amazon commissions

[dakota5369]

i am new to amazon. i thought the commissions were like 15%? i just sold a book and amazon took 60%!!

Buyer's price: $4.90
Amazon commission: -$3.08
Shipping credit: $3.99
Your earnings: $5.81


what is that? why did they take so much?


also, off topic here, but why do they tell you to use a search function in this forum and when you do they tell you to make a new thread? i posted in a 2 month old thread because it covered my topic and they closed it telling me to make a new thread. so which is it? start new threads for every question or use the search? thanks

[adam34996]

Not sure about that one... It doesn't look right to me. Amazon commission is 8-12% depending on category. Looks like they took 75%. What category are you selling in?

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Odds are you can find a lot of answers using searches. If you read through the forums with to avail, make a new thread.

[dakota5369]

it is just a book. i am trying to get some feedback. yea, it looked strange to me. i just copied and pasted it from the email they sent.

as far as a search, like i said, i did that before and they locked the thread after i did it and said make a new thread instead of using old ones. i hate to make a new thread for a simple question, but i guess i am not supposed to

[Here We Go Again]

Here is how you got hit....

Amazon Fees
Referral Fee: 15% x $4.90----($0.74)
Variable Closing Fee-----------($1.35)
Fixed per-item closing fee----($0.99)
TOTAL--------------------------($3.08)

The only fee you can avoid is the $0.99 closing fee.
You avoid this one by getting a Pro Merchant Subscription for $40 per month.
As long as you sell more than 40 items a month it will pay for its self.

Direct link to Amazon:
Sell products online with Amazon Seller Central Marketplace

[dakota5369]

what are those fees for? and if they are going to take way over 50% of your sales, why in the world would anyone sell on amazon?

edit- thanks for the answer

[Here We Go Again]

Originally Posted by dakota5369

what are those fees for? and if they are going to take way over 50% of your sales, why in the world would anyone sell on amazon?

edit- thanks for the answer

All those fees are SET fees.
Only 1 of them varies with the cost of the item.

A different example:
Amazon Fees
Referral Fee: 15% x $100.00----($15.00)
Variable Closing Fee--------------($1.35)
Fixed per-item closing fee-------($0.99)
TOTAL-----------------------------($17.34)

This example item is only losing a TOTAL of 17.34% in fees, not 50%.

[rsot]

Good breakdown HWGA - did not know about the variable closing fee - that's why the low end stuff gets hit hard on the sale.