Amazon FBA Prep Services — Compliant FNSKU, Polybag & Bundle Prep

The things that matter most are turnaround speed, whether they pass non-compliance fees back to you (a good prep center doesn't), whether their software connects to Seller Central for shipment planning, and whether the pricing is clear upfront. Ask for a reference from a seller at roughly your volume and SKU mix before committing.

Most prep centers turn around an inbound in one to three business days after your inventory arrives. Complex kitting jobs or unusually large shipments take longer. The biggest factor is usually the receiving queue at the prep center, followed closely by whether your supplier packed and manifested things cleanly.

A prep center takes your inventory, handles the FNSKU labeling and Amazon-required packaging, builds any bundles, and ships it into Amazon FCs ready to sell. Most also do kitting and can receive product straight from your overseas supplier, which cuts out a leg of the journey.

Amazon announced the change in July 2025, and it took effect January 1, 2026. Every FBA-bound unit now has to reach the fulfillment center already FNSKU'd, polybagged where required, and bundled where required.

Units that arrive non-compliant get charged prep and non-compliance fees, or get refused. Simpl preps your units to Amazon's spec and ships them in, usually within 1 to 3 days of receiving.

No. Since January 1, 2026, Amazon no longer preps seller inventory at its U.S. fulfillment centers. FNSKU labeling, polybagging, bubble-wrapping, and bundle prep all stopped at the FC.

You either prep units yourself or send them to a third-party provider before they ship to Amazon. Simpl is that provider: we prep your inventory and ship it in ready to sell.

Nope! We don't have any ongoing fees outside of our fees for each shipment we prep for you. It's completely free to sign up for our software and use us as needed!

You can! Check out our pricing for storage fees and reach out via our form or live chat to discuss further. We're generally cheaper than Amazon's storage fees especially in Q4.

We do! A lot of our clients use us for multiple services such as FBA Prep, FBM and eCommerce Fulfillment depending on their needs.

We work with very large, established sellers and also smaller sellers just getting started. In order to offer the service we do, we charge a $40 minimum per Inbound (project). We think this is incredibly low but helps cover our awesome teams time.

We do! Inventory tracking, shipment planning and more are all features of our awesome software. It's completely free as well so you can try it out without any obligations!

We do! We can support sub accounts as well so you can manage all of your clients under 1 login. Reach out for more information!

We work with tons of OA/RA sellers! We just have a small surcharge per unit to help cover the extra time it takes to process smaller shipments.

For our FBA Prep clients, we offer live chat and email support. You can email team@simplefulfillment.com or use the chat box on the bottom right to speak with the team!

Good question! We bill at the time of prep via Stripe. When you sign up for our software and begin sending us inventory, it'll prompt you to add a credit card which we'll use to bill you for each shipment as we prep them!

The most common alternative to Amazon FBA is Fulfilled by Merchant (FBM) through a 3PL like Simpl Fulfillment, which ships your Amazon orders and your direct-to-consumer orders from the same inventory in Austin, TX. Sellers move off FBA to escape rising fees, long-term storage charges, and Amazon's unbranded packaging. With Simpl handling FBM, you keep your own packaging and cut Amazon's storage and fulfillment fees while still shipping same-day.

Yes. Since January 1, 2026, Amazon no longer preps or labels FBA inventory in the US. That covers poly-bagging, bubble wrapping, bundling, kitting, and FNSKU barcode labeling. If your units arrive at a fulfillment center without proper prep, Amazon won't fix them. It returns the shipment at your cost or disposes of it. So you now prep before you ship to Amazon, either in-house or through a third-party prep provider.

No. Since January 1, 2026, Amazon no longer preps seller inventory at its U.S. fulfillment centers. FNSKU labeling, polybagging, bubble wrap, and bundle prep are now the seller's job, handled in-house or through a third-party prep service like Simpl.

Amazon FBA prep is the process of getting your inventory ready to meet Amazon's requirements before it ships to an Amazon fulfillment center. It covers labeling, poly bagging, bundling, and packaging so your products pass Amazon's receiving checks. Simpl handles FBA prep so your shipments are not delayed or charged non-compliance fees.

Unless you're sending us thousands of units (we'll reach out to discuss if you do!), we generally turnaround shipments as soon as same-day of delivery and as slow as 3 business days. We aim to be as fast as possible so there's no delays in you selling!

Amazon retired it. Since January 1, 2026, the company has stopped prepping and labeling FBA inventory in the US and handed that work back to sellers. Amazon said it wants its network focused on faster inventory movement, and it's leaning on the third-party prep providers that already exist. The practical result: every seller sending to US FBA needs a prep plan. Do it yourself, or use a prep center that polybags, labels, and kits your units to Amazon's spec before they arrive. Simpl handles Amazon FBA prep as part of our fulfillment service, so your inventory arrives at Amazon prepped to spec.

It's totally free! It's one of the advantages of working with Simpl Prep. We've always working to improve it as well to make the experience even better. No more Google Sheets and sharing logins!

You probably don't need one close by. A prep center receives your inventory, preps and labels it to Amazon's spec, then forwards it to Amazon's fulfillment centers. Location matters less than getting the prep right and shipping into Amazon on time. Simpl runs prep out of our Austin, TX warehouse and sends prepped inventory to Amazon fulfillment centers nationwide. If you're comparing local shops, weigh accuracy and turnaround over how close they are.

We can! Check out our fulfillment offerings. We work with tons of dropshippers to help repackage and relabel their shipments before they head to their customers.

We can! We work with tons of large, established sellers to help make their lives easier. We offer everything from shrinkwrapping, polybagging, transparency labeling, re-packaging, QA, etc. Just reach out and we'll get you in touch with an account manager who can help!

There isn't one! We don't believe in onboarding fees or startup fees. We want you to want to work with us and we'll only bill you for the work we do!

With Amazon FBA, Amazon stores your inventory and ships every order in unbranded boxes, charging fulfillment and storage fees along the way. With Simpl Fulfillment, you keep control of your branding, packaging, and sales channels, and you ship same-day from Austin at flat-rate pricing starting at $7/order. The tradeoff is the Prime badge: FBA applies it automatically, while shipping FBM through Simpl doesn't unless you qualify for Seller Fulfilled Prime.

An FBA prep service gets your units compliant before they ship to Amazon. That means FNSKU labeling, polybagging, bubble wrap for fragile items, bundle and set creation, expiration dating, and carton and pallet labeling, so your inventory arrives ready to sell.

An FBA prep service receives your inventory, preps each unit to Amazon's specifications, and ships it to the assigned Amazon fulfillment center. That includes applying FNSKU labels, poly bagging, protecting fragile items, bundling multipacks, and boxing shipments to Amazon's standards. Simpl handles the full prep workflow so your inventory arrives compliant and ready to sell.

Amazon FBA prep is the labeling and packaging that gets inventory past Amazon's receiving requirements, and it's one of Simpl Fulfillment's core services. Simpl applies FNSKU labels, poly-bags and bubble-wraps items, applies carton and shipment labels, and bundles multipacks to Amazon's spec so your shipment isn't rejected at the dock. You send inventory to the Austin warehouse and Simpl preps it before it goes into Amazon's fulfillment centers.

FBA prep is priced per unit, and the rate depends on what each SKU needs and how much you ship. Simpl charges a flat per-unit fee with no hidden surcharges, and shares rates after a short conversation about your volume. See our pricing page for current rates.

You can prep your own inventory, but a prep service saves time and reduces the risk of costly compliance mistakes as your volume grows. Amazon's prep rules are strict, and a rejected or mislabeled shipment can mean delays, fees, or held inventory. Many sellers hand prep to a provider like Simpl once the work outgrows their own space and hours.

Yes. You create a removal order in Seller Central to pull inventory out of Amazon's fulfillment centers, or route new inventory straight to Simpl Fulfillment. Simpl then ships your orders as FBM and uploads tracking back to Amazon so your listings stay active. Onboarding is quick: Simpl gets new brands live in 5 to 7 days.

FBA prep covers everything a unit needs to meet Amazon's inbound requirements: FNSKU item labeling, polybagging, bubble wrap and fragile prep, bundle and set creation, expiration dating with first-in-first-out rotation, and carton and pallet labeling.

Amazon requires every unit to carry a scannable FNSKU label, be packaged so it survives shipping, and be prepped according to its product type. That can mean poly bagging with suffocation warnings, protecting fragile goods, bundling sets so they scan as one unit, and meeting weight and dimension limits. Simpl preps your inventory to these specifications so it clears Amazon's receiving dock without non-compliance fees.

If your inventory does not meet Amazon's standards, Amazon can refuse the shipment, charge per-unit non-compliance fees, or hold the units until they are fixed, which delays your ability to sell. In some cases Amazon preps the units for you and bills you for it at a premium. Using a prep service like Simpl avoids this by getting your inventory compliant before it ever reaches Amazon.