You can enter box content information directly into Seller Central during shipment creation. We highly recommend providing this information with your shipments to reduce the time needed to make your products available for sale.
In the Prepare Shipment step of the shipment creation workflow, select your shipment type under How will this shipment be packed?
The methods available for providing box content information depend on your shipment type, as described in the section above.
Use web form (recommended)
When choosing this option, you will initially be presented with one box configuration. A box configuration is made up of the number of units, expiration dates (if applicable), box weights, and box dimensions. If you have many boxes with the same configuration, enter the box information once and then specify how many boxes match this configuration.
If any of your boxes have a different number of units, expiration dates, box weights, or box dimensions, add another box configuration. For shipments with only one SKU per box, click Add another box configuration at the bottom of the form to create a new row. For shipments with multiple SKUs per box, you can add boxes to the shipment as needed and use the Add another box size option to specify different box dimensions.
If you aren't sure how many boxes will be in your shipment, you can enter box content information for two boxes initially, then enter information for additional boxes one by one until your shipment is completed.
After making sure the information is correct, click Confirm to move to the next step. You can also click Save for later if you want to complete your shipment later.
Upload file (Excel format)
Upload file (.tsv format)
Use 2D barcodes
If you are using 2D barcodes to provide box content information, you do not need to enter box content information into Seller Central. For more information, see Using 2D barcodes for box content information.
Use Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS)
To indicate which method you're using to provide box content information, call CreateInboundShipment or UpdateInboundShipment and set the IntendedBoxContentsSource of the InboundShipmentHeader to one of the available options: NONE, FEED, or 2D_BARCODE. The default option is NONE. If the value of IntendedBoxContentSource is NONE at the time a shipment is confirmed, the manual processing fee will be assessed when the fulfillment center receives your inventory. If FEED or 2D_BARCODE is selected but box content information is not provided, your shipment will incur a manual processing fee.
Skip providing box contents
If your shipping processes do not support providing box content information, you can choose to skip this step and have Amazon manually process your shipment for a fee.
Enter the last day of the month printed. If you use an Excel pack list, the date format of the expiration date is "2020/5/31", not "May 2020."
Ship it as it is. The date printed on the shipping label may differ from the actual date depending on the system; however, the date is managed by the fulfillment center using the entered value.
The product is managed by the entered expiration date, and in some cases, an expired product may be delivered to the buyer. Ensure the correct value is entered. Amazon is not responsible for issues that arise due to an incorrectly entered expiration date. If the entered values are often incorrect, this can affect the safety of the buyer, and therefore, FBA date-sensitive items may be prohibited.
Cancel the shipment, submit "Product with expiration date" to Seller Support, and then create the shipment information after registering the product as a date-sensitive item.
Cancel the shipment and contact Seller Support about being asked for an expiration date even though the product does not have one. Attach pictures of each of the six sides of the product to show that there is no expiration date.
We understand that some sellers may have to modify their inventory fulfillment process in order to accommodate the requirement to include box contents with each box. This information greatly improves inventory management within Amazon and helps your products become available for sale more quickly. However, if you are unable to provide this information, please select one of the multiple box options and then Skip providing box contents when asked how you would like to provide box content information.