How To Choose Your Amazon Prep Center

As a giant marketplace, Amazon offers huge business opportunities to small and big businesses. Aside from just selling your products, they also offer Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), a shipping and storage service to its vendor partners. So, it is a wise option for most businesses to use this facility which covers the packaging of their products according to FBA standards, storage, and shipping. However, it is challenging for most businesses to find the right fulfillment arm or a suitable FBA center. FBA has different centers, such as tie-ups with various 3PL companies that are familiar with FNSKU requirements and know the packaging standards for Amazon FBA. This post offers pointers on choosing the right FBA center, optimally benefit from packaging and storage services, and avoid penalties by Amazon for non-compliance.

It is wise for most small- and mid-sized businesses listed on Amazon to partner with their packaging and storage vendor to ensure meeting FBA requirements. You can rely on 3PL Business as your partner for Amazon FBA preparation services. It will certainly help boost your chances of acceptance at Amazon fulfillment centers. You can contact us today for discussing our FBA prep services.

Why Partnering with an Amazon Prep Center May Benefit Businesses?

Amazon offers an excellent platform to sell your products and foray into new geographical markets. It has created several opportunities for local businesses, including home entrepreneurs to reach various new markets globally, tap into your potential, and increase revenue. However, you need to meet the stringent packaging standards for Amazon FBA, and if not met, you can attract penalties. Especially as a new player in the market, it is highly beneficial to partner with an Amazon prep center to ensure your packaging is done on time and meets the required standards.  Here are some pointers.

• These prep centers offer various services such as pick and pack, labeling and custom packaging as per FBA requirements, warehousing and storage, quality control, inventory tracking and automatic fulfillment, among others.
• This can also be beneficial if your office space is limited and there is no separate storage space. Also, this saves a lot of investment and time in terms of space, packaging materials and staff, and more. This process can be time-consuming if you aren’t fully aware of the FBA requirements.
• These prep centers package the products as per FBA requirements and ship them to Amazon fulfillment centers.
• These centers have all the required barcodes, FNSKU labeling, warning labels, marketing materials, and more.
• Also, considering the future growth of your business, you may need help to handle huge volumes of packaging, labeling and storing of products. So, it is best to outsource this service.
• Outsourcing this service helps increase turnaround times, which means quick deliveries, faster listing of products, and increased sales.
• Overall, you can eliminate packaging and shipping responsibilities and related challenges, relax and focus on your products, improve their features, and increase sales.

Tips on Choosing the Right Prep Center

• Here are some factors to consider when choosing the right prep center for your business.
• Check the location of the prep center and the areas where they have a presence. They must have a local presence in your area. Also, check for the nearest airport and shipping port to their facility. It will help avoid delays.
• Aside from the basic services such as storage, pick and pack, and so on, ask if they offer custom packaging, inventory processing, customs negotiations, shipment data, quality control and inspection, and more such as additional services.
• Visit their facility and check the quality of their warehouse, storage conditions, and more.
• Enquire about the software they use for picking, and tracking, and if they have a robust automated system in place.
• Check their charges for storage of your products. They may just be lower than the ones at Amazon fulfillment centers. So, if you find the storage conditions appropriate, you can also leverage this service.

Maximize Savings with 3PL Businesses Comprehensive FBA Prep Solutions

We help eCommerce businesses to optimize their profits using our Amazon FBA prep services. Our FBA services include pick and pack, labelling and custom packaging, FBA prep warehouse and storage, quality control, inventory tracking and fulfillment. For any questions about our Amazon prep services, you can contact the 3PL team via phone or email. Our team of experts facilitate swift transition for all clients as a third-party eCommerce fulfillment services partner. Call on (732) 983-4801 or email at sales@3plbusiness.com to know more about our Amazon prep center and other related services.