Transactions
View every Amazon fee, adjustment, and financial transaction in one place. Analyze expense breakdowns, compare periods, and understand exactly where Amazon charges eat into your margins.
Open this page in your dashboard: Go to Transactions →
The Transactions page provides a complete view of all financial transactions between your Amazon Seller account and Amazon. This includes referral fees, FBA fees, advertising charges, subscription fees, adjustments, reimbursements, and every other charge that Amazon deducts from your account. Understanding these transactions is critical for identifying hidden costs and optimizing your fee structure.
🎥 Video Walkthrough
🗂️ Page Structure
The Transactions page features a tabbed interface with two main views:
Overview
KPI summary, expense breakdown chart, summary list, and full transaction table
Comparison
Side-by-side period comparison for identifying fee trends and anomalies
📋 Overview Tab
KPI Cards
Three KPI cards at the top provide an at-a-glance summary:
Total Expenses
Net cash flow, split into Out / In / Net
Red trend-down arrow
The headline is the net figure; below it a small breakdown splits money-Out (outflows, red), money-In (inflows, green), and Net
Total Transactions
Count of individual finance events
Blue receipt icon
Number of line items in the period
Top Expenses
Highest-cost fee categories
Yellow ranking star
Quick list of the 2-3 largest outflow types
Total Expenses breaks the period into three lines:
Out - the sum of all outflow events (service fees, ad spend, removals, chargebacks, ...)
In - the sum of all inflow events (refunds, debt recovery, reimbursement adjustments, ...)
Net - Out minus In
Each of the two numeric cards - Total Expenses and Total Transactions - also includes:
A trend indicator showing percentage change versus the previous period (the Total Expenses trend compares gross outflow)
A sparkline chart showing the metric's trend over recent periods
Pro Tip: A red upward arrow on "Total Expenses" is not always bad. If your sales volume increased proportionally, your fee-to-revenue ratio may be stable. Always compare expenses against revenue growth, not just in absolute terms.
Expense Breakdown Chart (Donut)
A donut chart shows the distribution of expenses by category. The categories are not a hand-written list - they come straight from Amazon's own finance event types (feeType) and, for adjustments, the AdjustmentType on each event. So you see the exact buckets Amazon reports, for example:
Service Fee (ServiceFeeEventList)
Account and service charges Amazon bills
Product Ads (ProductAdsPaymentEventList)
Sponsored ads / PPC charges
Debt Recovery (DebtRecoveryEventList)
Amazon recovering an outstanding balance
Commingling (NetworkComminglingTransactionEventList) - incl. Commingling VAT
Commingled-inventory and tax adjustments
Removal (RemovalShipmentEventList)
Removal-order shipment fees
Retrocharge (RetrochargeEventList)
Retroactive tax charges, shown per marketplace
Adjustments (AdjustmentEventList)
Split by AdjustmentType - e.g. FBAInventoryReimbursement
Summary Detail List
Next to the donut chart, a detailed summary list shows each expense category with:
Category name
Total amount for the period
Percentage of total expenses
This provides the exact numbers behind the donut chart visualization.
Currency Conversion Notice
If you sell on multiple marketplaces with different base currencies, a notice appears:
Transaction Table
The full transaction table lists every individual Amazon finance event. It is a grouped, expandable table: rows are grouped by fee type (and, for adjustments, by sub-type), so you can collapse a whole category or expand it to see the individual events inside.
Table Columns
The table shows three columns:
Posted Date
The date the event is posted
Adjustment Type
The fee or adjustment type (e.g. "FBAPerUnitFulfillmentFee"), grouped by category
Charged Amount
Amount deducted (negative) or credited (positive)
Row detail (raw fee JSON)
Click any row to open a modal showing the raw fee detail exactly as Amazon reported it - the underlying JSON for that finance event. This is the fastest way to see every field behind a single charge without leaving the page.
Lost & Found badges
Rows tied to an order (typically Adjustment and Retrocharge events) can carry a violet Lost & Found badge. It deep-links into Lost & Found so you can open a recoverable reimbursement claim, or jump to the related order or product. When a claim already exists for that row, the badge shows a tracked state.
Table Footer
The table includes a totals row at the bottom showing the aggregate sum of all charged amounts in the current filtered view.
Filter Bar
Date Range
Select from presets (Today, Yesterday, Last 7/30 Days, This Month, Last Month, This Year, Last 6/12 Months, Last Year) or a custom range
Marketplace
Filter to a single marketplace, or leave on "All marketplaces"
Include zero-amount events
Toggle to include/exclude events whose net amount is zero (hidden by default)
Search
Search by adjustment type or description text
Export
Open the export menu and download filtered transactions as CSV or Excel
Refresh
Re-fetch data from Amazon's API
Arriving from the Payouts Widget
You can jump straight here from the Amazon Payouts widget on the Dashboard Overview. A payout's breakdown includes a View in Transactions link that opens this page with the date range pre-filtered to that payout's window (passed via the ?from=…&to=… URL parameters). When you arrive this way, the date range automatically switches to Custom and loads the matching transactions, so you land directly on the fees and charges behind that specific payout.
Pro Tip: When a payout looks smaller than expected, use View in Transactions from the payout breakdown to see exactly which fees, refunds, and adjustments reduced it, no manual date entry required.
Comparison Tab
The Comparison tab lets you compare transaction data between two months side by side.
How to Use
Switch to the Comparison tab.
Pick the first month from the left dropdown (e.g., March 2026).
Pick the second month from the right dropdown (e.g., February 2026).
Click Compare. The page then shows:
A comparison chart of the two months (see the chart-type switcher below)
Two grouped tables side by side - one per month - each grouped by fee type and each with its own total row
Comparison Chart & Chart-Type Switcher
The Comparison tab is not just two tables side by side, it also renders a comparison chart so the fee differences are visible at a glance. Above the chart, a chart-type switcher lets you redraw the same data in whichever form reads best:
Stacked
Seeing total expenses per period with each category stacked on top
By type (grouped)
Comparing each category's bars for the first month next to the second
Lines
Tracking the trend line of each category across the two periods
Area
Emphasizing the filled magnitude of each category over the periods
Horizontal
A horizontal bar layout, handy when you have many categories to label
The category-by-category tables still appear below the chart, so you get both the visual and the exact numbers.
Comparison Use Cases
This month vs. last month
Identify month-over-month fee trends
This month vs. the same month last year
Year-over-year comparison for one month
Month before vs. month after a fee change
Measure the impact of an Amazon fee change
Pre-PPC-launch month vs. post-launch month
Measure advertising cost impact
Pro Tip: Use the Comparison tab after Amazon announces fee changes (typically effective annually in January/February and mid-year). Compare the month before and after to quantify the actual impact on your account.
👣 Step-by-Step: Analyzing Your Amazon Fee Structure
Navigate to Dashboard > Transactions.
Set the date range to Last 30 Days in the filter bar.
Review the KPI cards for total expense amount and transaction count.
Study the donut chart to see which fee categories consume the most money.
Scroll through the summary detail list for exact amounts per category.
If a category looks unusually high, use the Search bar to filter the table to that adjustment type.
Expand the largest fee-type group in the table to see the individual events behind it, and click a row to inspect its raw fee detail.
Export the filtered data (CSV or Excel) for further analysis in a spreadsheet.
👣 Step-by-Step: Period Comparison
Switch to the Comparison tab.
Set the first month to the current month.
Set the second month to the same month last year (or last month).
Click Compare and read the two total rows to see the overall change.
Look at individual categories in the two grouped tables: which ones increased the most?
If FBA fees increased disproportionately, investigate whether Amazon changed fee rates or your product sizes changed.
If advertising costs spiked, cross-reference with your PPC dashboard.
🎯 Real-World Scenario: Identifying Unexpected Fee Increases
Situation: Your Amazon fees jumped from EUR 3,200 to EUR 4,100 this month (a 28% increase) while order volume only grew 8%.
1
Open Transactions > Overview
Total Expenses: EUR 4,100 (trend arrow: red, +28%)
2
Check the donut chart
FBA Fees segment grew from 42% to 51% of total
3
Filter table to "FBAPerUnitFulfillmentFee"
340 transactions totaling EUR 1,870
4
Switch to Comparison tab
FBA fees: EUR 1,344 (last month) vs. EUR 1,870 (this month) = +39%
5
Investigate product changes
Two products moved from "Small Standard" to "Large Standard" size tier
6
Calculate impact
Size tier upgrade added EUR 0.85/unit x 620 units = EUR 527 in extra fees
Before: "Fees jumped 28% and I do not know why." After: "Two products were reclassified to a larger size tier, costing an extra EUR 527/month. Packaging optimization could move them back to the smaller tier."
Understanding Amazon Fee Types
Referral Fee
Amazon's commission on each sale
8-15% of sale price
FBA Per-Unit Fee
Pick, pack, and ship each unit
EUR 2.50 - EUR 5.50 per unit
FBA Storage Fee
Monthly inventory storage in Amazon warehouses
EUR 0.75 - EUR 2.40 per cubic foot
FBA Long-Term Storage
Surcharge for inventory stored > 365 days
EUR 6.90 per cubic foot (or EUR 0.15/unit)
Advertising Fee
PPC and sponsored ad campaign charges
Variable (your budget)
Subscription Fee
Professional seller account
EUR 39.00/month
Variable Closing Fee
Media category items (books, music, etc.)
EUR 0.50 - EUR 1.00 per item
Refund Admin Fee
Fee retained by Amazon when processing a refund
Lesser of EUR 5.00 or 20% of referral fee
Long-Term Storage Fees can be devastating. If you have slow-moving inventory that has been in Amazon's warehouse for over 365 days, you may be charged up to EUR 6.90 per cubic foot. Monitor your inventory age in Seller Central and remove stale stock before the annual cleanup deadline.
## ✅ Best Practices
Monthly review: Check the Overview tab on the 1st of each month to compare against the previous month.
Quarterly comparison: Use the Comparison tab to track fee trends quarter-over-quarter.
After fee announcements: Compare pre- and post-change periods to quantify the impact.
Export for tax season: Download full-year transaction data for your tax accountant.
Monitor advertising separately: Cross-reference the advertising fee total here with your PPC dashboard for consistency.
Watch for reimbursements: Positive amounts in the transaction table may be reimbursements, ensure they match your claims.
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