Beat Amazon’s ₹5 Marketplace Fee & Earn Extra Cashback

[jyothisthaliath]

As you all know, Amazon has quietly slipped in a ₹5 “Marketplace Fee” on almost every order—even for Prime members. For frequent shoppers, these micro-charges pile up.


Normal credit card purchase with fees 😢

I don't know if this trick has been shared here already, but there’s a smart way to skip the fee completely and boost your savings: pay with Amazon Pay balance.

🚫 How to Avoid the ₹5 Fee​

The trick is simple:

• Pay entirely with Amazon Pay balance (wallet or redeemed voucher) → No marketplace fee ✅

Tested and confirmed: if you use only wallet balance, the extra line for “Marketplace Fee” disappears—the order reflects just the product price.


Paying with Apay balance. No ₹5 fee applied ✅

🛠️ How to Do It​

1. Buy an Amazon voucher for yourself (digital delivery is instant).
2. Manually redeem the code to your Amazon Pay account.
3. At checkout, choose Amazon Pay balance for 100% payment.

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🎟️ Voucher Types (Choose Right)​

• Amazon Pay Gift Voucher → Adds balance to your wallet; usable on Amazon, bill payments, and partner apps.
• Amazon Shopping Voucher → Only for Amazon product purchases (not valid on bills or external merchants).

💳 Bonus: Credit Card Cashback​

Some credit cards give cashback on voucher purchases at Amazon:

• SBI Cashback Card → 5%
• HDFC Millennia Card → 5%

So you’re not just avoiding the ₹5 fee—you’re stacking rewards on top of it.

Don’t let sneaky fees chip away at your savings. Use Amazon Pay balance via vouchers, skip the marketplace fee, and double-dip with credit card rewards!

Edit: Some of you may already know this, but I thought I'll make one post for the benefit of larger audience.

Don't forget to hit Like 😎

 

[panu24]

This is known thing. Very well known to those who use AGC more to purchase things on Amazon.

 

[jyothisthaliath]

This is known thing. Very well known to those who use AGC more to purchase things on Amazon.

Correct. But I checked with some friends today who are also CC nerds. They didn't know this and were paying the fees 😢 I checked the forum before posting this, there was no such thread already. So I thought of helping out some fellow shoppers 🙏🏻

 

[panu24]

Correct. But I checked with some friends today who are also CC nerds. They didn't know this and were paying the fees 😢 I checked the forum before posting this, there was no such thread already. So I thought of helping out some fellow shoppers 🙏🏻

There is a reason for not sharing such things much here. But anyway I don't want to start any debate similar to what happening in few other threads. Good luck.

 

[panchabhut]

This has been shared a long time back. The main reason why spending on Amz CC has come down overall. However, some cashback offers do not work if paid via Amz pay bal. So it is a trade off.

 

[jyothisthaliath]

some cashback offers do not work if paid via Amz pay bal. So it is a trade off.

Damn. That is just bad 😭 so the good days are over huh

 

[rahulj87]

Have been doing this for more than 2 months.

 

[amitamit is verified member.]

dont know when I last used any CC/DC to purchase anything on amazon, its always GVs. 😎

 

[tachniki]

Enjoy till it lasts. This must be a miss. 😁

 

[safetorpedo2]

Please delete this thread 🙂

 

[bing1309]

No longer working on my account for some items no fee but some items fee in pay balance or vouchers

 

[tachniki]

No longer working on my account for some items no fee but some items fee in pay balance or vouchers

So, now we know amazon follows