Pre FBA Service Subke for fulfillment by Amazon®
As a fulfillment service provider, we offer online retailers the preparation of various pre FBA services. The vendor program, shipping to end customers via FBM and Prime Versand. If you use Amazon’s PAN-EU program, we can offer you warehouses in various EU countries for your removals.
Pre FBA
What is Pre FBA?
As a commercial online retailer, you can choose between FBA or the FBM program on Amazon. With the FBA program, you send your goods directly to Amazon. Amazon stores, packs and ships the goods for you. Of course, Amazon charges monthly fees for fulfillment (FBA fees calculator➚).
Use our Pre FBA service and store most of your goods with us and benefit from lower storage fees. We send the required amount to Amazon in a professional manner as required.
Consignment conditions at Amazon®
Except for parcels, everything has to be palletized!
There are many points to consider in order to send products to Amazon. Some of our employees have worked at Amazon and have a lot of experience. We are happy to do the work for you and prepare your goods according to Amazon’s requirements. The following is an overview of the conditions for posting on Amazon.
Requirements for cardboard boxes
- Standard shipping boxes only 200 BH
- 1 Tracking number per box
- 1 SKU for all products in 1 box (single type)
- Multiple SKUs in one box (mixed)
- 1 SKU always the same number of products in the box
- Max. 150 units in a single-variety box
- 1 FNSKU for 1 product
- 1 barcode or label per unit
- Only Manufactur or Amazon Barcodes
- Visible Transparency-Code attach
- Sets als “Set” Mark on top of shipping boxes + packaging
- BBD on outer box and box in at least 36 pt
- BBD must be readable at all times when logging in
- 1 Print out the label per box with a laser printer
- Attach the label visibly to the outside of the box
- The label must match the content, the box number and the delivery schedule
- Do not use product boxes as shipping boxes
- Do not pack shipping boxes in larger outer boxes
- No stretch film
- No POS or Gaylord boxes
- No shredded paper
- No styrofoam chips or styrofoam flakes
- No wrinkle film
- No marketing material
- Air cushions
- Sheets of paper
- Polyethylene rolls
- Newsprint
- Styrofoam sheets
Requirements for pallets
- All EU countries max. 800 x 1200 mm Euro / CHEP pallets DIN 15146
- UK 1000 x 1200 mm wooden pallets with 4-way access
- International pallets must be ISPM-15 standard heat treated
- Euro / CHEP pallets
- Pallets sorted by type
Use outer boxes - Do not use original boxes for sale
- Pack the outer boxes securely on pallets
- Outer boxes must not be as big as the pallet itself
- Transparent stretch film
- Wrap the stretch film tightly at least 3 times
- No knots or loose ends
- Leave chamfers free for threading with fork prongs
- Do not use strapping
- Box max. 23 kg
- Divide boxes <23 kg
- Name of Supplier
- Sender and recipient address
- Order number
- Affix “Number of pallets: ___ of ___ pallets” in the top right corner
- Attach the number of boxes to the top right
- Mixed pallets, affix a label with “different goods” or “different SKUs”
- Use only 1 side of the pallet for labeling
- Attach legibly
- Attach the notice “Do not tear the film” or “Do not disassemble”
- Attach the ASIN barcode from Amazon
- Attach the “Heavy” label to boxes <15 kg on top and on the side
- Max. 1.80 m high
- Max. 500 kg 1 pallet
- Stacked pallets for DE / CEE: max 2.70 m / UK, FR, IT, E: max. 3.00 m
- Delivery of stacked pallets only to certain logistics centers (addresses PDF)
- Vehicles with a rear tailgate only
- 30 cm between the pallets in the vehicle at the top and rear
- Delivery by sea freight, full container loads (FCL) and partial container loads (LCL
Info: Note the post-contractual information obligations towards the consumer. Amazon sends its own cancellation policy. Therefore, you are not allowed to provide your own cancellation policy. You have to limit the post-contractual information obligations to your general terms and conditions.
PAN-EU
What is PAN-EU?
As an FBA seller, you can use Amazon’s PAN-EU program to expand your sales across Europe. The program does not cost anything and promises a huge increase in sales. All you have to do is activate PAN-EU in your Seller Central account.
- Germany
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Amazon automatically distributes the goods according to its own algorithm
- Own sales tax number in the country in which the goods are stored
- VAT advance notification in the respective country
- Sales but not storage in the country applyVAT thresholds➚
- Returns or goods that have not been sold will only be sent back within the respective country.
- We have partner camps in the respective country
- Increase in sales
- Cheap & fast shipping
- Storage in all EU Amazon markets
- More visibility on marketplaces
- Local shipping charges only
Info: If the PAN EU program is too much effort for you, you can use an external service provider such as Spacegoats. Spacegoats takes on many tasks, such as invoicing, VAT registration, tax processing and requirements that must be met with the PAN-EU program.
Amazon® Remission
Worldwide warehouse network
Portugal:
Fulfillment in central Portugal from an experienced online retailer.
Spain:
Experienced logistician based in Marbella, southern Spain.
France:
The warehouse is located in the southwest of France.
Netherland:
For return addresses from the Netherlands from an experienced partner.
Germany:
Our fulfillment warehouse in front of Hamburg.
Poland:
Experienced logistician in Warsaw.
Italy:
Italy
A logistician in Milan with many years of experience.
U.A.E.:
Return address in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Australia:
Logistics on the west coast near Perth.
Mexico:
Experienced logistician in central Mexico.
USA:
2 return addresses are available in the USA.
One in New Jersey and one in Florida.
UK:
Warehouse based near London.
Canada:
An experienced logistics and shipping company based in Toronto.
Ein erfahrenes Logistik- und Versandunternehmen mit Sitz in Toronto.
What are Amazon Remissions?
If you participate in the PAN EU program, your goods will be optimally distributed to Amazon’s warehouses in the respective countries.
If your goods are not sold or you receive returns, you must have the goods picked up in the country.
We offer you international and in many EU countries warehouses through our partner network. There we can store your goods and collect them back to Germany.
FBM
What is FBM?
Fulfillment by Merchant – If you opt for the FBM program as a commercial online retailer, sell your products on Amazon Marketplace, but take care of storage, picking and shipping according to Amazon’s requirements.
As a start-up at Amazon, you will first start with the FBM program. FBA requires approval because Amazon first wants to see how many products you sell per month. You can do the fulfillment yourself or hand it over to a fulfillment service provider like us. We receive the orders from Amazon directly via our fulfillment software and take over the entire fulfillment for you according to Amazon’s requirements.
Prime through seller
Are you an Amazon Prime seller and do not want to ship your goods from Amazon, but from a central warehouse? We offer “Prime by Seller” as a filler. Our locations in front of Hamburg are ideally located. We set up the process together with you and deliver the goods to your Prime customers for you. We will accept the returns for you.
Requirements for Prime
- 99% on-time delivery
- 0> 1% cancellation rate
- No increased shipping costs
- Returns must be free of charge
- Shipping labels in Seller Central / via the API
- Deliveries from Amazon support carriers
- At least 5 Prime packages
- Delivery next working day for orders placed by 2 p.m.
- 2 workshops to Austria
- Prime products are found better
- Free delivery for the customer
- Free customer service from Amazon
- Make lightning deals on “Deals of the Day”
- Packaging of fragile items
- Packaging of bulky products
- Commissioning of articles with a large number of variants
- Daily collection by DPD
Vendor Central
What is the vendor program?
Are you a “first-party” seller on Amazon and take part in the vendor program? Then we can take over the preparation of the goods and the dispatch to Amazon for you. As a supplier to Amazon, you will deliver larger quantities. We can be a solution as an interim storage facility or take over partial quantities of the delivery. You benefit from our experience with Amazon and the location. Our warehouses are located just outside Hamburg. Your containers get to us quickly and you won’t lose another day.
What is Pre FBA?
In eCommerce, FBA is the abbreviation for “Fulfillment by Amazon”. Pre FBA is the preparation of the goods according to the respective requirements before they are shipped to Amazon.
What does FBA qualification mean?
As a merchant, if you have successfully created an account to sell on Amazon, comply with product restrictions and inventory requirements, you will be eligible for Fulfillment by Amazon.
What does remission mean?
In PAN-EU, remission means fulfillment, if the goods cannot be sold on Amazon in the respective country, they will be outsourced by Amazon. As a dealer, you then have to fetch the goods back from the respective country.
What is PAN EU?
PAN EU means European shipping by Amazon. This enables online retailers to sell their goods across the entire European market. Amazon uses an algorithm to automatically distribute the goods to the warehouses in the respective countries.