Shipping Queue Step-by-Step

Go to your shipping queue. Youll find it under the Inventory tab in Seller Central You see there that I have two shipments ready to send to Amazon. The shipment name that I used in Scan Power shows up here as well as the shipment ID. Were going to work on the second one first. I have 16 stuffed animals in one box.

On this page you can change/update quantities. Scan Power has all this information filled in for us. If you were listing manually through Seller Central, youd actually be setting quantities here. Since we use Scan Power, you would only use this page to fix mistakes. I usually just scan it and hit save and continue.

If you use Scan Power, you can just continue past this page. For people setti ng up their shipments manually, you can print your labels here on Avery 5160 labels. After you print your labels, you will need to apply them to your product. Be sure to cover the ISBN#, UPC code or any other barcode that could accidentally be read by the Amazon warehouse scanners.

On this page, choose your shipping carrier. Your best bet is to choose Amazons carrier with its heavily discounted rates. Unless you have a pallet, you will choose Small Parcel Delivery.

Next you print your packing slip. Put in the number of boxes you have here. This slip goes on the very top of your items so the warehouse scanners see it first when they open your box. Be careful to only use approved materials to pack your box like air pillows, foam, paper (no newspaper must be clean), bubble wrap, etc. The packing slip pops up on your screen and you print it. The number of packing slips you need depends on the number of boxes you have.

On this screen you key in details about your shipment. Any box with a dimension that is larger than 18 inches is considered oversized and will incur additional charges. The typical book box is 18X12X12 or smaller. This is the size

I use the most. I also have 20X20X20 boxes for bulky toys. When weighing your box, round to the closest pound. Dont put in ounces or fractions of pounds.

On this page, authorize Amazon to charge your account for the shipping. At this point it is an estimate based on the weight and box size you gave them. It will be confirmed and re-weighed before you are charged (so no point in cheating).

On this screen you will print off the labels for the box. If youve signed up for a free account with UPS as I recommend in the book, then you have free labels that feed into your printer. If you dont have your labels yet, you can print on regular paper and tape it carefully to each box. Notice Amazons specific directions on where to put your labels. Be sure they are not covering the box seams on the box. If you have multiple boxes in your shipment, be sure to carefully match the weight on the label with the box of the correct weight. You will use both labels on the page per box. Put one label on each side of the box seam. One label is for Amazon and one is for UPS.

The label is set up to print on your printer on portrait (not landscape) so dont mess with your printer settings.

On this screen, mark your boxes as shipped and youre done! This is your summary page. When you get the email from Amazon that theyve received your box, you can come back to this screen, click on the Box Summary tab and you can actually watch them process your box. The second something shows up as received it is also live on the Amazon site!