Amazon systems are barcode-driven. Each
product you send to a fulfillment center requires a barcode so that it can be tracked
throughout the fulfillment process.
Labeling your products is the third step in the six-step shipment creation
process:
The Labeling required tab
displays a list of all of the products in your shipping plan that require Amazon
barcodes. Click All
products to see a list of all of the products in your shipment.
Important: Products with eligible UPC or EAN barcodes that may also require an
Amazon barcode will not appear in this list. For example, if the UPC or EAN label is
obscured by bubble wrap, an Amazon barcode will still be required, but the product will
not appear in this list.
The Who labels column displays
information about who will affix Amazon barcodes to the products in your shipping
plan.
If Amazon appears in the Who labels column, you are
required to use the FBA Label Service, because you either signed up for the FBA Label
Service or selected Amazon in the Who preps column of the Prepare Products page. The
per-item label fee appears in the Label cost column.
Tip: To change your Who
preps selection, return to the Prepare Products page and
select Merchant
for the products that you want to prep and label yourself.
If Merchant appears in the Who labels column, you are
required to label your items yourself. To have Amazon label your products, select
Amazon in the
Who preps
drop-down list.
Tip: You cannot change your selection once you've approved your shipping plan. To change
your selection for approved shipments, you must delete the current shipping plan and
start again. To quickly re-create your shipping plan, go to your Shipping Queue and select Deleted/canceled. Then
click the shipping plan that you want to re-create and click
Duplicate on the bottom left on the Send/Replenish Inventory
page.
Print labels
After you have reviewed the
information on the Label
Products page and confirmed that it is correct, create your barcodes by
clicking Print labels for this
page.
In order to print quality
barcodes, make sure you:
Use the correct label stock for your
printer
Use a printer with a resolution of 300 DPI
or greater
Test, clean, and replace your printer heads
as needed
Periodically test the scannability of your
printed barcodes
To create your barcodes:
Select the label stock that you want to use
from the drop-down list.
Confirm the number of barcode labels that you want to print for each
product or change the number shown in the # of labels to print
column.
Click Print labels for this page. A PDF file
will be generated that you can open to print your labels immediately or save to print
the labels later.
Tip: You
can also print Amazon barcodes from the Manage Inventory page by selecting
the products in the left column and then selecting Print Item Labels from the
Action on Selected
Item(s) drop-down menu.
Label placement
When you're ready to affix
barcodes to your products, make sure:
How to Label Products for Fulfillment by Amazon (English only)
Tip: Before shipping products to an Amazon fulfillment center, confirm that
the product barcodes match the ASINs listed on your shipping plan. Amazon fulfillment
centers will not receive products with barcodes that do not correlate to the ASINs
listed on your shipping plan. If you frequently ship to multiple marketplaces, make sure
that the barcodes on your products are eligible for the marketplaces you are shipping
to.
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