This guide will walk you through creating FBA shipments without providing detailed box content information to Amazon.
Turn Box Contents Off
Option 1: Create a Batch with Box Contents Off
Create a new batch. When you reach the Batch Settings screen shown below, toggle the Box Contents option to Off.
Click Start Your Batch to move on to Find It once you're happy with your batch settings. Then skip down to Find It below.
Option 2: Turn Box Contents Off for an Existing Batch
If your batch has already reached the Find It or Box It step, you can still turn Box Contents Off!
Click the kebab menu next to the name of the batch on the left. Choose Edit Batch Information.
Click the slider next to Box Contents to turn it off.
Click Save.
Your batch now has Box Contents Off! Keep reading below if you're on the Find It step now. If you've already made it past Find It, skip down to Box It.
Find It
Search for and list your items as usual. For detailed instructions, check out this article: Searching the Catalog.
Optional: Print your item labels now.
If you have multiple different items in your batch and want to print all their labels at once, click the kebab menu in the far upper right. Select Print All Labels if you use a thermal label printer or Print All 30 Up Labels if you use anything else.
You can also print labels for one item at a time. Click the kebab menu in the top-right corner of your item's details and select Print FNSKU Labels or Print 30 Up Labels.
Note: Printed labels will default to the actual number of items you have in your batch.
Proceed to the Box It stage by clicking Next.
Box It
When the new window opens, click Start Boxing My Batch.
Your items may be separated into pack groups by Amazon. If so, you'll see Group # tabs at the top of the screen.
All the items on the right side of your screen belong to the currently selected group. They can all be boxed together with items in the same group, but must be boxed separately from items in different groups.
If you didn't print the labels for your items in Find It, now is the time. Click the checkbox icon above the items on the right to open Bulk Edit.
Tick the boxes next to each item you'd like to print labels for, or tick the Select All box at the top to select everything in this group at once. You can then use the printing options at the bottom of the screen to print your labels.
Note: Use Print Labels for a thermal label printer or Print 30 Up Labels for anything else. If printing for multiple items at once, leave the number of labels blank to automatically print the exact number of labels needed.
Box all your items for your selected group. If you end up using more than one box, click + New Box until you have all the boxes you need in InventoryLab.
Click on the first box in this group. Enter the box's length, width, height, and weight.
Repeat for each box in the group.
If you have more than one group, repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 for each additional group.
Click Next.
If you forgot to add dimensions and weight for any of your boxes, you'll be prompted to do so now. Fill out all fields and then click Save and continue.
Ship It
After clicking Save and continue, you'll see the popover shown below. In the shipping mode field, select Small Parcel Shipment(s) - SPD for packages sent individually, or LTL (Less-than-Truckload) for any shipment where you're placing your boxes on pallets. Then click Confirm Shipping Mode.
After confirming your Shipping Mode, you will have to wait until Amazon provides placement options for your shipments. Based on the number of items and boxes, this process can take up to 10 minutes.
On the new window, you will see all the Placement Options available. Click an option to show detailed information.
4. Choose your carrier by clicking the pencil in the Carrier field.
5. Click Confirm Placement.
6. Review your charges and click the checkbox to accept the fees. Confirm by clicking Purchase All Shipping Labels.
7. Click Print Box and Shipping Labels.