FBA Product Receiving Infractions More Regularly Resulting in Penalties

In an effort to increase the efficiency and accuracy of the FBA product receiving process, Amazon is becoming more stringent about holding Sellers accountable for fulfillment violations. The infractions, however minor, are causing account suspensions and revoked shipping privileges. These infractions include:

• Missing or inaccurate FBA labels placed on cartons

• Individual unit barcodes (e.g., UPCs) on cartons containing multiple sellable units

• Shipping units in wrapped inner packs inside the carton

• All individual sellable items should be separated inside the cartons

• Shipping orders in a different chronological sequence than they were created in Seller Central

• Shipping different product quantities than was entered in Seller Central

Additionally, Amazon is no longer allowing the alteration of product quantities in uncompleted Seller Central shipments. Brands that want to make quantity changes can delete their current shipments and start over, though that might result in account suspension. To prevent this issue, Global Overview recommends the following:

• Thoroughly check warehouse inventory and allocation before confirming shipments

• Refrain from adding product, deleting product, or amending unit quantities after confirmation

• Ship all FBA orders in full and in the order they were created in Seller Central

For more information about how to avoid these infractions and how to best follow our product quantity recommendations, contact us at info@123goecom.com to learn more.