Receiving from your manufacturer
Containers land here, get counted and checked against the packing list before anything is prepped.
Amazon sellers
Amazon FBA prep, ready for the next shipment
Amazon discontinued its own prep and labelling service, so inventory has to arrive shelf-ready. We receive your containers, prep to FBA requirements and ship into the network, while the same inventory serves FBM and your own store.
- FBA prep, FBM and DTC from one inventory position
- Container receiving direct from your manufacturer
- Bagging, sealing, ticketing and QA in-house
- Managing Amazon channels since 2014
The situation
Get the prep right before inventory leaves
Since Amazon stopped prepping and labelling inbound inventory, every unit has to arrive compliant. A rejected shipment is not just a delay; it is inventory stranded outside the network during your selling window.
- Units rejected at the fulfillment centre for labelling or packaging non-compliance.
- Your contract manufacturer cannot prep to Amazon’s spec.
- Inventory sitting in a garage or a self-storage unit between container and FBA.
- Restock limits leaving stock you own outside the network with nowhere to go.
- No way to serve FBM or your own store from the same units.
- Prep quoted per unit by someone who has never seen your product.
Before it enters the network
Container to shelf-ready
Received, counted, prepped and labelled here, so nothing is rejected at the fulfillment centre.
What we run
What prep actually covers
Labelling
FNSKU application, suffocation warnings and required markings applied to Amazon’s specification.
Polybagging and sealing
Bagging and sealing to requirement, including the sizing and warning rules that cause most rejections.
Bundling and multipacks
Multi-unit listings built and labelled as a single sellable unit.
Product auditing and QA
Inspection before units enter the network, because a defect found here is far cheaper than a return found there.
Buffer storage
Hold the balance of a container here and release into FBA against your restock limits, rather than shipping everything and hoping.
The strategic part
Holding inventory outside FBA is now the advantage
Restock limits stop being a cliff
If your inventory sits with us, you send what Amazon will accept and hold the rest in a building that can also ship it. Nothing is stranded.
FBM becomes a real fallback
When FBA runs out or a listing is restricted, the same units ship merchant-fulfilled from here rather than being unsellable.
One position serves every channel
The container you imported can go to FBA, to a customer as FBM, to your Shopify store, or onto a retail pallet, without moving buildings.
An alternative to Multi-Channel Fulfillment
Using FBA to fulfil your own store’s orders is convenient and expensive, with Amazon-branded handling. Shipping those from here is usually both cheaper and on-brand.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Not covered here? Ask us directly and you will get a specific answer rather than a brochure.
Ask a questionCan you receive containers direct from my factory?
Yes. Inbound container receiving is standard here, and it is the normal pattern for importers and international manufacturers.
Can you ship FBM from the same inventory?
Yes, and it is one of the main reasons to hold inventory outside the network rather than pushing it all into FBA.
Is this cheaper than Multi-Channel Fulfillment?
Usually, and it is certainly more controllable. We will not quote a comparison without your real numbers, because MCF costs depend heavily on your package profile.
Do you handle Amazon Transparency labels?
Being confirmed for publication. Ask us directly.
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Next step
What is arriving, and when?
Tell us what products are arriving and when. We’ll plan the prep work with you.