What is Amazon's FBA Service and how can NowFactory help?
Posted by John Ashley on May 21st 2021
If you are selling products on Amazon, Amazon FBA is a service that could potentially save you lots of time and hassle, freeing you up to focus on growing your business. However, enrolling in Amazon FBA also comes with a number of packaging requirements and storage fees that must be carefully considered. In this article, we'll take a detailed look at what Amazon FBA is and the benefits that it provides, the packing requirements and fees associated with FBA, and how NowFactory can help you make the most of this beneficial program.
What is Amazon FBA?
FBA stands for "fulfillment by Amazon" and is a service that allows Amazon sellers to ship their products in-bulk directly to Amazon's warehouses. When one of those products is then sold, Amazon is responsible for handling the fulfillment of the customer's order.
Rather than shipping out products individually as they are sold, Amazon FBA allows sellers to offload the various responsibilities associated with order fulfillment. It's a great way to save time and eliminate the many hassles that go along with packing and shipping orders one at a time. However, there are a number of packaging requirements and special fees that need to be taken into account before you enroll in Amazon FBA.
Fees and Packing Requirements of Amazon FBA
There's no such thing as a free lunch, and offloading the responsibility of order fulfillment is a luxury you will have to pay for in the form of FBA fees. These fees can vary dramatically depending on the weight of your products, how much storage space they take up, and how long they are stored in Amazon's warehouses before they are sold. With this in mind, it's important to package your products as economically as possible as well as ship them out in just the right amounts in order to limit the amount of money that you have to pay in FBA fees.
In addition to packaging your products in a way that reduces the fees you are required to pay, it is also vital to package your products in compliance with Amazon's FBA packaging requirements. These requirements include things such as having a scannable barcode on each box of products in addition to a wide range of requirements regarding the type of box that your products are packaged in.
How NowFactory can Help You Make the Most of Amazon FBA
With the right packaging and inventory management strategy, Amazon FBA can be an incredibly beneficial program for Amazon sellers - and at NowFactory, we are dedicated to helping you take full advantage of this program through our industry-leading packaging and shipping services. When you partner with NowFactory, you can ensure that your products are packaged in the most economical way possible in addition to being packaged in a way that is fully compliant with Amazon FBA's packaging requirements. To learn more about how NowFactory can help you take your Amazon business to the next level through our innovative packaging and shipping solutions, be sure to contact us today!