Ensure your products arrive safely and quickly to an Amazon Fulfilment Centre by following these important requirements for shipping labels and packaging your inventory.
Once you decide what you are shipping to Amazon and determine the appropriate shipping method and carrier to use, it is time for labelling and packaging.
Download the manual, Packaging and Shipping Inventory to Amazon, or share with your distributor or supplier when they send directly to Amazon. Check back periodically for updated versions.
Each box and pallet you ship to an Amazon fulfilment centre, including units sent in a manufacturer box, must be properly identified with a unique box ID (see Example: Box ID label) and pallet label.
Follow these guidelines for labeling your boxes:
You can print shipment labels within the Shipment Creation Workflow. If you have already created your shipment, you can access your shipment from the Shipping Queue.
Box content information
When you provide box content information during the shipment creation workflow, each box ID label will contain the information for a specific box. To avoid delays in receiving your inventory at the fulfilment centre, make sure to put the correct label on the correct box. We recommend you verify that the SKU and number of units in each box match the SKU and number of units in the box content information you provided in the shipment creation workflow. To learn more, see Box content information for FBA shipments to Amazon.
Amazon Partnered Carrier
To do this, you must:
Within the shipping workflow is the option to take advantage of Amazon's discounted shipping rates through the Partnered Carrier Programme
Partnered Carrier: Small-Parcel
In the Select Carrier screen of the workflow, select Small Parcel Delivery as your shipping method and Amazon-Partnered Carrier as the SPD Carrier. After you click Save & Continue, enter the number of packages and the weight of each package.
The delivery workflow will provide an estimate for the delivery. If you accept the charges, your account will be billed for the cost of delivery.
After you have completed your shipment, give your box to your regularly scheduled UPS pickup driver or take the package to either a local UPS location or if you are located in Germany to a DHL pickup location.
If you decline the charges, you will be returned to the Select Carrier screen so you can select another carrier option.
Partnered Carrier: Pallet (Less than Truckload – LTL
In the Select Carrier screen of the workflow, select Less Than Truckload (LTL) as your shipping method and Amazon-Partnered Carrier as the LTL Carrier.
After you click Save & Continue, enter the number of packages and the weight of each package. Non-stackable pallets shipped to the UK warehouse must not exceed 120 x 100 x 180cm (l x w x h). Non-stackable pallets shipped to a warehouse outside of the UK must not exceed 120 x 80 x 180cm. We do not allow pallets to be stacked.
Then enter the enter pallet information for your shipment.
For Partnered Carrier LTL shipments, you will also be asked to enter your preferred shipment pickup date (‘freight ready date’). This can be any date in the next two weeks. Any shipments which you try and schedule for more than two weeks in advance will not be accepted. Also enter the declared value of shipment and confirm the primary contact person for the shipment.
The delivery workflow will provide an estimate for the delivery. If you accept the charges, your account will be billed for the cost of delivery.
The day before the shipment pickup, Amazon will send you an email confirming the details of your shipment. Separately, the assigned carrier will send an intro email to organise final details of your shipment pickup. Ensure you print the Amazon confirmation email and get the carrier to sign this when they collect your goods, as this can be used as a proof of pickup.
If you decline the charges, you will be returned to the Select Carrier screen so you can select another carrier option