Since December, we’ve been communicating with our selling partners about a new fee starting today which will be applied to products sold through FBA that have had consistently low levels of inventory relative to their unit sales. We have heard feedback from a number of sellers that they are uncertain about how, if at all, the new fee will impact their business. To help address these questions and ensure sellers better understand how or if the fee will impact them, we have decided to have the month of April 2024 be a transition period for which all of these low-inventory-level fees will be credited back to sellers.

From April 1-30, Amazon will charge sellers the FBA low-inventory-level fees as they are incurred, but after the end of the month, we will credit back sellers for all low-inventory-level fees charged during this period. Our goal is to help our selling partners learn in real-time if they need to make adjustments to avoid the fee in the future, while having the peace of mind that during the transition period any fees incurred will be credited back.

In addition, this will provide time for the majority of sellers to see that they will not be impacted by this fee, and for those that do incur a fee on some units sold, it will most often be a rare case. So we also hope that through this transition period, these sellers will have a chance to better understand the actions they can take to ensure healthy inventory levels and eliminate situations where a low-inventory-level fee would apply.

As always, I want to thank all of our selling partners that have shared constructive feedback about this new fee. We hear you and we want to help you navigate this change. For sellers that may still have questions, you can find more information about the low-inventory-level fee in Seller Central.

https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/GV43F6S76Y9DHYRH

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