Our FBA Prep Services include the following, and are constantly adapting to Amazon’s changing policies, requirements and market direction:

• FNSKU item labeling
• Polybagging & FNSKU labeling
• Bundling / Mutipack packaging – combining multiple units of the same item together
• Kitting – combining one or multiple units of different items together to be sold as a kit
• Frustration Free Packaging
• Compliant Markings – Sold as Set, Anti-Suffocation warning, etc.
• Packaging Materials – we can re-use materials when possible, and/or supply all cartons & void sized to fit and protect your product in transit
• Case & Pallet labeling with Amazon FBA ID labels
• UPS label printing on Amazon's UPS account with capture & input of case dimensions & weight, or UPS shipment on Swan’s account with discounted rates
• LTL shipment prep using Amazon’s preferred carriers or Swan provided trucking with discounted rates
• Box content identification & 2D barcode label generation
• Freight forwarding, customs clearance and door-to-door freight management
• Cross dock & FBA shipment prep of product already FNSKU labeled or commingled inventory
• Seller central shipment management – give us a sign in and we take it from there
• Inbound freight management:
  • UPS Collect to our facility to benefit from our discounted rates
  • Truck LTL & FTL shipment management through our discounted brokerage relationships
  • International Air freight and Sea Container door-to-door delivery including forwarding, customs clearance, drayage to our facility, and floorloaded container unloading
• Product inspection & quality control
• Haz-Mat product handling, compliant packaging and ground or LTL shipping on our accounts (we are Haz-Mat certified with UPS)
• Amazon Canada, UK, Japan and others
• Returns /Removals – receipt, inspection, reporting and disposition (or restocking if using our multi-channel model)
• Storage of inventory to facilitate replenishment to Amazon as needed, with web-based inventory visibility and a full suite of reporting, metrics, order entry, etc.

If you are exclusively an Amazon seller and do not currently sell B2C through other channels, our FBA prep services enable you to receive inventory directly from your suppliers, prepare it to ship to FBA (or hold some of it for future FBA replenishment) and allow you to focus on procuring inventory, manage your Amazon listings & pricing, and expand into different product types. Our ability to bundle multiple units of the same item (sets) or combine items (kits) enable sellers to find the niche that differentiates them from other sellers and win the buy box.

If Amazon is one of your sales channels, but not your only one, and you need to store and fulfill orders for B2C orders and replenish to Amazon FBA from the same inventory, then our experience with this model is particularly beneficial. Our integrated order fulfillment & FBA prep service enables you to maintain one inventory that can support all channels, including FBA, and allocate inventory proportionately by channel. Swan can support managing inventory across channels, processing orders & exchanging shipment tracking and inventory sync independently by channel, and concurrently prepare and ship product to Amazon FBA. We can also provide software solutions to unify all channels, aggregate orders across marketplaces & website sales with advanced channel sales reporting, streamline supply chain management, forecast inventory needs based on current inventory levels and historical/seasonal demand, as well as other value added features.

One of Amazon’s newer initiatives, Seller Fulfilled Prime, allows sellers to qualify for Prime without using FBA or Vendor Central. Amazon’s metrics for this program can be difficult to meet, but that’s where our 30+ years of fulfillment experience add so much value. Same-day shipping and discounted ground & 2-day shipping rates allow our customers to exceed Amazon’s requirements while still maintaining the profit margins needed for it to make financial sense without FBA. Our transit-time based rate shopping selects the cheapest option for carrier guaranteed 2 day delivery, so if not purchasing shipping through Amazon's BuyShipping API the delivery metric can still always be met while minimizing shipping expense. We are also located in northern NJ, right in the middle of the densely populated northeastern US, so a substantial percentage of orders can deliver in 2 days via ground service.

Leverage our industry relationships with international air & sea freight logistics providers for door-to-door transit of your products from your manufacturers. From small air freight shipments to high cube 40 foot sea containers, our experts can manage the entire process right to our dock doors with a single point of contact.

• Air express shipments – leverage our discounted rates with UPS for time critical air shipments
• Air freight shipments – utilize our Official IATA agents and agreements with reputable air carriers for time sensitive air shipments, including global consolidation for optimized transit
• Sea container shipments – global LCL and FCL solutions & network of agents, online container tracking, fast transit times, long tenured agreements with key shipping companies
• Freight forwarding, customs clearance and all associated brokerage services