Overview

Starting June 30 2025, Amazon will automatically enroll U.S. sellers who have never set a disposition preference for unsold FBA stock into the FBA Liquidations program, and the FBA Donations program will become a required step whenever a seller chooses the disposal route. The shift is limited to the United States, leaves fees unchanged, and gives sellers a narrow window to adjust their settings before the automatic defaults take effect.

Key Points

• Automatic Liquidations enrollment — Sellers with no existing fulfillable or unfulfillable disposition rules will be placed into the Liquidations workflow on the rollout date.
• Donations required for disposal — Selecting “dispose” will now trigger a mandatory donation of eligible items to a charitable partner before any other disposal action.
• Fee structure unchanged — Neither the Liquidations nor the Donations program will see new charges; existing rates stay the same.
• U.S.-only implementation — The new defaults apply exclusively to Amazon.com; European, Canadian, and other marketplaces remain unaffected.
• Extended preparation period — The launch was delayed from an earlier timeline, giving sellers an extra few months to review and modify their inventory disposition settings.
• Opt‑out still possible — Even after automatic enrollment, sellers can manually withdraw from Liquidations or adjust donation preferences through Seller Central at any time.

How FBA Liquidations Works Under the New Default

1. Eligibility check — Amazon scans each seller’s inventory for items classified as “fulfillable” or “unfulfillable” that have no active disposition rule. For example, a seller with 200 units of a discontinued kitchen gadget that never had a removal or disposal setting will be flagged.
2. Automatic enrollment — On June 30, flagged inventory is routed to the Liquidations program, where Amazon attempts to sell the goods through secondary channels such as discount retailers or liquidation brokers. In the same kitchen gadget scenario, the 200 units would be bundled and offered to a liquidation partner for a fraction of the original price.