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Shipping inventory to Amazon's fulfillment network

Amazon recommends this workflow to ship inventory to Amazon's fulfillment network. Once in the fulfillment network, a seller's items can be used to fulfill orders on Amazon's retail website or through other sales channels.

Following these steps to ship inventory to Amazon's fulfillment network.

In this section

  1. Step 1 - Create a listing and convert it to FBA
  2. Step 2 - Create an inbound shipment plan
  3. Step 3 - Prepare the items for shipping
  4. Step 4 - Create an inbound shipment
  5. Step 5 - Use an Amazon-partnered carrier for your inbound shipments (optional)
  6. Step 6 - Send shipment tracking numbers to Amazon
  7. Step 7 - Submit carton content information
  8. Step 8 - Request shipping labels for your inbound shipment
  9. Step 9 - Request pallet labels or bills of lading (LTL/FTL only)
  10. Step 10 - Send your shipments to Amazon's fulfillment network
  11. Step 11 - Mark your shipments as shipped
Parent topic: Common tasks