Editing quantities on an Amazon plan

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Short answer

Once you've approved a shipping plan, Amazon lets you adjust each SKU's quantity only within a small margin without fees — up to 5% of the SKU's quantity, or 6 units, whichever is greater, above or below the original. Bigger changes mean creating a new shipment, and you can't add new SKUs to an existing plan.

What you can change fee-free

After a plan is approved, you can edit each Amazon SKU up or down by the greater of:

  • 5% of that SKU's original quantity, or

  • 6 units.

Stay within that band and Amazon won't charge you for the adjustment.

What requires a new shipment

  • Adding more units beyond the fee-free margin — you'll need to recreate the shipment as a new one.

  • Adding a new SKU — you can't add SKUs to an existing plan; that also means a new shipment.

Amazon's exact thresholds can change, so confirm the current limits in Seller Central or Amazon's Help Center before you rely on them.

Plan ahead to avoid rework

Because your approved quantities drive your carton labels and pallet counts, changing them late can knock those out of sync (see Amazon labeling and FNSKU requirements). Confirm your final counts and your packaging type (see Individual vs case-packed products) before approving the plan.

How this works at Prime Freight

If your quantities shift after a plan is approved, tell your operations team before the cargo is labeled or palletized — small in-band edits are fine, but a new shipment changes the FBA shipment IDs and labels we work from. If you're unsure how much to send now versus later, we can hold the balance in storage (see Amazon storage options) instead of forcing a plan change.

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