No. As of January 2026, Amazon stopped offering FBA prep at its fulfillment centers. You can no longer ship unprepped inventory and have Amazon label, bag, or bundle it for a fee. Your units now have to arrive prep-complete: FNSKU-labeled, packaged to category spec, and bundled where needed. Sellers who relied on Amazon's in-house prep now use a third-party prep center or a 3PL. Confirm the current policy in Seller Central before you ship.
An FBA prep center is a third-party facility that gets your inventory ready for Amazon. It receives your bulk stock, applies FNSKU labels, packages each unit to Amazon's category spec, bundles multi-packs, builds the shipment plan, and forwards the boxes to the fulfillment centers Amazon assigns. Some prep centers only prep and forward. A 3PL does the same work and also stores your inventory to ship FBM and direct-to-consumer orders itself.
Amazon FBA prep generally covers four things: a scannable FNSKU label on every unit, packaging that matches the product category, bundling for multi-packs and sets so they stay together, and box content labeling on each carton. Packaging rules vary by category, meaning a poly bag with a suffocation warning for soft goods, bubble wrap for fragile items, and a cover for sharp items. Requirements can differ by ASIN and Amazon updates them, so check the spec for your products in Seller Central.
Look for four things: speed of receiving and turnaround, accuracy against Amazon's current prep specs, transparent per-unit pricing by service, and proximity to Amazon fulfillment centers to cut transit time. Ask for a rate card that breaks out labeling, bagging, and bundling separately. If you also sell on your own store, a 3PL that offers FBA prep can prep your Amazon inventory and ship your other orders from one warehouse instead of two.
FBA prep is usually priced per service, per unit. Across US prep centers, basic FNSKU labeling often runs from a few cents to around $0.50 per unit, with poly bagging, bubble wrap, and bundling costing more, and oversize prep higher still. Ranges vary by provider and volume, so confirm the rate card before you commit. Simpl runs Amazon FBA prep as a core service; per-SKU prep pricing depends on your products, so get a quote for a real number.
