Low-price FBA rates to replace Small and Light on September 26
Starting September 26, 2023, we will introduce low-price FBA rates for all items priced at or less than (including Value Added Tax (VAT)) £10 in the UK, €11 in Germany, €12 in France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, SEK 140 in Sweden, PLN 55 in Poland. This means that the price threshold will remain the same as for Small and Light while providing FBA delivery speeds and apply a low-price FBA fee rate card to all eligible selection.
All eligible items will automatically receive the low-price rates.
With this change, we will close the Small and Light (SnL) programme, effective as of September 26, 2023, when the new low-price FBA rates go into effect. Until then, SnL enrolled items will continue to have SnL rates applied. Enrolment of new products into the programme will end after September 14, 2023.
If your products were enrolled in SnL and qualify for low-priced FBA rates, your fee may see an increase, but your products will benefit from the fast FBA fulfilment speed. If your products were not enrolled in Small and Light and are priced below the thresholds, this change will mean that you will pay lower fees while continuing to enjoy the fast FBA fulfilment speeds.
To help prepare for this change, we recommend that you review your product offerings, check your inventory status and review the FBA and low-price FBA rate cards to assess any changes. To review the FBA and FBA low-price rate cards, go to Low-price FBA fees.
For more information on the current FBA rates, go to FBA fulfilment fee.
Low-price FBA rates to replace Small and Light on September 26
Starting September 26, 2023, we will introduce low-price FBA rates for all items priced at or less than (including Value Added Tax (VAT)) £10 in the UK, €11 in Germany, €12 in France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, SEK 140 in Sweden, PLN 55 in Poland. This means that the price threshold will remain the same as for Small and Light while providing FBA delivery speeds and apply a low-price FBA fee rate card to all eligible selection.
All eligible items will automatically receive the low-price rates.
With this change, we will close the Small and Light (SnL) programme, effective as of September 26, 2023, when the new low-price FBA rates go into effect. Until then, SnL enrolled items will continue to have SnL rates applied. Enrolment of new products into the programme will end after September 14, 2023.
If your products were enrolled in SnL and qualify for low-priced FBA rates, your fee may see an increase, but your products will benefit from the fast FBA fulfilment speed. If your products were not enrolled in Small and Light and are priced below the thresholds, this change will mean that you will pay lower fees while continuing to enjoy the fast FBA fulfilment speeds.
To help prepare for this change, we recommend that you review your product offerings, check your inventory status and review the FBA and low-price FBA rate cards to assess any changes. To review the FBA and FBA low-price rate cards, go to Low-price FBA fees.
For more information on the current FBA rates, go to FBA fulfilment fee.
152 replies
Seller_J2H5GprhaORbt
I do agree , that Amazon seem very hot on the suspected high pricing and there seems nothing one can do once amazon deactivates a listing for High Price .
I get this in Europe all the time , with products that are sent to European warehouses , whereby we have increased delivery fees and duties that can be as high as 12% . which obviously has to make the retail price higher , but Amazon will not have this
Seller_J2H5GprhaORbt
One of my biggest gripes with FBA and Small and Light is the following
A buyer buys 3 items
If I sold them
I can put them in 1 envelope or one box and pay 1 fee
yet on Amazon this quates to 3 fees
sometimes this can work out ridiculous
for example a buyer buys 10 different cards
it does not cost Amazon £16.00 to send these out
I appreciate that sometimes FBA fees are relatively cheap compared to our couriers that we normally use , but not in this instance
Seller_vUU6B2MNqwHir
<moderator_edit: removing inappropriate word> poor TBH, This is such a short period of time to get all of your sellers to adjust, a 50% increase on the cheapest of S&L models will kill a lot of businesses and products.
Where is the community outreach before implementing these ideas?
Seller_KWqGA485qnwWS
I crunched the numbers and it’s really bad… I don’t know how high volume SnL sellers are going to deal with these changes. Amazon have done us real bad on this one, wouldn’t be surprised if it priced out a lot of sellers, we’re all on tight margins with Amazon’s competitive pricing model, some sellers are happy making 30-40p per item at volume, but wiping this out to a loss will be catastrophic! You will only benefit from this change if you send <400g Small Parcel! And even that saving is a measly 7p !!
This is awful…
Seller_gLuAKrzt1EbIV
My items are large envelope and above, so I am not effected as much as some of you.
Even though, some of my items are 4-5 pound and I am struggling to sell them at those prices even with 10 -15% margin. I don’t know what to do, shall I convert some of my items to FBA now, apply the new fees and revise my prices and see how it goes with FBA?
Can I list one ASIN with two SKU’s one FBM and one FBA and try how does it go? The problem would be if I make FBM cheaper it will flag the FBA one being expensive… Curious of what to do next.
Seller_ZOvRiZxwOLTNq
Has there been any confirmation on the cost of labelling after the changes, at the moment S and L is 8p per unit but standard FBA would be at least 15p?
Could be another hidden cost rise for those who pay to label
Seller_02U4twsVIW95V
I’ll probably have to get another job now, on top of my Amazon job. And stop paying into my pension. Can’t believe so little notice given by Amazon. Really really poor.
Seller_YUakS29fOXogL
I think this need to be reported here:
Report a competition or market problem - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
We need them to open an investigation on the tremendous increase on amazon fba fees,
Seller_77IcbQKVGdZo0
So today I have written to my MP about this and also the CMA as well.
I am not entirely sure it is in the remit of the CMA but I think it is worth highlighting where possible. If it is in there remit it would take so long for any kind of investigation to happen that it is likely the changes will already be implemented and the damage to my business would already be done.
I am considering writing to the managing director email address but I think I will just end up with ‘We understand your concerns’ type of reply.
Seller_FZLmkAPnHuV4L
Anyone else doing a massive firesale? We thought this would be easier then having 3000 items coming back to us. But even with the price reductions, around 1000 pieces will probably not be sold by Sept 26th and that will incur a removal fee of around £400.
