You can set up automatic removals for your inventory at Amazon fulfillment centers. You can enable removals for unsellable inventory only, for inventory subject to long-term storage fees only, or for both types of inventory. For more information about the removal orders process, go to Remove inventory (overview).
For more information about inventory cleanup dates and long-term storage fees, go to Long-term storage fees.
Per-item removal fees apply. For more information, go to FBA removal order fees and FBA disposal order fees.
To preserve the customer promise, Amazon fulfills inventory based on its location to quickly deliver the order to the customer. We don't fulfill inventory in the order that it was received in our facilities. For more information, go to Expiration dates on FBA products.
Remove unsellable inventory automatically
When inventory in an Amazon fulfillment center is not in sellable
condition, its status changes to Unfulfillable and it is set
aside. If you do not create a removal order for your unsellable inventory within 30
days after Amazon notifies you of its required removal, it is likely to be
automatically disposed of. For more information, go to Required removals.
You can remove unsellable inventory at any time by submitting a removal order. For more information, go to Remove inventory from a fulfillment center.
You can also choose to have unsellable inventory refurbished,
liquidated, or returned to you automatically by enabling the service in your seller
account.
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Go to Automated
unfulfillable settings.
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Click Enable.
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Optionally select one or more of the following value-recovery services for unsellable inventory:
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Select one of the following required removal options:
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None (available only if you did not enable automated removals when you signed up for Refurbishment).
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Return to have unsellable inventory returned to you.
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Dispose to have unsellable inventory disposed of.
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If you selected Return or Dispose, select your preferred schedule:
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Weekly (on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 28th)
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Twice a month (on the 5th and 20th)
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Once a month (on the 1st)
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If you selected Return or Dispose, provide your preferred email address.
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If you selected Return, provide the address and phone
number for the delivery destination.
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Click Update.
Note:
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Immediate removal is available only if you choose
Dispose in the Automated unfulfillable
settings.
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If you select immediate removal, unsellable customer returns
will be disposed of immediately. Other unsellable units will be disposed of
on the weekly schedule (8th, 15th, 22nd, and 28th).
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Items that are immediately disposed of will be reported
in the FBA customer returns
report.
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Some items may not be eligible for immediate disposal. If you
use the FBA repackaging and refurbishment
services, we will evaluate customer returns, repackage eligible
items, and return them to sellable inventory. If an item is not eligible for
repackaging and sale, it will be disposed of on the weekly schedule. The
usual storage and removal fees will apply.
Remove aged inventory automatically
You can choose to have aging inventory removed through automated fulfillable inventory settings. Once enabled, we’ll return, liquidate, or dispose of fulfillable inventory that's been in a fulfillment center for more than 365 days, as well as units of ASINs that have not sold for six or more consecutive months and that have been in fulfillment centers for more than 180 days.
Important: Removal orders will be created one to two weeks after the inventory cleanup date. For more information about cleanup dates and fees, go to
long-term storage fees.
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On the Settings menu, select Fulfillment by Amazon.
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Locate Automated fulfillable inventory settings, and then click Edit.
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Enable Automated long-term storage removals settings, Automated removal of ASINs with no sale, or both.
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Select either Return or Dispose as your removal preference.
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If you select Return:
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In the Email address text box, enter your preferred email address.
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Provide the address and phone number for the delivery destination.
Note: To avoid errors when saving information in your seller account, the full name and address fields cannot be longer than 50 characters, and the return address must be a physical street address.
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Click Update.
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If you select Dispose:
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Optionally enable Liquidations to recover value from eligible units.
Note: Once enabled, you can exclude ASINs from liquidation by entering them as a comma-separated list.
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In the Email address text box, enter your preferred email address.
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Click Update.