FBA Prep Compliance

A rejected or mis-prepped FBA shipment costs money twice: the prep fee Amazon charges to fix it, and the days the inventory sits unsellable. Almost every prep failure is one of a short list of known mistakes. This skill walks the prep so the shipment arrives clean.

When to use this

• Preparing the first FBA shipment of a new product.
• A past shipment was rejected or hit with unplanned prep fees.
• Shipping a fragile, liquid, sharp, adult, or expiration-dated product.
• Sending bundles, multipacks, or sets and unsure how to prep them.

The framework. The Prep Gate Checklist

A shipment passes the warehouse when it clears six gates. Walk them in order before anything is boxed.