Amazon Seller Fees by Country (2026)
By Selling Fee Tools team ·
Amazon charges sellers the same kinds of fees in every country: a referral fee on each sale, a selling plan fee, and, if Amazon stores and ships your stock, an FBA fulfilment fee. The rates, the minimum fee and the way tax is added are different in each store. This guide compares Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.au using the numbers on each store’s own pricing pages, checked in October 2026.
The referral fee
The referral fee is a percentage of the total sales price: the item price plus any delivery and gift-wrap charges the customer pays. Each store has its own category table. In all four, Everything Else is 15%, and most everyday categories are close to that. Electronics are lower, and some categories charge a lower rate on the part of the price above a threshold, such as jewellery.
What changes most between countries is the minimum referral fee per item:
| Store | Minimum referral fee | Fee on a $1.50 item at 15% |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com (US) | $0.30 in most categories | $0.30, the minimum |
| Amazon.co.uk | £0.25 in most categories | £0.25, then 20% VAT: £0.30 |
| Amazon.ca | CAD $0.40 in most categories | C$0.40, the minimum |
| Amazon.com.au | None | A$0.23, then 10% GST: A$0.25 |
On cheap items the minimum matters: in Canada a C$1.50 item pays over 26% in referral fees. Australia is the only one of the four with no minimum at all.
Selling plans
Every store offers an Individual plan, paid per item sold, and a Professional plan, paid monthly.
| Store | Individual | Professional | Professional is cheaper above |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | $0.99 per item | $39.99 a month | 40 items a month |
| UK | £0.75 per item | £25 a month | 33 items a month |
| Canada | C$1.49 per item | C$29.99 a month | 20 items a month |
| Australia | A$0.99 per item | A$49.95 a month | 50 items a month |
UK and Australian plan fees are quoted excluding VAT and GST. Professional also unlocks advertising, bulk listing tools and restricted categories, so many sellers choose it below the break-even point.
Closing fees on media
Books, music, video, DVDs, software and video games pay an extra fixed closing fee per item in some stores: $1.80 in the US and A$1.00 in Australia. The UK store mentions a closing fee for media that is shown in Seller Central, and Amazon’s Canadian pricing page doesn’t list one.
VAT and GST on Amazon’s fees
This is the difference that catches out sellers moving between stores.
- US: no tax is added to Amazon’s seller fees.
- UK: fees are quoted excluding VAT. A UK seller who isn’t VAT-registered pays 20% on top; a VAT-registered seller usually reclaims it but owes VAT on sales, one sixth of a VAT-inclusive price.
- Australia: fees exclude GST, so 10% is added unless you are GST-registered and claim it back. Registered sellers owe one eleventh of a GST-inclusive price.
- Canada: the pricing page doesn’t say how GST/HST applies to Amazon’s fees. Sellers with a GST/HST number on file are charged it on referral and FBA fees and can download a Seller Fee Tax Invoice to claim it back.
The same $25 sale in four stores
A 25.00 sale in each store’s own currency, in Everything Else, with free delivery, shipped by the seller (FBM), on the Professional plan with the monthly fee left out, seller not registered for VAT or GST:
| Store | Referral fee | Tax on fees | Total fees | With the Individual plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | $3.75 | none | $3.75 | $4.74 |
| UK | £3.75 | £0.75 VAT | £4.50 | £5.40 |
| Canada | C$3.75 | not modelled | C$3.75 | C$5.24 |
| Australia | A$3.75 | A$0.38 GST | A$4.13 | A$5.21 |
A VAT-registered UK seller pays £3.75 in fees but owes £4.17 VAT on the £25 sale; a GST-registered Australian seller pays A$3.75 and owes A$2.27 GST.
FBA fees
Fulfilment by Amazon adds a fee per unit set by the product’s size tier and weight, and storage fees on top. Each store has its own rate card; in Canada, for example, standard-size items start at C$5.92 for the first 100 g, and products priced under C$14 get rates C$0.80 lower. Our calculators take the FBA fee you look up for your product and add it to the referral fee.
Work out your own numbers
Each calculator uses the full category table for its store and shows the price you need for a target profit:
- Amazon Fee Calculator (US)
- Amazon Fee Calculator UK, with VAT
- Amazon Fee Calculator Canada
- Amazon Fee Calculator Australia, with GST
To see how Amazon compares with eBay, Etsy, Shopify and TikTok Shop on the same sale, use the marketplace fee comparison.
Sources: Amazon’s pricing and fee pages for each store, listed on each calculator and on our methodology page.