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Amazon's 2027 FBA Fee Changes: What the New Fulfillment, Storage and Low-Inventory Fees Mean for Your Margins

Short answer: Amazon announced its 2027 US fee update on November 5, 2026. From January 15, 2027, FBA fulfillment fees rise by $0.19 per unit sold on average, which Amazon puts at approximately 0.8% of the average item’s selling price. Some products go up and some go down. From February 1, 2027, the storage utilization surcharge ends, the aged inventory surcharge is folded into a single age-based monthly storage rate, and the low-inventory-level fee applies only when a SKU falls below 28 days of supply. The FBA fuel and logistics surcharge stays as it is (Amazon Selling Partners).

The practical result: stock that sells through in under six months should cost the same or less to store, slow stock will cost more, and every SKU’s fulfillment fee needs checking before your Q1 prices and purchase orders are set.

What exactly changes, and when?

Amazon’s announcement lists these changes for the US store (Amazon Selling Partners):

Change Effective What Amazon says What it means for you
FBA fulfillment fees January 15, 2027 Up $0.19 per unit on average (approximately 0.8% of the average selling price); varies by product, size and price, and some fees fall Check every SKU. The average hides winners and losers.
FBA fuel and logistics surcharge No change Kept as introduced in April 2026, under review No new cost, but no relief yet either
Storage utilization surcharge February 1, 2027 Eliminated Less penalty for stocking up before peak events
Aged inventory surcharge February 1, 2027 Removed and combined with monthly storage into one age-based rate Flat or lower for stock that turns in under six months, higher for aged stock
Low-inventory-level fee February 1, 2027 Applies only below 28 days of supply, judged on actual shipments in the four weeks before and after the assessment date Fewer charges from demand spikes and end-of-season items; persistent understocking still pays

Amazon also says its full summary covers further updates for small and large standard-size items, items priced above $50, “Buy X, Get Y” promotions, Multichannel Fulfillment and Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD). Those rate tables sit in Seller Central. We haven’t reproduced figures we couldn’t verify from Amazon’s public pages, so pull your own numbers from your account.

The announcement’s title also mentions referral fees, but its text describes no specific referral fee change. Check the full summary in Seller Central before you assume your referral rates are unchanged.

How much will the fulfillment fee increase cost you?

The honest answer is that it depends on the SKU. Amazon says the change is meant to make “each fee more closely match our cost of fulfilling that product”, so the $0.19 average is not a flat increase (Amazon Selling Partners).

Amazon has built two tools for this:

  • Fee Change Comparison dashboard in Profit Analytics: shows the impact at account and product level.
  • Revenue Calculator: lets you model fee scenarios for individual products.

A worked example

The figures below are illustrative assumptions, not Amazon rates, except the $0.19 average.

  • Assume a brand sells 10,000 FBA units a month across its catalog.
  • Assume its catalog happens to match Amazon’s average change of $0.19 per unit.
  • Added fulfillment cost: 10,000 × $0.19 = $1,900 a month, or $22,800 over a year at the same volume.

Now assume the same brand’s catalog is a mix: half its units carry a fee increase of $0.40 and half a decrease of $0.02 (again, assumptions for illustration). The blended rise is $0.19, matching the average, but the SKUs carrying the $0.40 increase may have thin margins, and the brand might not notice until February’s settlement reports. That’s why the account-level number alone isn’t enough. Sort the Fee Change Comparison output by margin impact per unit, not by total dollars.

How do the new storage fees work?

Today, a long-held unit can attract three separate charges: the monthly storage fee, the aged inventory surcharge and, for some accounts, the storage utilization surcharge. From February 1, 2027 there will be one monthly rate that rises with inventory age, and the utilization surcharge disappears (Amazon Selling Partners).

Amazon’s stated outcomes:

  • Inventory that turns in under six months pays flat or lower fees.
  • Aged inventory pays more.
  • Costs become easier to predict.

The six-month line is the number to plan around. A brand that sells through fast gets a simpler and probably cheaper bill. A brand with long-tail SKUs or overbought seasonal stock gets a bigger one, even though a surcharge line vanishes from the invoice.

Removing the utilization surcharge also makes it cheaper to build stock ahead of high-demand events, which Amazon names directly. That doesn’t change your capacity limits, and the announcement doesn’t mention them. If you route inventory through AWD or have to plan around inbound placement fees, our guide to Amazon inbound placement and AWD covers how those pieces fit together.

What changes with the low-inventory-level fee?

The current fee is assessed using trailing 30- and 90-day sales. From February 1, 2027, it applies only when inventory falls below 28 days of supply, based on actual shipments in both the four weeks before and the four weeks after the assessment date (Amazon Selling Partners).

Looking forward as well as back means Amazon checks whether the low stock reflected real ongoing demand. Amazon says the change should cut charges caused by unexpected demand spikes and on end-of-season and end-of-life products. Healthy, steady sellers that keep running thin still pay.

For most brands, the cue is to set reorder points so each core SKU stays above 28 days of supply at FBA, including transit time. Our post on inventory forecasting for multichannel sellers covers how to set those points when Amazon, Walmart and DTC draw on the same stock.

What should you do before January 15?

A decision checklist for the next nine weeks:

  1. Open the Fee Change Comparison dashboard in Profit Analytics and export the SKU-level view.
  2. Rank SKUs by margin impact, not by total fee dollars. Flag any SKU whose contribution margin after the new fee falls below your floor.
  3. Decide per flagged SKU: raise price, change pack size or bundle, move it to FBM, or accept the lower margin. Our FBA vs FBM vs 3PL comparison helps with the fulfillment choice.
  4. Re-check advertising targets. A higher fee lowers break-even ACoS. If you manage to TACoS, re-set it per SKU (ACoS vs TACoS).
  5. Plan any price change carefully. Moving price can affect the Featured Offer and conversion. Our post on the psychology of pricing in ecommerce covers price points and thresholds.
  6. Model the items Amazon calls out separately: items priced above $50, “Buy X, Get Y” promotions, MCF orders and AWD storage, using the full summary in Seller Central.

What should you do before February 1?

  1. Pull your inventory age report and list every unit likely to pass six months by February.
  2. Clear aged stock while holiday demand helps, through promotions, bundles, wholesale or outlet channels, or a removal order. The new age-based rate makes holding it more expensive.
  3. Set reorder points against 28 days of supply for core SKUs, including inbound lead time.
  4. Re-plan Q1 and Q2 buys around a six-month sell-through target. Ordering deeper to save on unit cost only pays if the stock turns before the age-based rate climbs.
  5. Re-check your other channels. If FBA economics shift for a SKU, compare it against Walmart and your own site. Our post on Walmart Marketplace vs Amazon covers the trade-offs.

Which businesses are most exposed?

Based on Amazon’s description of the changes, these profiles should look closest:

  • Wide catalogs with a long tail: slow SKUs bear the higher aged-inventory cost.
  • Seasonal and gifting brands: post-peak leftovers age quickly, though the low-inventory change should help at season end.
  • Low-price, thin-margin items: a few cents per unit matter more as a share of price.
  • Brands that bulk-ship ahead of events: they gain from the end of the utilization surcharge, provided stock sells within six months.
  • Manufacturers and international brands shipping long lead-time ocean freight: larger, less frequent orders make age management and the 28-day buffer harder at once. Our guide to expanding internationally on Amazon covers multi-marketplace planning.

FAQ

When do Amazon’s 2027 FBA fee changes take effect? Fulfillment fee changes take effect January 15, 2027. The storage and low-inventory-level fee changes take effect February 1, 2027 (Amazon Selling Partners).

How much are FBA fees going up in 2027? By $0.19 per unit sold on average, approximately 0.8% of the average item’s selling price. Individual products can rise more, less, or fall.

Is the aged inventory surcharge going away? As a separate charge, yes. It’s combined with monthly storage into one age-based rate. Aged inventory will cost more overall, while stock that turns in under six months should pay flat or lower fees.

Is the storage utilization surcharge ending? Yes, from February 1, 2027.

Did the FBA fuel and logistics surcharge change? No. Amazon is keeping it unchanged and says it will keep reviewing it.

Where can I see the impact on my own products? In the Fee Change Comparison dashboard in Profit Analytics, and by modeling products in the Revenue Calculator.

How AEG Accelerator can help

AEG Accelerator has worked with established companies, manufacturers and growing brands for almost two decades across Amazon, Walmart, Shopify/DTC and wholesale. Fee changes like these are part of our marketplace brand management work. We review SKU-level margins, re-set pricing and advertising targets, and plan inventory so stock turns before it ages.

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