It’s not a fee in the traditional sense. You pay a nominal fee, which is a fraction of the value of the item you are selling. The fee is the cost of the item to you, but it’s not the value of the item. The nominal fee doesn’t equal the value of the item to you.
I like to think that the reason we have this word “nominal” is because the concept of “fees” is a bit confusing. “What is a fee?” you say. In some ways, it is. It is a concept that is a bit counter-intuitive to most people.
Its a cost to you, and its not a cost to the seller. In this world, when you buy something from Amazon, it costs you nothing. You buy the item, Amazon places the item in your shopping cart, and you pay a nominal fee to Amazon. The seller is not charging you anything for the item, but Amazon is making a profit from the sale. Its the principle of the transaction that Amazon is making.
It is a fee that is charged to the seller. The seller is not charged anything, but the buyer or seller is charged a nominal fee to Amazon. Amazon is making a profit from the transaction.
Yes, yes, I know “nominal fee” is a bit of a misnomer. But it does illustrate the principle that Amazon is making a profit. It is a fee that is charged to the seller. Amazon is not charging you anything at all for this transaction. But if you buy the item, Amazon places the item in your shopping cart, and you pay a nominal fee to Amazon. It is the principle of the transaction that Amazon is making.
Amazon is making a profit from the transaction. Yes it is. However there is a reason that Amazon is charging a nominal fee into the transaction. This is because Amazon takes a small % of the purchase price from that dollar. You see, Amazon is not charging you a lot of money. Amazon is only charging you a nominal fee. A nominal fee is a lot more than Amazon will charge you.
This is how I see it: If you want Amazon to take a small of the purchase price, then they must make a profit from the transaction. It is the principle of the transaction that Amazon is making. Amazon is making a profit from the transaction. Yes it is. However there is a reason that Amazon is charging a nominal fee into the transaction. This is because Amazon takes a small of the purchase price from that dollar. You see, Amazon is not charging you a lot of money.
So if you wanted to know what Amazon’s nominal fee was, why don’t you go to Amazon’s website and see? It’s on the left.
The nominal fee is the Amazon fee. It is the price they are charging us in dollars for the purchase. Amazon is making money from the transaction. So even if you were to use their website and look up their nominal fee, Amazon is making a profit. The nominal fee will vary from website to website depending on the items they sell.
In this case, the nominal fee is the price that Amazon will charge us to buy a certain item. The nominal fee is the price they will charge us for a specific time period. The nominal fee is the price that Amazon will charge us for a certain quantity of a certain item. This is why we have a nominal fee on our Amazon orders.