Sending to FBA
Hi!
We’re looking to do a big shipment of our best-selling product into FBA directly from China (about 83 boxes).
As we’ve never done it before - I wanted to check, is there a maximum boxes I can create an inbound FBA shipment for before I need to use the LTL (pallet option)?
I asked our supplier and they said it’s MORE expensive to ship the products on pallets, so we would prefer not to if possible.
Would really appreciate your help!
Tatjana
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I think the limit, is something like 500 boxes.
But I do think that your supplier is trying to pull the wool over your eyes as regards a pallet shipment.
I struggle to believe that it’s cheaper to send 80 boxes, rather than one or two pallets.
Maybe you need to look an alternative courier.
I don’t ship from China, but as an equivalent, I do ship multiple boxes into FBA.
For a box using UPS, it costs about £3, depending on size etc.
I can fit possibly 100 of those boxes on a pallet.
So to send them separately via UPS, it would cost about £300, whereas if it was on a pallet, it would be about £40.
Obviously a lot depends on box size/weight, but wherever it’s from, it’s virtually guaranteed to be cheaper on a pallet.
