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What are FBA Capacity Limits?
Monthly FBA capacity limits replace weekly restock limits and quarterly storage volume limits.
Amazon sets capacity limits during the third week of each month. Amazon includes sellers’ limits for the upcoming month and an estimate for the two months following, which allows for planning inventory in advance.
How are FBA Capacity Limits Determined?
FBA capacity limits are influenced by the seller’s IPI score (Inventory Performance Index Score), as well as other factors such as historical sales volume, seasonal and peak selling periods for your products, forecasts for your ASINs, the new selection that you carry, deals that you’ve scheduled, fulfillment center capacity, and shipment lead time.
Capacity limits are measured by volume in cubic feet, and your capacity is based on your account type. You’ll receive one capacity limit for each type of storage you use.
Individual Selling Accounts
If you have an individual selling account, the capacity limit is 15 cubic feet, which will remain the same.
New Professional Selling Accounts (Active Under 39 Weeks)
You have no capacity limits if you have a new Professional selling account that has been active in FBA for less than 39 weeks (nine months). This means that as a new seller, you have nine months to establish your sales record so that Amazon can determine how much capacity to grant you moving forward.
Established Professional Selling Accounts (Active Over 39 Weeks)
If you’ve been an active Professional seller with FBA for more than 39 weeks, you’ll receive capacity limits based on your Inventory Performance Index, or IPI score and sales performance.
Note that consistently high IPI scores will result in higher capacity limits. If you have a Professional selling account, you can request additional capacity based on a reservation fee that you specify through the Capacity Manager (more on this later).
How to See Your FBA Capacity Limits
Capacity limits and storage usage are available to view in the FBA Capacity Monitor tool, which appears on two separate pages in Seller Central. You can view your FBA Capacity Limits and capacity usage in the Capacity Monitor at the bottom of the Inventory Performance dashboard and Send To Amazon.
Inventory performance page
Open the main menu in Seller Central, hover over ‘Inventory,’ then click ‘Dashboard,’ ‘FBA Inventory,’ or ‘Inventory Planning.’ Then, go to the top menu of the FBA dashboard, hover over ‘Inventory’ and click ‘Inventory performance.’
To view more details and expand the tool, click ‘FBA CAPACITY MONITOR.’
FBA Capacity Monitor
Here, you’ll have access to different storage types, current capacity usage, and estimated limits for the next three months.
Requesting Additional FBA Capacity with Reservation Fees
If you have a Professional selling account, you can request additional capacity based on a reservation fee that you specify through the Capacity Manager. Some experts have compared the reservation system to PPC bidding, but for space in FBA fulfillment centers.
If you’re not confident that you can sell through the inventory and offset the reservation fee, it’s recommended not to request your capacity increase as you’ll be responsible for the remaining balance that you bid (your reservation fee minus the performance credits).