🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Join us on May 8th for a LIVE Q&A session with members of the Amazon FBA Team! We'll dive deep into Send to Amazon best practices, strategies for inventory management & prioritization, and any other FBA topic on your mind. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback directly to the Amazon FBA Team.

Whether you're new to FBA or a seasoned seller, this is your chance to:

• Get expert answers to your pressing FBA questions
• Share your experiences and learn from fellow sellers
• Provide direct feedback to the Amazon team

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We've compiled key resources on all things Shipments, Inventory Management & Prioritization for easy access.

1. 📋 Managing Your FBA Inventory - Seller University Module: Manage your Send to Amazon shipments: Learn how to effectively use tracking tools to monitor your shipments from creation to final delivery.

2. 📦 Packaging Requirements - Correctly and safely packaging your FBA shipments is a critical step in protecting your inventory throughout the fulfillment journey:

• Inventory that arrives to a fulfillment center without proper preparation or labeling may incur a preparation fee
• Inventory that arrives with non-compliant, unsafe packaging may be refused or disposed of with no eligibility for reimbursement
• Loose products must be contained within a single, secure package with a non-adhesive band or removable tape
• Footwear must be packaged where the shoe material isn’t exposed (needs to be in a shoe box or polybag with a suffocation warning)
• Amazon doesn’t accept units that require Amazon assembly
• Units sold as sets must be marked as sets on their packaging. For example “Sold as set” or “This is a set. Do not separate”
• All specific packaging requirement details can be found by navigating through the packaging requirements help page

3. 𝄃𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃𝄂𝄂𝄃 Barcode Requirements - Each of your units needs an exterior scannable barcode or label (which includes a scannable barcode and the corresponding human-readable numbers) that is easily accessible:

• Do not apply barcodes to a corner or curve that would prevent them from being scanned
• Remove, cover, or render unscannable any existing scannable barcodes on the outside of shipping boxes
• For bundled sets, barcodes on the individual units shouldn’t face outward or the barcodes need to be covered (ensures fulfillment center associate scans the barcode for the pack vs the individual unit)
• Poly-bagged units must either have a barcode (i.e UPC or EAN), X00-label that is scannable through the bag, or have an X00 or ASIN label on the outside of the bag
• Products with bubble wrap must be labeled with a scannable barcode on the outside
• Amazon barcodes must be applied to all products that are not tracked using the manufacturer barcode.
• If a brand has been approved for Amazon Brand Registry, and the Seller doesn’t have a manufacturer barcode for the product, they can apply for a GTIN exemption
• If you are the manufacturer or the Intellectual Property owner and want to print barcodes directly on the product packaging, you can apply for a GS1 standard UPC barcode

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💡 Submit questions below!

Post all your questions below! Our partner team will be reviewing the questions that come in throughout the day (as well as those submitted in advance), and we’ll do our best to respond as soon as possible during the day of the event.

In the meantime, let's keep the conversation going! Share your top tips for new sellers getting started with FBA, and let's build momentum heading into the May 8th Q&A session! We collected a few tips from top sellers shared in Forums to get the conversation started.

• "Your first task is to create a competitive listing, BEFORE sending in inventory. Build your inventory slowly to match demand."
• "If you mess up by not marking or packaging correctly, it will take forever to get resolution. Take the time and do it correctly and your stuff will fly through the distribution centers. Six years and FBA has never lost any of my items."
• "Constantly test new products. Do not be afraid to liquidate a poor performing item."

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Note: We cannot provide legal advice or otherwise interpret regulatory requirements on situations that are specific to individual sellers.