Quick Start - Listing and Completing an LTL Pack First Batch

From your List Page, click Start a Batch, or the Plus icon.

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Enter the General Information of your batch:

Click Batch Settings at the bottom of the pop-up.

Fill in your Batch Settings:

Under Freight (Shipping Mode), select Less Than Truckload (LTL).

Choose Pack First as your Pack Type.

Proceed to adding your items to your batch.

When finished, click Continue to Plan It.

Once the new window opens, click Start Boxing My Batch.
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​Note: Despite the warning above, you can change your quantities for each SKU by up to 5% or six items in Seller Central after you've purchased your shipping labels.
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You can Go Back if you have to edit your batch.
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You will start in Group 1 with Box P1 - B1. (P1 - B1 is the box's Packing ID and stands for Pack Group 1 - Box 1 and does not represent a pallet label.)
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Depending on what you’re planning to ship, Amazon may break your batch up into different “pack groups.” For example, if you have some hazmat items, Amazon might create one group for hazmat and one for everything else. Each box can only contain items from a single pack group.
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In InventoryLab, pack groups will appear as different Group # tabs.
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If you need more than one box in this pack group, click + New Box. Add as many boxes as you need.
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Alternatively, if you'll have a bunch of identical, single-SKU boxes with the same contents, weights, and dimensions, try Quick Box!
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On the left, click the box you're currently working on, which will highlight it:
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Enter the quantity to assign to the highlighted box. Click Add to P# - B#.
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Repeat the assigning steps by clicking a box name to highlight it and then assigning your units to each box.
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Continue until you have assigned all items to boxes.
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If you haven't already done so, fill in your box weights and dimensions:
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Once you've added your box weights and dimensions, you should immediately print and apply Packing ID labels. Click the checkbox icon in the left column to activate Bulk Edit.
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​Tick the checkboxes of any boxes you're ready to label. Click Print Packing ID Labels if you're using a thermal label printer or Print Packing ID 30 Up Labels for anything else.
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This will print labels displaying codes like P1 - B1, matching the Packing IDs shown on your boxes in InventoryLab. Be extremely careful to apply each label to the correct box. This is the only way to guarantee you will be able to match your shipping labels to the correct boxes later.
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Important: If you delete any box, it will change the Packing IDs for all boxes that come after it in the same group. For example, if you delete P1 - B3, then P1 - B4 will become your new P1 - B3, P1 - B5 will become your new P1 - B4, etc. Be sure to reprint and reapply labels as needed after deleting any boxes.
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Make sure you've boxed all your items and provided box weights and dimensions across all groups.
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Click Next.
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​Note: If you have any boxes that are missing weights and dimensions, you'll see a modal asking you to provide them now. It's best to click X to go back so you can print Packing ID labels after providing box weights and dimensions. If you fill out the form directly, you'll be taken straight to Ship It with no chance to get your Packing IDs.