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Podcast Episode 086 : Big Lessons from an Amazon Fulfillment Center Tour

May 26, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

On today’s episode of The Full-time FBA Show, Rebecca and Stephen reflect on their tour of an Amazon Fulfillment center before the COVID pandemic. In their conversation, they discuss what they learned and how it has impacted the way they do business. One of their major takeaways was the phrase ‘customer obsession.’ Since then they

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The Optimized Full-Time FBA Work & Shipping Station

March 23, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 41 Comments

Do you need a warehouse in order to do the kind of volume it takes to make a full-time income from FBA? I’ve seen a few threads on social media and have had a few people ask me that exact question… and my answer to all of them is this: No, you do not need

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Tool Review: Box Sizer – Create the Perfect-Sized Shipping Box

February 24, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 25 Comments

Besides boxes, 3-inch tape guns, and packing tape, the one tool I simply can’t live without in my Amazon FBA business is a box sizer (sometimes called a box re-sizer). I use this tool almost every single time I’m packing up an Amazon FBA shipment. Not only does it save me time, but it also

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How to Choose a Quality Prep Center For Your Amazon FBA Business

October 16, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 18 Comments

By now you’re probably convinced – getting your Amazon inventory out of your house and into a prep center to be processed for shipment to the FBA warehouse has to be a good thing, right? As we covered in our previous blog post, using a prep center frees up your time, frees up space in

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Filed Under: Advanced, Business Growth, Inventory Prep, Inventory Processing, Outsourcing, Prep Center, Shipping

How to Provide Box Level Details on Amazon FBA Shipments

October 20, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

If you’ve been reading your seller emails from Amazon, you know that starting November 1, 2016, FBA sellers will be required to provide box level details of the contents of their shipments to FBA warehouses. Failing to provide those details will incur a fee for your shipments of 15 cents per item. Additionally, Amazon has

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Filed Under: Beginner, Exercises, How To, Inventory Processing, Seller Central, Shipping, Split Shipments

How to Make the Most of Amazon FBA Split Shipments

July 2, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 80 Comments

Last time, we talked about Amazon Split Shipments and the options you have between Distributed Inventory Placement (DIP) or Inventory Placement Service (ISP). Today, we’re going to take the conversation to the next level and talk about how to make the most of whatever placement decision you make. For most of us, this decision should

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Amazon Split Shipments And What You Can Do About Them

May 22, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 37 Comments

It’s the number one question I hear from those who are new to selling via Amazon FBA: Why is Amazon forcing me to send my inventory to multiple warehouses all over the country? It’s expensive, inconvenient, and it’s cutting into my profit margins. What can I do to fix this? In a perfect world, Amazon

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Filed Under: Beginner, How To, Seller Central, Shipping, Split Shipments

Seller Central Tip #4 – How to Check for Reimbursable Lost Items

March 12, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 31 Comments

Recently we’ve been running a blog series called Seller Central Tips, including posts on the following topics: Tip #1: How to Check if “Returned” Items are Actually Returned to FBA Tip #2: How to Get Reimbursed for Unfulfillable Inventory Tip #3: How to Handle FBA Inbound Shipment Problems Today we’ll look at Tip #4: How to Check

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