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 happened?
Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) in the US has entered its holiday peak-season rate period, which runs from October 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027. The fee changes apply not only to orders sold on Amazon, but also to sellers using Amazon’s warehousing and delivery network to fulfill orders from Shopify, brand websites, social commerce, and other third-party channels. The 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge introduced on May 2, 2026, will continue to be added to peak-season fulfillment rates. As a result, direct-to-consumer brands, DTC sellers, Shopify merchants, external-order fulfillment providers for TikTok Shop, and small and midsize brands using Amazon inventory for omnichannel distribution may be affected. Sellers need to compare the total costs of MCF, third-party overseas warehouses, and local delivery services based on product dimensions, weight, destination, and order source, and verify the actual billing date and fuel surcharge for orders shipped from October 15 onward.
What does this mean for cross-border 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.