You are selling with FBA and you want to check the storage fees? Or thinking about starting a FBA business and wondering how much warehousing costs? This article will provide a short overview on inventory fees for Amazon sellers, how it is calculated and what long-term storage fees actually are.
Antonia Klatt
Last Updated on 1 September 2020
Inventory storage fees for Amazon sellers
For each and every unit that is stored in an Amazon warehouse, you need to pay a storage fee. This fee is based on calendar month and your daily average volume (measured in cubic feet (UK)/cubic meter rest of EU).
As FBA sellers always store their inventory in at least one Amazon warehouse, these storage fees are part of the whole costs of the FBA service, regardless if it’s Pan-EU, CE, EFN or MCI.
The measurement of any unit will be based on the unit’s size when properly packaged and ready for shipping to customers in accordance with the FBA program policies. Amazon
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Monthly standard size inventory storage fee
The inventory storage fees are always charged between the 7th and 15th day of the month following the month the fee applies. In the UK, you have to pay the fee per cubic foot and these are the respective rates:
Monthly storage fees in the UK (based on cubic feet per month)
| Month | Clothing, Shoes, Bags | All other products |
| January – September | € 15.60 | € 26.00 |
| October – December | € 21.60 | € 36.00 |
Monthly storage fees in Germany, France, Italy and Spain (based on cubic meters per month)
| Month | Clothing, Shoes, Bags | All other products |
| January – September | £ 0.39 | £ 0.65 |
| October – December | £ 0.55 | £ 0.91 |
1 cubic foot = 0.028 cubic meters | 1 cubic meter = 35.315 cubic feet
Long-term inventory storage fee
If units have been stored in an Amazon warehosue for more than 1 year, 365 days, long-term inventory fees are due. The long-term storage fee is added to the monthly fee but removal orders for items before the next inventory cleanup date won’t be subject to long-term storage fees.
Adjustment of FBA storage fees (1 August 2019)
There was a storage fee adjustments for FBA sellers that started on 1 August 2019. The main changes could be found the long-term storage fees. These fees were no longer charged for inventory held between 181 and 365 days in a fulfillment center in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, or Spain.
Adjustments for standard sizes
Standard sizes remain unchanged except for clothing and shoes. The monthly storage fees for these two categories will be reduced by 40%.
