If you’re looking to sell products via Amazon’s FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) program, one of the most important aspects to consider is how to properly prep, pack, and label your shipments. Following Amazon’s packaging, labeling, and barcode requirements is crucial to ensuring your products are processed efficiently and accurately once they arrive at Amazon’s fulfillment center. Here are some tips on how to prep, pack, and label your Amazon FBA shipments:
1. Prepping Your Products:
Before sending your products to Amazon, it’s essential to properly prep them to ensure they arrive in good condition. This includes ensuring that all items are properly packaged to prevent damage during transit. Make sure to use sturdy boxes, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, or other protective materials to keep your products safe.
It’s also important to follow Amazon’s guidelines for prepping specific items. For example, products that could leak or spill should be properly sealed in plastic bags or shrink wrap to prevent any damage to other items in the shipment.
2. Packing Your Shipment:
When packing your shipment, make sure to follow Amazon’s guidelines for box sizes and weight limits. Use boxes that are sturdy and not too large or too heavy, as oversized or overweight boxes may incur additional fees.
Additionally, it’s important to properly label each box with the correct shipping information, including the ship-from address, the ship-to address, and any other required information. This will ensure that your shipment is processed quickly and accurately once it arrives at the fulfillment center.
3. Labeling Your Products:
Each product in your shipment must be properly labeled with an FBA barcode to ensure accurate tracking and fulfillment. Amazon requires that each product has a unique barcode that corresponds to the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) of the product.
You can either purchase pre-printed labels from Amazon or print your own labels using a barcode printer. Make sure to place the labels in a visible and easily scannable location on each product to ensure accurate tracking.
4. Applying Shipping Labels:
In addition to labeling your products with FBA barcodes, you’ll also need to apply shipping labels to each box in your shipment. These shipping labels contain information such as the shipment ID, box ID, weight, and other relevant details that Amazon uses to process your shipment.
Make sure to follow Amazon’s guidelines for applying shipping labels, including placing them on the top of the box, using clear tape to secure them, and ensuring they are easily readable.
In conclusion, properly prepping, packing, and labeling your Amazon FBA shipments is essential to ensuring smooth and efficient processing once they arrive at the fulfillment center. By following Amazon’s guidelines and requirements, you can avoid potential delays, fees, or other issues that may arise from improperly packaged or labeled shipments. So make sure to take the time to prep, pack, and label your shipments correctly to streamline the fulfillment process and keep your products moving quickly through Amazon’s distribution network.
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hello! Have an issue with labeling. The tracking labels(with company name/place and date of production) are missing both on the product and packaging. The goods are already shipped. Will that be an issue on customs too? Cause Amazon asks fotos of those for compliance(baby product). The Amazon barcodes are affixed.Would be grateful for any advices and suggestion!
@CrescentKao Is there anyway around the requirement for the Amazon label on each carton? If we are having the manufacturer ship a pallet of individual boxed items, can they just include one Amazon shipping label within the wrapped pallet of already individually boxed items?
Love the video! Thanks so much! Im selling books (not set). Doesnt look like i need to pack myself. Will amazon just put each book in a amazon box / bag and ship it, without me having to specify how they should pack it?
Can we send the items in "Zip Seal" poly bags instead of regular adhesive ones as long as we are sure that zip will not be undone automatically ?
For liquid will this be considered as frugal?
Are you saying we have to have a fnsku barcode on each unit we ship to Amazon? Where do we get this fnsku barcode to add to our private label products.
Hello Crescent, I created an account on Alibaba, I select that the manufacturer has Trade Assurance and is verified, but when I look at the list, I see that they are verified, how many years they have been in business, country, the number of diamonds, and only when I click on them and look at their page, it says that the purchase is made with Trade Assurance, is that normal?Thank you anticipated.
Kao, If I have T-shirts in different sizes, Can I ship them all in one carton? Of course, they will have different FNSKU. Individual.
Where is the link to the "how to create a shipping plan" video mentioned at 10:28? I don't see it in the description!
Hi , please can you advise if you charge for a consultation?
Hi about the barcodes I am selling a item with my gs1 barcode I have bought and placed over the manufacturers will this prevent my inventory from being co mingeled
Question regarding printing/accessing the FNSKU barcode in Amazon – Can we only print/access the amazon barcode once the product listing is live? I don't have the inventory for the product that I want to sell yet, so I haven't created the listing yet for that reason. However, I want to give my supplier the barcode pdf so that they can put the barcode stickers on my product, so that when they ship it to me, its already done and I don't have to do it myself. How do you suggest we get the barcode before the listing is created? Or is there a way to create the listing and get the barcode without making the listing live?
Hello, wanted to know if you could answer a question for me. If I am selling an item that is a pack of 4, and it is boxed with ONLY those 4 items, do I need to put the fnsku on each individual item? I'm asking because its already boxed, and wanted to know if I could put the fnsku as well as the shipping label on the outside of the box prior to sending it Amazon without having to open up the box.
My packages come with my own Amazon approved UPC barcodes and these barcodes are already printed on the cartons. do I still need to print fnsku barcodes and paste them on the cartons? If so do I have to cover the UPC barcodes?.
How would you package up a Qty 4 . 24 crayola packs ?
Where would I print labels ?, I’m in Kitchener
Hey Crescent, great content as always. I have a little question, to start selling on amazon is it better to source products directly from Alibaba or is it better to work with a sourcing agent ? Thanks in advance !
As a first FBA seller, I got so many useful advices and tips from your video. Many thanks!
is always a pleasure to listen/learn from you. Thank you for making my life a little easier
One thing I think you forgot to mention is how the labeling works when you are shipping LTL instead of SPD, do your master cartons need the amazon FBA box ID and you just place the carrier shipping label on the 4 sides of the pallets?
Can I print "Sold as Set" or "Ready to Ship" directly on the poly bag along with suffocation label?
i don't have print label on my list
Thanks for the video can you tell me only that can i send pillow type products with vacuum packaging?
When I was setting up my account I clicked yes that I have upc codes was that the correct thing.would I be able still to print off the labels for the products?