Amazon Closing Fee Calculator
A flat fee that hurts cheap media most.
Amazon revises fee schedules at least annually and adds new surcharges more often. These defaults are a starting point — the figures in your own fee preview are the ones that describe your ASINs.
Variable closing fee
$1.80
6% of a $29.99 item
The closing fee is flat, so it hurts cheap media most — 6% of this item but 36% of a $5 one. Media categories are where low-priced listings stop working, and this fee is usually why.
How the Amazon Closing Fee Calculator works
Media categories carry a flat closing fee on top of the referral fee. Because it is flat, it takes a large share of a cheap item and a trivial share of an expensive one — which is why low-priced listings stop working in books and media long before they do elsewhere.
Not financial advice. Marketplace fees change, and they vary by country, plan and seller status. Every rate here is an editable default, not a quoted price — check the platform's current fee schedule before you price a product against it. This is not tax or business advice.
Frequently asked questions
What is the variable closing fee?
A fixed per-item charge applied to media categories — books, music, video, DVD, software and video games — in addition to the referral fee.
Which categories does it apply to?
Media only. Most other categories carry the referral fee alone, though some have their own additional per-unit surcharges.
Why does it matter so much on cheap items?
Because it does not scale. On a $30 book it is a small percentage; on a $4 one it is a large fraction of the price, and combined with the referral fee it can leave nothing.
How do sellers work around it?
By avoiding very low price points in media, bundling to raise average order value, or selling used copies where condition supports a higher price. There is no way to avoid the fee itself.