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2026 Peak Season Shipping Surcharges: What Amazon Sellers Actually Pay
Sep 13, 2026 Amazon Business Management

2026 Peak Season Shipping Surcharges: What Amazon Sellers Actually Pay

The carriers most Amazon sellers depend on have now published their 2026 holiday surcharges, and they start on five different dates between September 27 and October 26. The headline numbers mostly belong to enterprise shippers. The fees that will actually land on your account are smaller, quieter, and easier to avoid.

Pan-EU FBA Now Requires a Netherlands Offer, With Belgium to Follow in 2027
Sep 07, 2026 Compliance & Policy

Pan-EU FBA Now Requires a Netherlands Offer, With Belgium to Follow in 2027

Amazon has widened the listing requirement for Pan-European FBA. Since 3 September 2026 every enrolled product, new or existing, must carry an active offer on Amazon.nl, and from 26 February 2027 products enrolling in the programme will also need an active offer in Belgium. Here is what Amazon actually said, who can claim an exemption, and what it means for your fees and VAT.

Why Your Amazon Referral Fee Changed But Your Listing Did Not
Aug 23, 2026 Amazon Business Management

Why Your Amazon Referral Fee Changed But Your Listing Did Not

Sellers keep reporting the same thing: the referral fee on a SKU jumps, and nothing about the listing changed. The explanation is a category you cannot see on your own product page. Here is how Amazon's fee category works, what a reassignment looks like, and an honest account of what sellers have actually been able to do about it.

Amazon's 75-Character Title Limit: What Changed and What to Check
Aug 10, 2026 Listings & Optimization

Amazon's 75-Character Title Limit: What Changed and What to Check

Amazon began capping product titles at 75 characters on 27 July 2026 and started rewriting non-compliant listings with AI recommendations. Brand owners get 14 days to review those changes before they go live. Amazon's announcement does not describe the same step for everyone else, which makes your title change history worth watching.

USPS Sub-1lb Price Change: Which SKUs Were Actually Hit
Aug 02, 2026 Amazon Business Management

USPS Sub-1lb Price Change: Which SKUs Were Actually Hit

On July 12 USPS made its published Commercial Ground Advantage prices identical across the 4, 8, 12 and 15.999 ounce increments. Parcels priced on the lower increments rose to meet the top price, while that top price row did not change. Here is how to work out which of your SKUs were actually affected.

Import Tariffs and Your Amazon Landed Cost
Jul 20, 2026 Regulatory Compliance

Import Tariffs and Your Amazon Landed Cost

A new 25% US tariff on many Brazilian imports takes effect July 22, 2026, subject to extensive exemptions and the latest move in a volatile trade year. Import duties do not touch your Amazon fees, but they change your landed cost, and that is where your real margin is decided.

Amazon Tightens FBM Requirements in the UK and Germany: What to Do Before September 2026
Jul 07, 2026 Amazon Business Management

Amazon Tightens FBM Requirements in the UK and Germany: What to Do Before September 2026

Amazon is tightening Fulfilled by Merchant rules across the UK and Germany in 2026 - but the deadlines differ by country. Germany gets a new 90% on-time delivery requirement, with affected listings at risk of deactivation from September 1; the UK's OTDR rule was already in force. Add shorter handling times and new Amazon Business delivery standards, and here's what's changing, where, and how to protect your margins.

EU €3 Small Parcel Levy: What Amazon Sellers Must Know
Jun 29, 2026 Regulatory Compliance

EU €3 Small Parcel Levy: What Amazon Sellers Must Know

The EU's new €3 Small Parcel Levy lands on 1 July 2026, charged per tariff-classification item on under-€150 distance sales imported into the bloc. For cross-border Amazon sellers it quietly rewrites landed cost on cheap SKUs — here's the math and the moves to make.

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