hi and welcome back to another amazon selling video today i'm in my rv kitchen
so that i can have more space to show you how to prepare and pack an fba shipment
now i'm not going into the whole detail of like how to enter the item and even packing it
into a box but if you do want to see that i have another video where i go over all in full detail
how to do it step by step so check that out this video is going into how to prep the items
and how to ship them and the requirements for shipping amazon fba because there are
some restrictions that you do need to know about all right so let's start with the shipping prep
as always all my supplies are linked below it's in every video under the discounts and helpful links
i have my amazon storefront where you can see all the products that i buy and use to sell on amazon
also i have a new download when you sign up for my email list so you get the rank guide which
has always been there and now in addition to that the free checklist which basically
breaks down all the stuff that i'm going to show you here today so just head to my website and
sign up for the email list the link is below that will direct you straight to sign up for
the email list you don't even have to go to my website let's get to it first up is labeling
you always always always want to do the fn skus from amazon don't do the merchant barcode i did
a whole other video on why you don't want to do it but trust me you do not want to do it
the video i'll link it right here so you can know more if you're interested but always do the amazon
fn sku labels they look like this when you print them out i have been doing this since i started
i've never done the merchant skus and when i found out what happens when you do a merchant's cue i'm
really glad i never did that so anyways you always want to do amazon fn sku when you're putting the
label on the product you want to cover the upc that's already there if at all possible sometimes
there's multiple sometimes it's in a weird place or it's on the edge and you can't cover it
but if you can't cover it you want to cover it and when you do cover it if you're putting your
fn skew and then you poly bag it which is how i do it you just want to make sure that they can
scan and read the label so amazon has to be able to scan and read the barcode no matter where you
put it so just double check that you're doing that right next up is polybagging i have another
video because i feel like i've done 100 videos but i have another video that goes into more
detail on polybagging if you don't want to watch it i'll break it down for you right here as well
if you can ever touch the product so obviously clothing backpacks those kind of things you would
put in a polybag i never have an example to show like this would not need a poly bag everything is
there if there was an eraser on the top and it was like feel how soft it is or something like that
then you would have to poly bag it because the actual product is showing if the actual product
is ever showing polybag it the littlest bit you have to polybag it it happens a lot with toys or
like plush that's in a box but it's like feel how soft you have to polybug it if i was going
to sell this avocado i would have to polybag it because you could touch the actual product polybag
it something i didn't know for sure but now i do the polybag does have to be clear so you can't use
these poly mailers to polybag you can use them for shipping stuff but you cannot use it as your
polybag has to be clear the polybags also have to have a suffocation warning on them so whenever
you're looking for them on amazon you can get them from the link i provide below but also if you're
just looking on amazon you just want to like google fba polybags to make sure that it has a
suffocation warning on it the rule is anytime the opening laid flat measures more than five inches i
just make sure it's on all of them because it's not that hard this is a poly bag set i recently
bought i think it was like 30 for the whole set of them it's 400 for different sizes so they
are inexpensive it's kind of a lot when you're first buying them but in the long run they are
inexpensive if you are ever doing a set you have to mark it this is a set these are the stickers i
use they just say this is a set so if for example i was doing a scottie pillar plus goo gone which
are must items by the way but if i was doing a set of this i would just polybag it and then put
this as a set sticker on it so that amazon knows this is a set do not separate if your items are
like bigger like you have a bunch of juice boxes or something you can box them cardboard box you
don't have to see it but you do want to have the fn skew on the outside and then this is a
set on the outside so amazon knows that this is a complete set ship it like that and last thing on
the prep side is the expiration dates beauty and grocery items have expiration dates sometimes they
don't always have it on the item and i'll just say okay it's a year out or whatnot pick a date but if
it has it on there you have to put the expiration date when you're entering in your information in
the shipment amazon also requires you to label them i literally didn't know this until i was just
researching it for this video i have never put an expiration date on the product if the manufacturer
wanted it it would be on there that's my take anyways and i've never had an issue with it so
i'm not going to start doing it but if you want to you can i don't have any more information on
it because like i said i don't do it alright so you've gotten your whole shipment prepped and
packed up and ready to go now you want to box it so i guess it's not packed up but it's ready
to go so these are the requirements for fba small parcel shipments which is what i do and probably
what you're doing if you're doing truckload you probably should be watching my video because i
don't have any tips for truckload this is for the smaller parcel box shipments not a big huge pallet
truckload requirements so when you're boxing things up the longest side of the box cannot
be longer than 25 inches sometimes if a product is oversized obviously amazon knows that that
product is oversized and the box is going to be bigger than that but for every day like multiple
items that you're putting into one box to send to amazon it cannot be longer than 25 inches on the
longest side as you are putting all your items into the box one box cannot be over 50 pounds
if the item itself is over 50 pounds whoa you got a big one i've never actually done that but if you
did do it then it's okay you just have to put special labels that says like team lift if it's
over 100 pounds and you have to have a like use a mechanical lift sticker again these are not things
i've ever had to do a lot of items in one box over 50 pounds actually happens quite a lot especially
when you're doing beauty items because those things can start to add up if you're doing like
lotions and that kind of stuff so amazon means business if you are sending a multi-pack box of
different items and it's over 50 pounds they're gonna send you a warning and if you keep doing it
they will revoke your fba privileges and you do not want that i like to stick to like 46 47 pounds
or less just to account for any errors on my scale or their scale so you do want to make sure it is
under 50 pounds and if you're getting over 50 pounds what i do is i just take out the heavy
items put them in a smaller box and it's good to go and the last tip is that if you have a box and
it is like not full enough you don't have enough stuff to fill the box all i do is i'll like take
my i use this as a measure so i'll go okay the top product is right here so i'll just cut slice the
corners of every box and then fold the box down you also want to use padding i will sometimes use
ripped up trader joe's bags the paperbacks or i have craft paper that i use or when you get stuff
from amazon like your supplies they'll put the air bubbles i just keep those and stuff them in
when i send stuff back to amazon recycle and then i totally forgot to talk about this so i'll just
talk about it really quickly so this is a costume and it has the price on it right here so what i do
is i'll just like sharpie over and stick the fn skew right over there if there's multiple prices
then i use a piece of black duct tape i just cut it and then i stick that over it so that's how
i handle if there's multiple prices on an item because it does take more prep i consider that
when i'm in store scanning like is the profit worth all the extra prep it's gonna take just a
little tip i brought all my props out and i forgot to use them this is the scale i use i had a little
dinky one it was like smaller and the the cable wasn't long enough so it was like trying to get
the box on there and not touch it it was a whole fiasco anyways i got this one it's like 35 i think
and i have had it for two years and i love it it works amazing and the platform is bigger since
i do do a lot of big boxes all right that is it that's all i got for you as far as amazon fba prep
and shipping make sure it is not over 50 pounds that is the main thing and if all else fails poly
bag it you can never over poly bag something thank you guys so much for watching if you need help
on gating i have my un gating guides below they are affordable and priced for new sellers if you
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thank you guys so much for watching and i will see you back here for another amazon selling video