You can use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to send inventory to one of our fulfillment centers. When a customer places an order, Amazon packs/handles the stored inventory and ships it for you.
The benefits of using FBA include:
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the FBA fees and rate structure prior to ensure it is the right fit for you.
The Fulfillment by Amazon Revenue Calculator is a great resource for determining what your actual fulfillment costs will be and how that impacts your margin – the amount of money left-over after you have subtracted all of your costs (materials, time, shipment, taxes, and other overhead).
When you initially create your listings for your products, the default shipping option is Merchant Fulfilled. Switching to FBA requires that you make a change.
Proper preparation, packaging, and labeling can help ensure your products get transported safely and securely to the fulfillment center and made available quickly to customers. Prior to sending items to Amazon, you will need to ensure they are prepared correctly.
For additional information on the prep and packaging requirements for FBA, see Packaging and prep requirements and Shipping and routing requirements.
As hand-crafted products do not have a barcode attached to them, each product must be labeled individually with FBA Labels containing an Amazon barcode so that they can be received at Amazon’s Fulfillment Centers.
When you are ready to send inventory to Amazon, you begin by creating a shipping plan. A shipping plan specifies:
Specific details for creating a shipping plan can be found at Send/replenish inventory to Amazon.
Once your products are received at the fulfillment center, they are available for customers to buy. For more information, see How Amazon receives and stores your inventory and Manage FBA orders.
Replenishment Alerts: Amazon will alert you when remaining inventory falls below a threshold of your choosing. We suggest a duration of 4-8 weeks cover, which is likely to give you enough time to prepare/send inventory and have it received before items sell out.
Determining if Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is right for your business by using the FBA Revenue Calculator. This tool allows you to calculate your FBA fees by entering in the ASIN you are interested in enrolling. There are no inventory minimums, so you control which and how many items you enroll.
Yes, but modify the title so that the listing is not a duplicate. Send in the non-customizable SKU to FBA and your offer with customizations can remain in MFN.
Examples:
You list a personalized necklace with chain lengths offered in 12”, 18” and 22”. You could offer one, two, or all three sizes without personalization through FBA by creating a unique custom-disabled listing for each size. You could also create a separate merchant fulfilled listing that offers engraving in all the chain lengths.
You have multiple candles in five different color containers. You could have an FBA offer for your best-selling colors – green and blue and also an MFN listing with customization options offering all five colors.
Listings must be Custom Disabled with attributes such as size or color fixed to be eligible.
Refer Removal Process.