Amazon Egypt Seller Fees (2026): Tiers That Run Both Ways

By the Profitvana Editorial Team · Updated August 2026

Amazon Egypt currently waives the professional subscription, which makes it cheap to start on. What makes it worth studying is the fee table: some categories charge a lower percentage as the price rises, and others charge more. Getting that direction wrong on your own category is an expensive mistake. Here are the 2026 numbers.

The subscription is waived — for now

Amazon.eg is offering professional accounts with no monthly subscription fee, described on its own pricing page as a limited-time arrangement.

That is a real advantage for testing demand without a fixed cost. It is also, as with Amazon UAE, a promotion rather than a price — model your unit economics with a subscription line so your pricing does not have to move when it ends.

Referral fees run 4% to 19%, with a 5 EGP floor

The referral fee is a percentage of the total the customer pays, with a minimum of 5 EGP on most categories. The range across categories is one of the widest of any Amazon marketplace.

Read the tier direction carefully — it is not consistent between categories:

Category	Referral fee
Grocery ≤ 250 EGP	4%
Grocery > 250 EGP	10%
Books	7%
Apparel	12%
Electronics accessories ≤ 1,000 EGP	15%
Electronics accessories > 1,000 EGP	8%
Jewelry ≤ 5,000 EGP	19%
Jewelry > 5,000 EGP	5%
Minimum referral fee	5 EGP

Some categories get cheaper as you go up, others dearer

Electronics accessories and jewelry are priced so that the high band is the cheap one: 15% below 1,000 EGP and 8% above it; 19% below 5,000 EGP and 5% above.

Grocery runs the opposite way — 4% below 250 EGP and 10% above.

The consequence is concrete. A 6,000 EGP piece of jewelry pays 5% on the amount above the threshold rather than 19% throughout, while a 300 EGP grocery order pays more than twice the rate a 200 EGP one does. Check which direction your own category runs before setting prices near a threshold.

Sale	Category	Referral fee	Effective rate
200 EGP	Grocery	8 EGP	4%
300 EGP	Grocery	30 EGP	10%
900 EGP	Electronics accessories	135 EGP	15%
1,200 EGP	Electronics accessories	96 EGP	8%

Fulfilment and the 5 EGP floor

Amazon's fulfilment fee starts at 15.5 EGP per unit depending on size and weight. On a cheap item that is often larger than the referral fee itself — which is the argument against putting low-value goods into fulfilment anywhere, not only in Egypt.

The 5 EGP minimum referral fee has the same shape: on a 30 EGP book, 7% would be 2.10 EGP, so the floor applies instead and the effective rate is 16.7%.

Model both in the Amazon fee calculator and the FBA profit calculator. For the neighbouring markets, see Amazon UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Amazon Egypt take per sale?

A referral fee of 4% to 19% depending on category and price band, with a minimum of 5 EGP. Books are 7%, apparel 12%, grocery 4% up to 250 EGP and 10% above, and jewelry 19% up to 5,000 EGP and 5% above.

Is there a monthly fee to sell on Amazon Egypt?

Amazon.eg currently offers professional accounts with no monthly subscription as a limited-time arrangement. Because it is a promotion, it is safer to model margins as though a subscription applies.

Why did my Amazon Egypt referral fee go down on a more expensive item?

Some categories are tiered so the higher band is cheaper. Electronics accessories are 15% up to 1,000 EGP and 8% above; jewelry is 19% up to 5,000 EGP and 5% above. Grocery runs the other way, at 4% up to 250 EGP and 10% above.

How much does Amazon fulfilment cost in Egypt?

From 15.5 EGP per unit depending on size and weight. On low-value items that fee can exceed the referral fee, which is the main argument against fulfilling cheap goods through Amazon.

Amazon fees in other countries

Amazon prices every market differently — the same sale can cost twice as much depending on where your business is registered. We verify each of these against Amazon’s own published fee page for that country:

Sources

Amazon Egypt selling fees (official)