURSEMENT”. This happens when Amazon takes back the cash payment for a previous reimbursement and gives you inventory instead.

Other Transaction FBA Inventory Reimbursement

Appearing as: “WAREHOUSE_DAMAGE”. This is a reimbursement fee Amazon will cover if an item you send to the Amazon warehouse gets damaged.

Adjustment Item Fees Shipping Chargeback

This is a similar concept to the Gift Wrap Chargeback fee. Amazon will take care of the shipping for you on the adjusted item, and remove the fee from your account with a chargeback to balance out the transaction.

Order Item Fees Shipping Chargeback

Amazon will take care of the shipping for you on ordered item fees, and remove the fee from your account with a chargeback to balance out the transaction.

Order Item Fees Shipping HB

This is also known as the Shipping Holdback Fee. You won’t need to cover this holdback if you use FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) and Amazon is shipping your items. This is a small fee added, based on the type of item and for using Amazon as a platform and service.

Refund Item Fees Shipping Chargeback

Amazon will take care of the shipping for you on refunded item fees, and will remove the fee from your account with a chargeback to balance out the transaction.

Refund Item Fees Shipping HB

This is known as the Shipping Holdback Fee on refunded items. You won’t need to cover this holdback if you use FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) and Amazon is shipping your items. This is a small fee added, based on the refunded item, and for using Amazon’s platform and service(s).

Other Transaction Subscription Fee

There are various subscription models depending on what kind of seller you are. Individual sellers who sell under 40 units per month or do not have a monthly subscription fee are charged $1 per unit fee on every sale. Professional sellers pay $40 per month to receive full access to Amazon’s seller platform. The $1 per unit cost is removed in this case. Therefore, if you are selling more than 40 units per month, it makes sense to become a professional seller.

Other Transaction Subscription Fee Correction

This fee means that Amazon has either not charged you what they should have as an Amazon Seller on a subscription model or that they have overpaid you for something and are now correcting this mistake.

Order Item Price Shipping Tax

A charge for Shipping and Handling tax.

Refund Item Price Shipping Tax

A charge for Shipping and Handling tax on a refunded item.

Order Item Price Gift Wrap Tax

Tax charges on gift wrapping on ordered items.

Order Item Price Tax or Order Retro Charge Item Price Tax

Tax charges on ordered items.

Refund Item Price Tax or Refund Retro Charge Item Price Tax

Tax charges on refunded items.