Amazon fulfillment services provide a fantastic platform to use when you start your own e-commerce business. However, there are a few things to keep in mind when using Amazon fulfillment services. First, you will need to have a good understanding of how Amazon fulfillment works. Second, you’ll need to ensure that your products are correctly stored and organized so they can be easily found and shipped out. Finally, you’ll want to keep an eye on your shipping costs so that you don’t overspend on fulfillment.
That can be a lot to handle for any business, but especially for startups who are just getting their foot in the door. That’s why Texas Logistic Services offers prep services that will eliminate the hassle of getting your products ready for sale on Amazon. We handle everything from removing excess packaging to ensuring that your items are properly labeled and ready for shipment.
In this blog, we’ll give you a brief rundown of Amazon’s fulfillment services and why it’s in your business’s best interest to use a third-party logistics (3PL) company like ours!
What is Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)?
Amazon’s “Fulfillment by Amazon” (FBA) program allows e-commerce businesses and other sellers to ship their products to Amazon’s fulfillment centers. At these Amazon warehouses, they will handle the storage, shipping, and required customer service for those products. This program is designed to free up your time and resources that would otherwise be spent on fulfilling every order yourself.
However, it requires more than just signing up to be able to use Amazon fulfillment services. There are a number of specific requirements that your products must meet before Amazon will accept you into the program.
What are the requirements for FBA?
In order to be eligible for Fulfillment by Amazon, you must ensure that your products meet inventory requirements and do not go over certain policy restrictions. You also need to make sure they comply with Amazon’s policies, your seller agreement, as well any relevant laws or regulations. Amazon has an guia completo on all of this.
Keeping up with every update to their policies and remembering every detail is a pain. It’s also a drain on your time and a stress on your business that you don’t need. A 3PL like ours can save you from those headaches by ensuring all your products are FBA compliant.
Your products will meet all:
- Requisitos do título do produto FBA
- Requisitos do código de barras do produto FBA
- Requisitos de embalagem e preparação
- Requisitos do rótulo de expedição
- Requisitos de expedição e encaminhamento
They will be sold as new and contain all necessary box information according to FBA product policy.
What specific FBA services do we offer?
As your FBA prep partner, Texas Logistic Services offers you a wide array of FBA-compliant services. They can be tailored to your business’s specific needs and include, but are not limited to, the following.
We will receive and unload shipping containers safely and properly store your inventory.
All units, cartons, and pallets will be appropriately labeled with all relevant information like expiration dates and sold-as-set labels.
While your inventory is in our possession, we will keep every item documented, tracked, and SKU sorted. We want to ensure complete quality control, even down to fragile item preparation.
Once your inventory has gone through all our fulfillment processes, it will be shipped off to the correct FBA centers.
What about Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP)?
Seller Fulfilled Prime is an alternative program to Fulfillment by Amazon that allows you to sell and ship your own items domestically. This means that you will be responsible for managing your own warehousing as well as quick delivery to Amazon Prime customers. Still, SFP is an excellent opportunity to have direct access to Amazon’s most loyal customers.
What are the requirements for SFP?
Much like FBA services, you’ll have to meet specific requirements and maintain a high level of performance. Firstly, all of your products must be able to meet the requirements for Amazon Prime’s Two-Day Shipping program. Then you’ll have to keep your order cancellation rate less than 0.5% of all of your orders. Finally, a whopping 99% of your orders will need to be shipped out on time while also offering premium shipping.
Those are some difficult requirements to keep up with, especially if you’re a new e-commerce business that is just breaking into the industry. That’s why Texas Logistics & Fulfillment Services is here to help.
What specific SFP services do we offer?
You’ll be far more likely to qualify for and maintain your position in Amazon’s programs if you contract our 3PL services to help with your SFP fulfillment.
With our SFP fulfillment services, we can provide you with:
- Shipping fast enough for Amazon’s standards
- Quick and reliable turnaround times
- A Real-time inventory management system
- Efficient picking and packing of your products
- Thorough barcoding and labeling
- And overall affordable costs
Choose Texas Logistics & Fulfillment Services
We continually expand our operations and have made it our duty to provide our clients with the best possible service. Our advanced technology and robust experience will help you grow your e-commerce business quickly.
Dedicated account managers will get to know you, your business, and your needs to better personalize our services for your benefit. Our team of 3PL experts will handle every step from receiving to shipping and will use the latest tracking tools to keep your inventory in order.
So if you’re looking for a 3PL that can help you with both Amazon’s FBA and SFP programs, look no further than Serviços de Logística e Cumprimento no Texas. Too many businesses make the wrong choices or simply don’t know their options, which hurts their success. You don’t have to run one of those businesses. When you choose us, you’re freeing yourself of FBA/SFP stresses and opening up time to get back to running your business the way you want to.
Now that you know more about the forms of amazon fulfillment services available to you, it’s time to give us a call at 832-955-5334. If you have any more questions or would like to learn more, please also visit our Contact Us page or email [email protected].
