Send to FBA warehouse
Hello,
Does anyone have experienced in Send to FBA to the warehouse address which far away from your storage. I am in Sacramento, and the assigned address mostly to NJ, which cost a lot of money. Any other way to make the shipment to the preferred warehouse, or if I send to different warehouse address, what Amazon will charge for the different assigned warehouse shipment? Thank you
Send to FBA warehouse
Hello,
Does anyone have experienced in Send to FBA to the warehouse address which far away from your storage. I am in Sacramento, and the assigned address mostly to NJ, which cost a lot of money. Any other way to make the shipment to the preferred warehouse, or if I send to different warehouse address, what Amazon will charge for the different assigned warehouse shipment? Thank you
3 replies
Seller_kIukTwdhvntAp
There are literally dozens of posts about this issue. Do a search for all of them.
Some sellers have literally spent HOURS trying to find the best way to ship LTL deliveries to Amazon to find ways to save money.
One of the 'joys' of doing FBA is that THEY decide what they want/need in whatever location and they have you ship it there.
That is so that THEIR customers can get things faster and make THEM look good.
If you ship multiple boxes they can/will make you split shipments. There was one recent thread where the seller had to ship to three locations. They were using the ‘placement service’ and said ‘This dramatically increase cost. For me it cost of sending same shipment went from $300 to $1500. ‘
My solution has been (and until I am in a nursing home and can't ship things any longer) to sell FBM. I don't trust Warehouse Wally and their automated forklifts to not run over my stuff.
I pack and ship things better than they do anyway. My last several shipments came in plastic bags. One was the package of socks as sold in stores with just the shipping label stuck on it. At least the mail man didn't laugh at my choices. I'm considering buying some thongs just to get a chuckle out of him.
Unless you simply HAVE to do FBA you will continue having these issues and they will most likely get worse as they 'fine tune' where your items need to go.
Danny_Amazon
Hi @Seller_AqC6iebi4MlQx
Thanks for this post, and be welcome here in the seller forums!
After you create a shipment with FBA, the FC address should auto-populate, generally to a Fulfillment Center closer to your address whenever possible.
If this is one of your first FBA shipments, I'd recommend reading these resources closely before sending product in:
I hope this helps, but do let me know if you have other questions on the topic.
