Amazon Announces 2026 Holiday Peak Fulfillment Fees
Amazon confirmed peak-season fees for multiple fulfillment services during the 2026 holiday season, averaging about $0.32 more per unit and adding a 3.5% surcharge.
What are the key facts?
- 1Peak-season fulfillment fees apply from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027
- 2Peak-season fulfillment fees increase by about $0.32 per unit on average
- 3Peak-season fulfillment fees include a 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge
- 4Fees cover FBA and multiple cross-border and multi-channel fulfillment services
- 5Sellers using U.S. inventory for remote fulfillment to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil are also affected
What happened?
Amazon released its 2026 holiday-season fee announcement, confirming that peak-season fulfillment fees for FBA, Remote Fulfillment with FBA from the United States to Canada and Mexico, MCF in the United States and Canada, and Buy with Prime will apply from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027. Peak-season fulfillment fees will average about $0.32 per unit above non-peak rates, in addition to a 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge. The change affects not only U.S. domestic sellers but also cross-border sellers using U.S. inventory for remote fulfillment to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, who will need to recalculate profitability. Products most affected include low-priced items, small and light products, high-volume products with thin per-unit margins, and large, oversized, or otherwise chargeable items subject to additional handling fees. The announcement also states that sellers can compare FBA, Remote Fulfillment, MCF, and FBM costs again in the Revenue Calculator, Profit Analytics, and Fee and Economics Preview Report, and adjust minimum profit thresholds alongside peak-season return rates, storage fees, promotional discounts, and advertising costs.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
From October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, FBA and related cross-border and multi-channel fulfillment services will average about $0.32 more per unit than non-peak rates, plus a 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge. Peak-season per-unit margins will face pressure for low-priced, small and light, large, and oversized products. Sellers should recalculate the costs of FBA, Remote Fulfillment, MCF, and FBM.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, enter low-priced, small and light, large, and oversized SKUs into the profit calculator. Include about $0.32 per unit and the 3.5% surcharge for October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, and produce a peak-season profit table.Profit calculator
- 2This week, compare FBA, Remote Fulfillment, MCF, and FBM separately for SKUs shipped from U.S. inventory to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. Create a per-SKU cost and minimum-profit-threshold comparison, and flag fulfillment methods that need to change.
- 3This week, recheck packaging data for large, oversized, and small and light products using the dimensional-weight calculator. Record dimensions, weight, and billing results for each item, identify SKUs whose post-promotion profit falls below the store's minimum profit threshold, and submit an adjustment list.Dimensional weight