Sell on Amazon

Example 1: In a category that has 15% referral fee percentage and a minimum referral fee of $1.00, an item with a total sales price (item price + giftwrap + shipping) of $6.00 will have a referral fee of $1.00 (i.e., the $1.00 minimum referral fee, which is greater than 15% of the total sales price).

Example 2: In a category that has 15% referral fee percentage and a minimum referral fee of $1.00, an item with a total sales price (item price + giftwrap + shipping) of $20.00 will have a referral fee of $3.00 (i.e., 15% of the total sales price, which is greater than the $1.00 minimum referral fee).

¹Effective October 30, 2014, the fee for Amazon Device Accessories will change to 45% with a $1.00 per-item minimum referral fee.

² Prior to May 16, 2014, the $1.00 per-item minimum referral fee for Electronics Accessories products only applied to sellers on the Professional selling plan. Effective May 16, 2014, the $1.00 per-item minimum referral fee for Electronics Accessories products also applies to sellers on the Individual selling plan.

³Effective October 23, 2014, the Tools & Home Improvement category will have a referral fee of 15% (with a per-item minimum referral fee of $1.00), except for base equipment power tools, which will remain at 12% (with a per-item minimum referral fee of $1.00).

⁴The $1.00 per-item minimum referral fee does not apply to Collectible Cards products in the Toys & Games category.

⁵ To maintain a great customer experience this holiday season, we are announcing the holiday selling guidelines for the Toys & Games store.

Effective November 18, 2014, only sellers who meet the following criteria will be eligible to sell in the Toys & Games category from November 18, 2014 through the first week in January 2015.

• Your first sale on Amazon.com must occur prior to September 18, 2014. The sale does not need to be specific to the Toys & Games store.
• You must process and ship at least 25 orders from September 1 through October 31, 2014. The orders do not need to be specific to the Toys & Games store.
• Your pre-fulfillment cancel rate for the period from October 1 through October 31, 2014 must be no greater than 1.75%.
• Your late shipment rate for the period from October 1 through October 31, 2014 must be no greater than 4%.
• Your order defect rate must be no greater than 1% short term as of November 1, 2014.

Orders that use Fulfillment by Amazon will not be subject to the above criteria provided your account is in good standing.

Webstore 1.0 sellers are subject to these guidelines (if you do not have a drop down box with your Webstore name at the top right of the page in Seller Central, then you are a Webstore 1.0 seller).

Amazon Services reserves the right to cancel listings, remove selling privileges, and prohibit the sale of specific products to maintain a marketplace that is safe for buyers.

⁶ The Everything Else category is available to sellers for products that do not clearly fit within existing categories. Do not list items in the Everything Else category that appropriately fall within another category.

⁷ New applications to sell in the Jewelry category may be submitted for future consideration. Applications are not actively being reviewed at this time. If you wish to be notified when applications are being reviewed again, please complete the Contact Us form.

⁸ Effective January 16, 2014 until October 30, 2014, the Watches category will have the following fee structure:

• 15% for the portion of the total sales price up to $800.00 (with a minimum referral fee of $2.00 per-item)*;
• 12% for any portion of the total sales price from $800.01 up to $2,000.00;
• 9% for any portion of the total sales price from $2,000.01 up to $5,000.00; and
• 6% for any portion of the total sales price greater than $5,000.00

*After October 30, 2014, the minimum referral fee of $2.00 per-item will continue to apply.