Variable closing fee

- The next fee, the so called variable closing fee…is a little more complicated starting with its name.…The manner in which the variable closing fee…is charged has changed over the years,…and these days the term itself doesn't really mean much…beyond the fact that you'll be charge another fee.…How or if it gets charged depends on several things,…the type of product, whether you're…shipping for yourself or using FBA,…and whether you customize shipping charges,…or let Amazon charge its standard fee for shipping.…

First let's consider the product type.…Amazon splits products up into two classes…as far as the variable closing fee goes.…Media products, what Amazon often calls BMVD products,…and non-media products.…BMVD means books, music, videos, DVDs,…but the class is actually much broader…than that including Blue-rays,…computer software including computer games,…video games and even somewhat strangely video game consoles.…

We have two groups BMVD and everything else.…It's easy to figure out the…variable closing fee for BMVD products.…