Payments based on delivery date

Funds from an order are reserved until 7 days after the latest estimated delivery date (EDD) to ensure that you have enough funds to fulfil any refund requests from buyers. Click here to find out more about the EDD.

If you use ship tracking via these integrated shipping providers, Amazon receives the actual delivery date of each order. We will reserve funds for 7 days after the actual delivery date instead of the latest estimated delivery date.

After the 7-day reserve period, the funds will be available for transfer to your bank account on your next payment date, as long as you have a positive account balance. Payment dates vary for each seller based on registration date.

Here is how the timing works:

Assume that you sell a book on January 1 and the latest estimated delivery date is January 12.

Want to get paid faster?

If you use ship tracking via these integrated shipping providers, funds from orders are reserved for 7 days after the actual delivery date of each order. Because actual delivery date is often sooner than the latest estimated delivery date, funds become available faster.

In the example below, assume that you sell a book on January 1 and the actual delivery date is January 6.

If your account is in good standing, you can transfer Available Balance funds by clicking on the Request transfer button on the Payments report, which allows the funds to be disbursed once every 24 hours. In the above example, the funds will be disbursed on January 14. You will not see this option if you have transitioned to a delivery date payment schedule because of a performance review.

To speed up your payments, you can also:

• Be quick to ship your items, and confirm shipments in Manage Orders.
• Provide valid tracking numbers when confirming shipments. This gives buyers peace of mind, knowing that their parcel is on the way.