I had 300 units in 3 separate shipments to FBA. A total of 100 units ever became available for sale. The others were listed as missing, reserve status, and eventually closed. I DID get reimbursed for missing units (at cost of course).
I’m getting ready to send another one (yes trying again!) and wondering if I’m doing something wrong?
The shipments were all checked in, but remained in FC transfers and reserve status until they were eventually closed with missing units.
Would love feedback from successful sellers!!
To give your inventory the best chance of showing up as available for sale, ship in as few cartons as practical (ideally one shipment, single or small number of boxes) using Amazon-partnered SPD, provide box-level content information or a 2-D barcode, apply FNSKU labels and “Team Lift/Heavy” stickers where needed, tape all seams, and photograph the sealed cartons before hand-off to the UPS driver; avoid mixing SKUs in the same box if you can, because uniform case-packed boxes are processed faster and miscounts drop sharply; skip AWD for now—inventory in AWD still moves through the same FC network and simply adds another transfer hop, which can prolong reserve status—and only use a 3PL if it allows you to ship SPD to a nearby fulfillment center, not pallet/LTL, since SPD cartons are scanned at every leg and discrepancies are resolved quicker; finally, send high-velocity SKUs in their own dedicated shipment, keep each box weight under 50 lb, and check the reconciliation tab after 14 days so you can file missing-unit claims promptly while the tracking and inbound scans are still fresh.
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