Amazon Shipments – What You Want To Know

Thanks for coming again! In our earlier weblog, we went over how a freight forwarder may help with Amazon shipments. This weblog goes to cowl the particular necessities that Amazon has for his or her shipments & clarify the Amazon prep course of. We’re skilled dealing with these procedures and are right here to assist!

With Common Cargo as your accomplice, you’ll be able to belief that every cargo we put together will meet Amazon’s requirements. All we’d like from you is affirmation of the next:

• How will this be delivered?
  • Which FBA Warehouse(s) are we going to
    • Amazon will assign you the FBA warehouse(s)
  • What number of cartons to every location?
• The place is the Amazon Prep occurring?
  • Origin
    • Your shipper should apply the product labels to every particular person piece
    • The shipper must also use a field dimension permitted by Amazon (see beneath)
    • Some importers ask their provider to label the containers
      • We will double examine the labels to verify they had been utilized correctly
  • Vacation spot
  • Your Storage
    • Some folks need to deal with the palletizing and labeling all on their very own. That is acceptable, however please beware, it takes a number of work and have to be performed completely or Amazon will flip away your cargo.
• Would you want assist with the supply?
  • No – Use Amazon’s Home Trucking Portal
    • Amazon Reductions
    • You arrange the trucking by way of the portal
    • Select from listing of carriers with costs
    • Enter pickup location data
    • We offers you the pallet measurements
    • You ship measurements to the truckers
    • You ship the Invoice of Lading to the warehouse
    • You observe up with the trucker for pickup or supply standing
    • You may be the truckers level of contact for any issues or surprises
  • Sure – Common Cargo will deal with (really helpful)
    • Aggressive pricing
    • A lot much less work in your finish
    • Common Cargo can intervene if any issues or surprises pop up!
    • Much less likelihood for error
• The carton and pallet labels
  • Might be accessed from inside your Amazon account
  • We offer you the pallet dimensions and weight that you simply enter into Amazon’s web site to generate the labels

4 issues – that’s it! We deal with the whole lot else when you have got us assist from begin to end.

As soon as the cargo has arrived and been cleared, we are going to transfer the cargo to the warehouse, break down the pallet, apply (or double examine) the field labels, segregate the containers into totally different masses, palletize, shrink wrap, label the pallets, and ship the cargo!

Listed below are the necessities all Amazon shipments should meet:

• Cartons & Carton Labels
  • Most cartons can’t exceed 25” on any facet; lower than 50lbs
    • There’s a premium cost if chubby/oversize
  • Carton labels should comprise required Amazon data & specs
  • One label per carton
  • Labels can’t be positioned on a seam or field opening
  • Solely place labels on flat surfaces
• Pallets & Pallet Labels
  • Pallets have to be normal dimension 48”x40”x <72”; as much as 1500lbs
  • Pallets have to be in good situation
  • No cargo overhanging the sides
  • Pallets have to be shrink wrapped and securely stacked.
  • Pallets can’t be made out of weak materials (i.e. cardboard or particle board)
  • Pallets can’t be damaged
  • 5 labels per pallet (one on all sides & one on high)
  • Most Amazon shipments delivered by an LTL trucker (i.e., not UPS, USPS, or FedEx) have to be palletized
  • Particular Pallet Labels (as wanted)

• Supply
  • Appointment Supply
  • No Basic Public Deliveries
    • i.e., you’ll be able to’t ship the cargo your self
  • Service have to be registered with Amazon

As you’ll be able to see, a number of work is required to organize a cargo for Amazon. A forgotten label, appointment mishap, or pallet violation has the potential to trigger a lack of lots of (if not 1000’s) of {dollars} and pointless delays.

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