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You check your Seller Central balance and it’s lower than it should be for how much you’ve shipped. Nothing is wrong with your account \u2014 this is just how payouts work now. Amazon’s DD+7 payout delay, live for U.S. sellers since March 12, 2026, holds your funds seven days longer than the old schedule did, and if you’re also sitting on inventory that isn’t moving, you’re feeling the squeeze from both directions at once: cash coming in slower, and cash tied up in stock that isn’t selling either.<\/p>\n

Here’s what actually changed, why it hits harder if you’re carrying excess or slow-moving inventory, and what you can do about it that doesn’t involve just waiting it out.<\/p>\n

What the DD+7 payout delay actually changed<\/h2>\n

DD+7 stands for “delivery date plus seven” \u2014 officially Amazon calls it a Delivery Date Based Reserve. Instead of releasing your funds once an order ships or delivery is confirmed, Amazon now holds them in a reserve pool for seven calendar days after the customer’s confirmed delivery date before moving them into your available balance. Layer that on top of Amazon’s standard roughly two-week disbursement cycle, and FBA sellers are commonly looking at somewhere in the range of two to four weeks between an order going out and the money actually landing in a bank account. FBM sellers on slower shipping options can see it stretch even longer.<\/p>\n

The policy rolled out quietly to select accounts and European marketplaces earlier, then applied to all remaining North American third-party sellers on March 12, 2026. If your business has felt tighter since roughly that point and you couldn’t quite pin down why, this policy is very likely part of the answer. It isn’t a one-time hold, either \u2014 it applies to every order, every day, on an ongoing basis, so the extra week of lag doesn’t go away once you get used to it. It just becomes the new baseline you have to plan around.<\/p>\n

Why the DD+7 payout delay hits harder when you’re carrying excess inventory<\/h2>\n

A payout delay is annoying for any seller. It’s a genuine problem for a seller who already has money parked in stock that isn’t turning over. Every pallet of overstock, every batch of returns waiting on a decision, every SKU that missed its season is cash you’ve already spent, sitting on a shelf instead of in your account. DD+7 doesn’t just slow down your incoming revenue \u2014 it stretches the gap between spending money on inventory and getting any of it back, for every unit you do manage to sell.<\/p>\n

That compounds fast. Reorders get pushed back because the cash to fund them hasn’t shown up yet. Ad spend gets trimmed to conserve what’s on hand. Some sellers pull back on FBA replenishment altogether, which risks stockouts and lost Buy Box share on the SKUs that are actually working \u2014 the opposite of what you want heading into a season where sell-through matters most.<\/p>\n

What you can control right now<\/h2>\n

You can’t change Amazon’s disbursement schedule, and there’s no indication DD+7 is going away. But a few things are within your control while you adjust to it:<\/p>\n