Updated September 2026 · Hadjer Ben, COO
Amazon FBA in the UAE works the same way it does elsewhere: you send stock to Amazon, and Amazon stores it, ships each order and handles the customer. What differs is the price list. Amazon.ae and Amazon.sa each publish their own FBA fees, and the gaps between them, and the price line inside each, decide whether FBA makes money for your product. Every fee below comes from Amazon’s own pages, checked on 28 September 2026.
Yes, on both stores. Amazon’s Amazon.ae FBA page says that once you create a selling account “you are already registered for FBA”, and Amazon.sa runs the same programme.
In Amazon’s words, “you store your products in Amazon’s fulfillment centers, and we pick, pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products.” Amazon also states there is no minimum number of products you have to send.
FBA has two main charges: a fulfilment fee per unit sold, set by the item’s size and weight, and a monthly storage fee based on the space your stock takes up. Both stores publish them on their pricing pages and add VAT on top.
The table shows a sample of tiers from the Amazon.ae fee schedule and the Amazon.sa fee schedule, both effective 1 August 2025. Amazon.ae figures are in dirhams, Amazon.sa figures in riyals.
| Size tier | Amazon.ae, price AED 25 or less | Amazon.ae, price above AED 25 | Amazon.sa, price below SAR 25 | Amazon.sa, price above SAR 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small envelope, up to 0.1 kg | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| Standard envelope, up to 0.5 kg | 6.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 |
| Large envelope, up to 1 kg | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| Standard parcel, up to 1 kg | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 |
| Standard parcel, up to 5 kg | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 15.0 |
| Oversize, up to 5 kg | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 18.0 |
| Storage, per cubic foot per month | AED 2 | SAR 3 | ||
Source: Amazon.ae and Amazon.sa pricing pages, fulfilment fees per unit excluding VAT, checked 28 September 2026. Full schedules run to 30 kg, plus 1 per kg above that.
The full Amazon.ae range runs from AED 5.5 for the smallest envelope to AED 41.5 for a 30 kg oversize item. Amazon deducts the fees from each payout, and our breakdown of Amazon.ae seller fees shows how the fulfilment fee combines with the referral fee and VAT on a real product. To run the numbers for your own product, use our Amazon FBA calculator for Amazon.ae and Amazon.sa.
Every size tier has two rates: one for items selling at 25 or less, and a higher one above 25. On Amazon.ae, a standard parcel up to 1 kg costs AED 8.5 to fulfil at AED 25 and AED 10.5 at AED 26.
At the low end, the fee is a large share of the price. An AED 15 item in a standard envelope up to 0.5 kg pays AED 6.5 in fulfilment before the referral fee, which is why low-priced products often lose money on FBA. Our study of 41 kitchen tools on Amazon.ae found exactly that: peelers and kitchen scissors selling at AED 11 to 15 averaged a loss once fees were deducted.
The same line exists on Amazon.sa at SAR 25, and the step is not always the same size. A large envelope item goes from SAR 7.0 to SAR 9.0 when it crosses the line on Amazon.sa, and from AED 7.0 to AED 7.5 on Amazon.ae.
Storage is AED 2 per cubic foot per month on Amazon.ae and SAR 3 on Amazon.sa, charged on the daily average space your stock occupies. Units held for more than 365 days attract an additional long-term storage fee, and dangerous goods pay more.
Amazon’s own worked example on the Amazon.ae pricing page is a 47 × 12 × 10 cm unit, which measures 0.199 cubic feet. At AED 2, that unit costs about AED 0.40 a month to store, which is small per unit and large across a slow-moving pallet.
Amazon says storage is typically charged between the 7th and 15th of the following month. The practical rule is to send the stock you expect to sell, not the stock you happen to have: storage is cheap for fast sellers and expensive for anything that sits.
Prime eligibility, Amazon-run delivery, customer service and returns. On Amazon.ae, Amazon says FBA products are eligible for Prime FREE One-Day Shipping; on Amazon.sa, Prime FREE Two-Day Shipping.
Amazon also says FBA listings carry the “Fulfilled by Amazon” label and can increase your chance of winning the Featured Offer. For a new brand, that means the delivery promise is Amazon’s rather than yours.
For small, light products that sell steadily on either store, usually yes. For items priced near or below 25, bulky stock that sells slowly, or dangerous goods, work the numbers first, because the fee or storage can take most of the margin.
FBA is not the only route. Amazon’s pricing pages list two alternatives: Easy Ship using Amazon logistics, and shipping orders yourself. A brand can run both, with FBA for fast sellers and its own fulfilment for large or slow items.
For a brand selling on both stores, the decision is made twice. The fee schedules differ, the Prime promise differs, and a product that pays on Amazon.ae can be marginal on Amazon.sa. Our Amazon account management team runs the calculation for each marketplace before any stock ships.
Free shipping to an Amazon fulfilment centre, free monthly storage, free removals and free return processing, for eligible products new to FBA. Amazon describes it on both the Amazon.ae and Amazon.sa FBA pages as a limited-time offer with conditions.
Amazon says that once you enrol, the benefits apply to an unlimited number of new parent ASINs per year. For a launch, that lowers the cost of testing a product on FBA before committing to it. Check the current terms in Seller Central before planning around them, because Amazon changes promotions without notice.
Amazon lists five steps: set up your selling account, list your products as FBA, prepare them to Amazon’s packing guidelines, create a shipping plan and book a delivery appointment, then send the stock. Once it is received, it is available to buy.
Amazon.sa follows the same steps. For non-resident brands, Saudi VAT applies from the first sale when stock sits in a Saudi fulfilment centre: our guide to Amazon.sa VAT for non-resident sellers explains why, and our Amazon.sa launch work covers the full sequence.
Yes. Amazon runs FBA on Amazon.ae and on Amazon.sa, and says every seller who creates a selling account is already registered for FBA. Amazon stores the stock, picks, packs and ships each order, and handles customer service and returns.
The fulfilment fee runs from AED 5.5 per unit for the smallest envelope to AED 41.5 for a 30 kg oversize item, with a higher rate once the selling price is above AED 25. Storage is AED 2 per cubic foot per month, and VAT is added to every fee.
Not in a simple way. The size tiers are the same, but the rates differ tier by tier, and storage is SAR 3 per cubic foot per month on Amazon.sa against AED 2 on Amazon.ae.
For small, light products that sell steadily, usually yes, because Prime eligibility and Amazon-handled returns come with the fee. For low-priced items, bulky slow-moving stock or dangerous goods, work the numbers first, because the fee or storage can take most of the margin.
Send us your product list or Amazon store link. We work out fulfilment, storage and referral fees for each product on Amazon.ae and Amazon.sa and tell you where FBA pays and where it does not, before any retainer.
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