Packaging liquids/beers for FBA
I am looking at using FBA to ship liquid (beer) in cans. There are load of products already on Amazon being sold in cans which seem also to be FBA but the FBA packaging requirements policy ( https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gp/help/help.html?itemID=200280130 ) says that liquids will only be accepted if they are packaged in glass or plastic.
Even beer in bottles does not meet the policy as the seal is not a “double-sealed screw cap”.
Does anyone know the actual Amazon stance on cans (and crown-cap bottles) as the policy is clearly not aligned to the actual operating position?
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Does this help? (seems alcohol is different to liquids)
Summary
Special preparation of inbounds containing Beer, Wine & Spirits products in Germany and the UK
All Beer, Wine & Spirits products in Germany and the UK’s Fulfilment by Amazon are prepared by Amazon at specialist fulfilment centres. Please consider the following preparation conditions:
- Units do not need to be individually prepared/conditioned. If units are received prepared, they will be re-packaged and prepared at the fulfilment centre where they do not meet carrier requirements.
- Units should be sent in pallets (fulfilling the general requirements for pallet inbound), or another method that ensures that individual units will not break during transport to the fulfilment centre or during inbound (this is the seller’s responsibility).
- If units are to be sent in cartons, we require cartons to be closed and not include units with two different FNSKUs.
- With regards to bundles (both mono-product and multi-product), sellers will be responsible for sending the bundled units together in a carton or other packaging with the FNSKU sticker for the bundle ASIN on the packaging (not on each bottle). Preparation services do not include picking and assembling bundles. The packaging does not need to be prepared for delivery to the customer (but should follow the requirements set forth in the second point above) and will be re-packaged and prepared at the fulfilment centre.
- Each unit needs to be labelled with the FNSKU linked to the country-specific SKU (e.g. For Germany: FNSKU X000000000/MSKU DE-FBA-SKU1). Labelling needs to be done on the product itself, covering the original product barcode. For a better customer experience, we recommend that bottles be labelled with the FNSKU sticker not overlapping any information on the product label
Note: If the seller is unable to label each specific product, the service “labelling by Amazon” is still possible at a cost of €0.15 per unit.
