Changes in Referral Fees from 5 June 2019
14 May 2019
Changes to the Referral Fee from 5th June 2019
Amazon is introducing new rules regarding the Referral Fee – the commission charged on sales of products.
Main Changes
Grocery, Beauty, Health & Personal Care, Baby (excluding children's clothing) – reduction from 15% to 8% for products below 10 EUR/10 GBP. Above this amount, it remains at 15%.
Furniture – reduction from 15% to 10% for the portion of the price above 200 EUR/175 GBP (excluding mattresses, which remain at 15%).
Jewellery – reduction from 20% (25% in the UK) to 5% for the portion of the price above 250 EUR/225 GBP.
Watches – reduction from 15% to 5% for the portion of the price above 250 EUR/225 GBP.
Minimum Fee – 0.30 EUR/0.25 GBP for selling products in any category (except Grocery and Media: books, music, video games, DVDs, software).
France – increase for televisions, laptops, and computers from 5% to 7%.
Summary: the predominant change is reductions – Amazon consistently rewards more expensive products and high-rotation categories.