Do you have a product that you want to sell on Amazon and want to know how to ship it to their fulfillment centres?
If so, then keep reading, as this video blog will walk you through the steps of how to send a shipment to Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) and get started selling your product.
In order to send a shipment to Amazon FBA, you'll first need a few things:
- An active Amazon Seller Central account.
- Your products packaged in boxes and ready to be shipped to Amazon.
- Your Amazon product listing is set up to be sold through Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA).
If you'd like some more help with these items, then I'd encourage you to check out these other video blogs that explain more on those previous steps:
- How To Sell On Amazon FBA For Beginners
- How To Find A Product To Sell On Amazon
- How To Find Suppliers And Manufacturers
- How To Get Started Selling On Amazon
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The below video will walk you through the steps on how to send a shipment to Amazon FBA.
Watch the video below:
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Steps On How To Send A Shipment To Amazon FBA
The great thing about opting in for FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon), is that Amazon will handle all of the shipping for you. When you send your products to their fulfillment centres, then they'll store your product inventory in their warehouses and ship it automatically to your customers when they purchase your product. They handle all of that legwork for you!
The steps to sending a product shipment to Amazon is pretty simple. I recommend that you watch the video above to go through all of the steps visually, however, here's a summary below:
- In your Amazon Seller Central account, click on Inventory and then Manage Inventory.
- Select your Amazon product listing (you'll need to have it set up first) and then from the dropdown of actions, select Send/replenish inventory.
- Next, you'll want to Create a new shipping plan and add in the address of where you'll be shipping your product inventory from (usually your supplier). Then select the Packing type, whether it's individual products or case-packed products. Once complete, select Continue to shipping plan.
- On the next page, you'll provide the details of your boxes and how many units are in the boxes that you'll want to ship to Amazon. It's important that you follow Amazon's guidelines on packaging, which can be found on these links: Amazon Packaging and Prep Requirements and Amazon Shipping and Routing Requirements.It's important to follow these requirements, as they only allow a certain number of units per box, a certain amount of weight, box dimensions, etc… so it's important to know the details of your shipment to Amazon.
- Once you've added those details, continue ahead to where it asks for Labeling. It's important to understand that when having Amazon handle the fulfillment for you that your products require a specific barcode on it. This barcode allows Amazon to be organized and ensure it's shipping your product when someone orders it. On this page, you'll be able to decide whether you want to put on the labels yourself (Merchant) or have Amazon do that for you (they will take a fee for this). I personally have decided to print the barcodes directly onto my product packaging, to save money and time for this. This saves me money over the long-term, as Amazon will charge a fee to put on a sticker for each product. The only downside of doing it this way is that your product won't be able to be sold outside of Amazon.You're able to Print Labels on this page, which is the unique barcode that Amazon provides you to put on your product (or they can do it for you, as I mentioned earlier).
- On the next page, Amazon will then provide you with the shipping plan for your product inventory. They'll provide you with details such as the addresses warehouses to ship your product to and how many to send to each ones specifically. You'll then need to print out or send the shipping plan to your supplier to place on the boxes for your products. This will make it easy to ship directly to Amazon's fulfillment centres.
- Next, you just need to Approve Shipment and then you'll be provided with details of shipping and the price of shipping it. Amazon has certain freight carriers that they work with (such as UPS) and are able to get deals for you, however, you're free to use whichever option is best for you.
- Then have your supplier or yourself ship the product via the appropriate freight carrier and you're good to go!
That's it!
Now you just wait for your product shipment to arrive at Amazon's warehouses and they'll notify you of when they receive your product. Once Amazon receives your inventory, your products will then be available for sale on Amazon.
Again, for a more visual representation of these steps, I recommend to watch the video above that will explain in more detail how to send a shipment to Amazon FBA.
Once you've done this once, you should get the hang of it and it'll become much easier for future products that you want to ship to Amazon.
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