Articles tagged: Amazon FBA

When a dedicated vehicle to Amazon works out cheaper than groupage

On Amazon deliveries the sum changes because of one variable ordinary deliveries do not have: a fixed...

Marking and numbering pallets in a multi-pallet shipment

How to number units so that with six pallets you can say which one is missing. Two layers of marking, four...

Wrapping, corner boards and securing a pallet on the Poland to Britain route

This route means five or six lifts, a sea or tunnel crossing and two transhipments. What each stage does to a...

Buffer before the delivery window: short-term storage for a booked delivery

Why goods should stand in Britain before going to an Amazon warehouse. What a buffer separates, how to weigh...

Pallet preparation in Milton Keynes before an Amazon delivery

What we actually do at the bench before a pallet goes to an Amazon warehouse: breaking down, rebuilding...

Building one Amazon shipment from several collection points

How to gather goods from several suppliers and present them at an Amazon warehouse as one shipment: batch...

Delivery paperwork and proof of receipt at an Amazon warehouse

A signature at the gate proves delivery, not receipt. Why those are two documents at two moments, and what to...

Non-compliance charges on deliveries: where they come from and how to avoid them

A non-compliance charge is the price of work the warehouse did not plan for. Where it comes from, which...

Refusal at the warehouse gate: where it happens and what is left to do

A delivery can stop at five different points of the receiving process, and that decides what is still...

Who is the importer on a delivery to an Amazon warehouse

Amazon does not act as the importer of your goods. Who does, which registrations are needed, and why the...

Delivering to Amazon after Brexit: separate stock for the UK and the EU

Since Brexit, stock in British and EU Amazon warehouses forms two separate pools. What that changes in...

Peak season: why Amazon delivery slots disappear in the fourth quarter

Why receiving appointments at UK Amazon warehouses run out faster in October and November, and how to build...

Rescheduling and cancelling a delivery appointment: procedure and effects

Changing a date and cancelling are two different operations with different effects. Why a second appointment...

Running late for an Amazon appointment: what happens and how to recover

Amazon sets a specific threshold in its delivery requirements: a delay of more than half an hour means...

Two ways to send to Amazon and what each means for transport

A shipment can be sent through a partnered carrier bought inside the seller account or through your own...

Mixed pallets for Amazon: when they are allowed and when to split

Amazon allows several SKUs on one pallet under conditions, with a duty to mark the unit. The hard boundary is...

Pallet height, weight and wrapping for an Amazon site

Three parameters decide whether a unit is received: height including the base, gross weight and the wrapping...

Where our job ends and the seller prep begins

Transport, consolidation, sorting and pallet labelling are ours. Unit-level marking and product preparation...

Amazon pallet labels: what we apply and what we do not

An Amazon pallet label has fixed content and a fixed position: four sides, centre, near the top, outside the...

Sorting pallets by destination Amazon site before leaving Poland

Pallets are split by destination site at the Polish hub, not on arrival in the UK. How the drop order...

One collection, several Amazon warehouses in a single run

A shipping plan can split goods across several sites. What combines and what stays separate: appointments...

Amazon's warehouse network in the UK: regions and site codes

An Amazon site code starts with the code of the nearest large airport, so it tells a planner which region the...

Shipment ID, order number and appointment: what must match before arrival

The FBA shipment ID, the Amazon Reference ID, the PRO number and the bill of lading describe one delivery...

Booking an Amazon delivery appointment: who books it and what is needed

Amazon delivery appointments are booked in Carrier Central, at least a day ahead. Amazon recommends the...

Missed Amazon delivery window: what happens to your delivery now

A jam before the ferry, a slow customs entry, and the slot is gone. The truck is loaded and the site will not...

FBA or FBM from Poland: the logistics and costs of both models

FBA means stock in Amazon fulfilment centres and bulk deliveries on appointments. FBM means your own...

Amazon pallet requirements in the UK: how to build a pallet that gets in

Pallet standard, height limit, wrap, labels and load weight: the rules are stable, the numbers change in...

Rejected Amazon FBA delivery: the usual causes and plan B

FBA sites turn trucks away over missing appointments, bad labels and non-compliant pallets. Here is what...

Amazon UK FBM returns: local address, prepaid label or returnless refund

You sell on Amazon UK under FBM and ship from outside the United Kingdom? Amazon requires one of three return...

Re-labelling and barcodes for UK retail (GS1, SSCC, retailer compliance)

A UK supermarket rejected your delivery over a missing or wrong label? We explain how GS1 barcodes, SSCC...

Deliveries to Amazon FBA in the UK, what to watch

How to ship goods to Amazon warehouses in the United Kingdom: labels, bookings, FBA requirements and...