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FBA Quick Start Guide
Getting Started with

Fulfillment by Amazon
Quick-Start Guide
The information contained in this document is a summary and is not all-inclusive of requirements for
sending a shipment to FBA. For additional prep requirements and more information, visit the FBA Help
section in your Seller Central account.
Contents
Setting Up Your Account for FBA.............................................................................................................................. 1

Assigning Inventory to FBA...................................................................................................................................... 1
Creating an FBA Shipment in your Seller Account.................................................................................................... 2
Package and Prepare Your Products........................................................................................................................ 3
Review Label Requirements.................................................................................................................................... 3
Print Product Labels................................................................................................................................................ 3
Label Your Products................................................................................................................................................. 4
Check Eligibility for Stickerless, Commingled Inventory........................................................................................... 5
Prepare Your Shipment............................................................................................................................................ 6
Label Your Shipment............................................................................................................................................... 6
Sending Your Shipment to Amazon.......................................................................................................................... 7
Inventory Storage and Delivery................................................................................................................................ 8
Getting Paid............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Appendix 1: Prep Matrix.......................................................................................................................................... 9
Appendix 2: Shipping Matrix - LTL & FTL............................................................................................................... 11
Appendix 2: Shipping Matrix - Small Parcel........................................................................................................... 12
Appendix 3: Shipment Checklist............................................................................................................................ 13
IMPORTANT: Failure to comply with FBA product preparation requirements, safety requirements, and product
restrictions may result in the immediate refusal of inventory at the Amazon fulfillment center, return or disposal of
inventory, blocking future shipments to the fulfillment center, or charging for unplanned services at the fulfillment
center. �
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Setting Up Your Account for FBA

You can add Fulfillment by Amazon to your Selling on Amazon account quickly and easily following these simple
steps:
1. Register your account for FBA by going to www.amazon.com/fba and clicking Get Started.
2. Select Add FBA to your account if you already have a Selling on Amazon account.
Assigning Inventory to FBA

1. Once you’ve registered, log in to your Seller Central
account and go to Inventory > Manage Inventory
2. Select products you would like to include as FBA 3

listings by checking the box next to them in the far left
column. 2
3. From the Actions pull-down menu, select Change to
Fulfilled by Amazon.
4. On the next page, click the Convert button.
Once you’ve converted your listings, follow the directions

below for creating your first shipment.
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Package and Prepare Your Products

Creating an FBA Shipment in your Seller Account
When your products arrive at our fulfillment center ready to be fulfilled, they are received and ready to go within 72 hours.
Note: Before you begin, take time to review the FBA Help page for Hazardous Materials, Dangerous Units, and If any products require additional prep upon receipt at the Amazon fulfillment center, they will experience a delay in
FBA Prohibited Products as well as the products that are prohibited for sale on Amazon.com. Certain products receiving and may be subject to charging for any unplanned services.
can be sold on the Amazon.com website, but cannot be shipped or stored by Fulfillment by Amazon.
You can also take advantage of FBA Prep Services to handle your eligible products. Learn more about FBA Prep Services.
1. Go to Inventory > Manage Inventory.
The FBA Prep Matrix, found at the end of this guide, can be used as a quick reference while packaging your units for FBA.
2. Select the boxes next to the SKUs you would like to
ship to Amazon.
3. From the Actions pull-down menu select Send/ 2 3 Review Label Requirements
Replenish Inventory.
Amazon’s receiving systems and catalogs are barcode-driven. Each unit you send to Amazon for fulfillment needs a
4. Provide your Ship From Address and indicate whether physical, scannable bar code (either a UPC, EAN, etc. or an Amazon product label that you can print from Seller Central)
you will be shipping individual or case-packed items. to enable storage at a fulfillment center.
At this point, you will enter the shipment creation
You can also use the FBA Label Service to label your eligible products. Learn more about the FBA Label Service.
workflow.
Listing Review: If we notice a potential issue with one

or more of your listings, we may notify you before you send your inventory to Amazon and provide instructions
for making needed adjustments. Potential issues might require that you enter additional information, such as
Print Product Labels
package dimensions or relist your product to align with the correct ASIN.
Print product labels from the shipping workflow within the individual shipment for which you are sending your
units (from the step titled Label Units). Amazon product labels are printed with the Fulfillment Network Stock-
Keeping Unit (FNSKU). For Labeled Inventory, the FNSKU begins with “X00-” and is unique to both your seller
account and the Amazon ASIN.
1. Enter the number of units you are shipping for each product and click Print Item labels. The shipping
workflow creates a PDF file that you can open with Adobe Acrobat Reader for printing or save as a file for
later use.
2. The product labels should be printed on a white label stock with a removable adhesive, so that they can be
easily scanned by Amazon’s associates and cleanly removed by the customer.
3. If your product needs prep, make sure that the barcode on the product label is scannable without opening or
unwrapping the product (or place the product label on the outside of the prepped product).
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Label Your Products Check Eligibility for Stickerless, Commingled Inventory

Place the product label over the original barcode, or on the outside of any prep (bagging or bubble The stickerless, commingled preference enables you to list and ship stickerless products for FBA if they meet
wrapping, etc.), if applicable. certain qualifications. This eliminates the need to label all the units you send to our fulfillment centers, since our
associates will scan the product’s physical barcode in order to receive it into inventory.
1. If the original barcode is on the curve or corner of the product,
place the product label perpendicularly over the original 1. Inspect your product to ensure that it has a physical barcode (UPC, EAN, ISBN, JAN, etc.).
barcode, along a smooth flat surface of the package.
–– If the product does not have a physical barcode, you must label it. You can print product labels from
2. If there are multiple barcodes present, make sure to cover the Inventory Amazon Fulfills page of your account. Select the products you need labels for, then select
those as well. The only scannable barcode should be the “Print Item Labels” from the drop-down menu. Product labels have a barcode and an FNSKU, which is
product label. the same as the Amazon ASIN for commingled inventory.
3. If possible, make sure that the product label can be scanned –– If the product does have a physical barcode, check your listing to verify that the physical UPC/EAN/
using an RF scanner. This FBA seller places the Amazon product label over the ISBN/JAN number corresponds to the ASIN you have listed on your shipment. If the physical barcode
product's original barcode.
number does not correspond to the ASIN listed on your shipment, contact Seller Support for assistance.
4. If your units are case-packed by the manufacturer, make sure
that each unit has a product label, and remove any barcodes from the case-pack carton. 2. If no physical barcode is present, print and place
a product label in an easily accessible location by
See Labeled Inventory for more information about barcode types, supported label sizes, printing
following the steps in Label Your Products.
recommendations, and instructions for printing your own barcodes through MWS. If you don’t want to apply
labels yourself, and have eligible products, you can sign up for the FBA Label Service. See Stickerless, Commingled Inventory for more
information about eligibility requirements for commingled
units, and how to set up your account for commingled
inventory if you choose.
This product (shown from all sides) does not have a physical, scannable
barcode and would require labeling before arriving at the fulfillment
center.

Prepare Your Shipment

Sending Your Shipment to Amazon
Shipping and routing requirements for all shipments
1. Mark your shipment as “shipped” in your Shipment Summary. Marking a shipment as “shipped” allows for
For quick access to the shipping and routing requirements while you are physically packing your shipment, use the FBA
easier management and tracking of progress of your Amazon-bound inventory.
Shipping Matrix found at the end of this guide.
2. Track your shipment in your Shipping Queue. For shipments with status “Shipped” or “In Transit”:
Visit Small Parcel Delivery to Amazon for requirements specific to Small Parcel deliveries, or LTL or Truck Load Delivery to
Amazon for requirements specific to Less than Truckload (LTL) or Full Truckload (FTL) deliveries. –– Small Parcel: Check your tracking numbers
When you create your first shipment, by default your shipments will be strategically sent to multiple fulfillment centers –– Less than truckload (LTL) or full truckload (FTL): Contact your carrier
using Distributed Inventory Placement, to better enable product availability at the customer’s preferred shipping speed.
By distributing to multiple fulfillment centers, delivery cut-off times for Amazon Prime and expedited shipping can be 3. For shipments with a “Delivered” status, allow 24 hours for the status to be updated before contacting your
extended by as much as three hours between east and west coast fulfillment centers. carrier to confirm the delivery location and receipt of signature.
Learn more abut FBA Inventory Placement Options. 4. When a shipment’s status changes to “Checked-in” it means at least a portion of the shipment arrived at
the fulfillment center but no Units from the shipment have been received. Once the fulfillment center begins
scanning barcodes and receiving the inventory, the status will change to “Receiving.”
5. Allow 3-5 days from when your shipment is delivered to the fulfillment center for your properly packaged
and prepped inventory to be received.
Label Your Shipment
Each box and pallet that you ship to Amazon must be properly identified with a shipment label.
1. Print shipment labels within the shipment creation workflow. If you have already created your shipment, you
can access the shipping workflow from the Shipping Queue.
2. Follow these guidelines for labeling your boxes:
–– Don’t place labels on corners or edges, or on a seam of the box where the label will get cut by a box
cutter.
–– Each box you include in the shipment must have its own label printed from your Shipping Queue.
–– Each pallet you send needs four labels, one in the top center of each side.
For more information, visit the Shipment Labels FBA help section in your Seller Central account.

Quick Reference Guide
FBA Quick Start Guide Appendix 1: Prep Matrix
Inventory Storage and Delivery Category Is the Product... Examples Materials Prep Guidance
Fragile/Glass … glass or otherwise • Bubble wrap Place or wrap the Unit in protective
• Amazon catalogs and stores your products in our ready-to-ship inventory. fragile?
• Over box
bubble wrap or a protective over
box. The Unit must be able to pass a
• Scannable product drop test on a hard surface without
–– Amazon receives and scans your inventory. Glass, china, picture frames, clocks,
label breaking. Make sure the barcode
mirrors is scannable without opening or
unwrapping the Unit.
–– We record Unit dimensions for storage.
Liquids … a liquid without a double • Bags (for liquids Tighten the lid, then place the Unit in
• When customers order your FBA products, we pick your products from inventory and pack them for delivery. (For liquids in glass seal? with more than a transparent bag with a suffocation
see Fragile/Glass 16 oz. or those warning to protect from leakage (or
above) without double apply other appropriate second seal)
seal) and seal the bag. Make sure the
Soap, spray bottles, lotion
barcode is scannable without opening
• Scannable product or unwrapping the Unit.
label
Getting Paid
Perforated ... in packaging with • Bag If the unit does not pass a drop test,
Packaging perforated opening? place the unit in a transparent bag with
You can review the status of orders placed on Amazon.com using the Manage Orders page in your Seller Central • Scannable product a suffocation warning and seal the bag.
label Make sure the barcode is scannable
account. There are two indicators for the status of each order customers place for your products on the Amazon.com without opening or unwrapping the unit.
website. An order can be Pending or Payment Complete. Chocolate boxes, candy displays
Apparel, Fabric, … made of cloth or fabric • Bag Place the Unit in a transparent bag with
• Orders can be in Pending status for a variety of reasons. See FBA Order Status for more information. Plush, and Textiles which can be damaged a suffocation warning and seal the bag
by dirt, dust, moisture or • Scannable product to protect it from damage or dust. Make
label
• Payment Complete indicates that the product has been paid for by the customer. liquid? sure the barcode is scannable without
opening or unwrapping the Unit.
You can determine whether you have been paid or not by going to Reports > Payments and searching for the order Purses, towels, clothing, plush toys
transaction. Toys and Baby … for a child three years • Bag Place the Unit in a transparent bag with
Products old or younger? a suffocation warning and seal the bag
• Scannable product
For additional questions, contact Seller Support through the link at the bottom of any page in your Seller Central Does the packaging have
label
to protect it from damage or dust. Make
cutouts greater than 1 inch sure the barcode is scannable without
account. square? Teething rings, bibs, exposed
toys (cutouts)
Powders, Pellets, ... made of or containing • Bag If the unit does not pass a drop test,
and Granular powders, pellets or granular place the unit in a transparent bag with
materials? • Scannable product a suffocation warning and seal the bag.
label Make sure the barcode is scannable
without opening or unwrapping the unit.
Facial powder, sugar, powdered detergents
Matrix continues on other side.
Note: The information contained in this document is a summary, and is not all-inclusive of the prep required for specific products types. For additional
prep requirements and more information, visit the FBA Help Manual section on Packaging and Prep Requirements.
Important: Failure to comply with FBA product preparation requirements, safety requirements, and product restrictions may result in the immediate
refusal of inventory at the Amazon fulfillment center, disposal or return of inventory, blocking of future shipments to the fulfillment center, or charging for
any unplanned services.
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Appendix 1: Prep Matrix
Prep Matrix ShippingMatrix
Appendix 2: Shipping Matrix:- LTL & FTL
Matrix continued from other side. Less than Truckload (LTL) and Full Truckload (FTL) Shipments
Category Is the Product... Examples Materials Prep Guidance Containers  Regular slotted carton (RSC)  200 lb./sq. inch (burst strength)
 B flute  Boxes should not be bundled together using
Sold as Set … a set that will be sold as • “Sold as Set” or Affix a “Sold as Set” or “Ready to Ship”
a single sellable Unit? “Ready to Ship” label to the set that is sealed (shrink-  ECT-32 bagging, taping, elastic, or extra straps.
sticker wrapped, bagged or boxed) to keep set Box dimensions  Boxes containing multiple Standard-Size units must not exceed 25 inches on any side
from being separated. Make sure the
Encyclopedia set, multi-packs of food • Scannable product
label
barcode is scannable without opening Box contents  One shipment ID
or unwrapping the Unit.
 Check for matching:
– Merchant SKU
Sharp … a product with a sharp • Bubble wrap Place or wrap the Unit in protective – FNSKU
or pointed edge that, when and over box (if bubble wrap or a protective over box,
exposed, presents a safety bubble wrap is not so that the packaging completely – Condition
hazard? sufficient) covers any exposed edges. Make sure – Quantity
Scissors, tools, metal raw materials
the barcode is scannable without – Packing option (individual or case)
• Scannable product opening or unwrapping the Unit.
label
Box weight  Less than or equal to 50 lb., unless containing a single unit that exceeds 50 lb.
Small …small, where the longest • Bag Place the Unit in a transparent bag with
 Jewelry/Watches: Less than or equal to 40 lb.
side is less than 2-1/8 a suffocation warning and seal the bag.  A box containing a single Oversize Unit greater than 50 lb. requires “Team Lift” labels on the
inches (the width of a credit
label
Make sure the barcode is scannable top and sides.
card)? without opening or unwrapping the Unit.
Jewelry, key chains, flash drives
 A box containing a single Oversize Unit greater than 100 lb. requires “Mech. Lift” labels on the
top and sides.
Adult … potentially offensive or • Products that contain • Black shrink-wrap Place the Unit in a black or opaque Dunnage  Foam
does it contain material such pictures of live, nude or bags bag with a suffocation warning and
as profanity or nudity? models. seal the bag. Make sure the barcode  Air pillows
• Scannable product is scannable without opening or  Full sheets of paper
• Packaging that lists label unwrapping the Unit.
obscene/profane Shipment labels  Labels must contain:  Four labels per pallet
messaging.
– Shipment ID  Place labels centered on each side
See Packaging Adult
Products for examples. – Scannable barcode
– Ship-from address
– Ship-to address
Bags and Suffocation Warnings Pallet  Wooden, 40 inches x 48 inches,  Do not overhang pallet by more than 1 inch
requirements 4-way across  Use clear stretch-wrap
Examples Requirements Prep Guidance  GMA Standard Grade B or higher  Shipment labels on all 4 sides
• Suffocation warning For products that are placed in plastic bags with openings  One shipment ID per pallet
greater than 5 inches, use bags that have a suffocation Pallet weight  Less than or equal to 1,500 lb.
• Scannable Product Label warning printed on them. Make sure the barcode is scannable
• Self-adhesive, if possible without opening or unwrapping the Unit. The bag must be at Pallet height  Less than or equal to 72 inches
least 1.5 mils thick.
• “Ready to ship” label Case-packed  All units in a box will have matching Merchant SKU and condition and will have been previously
• Bag must be at least 1.5 boxes packaged together by the manufacturer.
mils thick  All boxes with the same product will contain equal quantities of the product in each box.
 Any scannable barcodes on the case must be removed or covered. Only the units in the case
can have scannable barcodes.
 A manufacturer or distributor may package more than one case-pack into a larger box called
a master carton. Master cartons do not qualify as a case-pack and must be split at the
Note: The information contained in this document is a summary, and is not all-inclusive of the prep required for specific products types. For additional
appropriate case-pack level.
Note: The information contained in this document is a summary and is not all-inclusive of requirements for specific shipments. For additional
Important: Failure to comply with FBA product preparation requirements, safety requirements, and product restrictions may result in the immediate requirements and more information, visit the FBA Help Manual section on Shipping and Routing Requirements.
any unplanned services. Important: Failure to comply with FBA product preparation requirements, safety requirements, and product restrictions may result in the immediate
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Appendix 2: Shipping
ShippingMatrix
Matrix:- Small Parcel Appendix 3: Shipment Checklist
Prep Matrix
Small Parcel Shipment Requirements Category Is the Product... Examples Materials Prep Guidance
Containers  Regular slotted carton (RSC)  200 lb./sq. inch (burst strength) Fragile/Glass … glass or otherwise • Bubble wrap Place or wrap the Unit in protective
 Boxes should not be bundled together using bagging, fragile? bubble wrap or a protective over
 B flute • Over box box. The Unit must be able to pass a
 ECT-32 taping, elastic, or extra straps. • Scannable product drop test on a hard surface without
Glass, china, picture frames, clocks,
label breaking. Make sure the barcode
Box dimensions  Boxes containing multiple Standard-Size units must not exceed 25 inches on any side mirrors is scannable without opening or
unwrapping the Unit.
Box contents  One shipment ID
 Check for matching: Liquids … a liquid without a double • Bags (for liquids Tighten the lid, then place the Unit in
– Merchant SKU (For liquids in glass seal? with more than a transparent bag with a suffocation
see Fragile/Glass 16 oz. or those warning to protect from leakage (or
– FNSKU above) without double apply other appropriate second seal)
– Condition seal) and seal the bag. Make sure the
– Quantity Soap, spray bottles, lotion
barcode is scannable without opening
• Scannable product or unwrapping the Unit.
– Packing option (individual or case) label
Box weight  Less than or equal to 50 lb., unless containing a single unit that exceeds 50 lb.
 Jewelry/Watches: Less than or equal to 40 lb. Perforated ... in packaging with • Bag If the unit does not pass a drop test,
 A box containing a single Oversize Unit greater than 50 lb. requires “Team Lift” labels on the Packaging perforated opening? place the unit in a transparent bag with
• Scannable product a suffocation warning and seal the bag.
top and sides. label Make sure the barcode is scannable
 A box containing a single Oversize Unit greater than 100 lb. requires “Mech. Lift” labels on the without opening or unwrapping the unit.
Chocolate boxes, candy displays
top and sides.
Dunnage  Foam Apparel, Fabric, … made of cloth or fabric • Bag Place the Unit in a transparent bag with
 Air pillows Plush, and Textiles which can be damaged a suffocation warning and seal the bag
by dirt, dust, moisture or • Scannable product to protect it from damage or dust. Make
 Full sheets of paper liquid? label sure the barcode is scannable without
Shipment labels  One label per box
Purses, towels, clothing, plush toys
 Place labels:
– 1.25 inches from the edge Toys and Baby … for a child three years • Bag Place the Unit in a transparent bag with
– On the side of the box Products old or younger?
a suffocation warning and seal the bag
Does the packaging have to protect it from damage or dust. Make
– On a flat surface of the box (not over a seam, edge, or corner) cutouts greater than 1 inch label sure the barcode is scannable without
 Labels must contain: square? Teething rings, bibs, exposed
toys (cutouts)
– Shipment ID
– Scannable barcode Powders, Pellets, ... made of or containing • Bag If the unit does not pass a drop test,
– Ship-from address and Granular powders, pellets or granular
place the unit in a transparent bag with
materials? a suffocation warning and seal the bag.
– Ship-to address label Make sure the barcode is scannable
Case-packed  All units in a box will have matching Merchant SKU and condition and will have been previously without opening or unwrapping the unit.
Facial powder, sugar, powdered detergents
boxes packaged together by the manufacturer. Matrix continues on other side.
 All boxes with the same product will contain equal quantities of the product in each box.
 Any scannable barcodes on the case must be removed or covered. Only the units in the case
can have scannable barcodes.
 A manufacturer or distributor may package more than one case-pack into a larger box called
a master carton. Master cartons do not qualify as a case-pack and must be split at the
appropriate case-pack level. Note: The information contained in this document is a summary, and is not all-inclusive of the prep required for specific products types. For additional
Note: The information contained in this document is a summary and is not all-inclusive of requirements for specific shipments. For additional
requirements and more information, visit the FBA Help Manual section on Shipping and Routing Requirements. Important: Failure to comply with FBA product preparation requirements, safety requirements, and product restrictions may result in the immediate
Important: Failure to comply with FBA product preparation requirements, safety requirements, and product restrictions may result in the immediate any unplanned services.

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Getting Started with

Setting Up Your Account for FBA.............................................................................................................................. 1

Setting Up Your Account for FBA

Assigning Inventory to FBA

2. Select products you would like to include as FBA 3

4. On the next page, click the Convert button.

Once you’ve converted your listings, follow the directions

Package and Prepare Your Products

Listing Review: If we notice a potential issue with one

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Label Your Products Check Eligibility for Stickerless, Commingled Inventory

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Prepare Your Shipment

2. Follow these guidelines for labeling your boxes:

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