Amazon referral fee: Home & kitchen
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Amazon's referral fee for Home & kitchen is 15% of the total the buyer pays, including any shipping you charge. The table below is the published schedule, and the calculator applies it to your own price along with fulfilment, storage and your costs.
The published rate
| On the portion above $0.00 | 15% |
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| Minimum referral fee | $0.30 |
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Where the minimum bites
This category has a $0.30 minimum, and it binds below about $2.00. Under that price the percentage is worth less than the minimum, so you pay the minimum instead — on a cheap item that can be double the headline rate. It is the single most overlooked fee on Amazon and it falls hardest on exactly the low-price, high-volume products where margin is thinnest.
A worked example
| Price | Referral fee | Fee rate | Minimum applied? |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $1.50 | 15% | No |
| $25.00 | $3.75 | 15% | No |
| $50.00 | $7.50 | 15% | No |
Questions
What is the Amazon referral fee for Home & kitchen?
15% of the total the buyer pays, with a minimum of $0.30 per item. The fee is charged on the item price plus any shipping you charge, not on the item alone.
Is the referral fee charged on shipping?
Yes. The referral fee applies to everything the buyer pays, so shipping you charge is included. Building postage into the item price makes no difference to the fee.
When does the minimum fee apply?
Below roughly $2.00, where 15% of the price comes to less than $0.30. Above that the percentage governs. The calculator tells you which one applied on your price.
Rates on this page are the published schedules as of 2025-01-15 and are applied by the same code the calculator runs. Marketplaces reprice — confirm against your own seller dashboard before setting a price.