With Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA), you send stock to Amazon’s fulfilment centres. Amazon stores, packs, ships and handles customer service and returns.
Benefits
- Prime badge eligibility, which can increase sales.
- Faster delivery.
- Less packing and shipping work for you.
Costs to plan for
- Fulfilment (pick, pack and weight handling) fees.
- Storage fees, higher for long-term stock.
- Inbound shipping to Amazon.
- Removal fees for unsold stock.
Check Amazon’s current fee schedule, then calculate profit with our profit calculator.
Sending stock
- Choose products to fulfil by Amazon in Seller Central.
- Create a shipment plan.
- Label units and boxes as instructed.
- Ship to the assigned fulfilment centre.
Common mistakes
- Sending too much slow-moving stock and paying storage.
- Incorrect labelling causing rejections.
- Running out of stock and losing ranking.
Plan inventory
Calculate when to restock with our reorder point calculator.
Read FBA vs Easy Ship vs Self Ship.
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