trying to ship to amazon facility without a carrier
When I go to onboard at carrier central it asks for MOT Number and USDOT Number. I dont have any. im trying to ship the boxes using my personal vehicle. I need to set up an appointment with amazon for delivery, but as of now I dont know how to do that without the carrier site. is there an email or phone number I can use? I did everything so far and it says the shipment has shipped, so all thats left is the carrier. I chose non partnered carrier because ill be acting as the carrier.
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Seller_y7W9ccUlauftE
Personal deliveries are not accepted at amazon FBA warehouses.
You need to be using a professional delivery company.
Seller_7LrAV0m5llaI7
You'll have to have incorporated a shipping company, become bonded and insured for your company, have a annual safety inspection on your vehicle, and upgrade your drivers license to commercial (which means doctor's physical), and get your National Safety Code number, and change your vehicle's insurance to commercial use.
Then your company will have to gain access to get delivery appointments at Amazon. Amazon may require it at any warehouse so be prepared to drive across the country if need be, and the appointment could be in the middle of the night.
I have only heard of a couple amazon sellers doing this, it only becomes worthwhile when you are an 8 figure seller or above.
JiAlex_Amazon
@Seller_aOXTkqsfMyAMH
Following up on your post. As mentioned by peer sellers (Thank you so much for your assistance) only carrier delivery companies are allowed to drop off shipments to FBA warehouses.
Here are some help paged related to this matter, that could provide you more information.
Shipping and routing requirements
Send to Amazon: Confirm carrier and pallet information
Send to Amazon: Delivery window
If you need assistance, don’t hesitate to reach out to our support channel.
Regards,
JiAlex
Seller_rV9pPNGDqQ9kP
I certainly understand you wanted to save shipping costs and having faster delivery.
However, are you willing to park your car in their lot, leave the key's and potentially leave it there for 1-2 weeks until they get through all the other delivery trailers first?
Amazon has their processes for a reason, efficiency, accuracy, accountability. Once you disrupt that it's like someone interrupting you while you are working on a tedious project.
Having said, that what's wrong with using amazon's partnered carrier, UPS?
I just shipped 5 decent size boxes for just $30 or so. That's very cheap.
Anyway, not meant to be sarcastic, hope it helps put things into perspective for you, ....
