# EP250: Amazon's 3.5% Surcharge: What Portfolio Builders Need to Know Now

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Podcast: [High Voltage Business Builders Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-voltage-business-builders-podcast-4550762)
Published: 2026-04-27T14:48:06+00:00
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Duration seconds: 455

## Resource

The High Voltage Business Builders Podcast delivers critical intelligence for portfolio operators. In this essential episode, we dissect Amazon's impactful 3.5% fuel and inflation surcharge, implemented May 1st, 2022, across all U.S. and Canadian FBA fulfillment fees. While seemingly minor, this strategic adjustment by Amazon is a direct response to unprecedented macroeconomic pressures, specifica

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