- The first and most important of the standard Agreements with Amazon is the Base Accrual fee.
- As with most Agreements, this is a percentage that is defined upfront by Amazon and is calculated against the net receipts of your account with Amazon, that is, the cost of goods that Amazon receives at their Fulfilment Centers.
- This is normally calculated and charged per month off of remittances but can be agreed to per invoice.
- The standard charge is 10% and this is what you can expect for your initial percentage of the Agreement.
- The Base Accrual is normally the largest of the Agreements with the biggest percentage as it basically pays for all of Amazon’s marketing development funds or MDFs and co-operation fees, that is, the development and overall management of their backend, front end, cloud storage sites, etc.
- You can now see why it is the most essential Agreement for both you and Amazon as the Amazon website being available and fully functionable all year round and every second of every day is absolutely vital to the success of selling on Amazon.