Learn about the different prep services available for inventory you send to Amazon fulfilment centres and their associated fees.
You can use the FBA Prep Service to have Amazon properly package and prepare your products for fulfilment.
Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) has Packaging and prep requirements for products you ship to and store in Amazon fulfilment centres. Properly packaging and preparing units helps to reduce delays in receiving time, protect your products while in our fulfilment centres, and create a better customer experience.
Amazon will only package products in accordance with the prep category selected by the seller. Amazon will not perform services that are not included in prep category, such as packaging multiple items together as one set product. Even if you use FBA prep service, Amazon may receive the products without performing additional prep which you requested if Amazon determines additional prep is not required after checking an actual packaged product that arrived at FC. Failure to comply with the packaging requirements upon shipment may result in refusal of inventory at Amazon fulfilment centre, disposal or return of inventory at the seller's cost, or temporary suspension of creating new shipment function.
To enable the FBA Prep Service, follow these steps when creating your shipping plan:
Once you have enabled the FBA Prep Service, you can choose on the Prepare Products page of your shipping plan whether Amazon or you will prep each eligible product by following the steps below.
You can also choose who preps your products by default in your FBA settings page. Changing the default does not affect previously created shipments or any prep preferences you have defined for specific items.
For each eligible product listed on the Prepare Products page of the shipping workflow, in the Who preps? field select Amazon if you want Amazon to prep the product or Seller if you want to prep the product yourself. Amazon will be the default selection for products with prep guidance.
Products without prep guidance may still have packaging and prep requirements. For products without prep guidance, Choose category will appear in the Prep guidance column on the Prepare Products page. If you want Amazon to prep these products, follow these steps:
If you do not follow these steps or if you select Seller in the Who preps? column, you will be responsible for preparing these products.
* Refer to Prep Matrix for descriptions of prep categories and related prep activities. To learn more, refer to Packaging and Prep Requirements.
After determining who will prep the products, you can choose on the Label Product page of your shipping plan whether Amazon or you will apply labels to each unit.
You can also choose who labels your products by default in your FBA settings page. Changing the default does not affect previously created shipments or any label preferences you have defined for specific items.
For more information, refer to FBA Label Service.
Prep guidance | Standard-size (per unit) | Oversize (per unit) |
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Bagging | $0.95 | $1.34 |
Taping | $0.95 | $0.95 |
Bubble-wrapping | $0.95 | $1.34 |
Opaque bagging | $0.95 | $1.34 |
Per Unit Fee | Standard-size | Oversize | ||||
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Preparation category | Prep | Labelling | Total | Prep | Labelling | Total |
Fragile/Glass
|
$0.95 | $0.81 | $1.76 | $1.34 | $0.81 | $2.15 |
Liquids
|
$0.95 | $0.81* | $0.95 to $1.76 | $1.34 | $0.81* | $1.34 to $2.15 |
Apparel, Fabric, Plush, and Textiles
|
$0.95 | $0.81* | $0.95 to $1.76 | $1.34 | $0.81* | $1.34 to $2.15 |
Baby Products
|
$0.95 | $0.81* | $0.95 to $1.76 | $1.34 | $0.81* | $1.34 to $2.15 |
Sharp
|
$0.95 | $0.81 | $1.76 | $1.34 | $0.81 | $2.15 |
Small
|
$0.95 | $0.81* | $0.95 to $1.76 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Adult
|
$0.95 | $0.81 | $1.76 | $1.34 | $0.81 | $2.15 |
*Label Service Optional. All products must have a scannable label that will be visible after prep is complete.