Overview

Amazon is raising Multi-Channel Fulfilment (MCF) fees in Canada by an average of 12%, effective July 11, 2024. Alongside the increase, Amazon is restructuring weight-based size tiers for lightweight products, shifting from 500g increments to 100g increments — a change that could partially offset the higher costs for sellers shipping smaller items through the program.

What's Changing

• 12% average fee increase — MCF fees across all Canadian size tiers are rising by roughly 12%, directly affecting the cost of fulfilling off-Amazon orders through Amazon's network.
• Granular weight tiers for items under 1 kg — Lightweight product tiers are moving from 500g brackets to 100g brackets, creating more precise pricing that better reflects actual fulfillment costs.
• Potential savings on very light products — Sellers shipping items well under 500g will no longer be rounded up to the next half-kilogram bracket, which could lower per-unit costs for the lightest SKUs.
• Effective date: July 11, 2024 — Sellers have a defined window to review updated fee schedules and adjust their pricing strategies accordingly.

Why This Matters for Multi-Channel Sellers

Multi-Channel Fulfilment allows sellers to use their existing FBA inventory to ship orders placed on non-Amazon channels such as their own websites, Shopify stores, or eBay listings. Rather than maintaining separate inventory pools for each sales channel, sellers consolidate stock in Amazon's warehouses and let Amazon handle pick, pack, and ship regardless of where the order originated. This makes MCF a core logistics tool for sellers running multi-platform businesses.

Because MCF piggybacks on the same infrastructure as FBA, any fee adjustment ripples directly into the profitability of off-Amazon sales. Sellers who rely heavily on MCF need to recalculate margins across every channel where they sell, not just on Amazon itself.

Breaking Down the 12% Increase

While Amazon describes the adjustment as a 12% average, individual size tiers may see slightly higher or lower bumps depending on product dimensions and weight. Sellers should pull up the updated fee schedule in Seller Central and map it against their specific catalog rather than assuming a flat 12% across the board. For products with already thin margins on external channels, this increase may force a repricing exercise or prompt a comparison against third-party logistics alternatives.