Amazon Just Announced 3.5% Tax on FBA fees, Effective April 17

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Amazon FBA sellers face a 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment fees effective April 17, 2026, justified by fuel and logistics costs, with seller concern that temporary surcharges become permanent fee increases eroding profit margins.

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3.5% of fulfillment fees (exact dollar impact unstated; sellers discuss necessity to raise prices 3.5% to offset)

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April 17, 2026 effective date; April 2, 2026 announcement date

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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 · 2026-05-08

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If you think the Iran War doesn't impact you ... think again. You know, once you add a fee, it almost never goes away. 💢 My prediction: this "fuel and logistics-related surcharge" is a permanent tax on our FBA fees that will never go away. **TLDNR?** Due to "elevated costs in fulfillment and logistics" (ie. fuel charges), Amazon is adding a massive 3.5% fee on your fulfillment fees (not on the selling price, thankfully) to your FBA expenses, effective April 17. Because, let's face it. Amazon isn't going to "absorb" anything for us. How do you feel about it?

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[score=47] Dude_empire

Another day another price hike!

[score=12] SCPP

Oil has been high before and nothing like this. Pretty fucking ridiculous.

[score=12] jo_ezzy

So I guess we’re all raising our prices 3.5%?

[score=9] Signal_Fly_1812

You gotta love a company that corners the online marketplace, then steadily ratchets up the prices on their sellers until they don't have the ability to stay in business. It's no wonder cheap Chinese goods are the only way to be successful.

[score=7] Wu-Kang

Temporary surcharges become permanent fee increases.