Ship to fba in paper envelopes?
Hello there
My name is Chris.
I about to sell my first shipment of shampoo bars to Amazon FBA and, as they will likely go off if kept in an air-tight enviroment (which means i cannot use ziplocks) is it possible to send my stuff over in thick paper bags?
Many thanks
Chris
3 replies
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The thing to remember when sending stock to Amazon, is that you basically want it in something sufficient to protect it, as it will be more than likely thrown in a box and sent as is.
Pretty sure that the prep guidelines for soap etc say that they need to be in a plastic bag, so it may be that the product simply isn’t suitable for FBA.
Not sure if it is or not, but if is temperature sensitive, you will have another issue as well. There are only certain times of year that they will accept these kind of products.
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There is no issue with sending items in thick paper bags or envelopes. When we send our paper products to FBA, they are all in thick paper envelopes, ie strong, thick, paper envelopes. Amazon simply stick the shipping label onto them and they go to customers without any additional packaging and they store well at fulfiment centres. However, as @NEil has said, your product may not permitted to be sent in suck packaging so FBM might be your only option. You might also find this of interest, just in case you were unaware of the new requirements for “topical” products, ie those that are applied to the skin:
Standards and Eligibility
Going forward sellers are requested to support by: (1) Incorporating a mandatory factory seal based on Amazon’s standards for all hygienic/topical products and (2) ensuring that their hygienic/topical products have only one single ingress point, requiring the factory seal to be broken to access it. Please refer to Appendix 1 for examples of suitable and unsuitable sealing types. All sellers will need to have their packaging and sealing compliant with Amazon’s requirements by March 2021, in order to prevent unnecessary seller returns going forward caused by an increased share of customer returns not sellable as new in the absence of indisputable evidence of their condition.
