This post mainly focuses on shipping container costs for eCommerce companies that lease them to ship freight. But we also dip into the fun world of repurposed cargo containers. For our purposes, we’re referring to standard shipping containers like those used in seagoing freight, usually made ...
To choose these FBA pallet shipment options, the weight of your combined pallets must be a minimum of 150 lb, but a single pallet must not exceed 1500 lb for non-stackable pallets and 750 lb for stackable pallets. Ideally, they are 50 inches high. If they are not stackable, the pallets...
Amazon Global Logistics is Amazon's own freight forwarder that allows you to easily ship from China to FBA direct. You can also ship directly into China usingyour own freight forwarder. This is relatively straight forward and most freight forwarders are familiar with how to ship into Amazon. Wh...
Once your shipments get large enough and you're shipping full containers you may start to consider shipping full containers into Amazon FBA. If you're shipping LCL you may want to ship to Amazon FBA as well.One of the things I strive for as much as possible with my new company is ...
centers are more likely to struggle with capacity constraints than inland fulfillment centers. There’s limited physical space in these regions. That means these fulfillment centers are priced on scarcity and inflation, not value. You may pay too much to store more inventory in such a crowded ...
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This site is different in that itdoes not run auctions. If you see a pallet you like, you just go ahead and buy it. The pallet images give you a much better view of the items so you can see what is included. Listings also include a manifest so you can see exactly what you are ...
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An export packing list is a detailed document that states all of the product and packaging details contained in each shipment. Shippers must create a compliant packing list document to share to freight forwarders, shipping lines, importers and other parties along the supply chain. In this article...