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Think you know your Amazon fees? 

This seller and others in the thread thought so too, until it turned into a full-on “fee therapy” session exposing every way the platform eats into profits.

• Your profit calculator is lying to you 🕵️

• Amazon may be milking you for no reason 🐄

• Thought of the Day 🍴

SELLER CONFESSIONS

Amazon may be charging sellers simply because it can

An Amazon seller (OP) confessed: They knew Amazon had fees, but they didn’t realize they’d accidentally signed up for the premium, extended, director’s-cut edition.

What started as a simple vent turned into a full-on “fee therapy” session about just how many ways Amazon can charge sellers before they even see a profit.

Sellers fired off the usual suspects:

• Referral fees are Amazon’s cover charge for existing.

• Storage fees are the rent.

• Long-term storage fees are the rent, but meaner.

• Removal order fees are paying Amazon to hand your own items back.

For those who can’t manage the math, the fees make it very clear, very fast.

And for OP, that’s barely scratching the surface. One seller joked, “At this point, I’m waiting for the ‘breathing inside the warehouse’ fee.”

Savage? Just wait until you see what other sellers have to say. 🔥

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

When you know your numbers, even the steepest fees lose their power.

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TOGETHER WITH THREECOLTS

Your Amazon “profit calculator” is still letting you buy duds

You're using a simple calculator. It says a product is "profitable." You buy 50 units.

A month later, none have sold. 

Why? Because your simple calculator didn't show you the full story. 

It didn't show you that the BSR is a 1-day spike. 

It didn't show you that one variation gets 99% of the sales (and you bought the wrong one). 

It didn't show you the 1-star reviews screaming "will be returned."

Seller 365's ScoutX Profit Calculator is a complete data widget. 

It's not just a profit calculator. It shows you the sales rank history and price history over time, product variation data, and reviews. 

Plus, you can export all the data into Google Sheets to create a buy list—all in one place—so you can stop sourcing duds.

Stop sourcing blindly. Get the full story on every product.

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