eBay Announces 2026 FedEx Peak-Season Surcharge Arrangements
FedEx peak-season rates will apply from September 28, 2026, through January 17, 2027. Some services using eBay Labels may be exempt from the Demand Surcharge, but oversized and other packages may still incur additional fees.
What are the key facts?
- 1FedEx peak-season rate period: September 28, 2026, to January 17, 2027
- 2Some eBay Labels services may be exempt from the Demand Surcharge
- 3Oversized and additional-handling packages may still incur surcharges
- 4UPS peak-season surcharge period: September 27, 2026, to January 16, 2027
What happened?
The eBay Shipping team published an update on peak-season shipping costs on September 21, 2026. FedEx peak-season rates will apply from September 28, 2026, through January 17, 2027, while UPS will enter its peak-season surcharge period from September 27, 2026, through January 16, 2027. For sellers using eBay Labels, the Demand Surcharge may be waived for certain services, including FedEx Ground, FedEx Home Delivery residential delivery, FedEx Ground Economy, FedEx 2Day, Standard Overnight, and Priority Overnight. However, oversized packages, packages requiring additional handling, and packages exceeding maximum size limits may still incur additional fees. The arrangement primarily affects sellers shipping within the United States, handling large packages, or experiencing significant holiday-season order growth. Cross-border sellers fulfilling orders through U.S. warehouses may also face higher last-mile delivery costs and should recheck package dimensions and weight to avoid adjustments caused by inaccurate information.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Sellers shipping from U.S. warehouses, handling large packages, or seeing significant holiday-season order growth should recheck dimensions and weight to avoid higher peak-season delivery costs and adjustments. Some FedEx services using eBay Labels may be exempt from the Demand Surcharge, but oversized, additional-handling, and packages exceeding maximum size limits may still incur fees.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, remeasure the length, width, height, and weight of high-volume holiday-season and large-item listings fulfilled from U.S. warehouses, and retain the results from a dimensional-weight calculator; after completing the checklist, ensure every SKU has records for dimensions, weight, and billing verification.Dimensional weight
- 2This week, identify U.S.-warehouse packages using eBay Labels and calculate costs by grouping applicable services such as FedEx Ground with oversized and additional-handling cases; produce a surcharge-risk table and mark whether each item requires review.Profit calculator
- 3This week, include the FedEx peak-season period from September 28, 2026, through January 17, 2027, and potential surcharges in profit calculations for key U.S.-warehouse SKUs; after completion, flag listings requiring shipping-price or selling-price adjustments.