Amazon FBA settlement
FBAThe bi-weekly disbursement Amazon issues to sellers using Fulfillment by Amazon, after deducting referral fees, FBA fulfillment fees, storage fees, returns, and any reserves on the seller's account balance.
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) settlements pay the seller for sales fulfilled from Amazon warehouses, net of all platform deductions. The default disbursement cycle is every 14 days, with funds released to the linked bank account a further few business days after the cycle closes. Sellers can view the breakdown in the Payments dashboard and download a Settlement Report covering the cycle.
FBA fees fall into several categories: per-unit fulfillment fee (varies by size and weight tier), monthly storage fee (₹/cubic foot, higher for oversize and Q4-storage), long-term storage surcharges for inventory aged beyond 365 days, removal/disposal fees, and inventory-placement service fees. Each appears as a separate line type in the settlement report and reconciles back to specific orders or inventory events.
Reconciliation is more complex than for self-fulfilled (FBM) orders because deductions are time-shifted from sales — a storage fee for March-end inventory shows up in an April settlement, and a return processing fee may appear weeks after the original sale. Aggregator views by ASIN over multi-cycle windows are typically required for accurate margin calculation.