Setting Up Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA) with StoreFeeder

What Is Fulfilment By Amazon?

Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) is a service offered by Amazon allowing you to send them your stock, have them store it at their warehouse and when an order is placed for one of them, they pick, pack and dispatch the order for you. For more information, visit the Amazon Services FBA Website.

There are two possible scenarios in which you can use FBA with StoreFeeder: Basic FBA and Fulfilment For Other Sales Channels via FBA.

Scenario 1 - Basic FBA

Basic FBA will use Amazon to any order placed on your Amazon channel for your FBA listings. Orders will import into StoreFeeder with the status of 'Shipped By Amazon' and you will not need to process them. Any products using this scenario in StoreFeeder will need to be purely Fulfilled By Amazon.

First, you will need to turn 'Fulfilment By Amazon?' on in the Amazon Specific Settings section of your Amazon integration you will be using FBA with (Settings>Edit/View Integration).

Second, you will need to adjust the fulfilment type for a listing depending on the places you want Amazon to fulfil to. 

Scenario 2 - Fulfilment For Other Sales Channels via FBA

Firstly, you will need to set up an Amazon FBA Warehouse. For information on how to add a new warehouse to StoreFeeder, please see the Adding a New Warehouse knowledgebase.

When you come to selecting the 'Warehouse Type' select 'Amazon Fulfilment'.

You will need to set the 'Amazon Fulfilment Settings' as shown in the image below.

You will need to add a 'Displayable Order Comment' to the order, and you can select if you would like 'Send ship-complete notifications to your customers', which is recommended.

You will also need to select the shipping methods that relate to 'Standard', 'Expedited' and 'Priority' services.

Click the 'Save' button when you have finished.

When using this scenario, any FBA orders placed on Amazon will be fulfilled via FBA, but orders from other channels can also be sent to FBA to be fulfilled by them. However, your own stock will not be used when you run out of stock with Amazon, the listings will end and be unfulfillable.

First, you will need to turn 'Fulfilment By Amazon' on in the Amazon Specific Settings section of your Amazon integration you will be using FBA with (Settings>Edit/View Integration).

Second, you will need to adjust the fulfilment type for a listing depending on the places you want Amazon to fulfil to. 

Amazon Fulfilment Channel codes:

You can find more information on these Fulfillment types; Amazon will be able to provide more in-depth details, but a brief overview is: 

• AMAZON_EU_RAFN — Remote Fulfilment with FBA across the EU. Amazon stores stock in one EU country and ships cross-border to other EU countries automatically. 
• AMAZON_EU_VCS — VAT Calculation Service for EU. Amazon calculates and displays VAT on invoices for EU orders. 
• AMAZON_UK2NL_RAFN — Remote Fulfilment from UK to Netherlands. UK-held FBA stock is used to fulfil Dutch marketplace orders. 
• AMAZON_UK2SE_RAFN — Remote Fulfilment from UK to Sweden. Same as above but for the Swedish marketplace. 
• AMAZON_UK_RAFN — Remote Fulfilment within the UK FBA network. 
• Fulfilment by Amazon (EU) — Standard FBA but specifically for EU Fulfilment centres (stock stored in an EU warehouse). 
• Fulfilment by Merchant (Default) — You ship the order yourself; no Amazon fulfilment involvement

Congratulations, you are now set up for FBA in StoreFeeder.