Digital Service Fees being charged twice!
Hello,
This is what Amazon said: The typical DST rate is 2% in the UK and 3% in France, Italy, Spain and Canada. Since 2021, we’ve accounted for DST by increasing Selling on Amazon fees in the UK, France, Italy and Spain, and Fulfilment by Amazon fees in the UK and France. Starting on October 1, we’ll reduce these fees and account for this cost by introducing a stand-alone digital services fee.
In my case this statement seems false.
Amazon is charging me the Digital Service Fee on top of what I used to pay.
Look at the example below:
My FBA fees were already 3€ and my comission was aready 3,30€ before they intoroduced the Digital Service Fee. They were not reduced to account for the introduction of the Digital Service Fee!
Now I am paying 3€+3.30€+ 0.19€ = 6.49€ (excluding taxes)
Whereas before the Digital Service Fee I would pay 3€+3.30€ = 6.30€ (excluding taxes)
I now pay 0.19€ more than I used to!
Have I misunderstood when Amazon said "we’ll reduce these fees and account for this cost by introducing a stand-alone digital services fee." ?
They didn't reduce the fees, they just added another layer to my fees. Anyone else expericing the same issue? I have this on all my transactions...
Please help!
Digital Service Fees being charged twice!
Hello,
This is what Amazon said: The typical DST rate is 2% in the UK and 3% in France, Italy, Spain and Canada. Since 2021, we’ve accounted for DST by increasing Selling on Amazon fees in the UK, France, Italy and Spain, and Fulfilment by Amazon fees in the UK and France. Starting on October 1, we’ll reduce these fees and account for this cost by introducing a stand-alone digital services fee.
In my case this statement seems false.
Amazon is charging me the Digital Service Fee on top of what I used to pay.
Look at the example below:
My FBA fees were already 3€ and my comission was aready 3,30€ before they intoroduced the Digital Service Fee. They were not reduced to account for the introduction of the Digital Service Fee!
Now I am paying 3€+3.30€+ 0.19€ = 6.49€ (excluding taxes)
Whereas before the Digital Service Fee I would pay 3€+3.30€ = 6.30€ (excluding taxes)
I now pay 0.19€ more than I used to!
Have I misunderstood when Amazon said "we’ll reduce these fees and account for this cost by introducing a stand-alone digital services fee." ?
They didn't reduce the fees, they just added another layer to my fees. Anyone else expericing the same issue? I have this on all my transactions...
Please help!
3 replies
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It's difficult to be exact since your figures are in Euros and i don't know to what extent the rates may differ from the UK.
Generally though the original DST was covered by Amazon increasing the main referral fee from 15% to 15.3%. I don't recall there being any increase to FBA fees.
With the latest change the main referral fee has reduced back to 15% which is good for FBM sellers (and FBA sellers), but the other FBA fees are now in scope which means often there is a slight increase to the total fees for FBA sellers - as you've found.
As to your referral fee always being 3.30, that's 15% rather than 15.3% so in the UK that would match with the lowering of the referral fee.
