Storage Fee (FBA Monthly Storage Fee)
The monthly charge Amazon makes for the space your inventory occupies in its fulfillment centers, based on volume and higher from October to December.
What Is the FBA Storage Fee?
The monthly inventory storage fee is what Amazon charges for keeping your products in its fulfillment centers. In the US it is billed per cubic foot, on the daily average volume your inventory occupied during the month, and the rate depends on the product's size tier.
Why It Rises in Q4
Amazon applies a higher rate from October to December than from January to September, because warehouse space is scarcest before the holidays. Stock that sells slowly in peak season therefore costs noticeably more to hold.
Related Storage Charges
- Aged inventory surcharge - an additional fee on units stored for a long time: more than 180 days in the US and more than 241 days in Europe
- Storage utilization surcharge - an extra charge for sellers holding a lot of stock relative to their sales
These are billed separately from the monthly fee, so a slow product can be charged several times over.
How SellerLegend Helps
SellerLegend tracks monthly storage fees and the Aged Inventory Surcharge across all fulfillment centers, so storage shows up as a real cost in your profit figures instead of a surprise at the end of the month.
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