Shopping from Amazon to get costlier as platform hikes seller commission

Beginning May 31, Amazon India will raise seller fees for a number of key categories such as apparel, beauty, groceries, and medicines, with experts saying that the hike will make products on the platform more expensive as sellers are likely to pass on the increase to customers, an Economic Times (ET) report said.

The platform’s fees for handling product returns will also rise significantly, it added.

“Seller fee revisions are based on a variety of factors, including changes in market dynamics and various macro-economic factors.