Overview

Amazon has rolled out a series of significant FBA fee incentives — including steep inbound shipping discounts and waived storage and fulfillment fees — alongside updated guidance on inventory monitoring best practices. These changes give sellers a meaningful window to optimize stock levels and reduce costs through 2025 and 2026. Here is what you need to know to take full advantage.

Key Fee Incentives Now Available

• 90% off inbound shipping — FBA inbound shipment costs are discounted by 90% through December 31, 2025, making it far cheaper to send inventory into Amazon's fulfillment network.
• Pick and pack fees waived — Per-unit fulfillment fees are eliminated through December 31, 2026, directly improving margins on every sale.
• Storage and removal fees waived — Storage, removal, and disposal fees are also waived through the end of 2026, allowing sellers to hold more inventory without incurring long-term storage surcharges.
• Inventory monitoring tools — Amazon continues to highlight the FBA dashboard and inventory health reports as core tools every seller should be using regularly.

These incentives may vary by seller account or marketplace, so it is important to confirm your eligibility directly within Seller Central.

Why Stockouts Are So Costly

When your FBA inventory hits zero, your listing effectively vanishes from search results. Customers cannot buy what they cannot find, and the damage extends well beyond the immediate lost sales. Amazon's search algorithm weighs sales velocity and product availability heavily, so an extended stockout can erode the organic ranking you have spent weeks or months building through advertising and optimization efforts.

The compounding effect is what makes stockouts particularly painful. A listing that drops in search rankings after a stockout will generate fewer sales when it returns, which keeps it lower in results, creating a negative cycle that can take significant time and ad spend to reverse. For sellers running aggressive PPC campaigns or preparing for peak events like Prime Day, the risk is even greater since accelerated sell-through rates can deplete inventory faster than anticipated.