What is FBA?
FBA stands for Fulfillment by Amazon it is a storage and shipping service offered by Amazon that works on the simple concept of ‘Sellers sell and Amazon ships’ it is a means of helping business owners/ third party sellers sell their products. This is available to sellers that are enrolled on Amazon FBA, sellers can delegate all shipping to Amazon, including returns and refunds, as well as product warehousing in Amazon’s warehouses, selecting and packaging, and other services. As long as sellers make sure Amazon stays stocked with their products and handle the sales the rest is done for the seller.
Important components of selling on FBA over which sellers have complete control over:
- Picking the products that they will be selling
- Keeping an eye on the stock and replenish it so you can avoid stockout
- Marketing your products and attracting potential customers
Benefits of FBA for Sellers
- Handling sellers fulfillment process that involves the following
- Picking and sorting products at the warehouse
- Appropriately packing products
- Shipping products to customers
- Ongoing customer support
- Track packaging
- Dealing with returns
- Managing funds
- Managing returns: Using FBA employees from Amazon can accept these returns, replace the items, and keep your customers updated throughout the process.
- Reduce shipping cost: FBA gives sellers access to Amazon’s Prime delivery service, but at a lower cost because Amazon has worked with a number of the world’s leading shipping businesses.
- It does away with the necessity for a warehouse: FBA provides fulfillment centers. Sellers are provided as much storage space as they need, and the overhead costs are covered by a low monthly inventory fee.
- Selling worldwide: There are FBA fulfillment centers all over the world, so sellers have less to lose. If it doesn’t work out, they can grow to a global market at their own pace with lesser financial consequences.
FBA Process
- Setting up a Selling on Amazon account is the first step for sellers. Sellers will be able to offer things on Amazon as a result of this. If they already have an Amazon account, they should add Fulfillment by Amazon to it.
- Sellers should add all of their inventory items to Amazon’s catalog. They can do this by individually adding your products, grouping them together, or linking inventory management software with Amazon’s API.
- Once the sellers have uploaded the items, making sure they’re well packaged so they can be safely sent to Amazon’s fulfillment centers. Sellers should create shipment plans with Amazon’s affiliated carriers to save money on shipping.
- Amazon handles receiving orders, repackaging them in Amazon-branded packaging, and shipping them to consumers. They also handle all inquiries through their customer support service, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
What is Amazon Easy Ship?
Amazon Easy Ship is a shipping service that Amazon provides to all sellers. When sellers create an account on their marketplace website, they will be asked to enter your business pin number, which will determine whether or not the service is available in that area.
When amazon sellers receive an order, they can pack the items and schedule an easy ship pickup through Amazon’s service. After receiving an order in Amazon Seller Central, the seller must process it by issuing a tax invoice, packing slip, and scheduling pickup. The actual size and weight of the item for which it is scheduled are all that is required of sellers.
Important things to follow for easy ship
- It is recommended that sellers ship the products with Amazon branding packaging.
- Include invoice that contains information like price of the item, address of the customer, tax details, authorized signature, etc.
- Shipping label that contains barcode for tracing purposes
Benefits of Easy ship
- Customers can track their orders and delivery dates with Easy Ship.
- Buyers can also use Easy Ship’s Pay on Delivery (also known as Cash on Delivery) function to pay for orders at the time of delivery.
- The funds for the orders are instantly paid into sellers bank account.
How does easy ship work?
- To set up your account, register as an Amazon Seller and log in to Seller Central. Using our simple listing tools on Seller Central or the Seller App, update your business information and add your product listings.
- Store your goods in your warehouse and give Amazon the address for pickups
- When clients place a purchase with you on Amazon, you’ll receive an email, Seller Central, and SMS notice. You can then arrange the pickup and maintain the items packaged and ready for pickup according to Amazon’s instructions. You can even take advantage of Amazon packaging.
- Your products will be delivered to the consumer quickly and reliably via Amazon. Your customers can also follow the progress of their orders. Customers who are satisfied have a higher likelihood of receiving a 5-star rating and placing more orders.