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Amazon MCF US Enters Holiday Peak-Season Rate Period
Amazon MCF US holiday peak-season fulfillment fees apply from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, with an additional 3.5% surcharge.
What are the key facts?
- 1Amazon MCF US holiday peak-season fulfillment fees run from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027
- 2A 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge will be added to peak-season rates
- 3The MCF changes affect sellers using Amazon’s network to fulfill third-party-channel orders
What this means for sellers
From October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, sellers using Amazon MCF to fulfill Amazon and other-channel orders will pay holiday peak-season fulfillment fees plus the 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge. Multichannel sellers should recalculate total costs across MCF, third-party overseas warehouses, and local delivery services rather than making channel decisions based only on base shipping fees.
What should sellers do now?
- 1For Shopify, brand-website, and social-commerce orders fulfilled through MCF, enter costs by product dimensions, weight, destination, and order source, and produce three total-cost comparisons for MCF, third-party overseas warehouses, and local delivery services.Profit calculator
- 2Check the packaging dimensions and weight of each product stored in MCF, use a dimensional-weight calculator to flag products that may affect billing, and create a list containing the product, dimensions, weight, and verification results.Dimensional weight
- 3Check the actual billing dates for orders shipped from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, review the peak-season fulfillment fee and the 3% fuel and logistics-related surcharge, and complete an exception-order log.
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