This page provides information about the first step to create a shipment with Send to Amazon, Choose inventory to send, including how to set up your workflow, add single-SKU boxes, individual units, and create case pack templates.
Watch our video on Introduction to Send to Amazon.
There are two ways to add the inventory that you want to send to fulfilment centres:
Add single-SKU boxes to a workflow
Single-SKU boxes, or case packs, contain one or more units of the same SKU. If the contents, weights and dimensions for your single-SKU boxes do not change frequently, we recommend that you create case pack templates for those SKUs.
Case pack templates let you save information about how your SKUs are packed, prepped and labelled. Once you have created a template, you can reuse it for future shipments, which can save you time when you replenish inventory. You can have up to three case-pack templates per SKU. You can edit a template by clicking on the Edit icon in the packing details column.
Create a case pack template
Once you have created a case-pack template for a SKU, enter the number of boxes that you want to send.
Add individual units to a workflow
If you are shipping mixed-SKU boxes (boxes that contain more than one SKU) or single-SKU boxes that change from shipment to shipment, follow the steps below:
When you are done, enter the number of units for each SKU that you want to send to Amazon.
FBA uses barcodes to identify and track an inventory throughout the fulfilment process. Each item you send to a fulfilment centre requires a barcode. For more information, refer to FBA product barcode requirements.
If your SKU requires Amazon barcodes (FNSKU labels) and you selected Seller as the labelling owner, click on Print SKU labels in the Information/Action column to print your unit labels, and then apply them.
You can also print your unit labels from View contents in each shipment card in Steps 2 to 5 of the workflow.
After you have added all the inventory that you want to send, you can review all the SKUs by clicking on the SKUs ready to send tab. After you verify the packaging, prep and labelling details, proceed to the next step by clicking on Confirm and continue.
All FBA SKUs displays all of your SKUs that have been converted to Fulfilled by Amazon for the marketplace destination you selected. SKUs ready to send lets you review just the SKUs you have selected to send to a fulfilment centre.
To edit a case-pack template, select the template in the Packing details column and click on the Edit icon next to it. This will open the template in edit mode. Be sure to save any changes you make to the template by clicking on Save. If you want to delete the template, click on Delete case-pack template.
You can create a maximum of three case-pack templates per SKU. If you would like to be able to create more templates per SKU, please share your feedback by clicking on Your feedback is important on the Send to Amazon page.
Currently, for each shipment that you create in Send to Amazon, you can use only one case-pack template per SKU. We are working to enable shipments with more than one case-pack configuration per SKU. Until then, select Individual units as your packing detail if you are shipping more than one packing configuration per SKU.