After completing the box content information for your SPD (Small Parcel Delivery) shipments, it's time to send it to Amazon and purchase shipping labels. You can purchase shipping and complete them without ever leaving InventoryLab.
Note: If you prefer to complete shipments in Seller Central instead of InventoryLab, you can manually close your batch and upload a shipping plan file using Send to Amazon. For steps, please see - Uploading a Shipping Plan File Using Send to Amazon
Completing SPD Shipments Individually
Sending Box Content Feeds in Bulk
Completing SPD Shipments Individually
To complete a shipment in InventoryLab, click Purchase Shipping Labels next to a shipment towards the top of the page.
Note: If you want to complete the shipment in Seller Central, click the sync button next to Purchase Shipping Labels and manually close the batch after you receive the green success message.
A window will appear asking how you'd like to complete your shipment.
Choose the Shipping Method, either SPD: Partnered Carrier or SPD: Non-Partnered Carrier.
SPD: Partnered Carrier
Note: When using this shipping method, the cost will be billed to your Amazon Seller account as an inbound transportation charge. For information on the Amazon Partnered Carrier program and how shipping costs are estimated, please refer to their documentation located here- Amazon Partnered Carrier options
Enter the weight and dimensions of your boxes. You can enter them for each box individually or all at once by using the "All Boxes" section.
Wait a few moments to make sure your feeds process without error.
Once accepted, you will see a green Success message, and the Feeds Processing button will change to the Next: Estimate Charges button to move forward.
If needed, you can click the Resend Feeds button to try processing the feeds again.
If Feed Error returns, it must be fixed before you can move to the next step.
Click Cancel to get back to the Box Content Information page where you can address the issue before resending the feeds. For information on this, please see- Editing Box Level Content Information
Once you receive the Success message and everything looks good, click Next: Estimate Charges to proceed.
The Estimated Charges window will appear and display the carrier information, number of boxes, total shipment weight, estimated shipping costs, and the ship from address.
If everything looks correct, click Accept Charges to proceed.
You will be asked to confirm that you'd like to proceed with purchasing shipping. Once done, you will not be able to make changes to the shipment without voiding the charges. (Charges can be voided within 24 hours of purchase.)
Click Yes to proceed. The cost will be billed to your Amazon Seller account as an inbound transportation charge.
The shipping labels and box labels will automatically download as a .PDF to your computer's downloads folder. These labels can be printed in 4 x 6 or 8.5 x 11 sizes.
Note: If your labels don't seem to be opening, try these steps- My 2D barcode labels or shipping labels aren't opening!
The shipment will change to "Ready for Carrier" status in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab.
Note: Amazon marks shipments as "Shipped" with the first scan from the carrier. They will still show in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab and as "Working" in Seller Central until that time.
Once the shipment is showing as "Shipped" in Seller Central, clicking the Sync Shipments button in InventoryLab will update the Working Shipments area and clear out the shipment.
That's it! Once you complete these steps for all the shipments in the batch, it will close automatically as this completes the workflow for it in InventoryLab.
SPD: Non-Partnered Carrier
Choose your Carrier from the dropdown menu. The options are:
- UPS (non-partnered)
- DHL
- FedEx
- USPS
- Other
Below the Carrier, the Destination Address is displayed. You can copy the address by clicking the copy icon.
Next, enter the Tracking ID for each box in the shipment.
Note: Amazon currently allows a maximum of 50 characters to be entered for tracking IDs.
Wait a few moments to make sure your feeds process without error.
Once accepted, you will see a green Success message, and the Feeds Processing button will change to the Submit All button to move forward.
If needed, you can click the Resend Feeds button to try processing the feeds again.
If Feed Error returns, it must be fixed before you can move to the next step.
Click Cancel to get back to the Box Content Information page where you can address the issue before resending the feeds. For information on this, please see- Editing Box Level Content Information
Once you receive the Success message and everything looks good, click Submit All to proceed.
The box labels will automatically download as a .PDF to your computer's downloads folder and can be printed in 4 x 6 or 8.5 x 11 sizes.
The shipment will change to "Ready for Carrier" status in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab.
Note: Amazon marks shipments as "Shipped" with the first scan from the carrier. They will still show in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab and as "Working" in Seller Central until that time.
Once the shipment is showing as "Shipped" in Seller Central, clicking the Sync Shipments button in InventoryLab will update the Working Shipments area and clear out the shipment.
We recommend waiting until the boxes have shipped and Amazon changes the shipment status to "Shipped" before interacting with it in Seller Central. At that time, the tracking IDs or PRO numbers entered in InventoryLab will be available for reference in Seller Central.
That's it! Once you complete these steps for all the shipments in the batch, it will close automatically as this completes the workflow for it in InventoryLab.
Sending Box Content Feeds in Bulk
To send box content for all shipments at once, click the Send All Feeds and Choose Carrier button.
A window will appear asking how you'd like to complete your shipment.
Choose the Shipping Method, either SPD: Partnered Carrier or SPD: Non-Partnered Carrier.
SPD: Partnered Carrier
Note: You cannot purchase shipping in bulk and will need to follow the steps below to navigate to the individual shipments after submitting feeds to purchase shipping.
To begin, enter the weight and dimensions of the boxes for all shipments created from the batch. By entering these details, they will be sent to Amazon along with your box content information.
You can enter them for each box individually or all at once by using the "All Boxes" section.
Click Submit All.
Wait a few minutes for a green Success message in InventoryLab.
Note: If you select "Send All Feeds and Choose Carrier" and receive an error for one shipment, you will need to resend them all. If you do not successfully send your box content information without error, you will not be able to proceed in Seller Central.
From the List>List & Prep page, locate the Working Shipments window, click the 3 horizontal lines to the right of the shipment and, select Work on Shipment.
Click the Purchase Shipping Labels button.
When the prompt appears, select Complete shipment in InventoryLab.
Then, click Next: Estimate Charges.
The Estimated Charges window will appear and display the carrier information, number of boxes, total shipment weight, estimated shipping costs, and the ship from address.
If everything looks correct, click Accept Charges to proceed.
You will be asked to confirm that you'd like to proceed with purchasing shipping. Once done, you will not be able to make changes to the shipment without voiding the charges. (Charges can be voided within 24 hours of purchase.)
Click Yes to proceed. The cost will be billed to your Amazon Seller account as an inbound transportation charge.
The shipping labels and box labels will automatically download as a .PDF to your computer's downloads folder. These labels can be printed in 4 x 6 or 8.5 x 11 sizes.
Note: If your labels don't seem to be opening, try these steps- My 2D barcode labels or shipping labels aren't opening!
The shipment will change to "Ready for Carrier" status in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab.
Note: Amazon marks shipments as "Shipped" with the first scan from the carrier. They will still show in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab and as "Working" in Seller Central until that time.
Once the shipment is showing as "Shipped" in Seller Central, clicking the Sync Shipments button in InventoryLab will update the Working Shipments area and clear out the shipment.
That's it! Once you complete these steps for all the shipments in the batch, you have finished their workflow in InventoryLab.
SPD: Non-Partnered Carrier
Choose your Carrier from the dropdown menu. The options are:
- UPS (non-partnered)
- DHL
- FedEx
- USPS
- Other
Next, enter the Tracking ID for the boxes in each shipment.
Note: Amazon currently allows a maximum of 50 characters to be entered for tracking IDs.
Click Submit All.
The box labels will automatically download as a .PDF to your computer's downloads folder and can be printed in 4 x 6 or 8.5 x 11 sizes.
The shipments will change to "Ready for Carrier" status in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab.
Note: Amazon marks shipments as "Shipped" with the first scan from the carrier. They will still show in the Working Shipments window in InventoryLab and as "Working" in Seller Central until that time.
Once the shipment is showing as "Shipped" in Seller Central, clicking the Sync Shipments button in InventoryLab will update the Working Shipments area and clear out the shipment.
We recommend waiting until the boxes have shipped and Amazon changes the shipment status to "Shipped" before interacting with it in Seller Central. At that time, the tracking IDs or PRO numbers entered in InventoryLab will be available for reference in Seller Central.
That's it! The batch will close as this step completes the batch process in InventoryLab.
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