FBA stands for Fulfillment by Amazon, In Chinese it is called the Amazon logistics. It is one-stop logistics service including warehousing, picking packing, delivery, payment, customer service and returns processing provided by Amazon. There are lots of Amazon sellers imports goods from Alibaba or Aliexpress and sell on Amazon platform via Amazon FBA. We’d like to divide into 3 parts to share the tips how to ship goods from China to Amazon FBA warehouse.
The advantages and disadvantages of Amazon FBA
Procedures and tips how to ship goods from China to Amazon FBA
Operation steps on how to ship goods from China Amazon FBA
The pros and cons of Amazon FBA
Amazon FBA Pros:
1. Improve the Amazon ranking as featured sellers, increase customer confidence and increase sales;
2. Rich experience in logistics, warehouses all over the world, intelligent management (in 2012 Amazon acquired robot maker Kiva Systems);
3. Fast delivery (mostly warehouse close to the airport);
4. Amazon professional customer service;
5. Erase negative comments caused by the logistics;
6. Price more than 300 USD products exempt from all FBA logistics costs.
Amazon FBA Cons:
1. The general cost slightly higher than domestic shipments, but also depends on the weight of the product (in particular third-party platform FBA delivery);
2. Inflexible (flaws for all overseas warehousing, but other third-party warehouse overseas still have specialized Chinese customer service to deal with some issues, Amazon FBA can be used only in English to communicate with customers, and the e-mail reply less timely like the third party warehousing);
3. If preliminary work is not done, the label scanning issues will affect the storage of goods, and even unable to enter the warehouse;
4. The return address can only be the United States.
Procedures and tips how to ship goods from China to Amazon FBA
When the goods shipping from China to Amazon FBA warehouse, the recipient company is AMAZON (Amazon) or the US FBA. Because Amazon is an e-commerce company, it is not really the ultimate recipients, it does not assist in handling cargo customs clearance and payment of taxes as well as other issues, so Amazon warehousing services in addition to recipients other than the Amazon, overseas seller also need a forwarder shipping agent or customs clearance, otherwise the Amazon goods may be returned, resulting in high shipping costs.
It embodied in the invoice: AMAZON as SHIP TO, and forwarder shipping agent as SOLD TO. Please note clearly marked SHIP TO to avoid mistakes. The mainly issues shipping goods from China are the customs tax fee and customs clearance. In order to avoid problems within shipment, the sender should process shipments via the following requirements.
1. Before goods shipping from China, Amazon sellers should contact Chinese freight forwarders with the customs clearance as well as matters relating to the receipt, ensure custom clearance being proceeded smoothly once the goods arrived local customs;
2. Shipping invoice must indicate the real importer (buyer or customs clearance agent) company name, address, specific contacts, contact information (telephone, mobile phone and e-mail);
3. Since AMAZON does not offer any custom clearance and tariff prepaid services, in order to avoid the goods retention problems caused by tariff, please confirm the customs fee with forwarder shipping agent and pay tariffs in advance.
4. Amazon sellers and forwarder shipping agent should coordinate the shipment receipt issue as soon as possible to confirm whether the goods arrived warehouse and delivered in order to avoid leakage of closing the goods.
During goods shipping from China to Amazon FBA warehouse, certain things Amazon sellers need to pay attention:
After Amazon FBA shipment order created:
1. Check each product and the correspond printed product bar code one by one;
2. Check whether the number of products are the same with numbers on Amazon background;
3. Use barcode label printer print corresponding dimensions the same size on background (Try not to print bar code with thermal paper);
4. Print packing list: Download PDF format from Amazon dashboard and stick the label at the upper left corner of the outer box;
5. Select international courier service that offers tracking numbers;
Precautions:
1. Do not print product or packaging labels with inkjet printer;
2. Do not stick to the package label on the interface may damage during shipping, which will affect the scanning;
3. Do not allow goods package weight more than 30kg, otherwise they will be labeled overweight label;
4. Do not merge product packages on different waybills, the number of goods must be consistent with quantities in the invoice;
5. Good shipping quantities cannot exceed the one filled on Amazon;
6. The shipping package should not contain previous delivery invoice, it is easy to confuse.
Operation steps on how to ship goods from China Amazon FBA
1. Open Amazon seller dashboard, click inventory;
2. Click ManageFBAInventory enter inventory management interface;
3. The goods delivery proprty is on the top: AllInventoryView, InventoryAmazonFulfillsFBA, ShippingQueue;
4. For single listing convert delivery property click ChangetoFulfilledbyAmazon under Action button; For multiple listings convert delivery property click ChangetoFulfilledbyAmazon under action button;
5. Single commodity shipments convert to FBA;
6. Select and confirm AcceptLableService, select and confirm AcceptStickerlessCommingledInventory and click convert only to confirm good delivery property.
7. Amazon FBA inventory page presentation;
8. Select the appropriate operation iunder the drop-down menu ApplytoISelectedItem;
9. Include Archived Items: show hidden FBA Goods; Show ASIN / FNSKU: Display ASIN / FNSKU;
10. The first step delivery goods to FBA: select Send / Replenish Inventory, check the merchandise will be shipped;
11. The second step delivery goods to FBA:
(1) Select Createanewshippingplan (to create a new delivery);
(2) Automatically generated shipping address, change the shipping address and click Shipfromanotheraddress;
(3) Product packaging select Individualproducts (packaged separately) or Case-packeditems (conton pack);
(4) Click Continuetoshippingplan to continue;
(5) Filled with “*” are required items on the shipping address, fill out and click Shipfromthisaddress;
12. The second step delivery goods to FBA: goods shiping from China to Amazon warehouse.
(1) Fill SetQuantity, fill in the quantity of goods shipped to the Amazon warehouse and merchandise length and breadth, click Save, fill in the number of items, click Continue;
(2) Go to PrepareProducts page, click on Continue, in Applytoall menu select a product category, click Continue;
(3) Go to LabelProducts page, select Seller (Merchant) or Amazon (Amazon) print labels or label printing mode, click Continue;
If you choose to Amazon to print labels, select IagreetotheTermsofService (I agree to the Terms of Service Amazon), click Save; after selecting Amazon, you’ll find self printing labels is not available.
(4) Go to ReviewShipment page, preview delivery confirmation, click Approveshipment agree delivery. Click Workonshipment for shipping operations.
(5) Go to page Prepareshipment:
A.Deliveryservice choose SPD shipped to Amazon by sellers;
B.Deliverylabel print box labels attached to the outside the package mailed to the Amazon warehouse. Click Completeshipment when finished.
(6) Go to Summary page, add tracking numbers;
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