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Amazon Seller Services turns PBIT-profitable as Amazon Now scales
Amazon Seller Services posted its first PBIT profit of Rs 172 crore in FY26 as income and margins improved. Amazon is simultaneously cutting seller fees and expanding Amazon Now’s quick-commerce network, increasing competition with Blinkit, Instamart, Zepto and Flipkart Minutes.
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The numbers
Figures from Financial Express,
| FY26 EBITDA: | Rs 3,640 crore, up 19% |
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| FY26 EBITDA margin: | 10.41%, up 37 bps |
| FY26 total income: | Rs 35,574 crore, up 15.5% |
| FY26 Stores revenue: | Rs 28,795 crore, up 12.6% |
Why it matters to operators and investors
Amazon’s shift to PBIT profitability alongside lower seller fees and rapid Amazon Now expansion signals a stronger, better-funded push to win merchants and quick-commerce demand.
What to watch next
- Amazon Now city count, active micro-fulfilment-centre count and evidence that centres are becoming denser rather than merely broader.
- Delivery-time promises, fulfilment reliability and cancellation/substitution rates in Amazon Now markets.
- Sequential growth in seller count, GMV, advertising revenue and take-rate following fee reductions.
- Whether FY27 EBITDA margin holds as rapid-delivery operating costs and network capex rise.
- Prime-member adoption and repeat-order frequency for Amazon Now.
The counter-case
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The ₹172 crore PBIT profit may be more symbolic than transformative: it is small relative to ₹3,640 crore EBITDA and could be fragile if fee cuts, rapid-delivery subsidies, fulfilment-centre depreciation and customer-acquisition spending rise together. Expanding Amazon Now to 100 cities and 1,000-plus micro-fulfilment centres risks importing the structurally low-margin, capital-intensive economics of quick commerce into Amazon’s marketplace model. It may also cannibalize higher-margin standard delivery orders without materially improving total customer spend or seller economics.
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