Walmart WFS Fees Explained
By Selling Fee Tools team ·
Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) stores your stock in Walmart’s fulfillment centers and ships your orders. You pay a fulfillment fee per unit sold and a storage fee for the space your stock takes, on top of Walmart’s referral fee. This guide follows Walmart’s Marketplace pricing page, checked in October 2026.
Step 1: shipping weight
WFS charges by shipping weight, not the scale weight:
- Under 1 lb: use the unit weight.
- From 1 lb to 150 lb: use the unit weight or the dimensional weight, whichever is greater. Dimensional weight = length × width × height in inches ÷ 139.
- Add 0.25 lb for packaging and round up to the next pound.
Walmart’s example: a 6 lb item in a 12 × 10 × 10 inch box has a dimensional weight of 8.63 lb; plus 0.25 lb that is 8.88, rounded up to 9 lb.
Step 2: the standard fee
| Shipping weight | Fee per unit |
|---|---|
| 1 lb or less | $3.45 |
| 2 lb | $4.95 |
| 3 lb | $5.45 |
| 4–20 lb | $5.75 + $0.40 per lb over 4 |
| 21–30 lb | $15.55 + $0.40 per lb over 21 |
| 31–50 lb | $14.55 + $0.40 per lb over 31 |
| 51 lb and up | $17.55 + $0.40 per lb over 51 |
The 9 lb widget pays $5.75 + 5 × $0.40 = $7.75. (The table is as Walmart prints it, including a lower base for 31–50 lb than for 21–30 lb.)
Step 3: extras for standard items
- Apparel: +$0.50
- Hazardous materials, such as chemicals, aerosols, pesticides and batteries: +$0.50
- Retail price under $10: +$1.00
- Oversize: +$3 if the longest side is over 48″, the median side over 30″, or length + girth over 105″; +$20 if the longest side is over 96″ or length + girth over 130″, and those items start at 90 lb of shipping weight.
Big and bulky items
Items over 150 lb, with a longest side over 108″, or length + girth over 165″ are big and bulky, up to 500 lb and 120″. They use the unit weight, rounded up, and cost $155 + $0.80 per lb over 90 lb. Walmart’s example: a 230.4 lb massage chair ships at 231 lb, $267.80.
Storage
- $0.75 per cubic foot per month from January to September, charged by the day.
- October to December: the same for items stored up to 30 days, plus $1.50 per cubic foot for items stored longer.
- Items stored more than 12 months: $2.25 per cubic foot per month.
Walmart’s example: a 10 × 5.9 × 5.9 inch item is 0.201 cubic feet; stored 90 days from March, it costs $0.45.
Keep WFS costs down
- Shrink the box. Dimensional weight often decides the fee: a 1.2 lb item in a 10 × 8 × 3 inch box ships at 2 lb because its dimensional weight is 1.73 lb.
- Price above $10 where you can, to avoid the $1 low-price fee.
- Send stock you’ll sell soon, especially before October, when long-stored items pay more.
Work out your own numbers
- Walmart fee calculator: referral fee, WFS fulfillment and storage from your product’s weight and box
- Dimensional weight calculator
- Walmart vs Amazon seller fees
Source: Walmart Marketplace pricing page, listed on the calculator and on our methodology page.