The warehouse entry deadline is approaching, and it's time to get your shipments moving. However, "shipping out" does not mean "entering the warehouse." Every year at this time, sellers are most prone to making mistakes in these areas:

➊ Goods arrive but cannot enter the warehouse: Incorrect labeling, mismatched delivery time slots or warehouse addresses, and shelving delays can drag on for a week or two, causing you to miss the peak season traffic window.

➋ Best-selling ASINs run out of stock: Not to mention the low inventory levels, insufficient inventory distribution can lead to a drop in delivery speed and conversion rates.

➌ Over-aged inventory occupies capacity: Old inventory is not cleared, and new inventory cannot be shipped in due to limited quota.

This checklist helps you go through these key steps before shipping to avoid problems at the last minute and missing the entire peak season layout.

Checkpoints: [Amazon Logistics Inventory] page

✔ Pay attention to the recommended minimum FBA inventory levels

✔ View replenishment recommendations

✔ Replenish reasonably based on demand forecasts

On the [Amazon Logistics Inventory] page in the seller center, you can view the recommended minimum FBA inventory levels, replenishment recommendations, and combine demand forecasts with your storage capacity to prioritize replenishment for products with the most potential in peak season sales.

If your storage capacity is about to be saturated (utilization exceeds 80%), please clear the over-aged inventory in the warehouse as soon as possible to free up space for other best-selling goods; if your ASIN already has redundant/over-aged inventory in the FBA warehouse, please stop sending this ASIN product to the FBA warehouse.

Checkpoints: [Send to Amazon] page

✔ Send inventory to the designated warehouse

✔ Prepare shipments well to avoid warehouse entry delays

✔ Closely track shipment status

✦ When you create a shipment, Send to Amazon (STA) will provide you with a designated warehouse entry address. Be sure to ship to this address.

✦ Shipping to other non-designated operation centers may cause significant delays in shelving! To enable the warehouse to receive and shelve goods quickly, please send inventory to the warehouse designated when creating the shipment.

✦ Do a good job of product preprocessing to ensure that the product qualifies for warehouse entry.

✦ Provide accurate information about the contents of the box so that Amazon can plan for receipt and speed up the processing of goods entering the warehouse.

✦ Standardize your shipment to ensure safe and efficient transportation and distribution.

To better alleviate the pressure of FBA warehouse entry during the peak season and improve your entry experience, Amazon has launched the Smart Reroute service, which can automatically transfer your shipment to other uncongested FBA warehouses when congestion occurs at the designated FBA warehouse, effectively reducing entry delays.

✔ Maintain close communication with the carrier

✔ Update possible early/delayed situations in a timely manner

✔ Prefer logistics services that automatically fill in the estimated delivery time slot

Dear sellers, please note that the estimated delivery time slot policy has been adjusted from 14 days to 7 days:

AGL/SEND/FIST carriers

✦ Just provide the accurate shipping date.

✦ The delivery time slot (Delivery Window) is automatically maintained by AGL or SEND/FIST carriers or managed by the seller.

FIST carriers

✦ FIST carriers that have launched automatic update of delivery time limit (DW Automation) will automatically manage and update the delivery time slot throughout the process based on the real-time transportation status of the shipment, which greatly simplifies the operation and also improves the accuracy of the estimated delivery time slot.

How to use: Just choose the FIST carrier with the online delivery time slot automatic update function for offline shipping, and keep the default selection of [Allow FIST carrier to update my delivery time] during the shipment creation process.

Additionally, when filling in the delivery time slot for the first time when creating a shipment, please still choose the delivery time slot reasonably based on your best estimate. Choosing a delivery time slot with a date that is too close may result in the carrier being unable to update the delivery time slot after picking up the goods.

Other offline carrier shipment management processes

Shipment creation stage:

✦ Confirm the estimated delivery time slot (DW) with the carrier

✦ Accurately fill in information in the STA system

Tracking after shipping:

✦ Closely track shipment status

✦ If there are early or delayed situations, update the estimated delivery time slot in the STA tracking details in a timely manner

⚠️Note: The estimated delivery time slot can be updated before the appointment arrangement.

Before carrier appointment:

✦ Ensure that the carrier understands your delivery time slot

✦ The appointment time must be within the delivery time slot range

⚠️Important reminder: Shipments that arrive beyond the estimated delivery time slot may face the following problems:

· Early arrival: Unable to get an appointment before the estimated delivery time slot

· Delayed arrival: The appointment time will be rearranged according to the storage capacity

Air freight and sea freight entry into the warehouse both require advance appointment

It is recommended that you choose a logistics company that is more familiar with the FBA entry process. Less-than-truckload freight trucks and container trucks need to wait in line for a longer time to enter the warehouse.

Courier services for warehouse entry (such as UPS, DHL Express, FedEx) do not require warehouse entry appointments and can ensure that the seller's goods enter the warehouse quickly and on time, avoiding long waits and missing peak season hot sales.

⚠️Note: Please make sure to select "Small parcel delivery (SPD)" and the correct international courier company name during the process of creating a shipment on the seller platform.

Accurate "delivery time slot" to obtain priority appointment

Make sure your delivery time slot and tracking code are accurate. Shipments arriving within the planned delivery time slot will be given priority processing, while shipments exceeding the planned delivery time slot may face delays in appointment and reception.

Checkpoints: [Amazon Logistics Inventory] page

✔ Release storage capacity and actively clear over-aged inventory

✔ Apply for additional storage capacity

Check storage capacity and avoid entry problems by releasing storage capacity or applying for additional capacity:

If your ASIN already has over-aged inventory in the FBA warehouse, please stop sending this ASIN product to the FBA warehouse, and clear the existing inventory in the warehouse as soon as possible to free up space for other best-selling goods. Or you can ship to the AWD warehouse and automatically/manually replenish to FBA through AWD, which has no storage capacity limit.

To help sellers on the US site manage inventory calmly during the peak season, replenish in time to prevent stockouts, it is recommended that you send goods to Amazon's intelligent satellite warehouse (AWD) to reduce peak season storage costs and other additional costs caused by unhealthy inventory. You only need single-point entry into the warehouse without splitting, and after enabling the "automatic replenishment" function, you can automatically and intelligently replenish to FBA to avoid stockouts!

Recently, AWD has newly opened the entry of some electrified products into the warehouse, and sellers selling small electrified products can also enjoy the cost-saving experience of one-stop entry into the warehouse and intelligent replenishment to FBA. For specific product requirements, please copy the link to the browser to view the help page (https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external/GGTMT4PTMUMHDS6B?mons_sel_locale=zh_CN&pageName=US%3ASC%3ATrim-help%2Fhub%2Freference%2Fexternal%2FGF6ZC8VEBM7HCEGV)

In addition, if you choose AWD's two new warehouses in the US West, you can also enjoy a discount on warehouse entry processing fees. If you meet the conditions, you can enter the warehouse in bulk without palletizing, and no palletization fees will be charged!

For over-aged inventory, it is recommended that you submit a removal or disposal order in a timely manner to remove it, or enable the automatic removal of salable inventory function.

If the seller hopes to add storage space for purchased goods and believes that these goods will be popular with buyers, they can apply for additional storage space through the Storage Capacity Manager to improve the seller's sales performance during the peak season.

After completing the above four steps, please return to the first step, continue to pay attention to the storage capacity situation, ensure that hot-selling goods are continuously available and arrange replenishment in a timely manner.

(Source: Amazon Global Selling WeChat Official Account: AmazonGS)

Source: Yugu Cross-border
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