Amazon FBA fee changes: reading the fee table like an operator
Amazon raised U.S. FBA fees for 2026 — modest on average, but enough to move the FBA-vs-FBM math on part of your catalog. How operators read the table and rebalance.
- What: U.S. FBA fulfillment fees up ~$0.08 per unit on average
- When: Effective January 15, 2026 — the first increase since 2025
- Who's hit: All FBA sellers; sharpest on low-margin and oversized SKUs
- Impact: Moves the line where FBA stops beating FBM on part of your catalog
Amazon’s 2026 update raised U.S. FBA fulfillment fees by an average of about $0.08 per unit — its first increase since 2025 and, by Amazon’s own framing, well under inflation and below the 3.9%–5.9% annual increases from major U.S. carriers. No new fee types were added, and sellers got at least 90 days’ notice.
“Average” is the word to distrust. A few cents per unit is noise on a $60 product and a margin event on a $9 one. Each update quietly moves the line where FBA stops making sense for a given SKU — and the sellers who protect margin treat every fee change as a rebalancing trigger, not a headline.
The operator’s read: model your top SKUs against the new table and decide per-SKU, not per-catalog, what stays in FBA and what moves to FBM from a third-party warehouse. On low-margin and oversized items especially, hybrid fulfillment now wins for a wider band of catalog than it did a year ago.
From our warehouse floor“Every fee cycle, hybrid fulfillment wins for a wider band of catalog. We rebalance client inventory between FBA and our own warehouses each time the table moves.”
— MashBond fulfillment desk
Informational only — not legal or customs advice. Verify against the primary source before acting.
