The Marketplace Sellers Fix Kit
Built for Amazon FBA, eBay, Etsy and Walmart marketplace sellers.
A marketplace seller never touches the arithmetic — the platform computes the referral fee, the fulfillment fee, the storage charge, the reserve, and delivers a settlement report the seller either trusts or doesn't. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 7 leaks it covers
2 you can close it · 3 the other side owes it · 2 a pro decides
- Assuming no 1099-K means no tax owed on marketplace incomeWhere to look first: A 1099-K is a reporting form, not a tax bill. Your marketplace profit is taxable whether or not a 1099-K arrives. The federal 1099-K threshold is over $20,000 AND over 200 transactions (VERIFIED per IRS release IR-2025-107).Keep it from coming back: Download every platform's annual summary each January and keep your cost records monthly.You can close it
- Landed cost still priced on the old $800 de minimis exemption, now suspendedWhere to look first: The $800 duty-free exemption for small shipments was first suspended by presidential order in 2025, and CBP made the suspension indefinite for all ways of importing, including mail, on 24 June 2026 (VERIFIED, CBP interim final rules).Keep it from coming back: Rebuild landed cost whenever a tariff or import rule changes, and before every reorder.You can close it
- Platform fees on the settlement never checked against the current published fee scheduleWhere to look first: Download your latest settlement or payments report from each platform you sell on.Keep it from coming back: Spot-check ten orders against the published fee schedule every month and every time a fee change is announced.The other side owes it
- Account deactivation — held funds and no real 'fresh start' fallbackWhere to look first: If you are already deactivated: Read the notice for the reason and the appeal or funds-release steps and dates — the window to appeal for your funds is set by the platform's own policy, so check it the same day.Keep it from coming back: Keep your trademark, supplier records and one off-platform channel in place before you ever need them, and back up your records monthly.The other side owes it
- Cash gap between paying for inventory and receiving payout widens as sales growWhere to look first: From your own records, take your last few inventory orders. For each, note the date you paid the supplier.Keep it from coming back: Recalculate your cash gap before every large reorder, from your own payout dates.The other side owes it
- Product-liability insurance threshold in the seller agreement never checkedWhere to look first: Log in to your seller account and read the insurance section of the current Business Solutions Agreement (or your platform's seller agreement). Write down the trigger it sets and what coverage it asks for.Keep it from coming back: Check the seller agreement's insurance section every time it is updated and every quarter against your sales.A pro decides
- Self-employment tax not set aside because payouts are already 'net of fees'Where to look first: Nothing is owed back here — this is about not getting caught in April. Your payout is net of the platform's fees, but no tax was taken out. Marketplaces generally do not withhold income or self-employment tax from your payouts.Keep it from coming back: Move your tax share into a separate account the day each payment lands, and set calendar reminders two weeks before each estimated-tax date.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
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Assuming no 1099-K means no tax owed on marketplace income
You can close it- A 1099-K is a reporting form, not a tax bill. Your marketplace profit is taxable whether or not a 1099-K arrives. The federal 1099-K threshold is over $20,000 AND over 200 transactions (VERIFIED per IRS release IR-2025-107).
- Download each platform's annual sales or tax summary, even if no 1099-K came.
- Add your cost of goods, shipping, platform fees and supplies from your own records.
- Hand both to your tax preparer.
- If last year's return left marketplace income out, ask your preparer about amending — a preparer decides that part.
Your part: Give it to your preparer and file and pay yourself. Product: NEW: Expense Tracker.
Email to my tax preparer: Subject: Marketplace income — [YEAR] Hi [PREPARER NAME], I sell on [PLATFORMS]. For [YEAR], I [did / did not] receive a 1099-K. Attached are each platform's annual sales summary and my records of cost of goods, shipping, fees and supplies. Please include this on my return, and let me know: 1. Whether anything from prior years needs to be corrected. 2. Whether I should be making estimated payments going forward. Thank you, [YOUR NAME]
Download every platform's annual summary each January and keep your cost records monthly.
What this kit can't decide for you: What to report, and any amendment, is the tax preparer's call. Some states set lower 1099-K thresholds than the federal one — not covered here; the preparer decides state reporting.
That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When Amazon, Walmart and eBay sellers go looking for answers, they search things like “ebay fees”, “ebay seller fees”, “amazon fba fees”, “etsy fees” and “amazon seller fees”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Are my marketplace fees right?
Check the fees on each settlement against the current published fee schedule. The kit shows how.
Do I owe tax without a 1099-K?
Yes, income is income. The kit flags it.
Is my landed cost still right after the de minimis change?
Landed cost priced on the old $800 exemption is out of date. The kit flags it.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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