Amazon 2026 Peak-Season Fulfillment Fees Apply from October 15
Amazon’s U.S. and Canada 2026 holiday peak-season fulfillment fees apply from October 15, with a 3.5% surcharge also added to eligible FBA and Multi-Channel Fulfillment orders.
What are the key facts?
- 1U.S. and Canada holiday peak-season fulfillment fee period: October 15, 2026–January 14, 2027
- 2Applies to eligible FBA and Multi-Channel Fulfillment orders
- 33.5% fuel and logistics surcharge continues to apply
- 4Average U.S. FBA impact: approximately $0.17 per unit
What happened?
Amazon fulfillment information shows that the 2026 holiday peak-season fulfillment fee period for the U.S. and Canada runs from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027. Eligible FBA orders and Multi-Channel Fulfillment orders are both covered, while the previously announced 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge will continue to be added. The surcharge is calculated on the fulfillment fee rather than the product selling price. The average impact on U.S. FBA is approximately $0.17 per unit, although the actual amount will vary by product dimensions, weight, delivery region, and service type. Sellers using MCF to fulfill Walmart, independent-site, or social-commerce orders must also recalculate fourth-quarter per-unit fulfillment costs. Sellers of low-priced products, small and light items, slow-moving inventory, and products relying on FBA or cross-platform shared inventory may face greater margin pressure.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
From October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, eligible FBA and Multi-Channel Fulfillment orders in the U.S. and Canada will incur holiday peak-season fulfillment fees, along with the 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge. Sellers using MCF for Walmart, independent-site, or social-commerce orders should recalculate per-unit costs, focusing on margin changes for low-priced, small and light, and shared-inventory products.
What should sellers do now?
- 1Compile product dimensions, weights, delivery regions, and service types for U.S. and Canada FBA and MCF products; use the available tools to calculate costs SKU by SKU for October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, and produce a peak-season per-unit fee table.Profit calculator
- 2Filter low-priced, small and light, slow-moving FBA, and cross-platform shared-inventory listings; include the 3.5% surcharge and peak-season fulfillment fee in pricing and promotion calculations, and create a list of products whose margins fall below expectations.
- 3Recheck MCF per-unit fulfillment costs separately for Walmart, independent-site, and social-commerce orders; use the average U.S. FBA impact of $0.17 per unit as a reference and produce an adjustment table for advertising budgets, discounts, and replenishment plans.Marketplace fee compare