There is a second set of buyers on the same listings, and switching them on is free

Amazon Business is an opt-in feature layer on your existing account, not a separate one. Reported figures: business buyers convert at three times the rate, order 74% more units, and return 42% less often.

Key takeaways

Amazon Business is an opt-in layer on your existing Seller Central account. Reporting is consistent that there is no separate subscription and no additional fee — standard referral fees apply.
Reported buyer behaviour: three times the conversion rate of consumer shoppers, 74% more units per transaction, and 42% fewer returns. These are vendor and agency figures without stated method.
Business pricing and quantity discounts are visible only to verified business accounts, so your consumer pricing is unaffected.
The Amazon Tax Exemption Program handles exemptions automatically at checkout — reporting states the seller receives the full product price with no sales tax collected.
The honest caveat: if you sell novelty gifts or highly personal items, reporting describes the B2B upside as minimal. This is a fit question, not a universal opportunity.

Most sellers know Amazon Business exists and assume it is a separate marketplace requiring separate work. Reporting is consistent that it is neither — it is a set of features on the account you already have, and enabling them is described as a thirty-minute job.

Whether it is worth thirty minutes depends entirely on what you sell.

01What it is

Amazon Business is Amazon’s business-to-business marketplace, launched in 2015, serving buyers with procurement workflows — purchase orders, tax exemptions, multi-user accounts and approval workflows.

For sellers it is a feature layer, not a second account. Reporting is unanimous: no separate account, no additional monthly fee, standard referral fees. A Professional selling plan is the only requirement.

Reported scale: over $35 billion in annualised gross sales as of late 2026, serving 8 million or more organisations including 97 of the Fortune 100.

Treat those three numbers carefully. They are published by a firm selling Amazon services, without a stated sample or method. The direction is plausible — procurement buyers are less impulsive, buy in quantity and return less — but the precision is not established.

The returns figure is the one worth most attention if it holds. Given what the returns guide covers about the processing fee and the Frequently Returned Item badge, a buyer segment that returns materially less is worth more than its order value suggests.

02The tools

Business pricing. A separate price visible only to verified business accounts. Reporting’s suggested starting point is 3% to 5% below your consumer price, or matching it where margin is tight. Your consumer pricing is unaffected, which is the feature that makes this low-risk — you are not discounting to everyone.

Quantity discounts. Tiered pricing that reduces the per-unit price as order quantity rises. A published example: 1–4 units at the business price, 5–9 at 5% off, 10+ at 10% off. Reporting describes this as the strongest lever on average order size.

Tax exemption (ATEP). Business buyers with exempt status — government, education, nonprofits, resellers — apply it at checkout. Reporting states Amazon collects no sales tax and the seller receives the full product price. Enrolment is described as free regardless of the buyer’s Business Prime tier. It also connects to the sales tax guide: this is Amazon handling exemption certificates that would otherwise be your administrative problem.

Business profile and certifications. Reporting names ISO 9001, small business, and women-, minority- and veteran-owned designations as displayable to business customers, and notes buyers can build procurement rules prioritising sellers with particular certifications. If you hold one, it is a filter you can appear in.

Enhanced documentation. CAD drawings, user guides, manufacturer and distributor part numbers, National Stock Numbers.

Category restrictions. Reporting notes offers can be restricted to businesses verified within a specific category — healthcare, for example — so a discount aimed at one buyer type is not visible to all.

B2B-exclusive advertising. Reporting states that since May 2025 Amazon supports Sponsored Products and Sponsored Brands campaigns showing only on the business marketplace, with early adopters reported at 219% more impressions, 156% more clicks and 120% more sales against mixed campaigns. Those are early-adopter figures from an agency source and should be read as such — but the structural point holds: a separate auction is usually a cheaper auction, which matters given the rising CPCs.

03Where it fits, and where it does not

Worth doing if you sell products businesses buy: office supplies, cleaning products, safety equipment, industrial goods, food service, medical, or anything bought in quantity. Also anything dual-purpose for consumer and business use.

Minimal upside if you sell novelty gifts or highly personal items. Reporting says this plainly, and it is worth taking at face value rather than enabling everything and hoping.

A note on the badge. Reporting describes an Amazon Business Seller designation awarded on performance thresholds — account health, on-time delivery and order defect rate — signalling reliability to procurement managers vetting suppliers. That is another reason the ODR guide matters commercially rather than only defensively.

04The setup

Reporting’s recommended starting point, which is deliberately small:

Enable Amazon Business in Seller Central
Pick 5 to 10 SKUs that fit business purchasing patterns — not the whole catalogue
Set business pricing 3% to 5% below consumer, or match it where margin is thin
Add one quantity discount tier — 10+ units at 5% off is the published example
Upload documentation you already have — user guides, spec sheets, certifications
Watch B2B Central for 30 days. If quote requests arrive, respond
Only then consider B2B-exclusive advertising

The margin caution. A quantity discount is a real discount, and the fee stack does not shrink with order size — referral and fulfilment fees are per unit regardless. Model the tiers against contribution per unit before setting them, particularly where a larger order also crosses a price band.

05What to do

Check the fit honestly before the setup. Would a procurement department buy this in quantity? If the answer is no, the thirty minutes is better spent elsewhere.

Start with 5 to 10 SKUs, not the catalogue.

Model the discount tiers on contribution per unit. Fees do not scale down with quantity.

Claim any certification you hold. It is a procurement filter and it costs nothing to declare.

Enrol in ATEP. It is free and it removes an administrative burden you would otherwise carry.

Give it 30 days before judging. B2B purchasing runs on approval cycles, not impulse, and reporting describes quote requests as the signal worth watching.

Frequently asked

Does Amazon Business cost extra?

No. Reporting is consistent that there is no separate subscription or enrolment fee. A Professional selling plan is required and standard referral fees apply.

Do I need a separate account?

No. It is an opt-in feature layer on your existing Seller Central account, not a separate marketplace account.

Will business pricing lower my consumer price?

No. Business pricing and quantity discounts are visible only to verified Amazon Business accounts. Your consumer pricing is unaffected.

How does tax exemption work?

Through the Amazon Tax Exemption Program. Exempt buyers apply their status at checkout, Amazon collects no sales tax, and reporting states the seller receives the full product price. Enrolment is free.

Is it worth it for every seller?

No. Reporting describes the upside as minimal for novelty gifts and highly personal items, and significant for products businesses buy in bulk — office supplies, cleaning products, safety equipment and similar.

Are the buyer behaviour figures reliable?

They come from agency sources without stated method — three times the conversion rate, 74% more units, 42% fewer returns. Treat them as indicative of direction rather than as measurements.

Sources

Published August 17, 2026 · last reviewed August 17, 2026. Marketplace fees and software pricing change often — verify anything material against the marketplace's own documentation before acting on it. Corrections: [email protected].

There is a second set of buyers on the same listings, and switching them on is free

Key takeaways

01What it is

02The tools

03Where it fits, and where it does not

04The setup

05What to do

Frequently asked

Sources

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There is a second set of buyers on the same listings, and switching them on is free

Key takeaways

01What it is

02The tools

03Where it fits, and where it does not

04The setup

05What to do

Frequently asked

Sources

Read next

We email you when a fee changes.Nothing else.

We email you when a fee changes.
Nothing else.