{"id":84620,"date":"2022-04-26T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sellerlogic.com\/blog\/sending-fba-goods-to-amazon-how-to-ensure-your-inbound-shipment-arrives-safely-at-the-warehouse\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:29:34","slug":"sending-fba-goods-to-amazon-how-to-ensure-your-inbound-shipment-arrives-safely-at-the-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellerlogic.com\/en\/blog\/sending-fba-goods-to-amazon-how-to-ensure-your-inbound-shipment-arrives-safely-at-the-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sending FBA goods to Amazon: How to ensure your inbound shipment arrives safely at the warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well over 80 percent of third-party sellers on the Amazon marketplaces use FBA (“Fulfillment by Amazon”). Despite all the complaints, this number says a lot about the service: The quality is apparently so good that most sellers prefer to rely on FBA rather than build their own logistics. When an order comes in, storage, pick & pack, shipping, customer service, and returns management are handled by the online giant, while the actual seller has no work to do with it.<\/p>

The only thing marketplace sellers still need to do in this system is to deliver fresh goods on time before the product goes out of stock<\/em>. Even the distribution of goods in Central Europe, the UK, Eastern Europe, etc. is handled by Amazon. Sure, it sounds pretty simple: Send FBA goods to the Amazon receiving dock \u2013 sell items \u2013 receive money. Nevertheless, sellers need to pay attention to several things to ensure a smooth inbound shipment of Amazon goods.<\/p>

Shipping to Amazon: How does it work?<\/h2>
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The first steps, namely creating SKUs in Seller Central and activating shipping for these products with Amazon, should already have been completed. To actually send FBA goods to Amazon, a delivery plan, proper packaging of the products, and shipping with a professional transport service are required. Amazon states that check-in and availability after delivery usually occur within three business days. However, during high sales periods such as before Christmas, Black Friday week, etc., it may take longer. Sellers should keep this in mind when managing their inbound shipments to Amazon. Both the box dimensions and the weight requirements should be taken seriously by marketplace sellers. Ignoring these can lead to further inbound shipments being no longer accepted by Amazon.<\/p>

To announce a shipment, there are several options:<\/p>