FBA Reimbursement Calculator
Amazon loses and damages inventory every day. Estimate what a loss is worth in reimbursement, and see the profit gap the reimbursement never covers.
Your Lost or Damaged Inventory
Est. reimbursement
$200.00
Sourcing-cost basis
Net proceeds if sold
$556.79
After referral + FBA fees
Unrecovered profit
$356.79
The gap reimbursement never pays
Estimates assume Amazon's current policy of reimbursing pre-order fulfillment center losses at product sourcing cost. Retail value of this inventory: $749.75.
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How FBA Reimbursements Work
When Amazon loses or damages your inventory in a fulfillment center, you are entitled to a reimbursement. Under the policy Amazon rolled out in 2025, losses that happen before a customer order are reimbursed at your product's sourcing cost: the price you paid to manufacture or acquire the unit, excluding shipping, duties, and your margin. Amazon estimates that cost for you, and sellers with documentation can contest low estimates.
Two things make this a finance problem, not just an ops chore. First, the claim windows are short: most fulfillment center claims must be filed within 60 days, so an annual cleanup misses money that is already unrecoverable. Second, even a successful claim only returns your cost. The margin you would have earned on those units is gone, and if your books carry the inventory at landed cost while the reimbursement pays bare sourcing cost, the difference quietly distorts your P&L.
The sellers who recover the most treat reimbursements as a monthly reconciliation: compare what you shipped in, what Amazon says it holds, what was destroyed or returned, and what was paid out, then file on every gap with invoices attached.