seattle amazon appears to be discouraging its sellers who use the fulfillment by amazon programme from sending more dangerous items into its warehousesfba is a programme in which thirdparty sellers send their goods to be stored in amazon warehouses before they are sold on amazoncom items are then shipped out like a normal order by the ecommerce giantamazon announced on its seller forum last wednesday that it will be introducing a new fee for dangerous items like aerosol cans and lithiumion batteries that sellers send to amazon warehouses the fees are higher than the regular fees amazon charges for using fulfillment by amazon for example a normal item with a shipping weight of between 10 and 16 ounces and is considered small would qualify for a fee of 248 while a dangerous item the same size would carry a charge of 345 advt amazon has a full list of items it considers dangerous which mostly consists of items that are flammable or pressurised aerosol substances and items that contain lithiumion batteries the new fees will go into effect on february 19 2019 according to a note on amazons forum for sellers business insider published on dec 26 2018 at 0305 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app amazon online shopping fba ecommerce amazoncom fulfillment by amazon amazon warehouses homenewsamazon us introduces dangerous goods fee