Effective November 1, 2016, any shipment received at an Amazon fulfillment center without box content information is subject to fees that will be assessed by Amazon. To make your life easier, InventoryLab has built the option to provide this information right into your workflow!
This article details how to enter box content information manually. If you would like to know how to use this feature with a barcode scanner, please see our Box Content Scanning - Private Workflow article.
Transmitting Box Content to Amazon
Turning on Box Content
When creating a new batch on the List>List & Prep page, set the Provide Box Content option to On:
Assigning Items to Boxes
After you have created all your shipments on the Proposed FBA Shipping page, you will be brought to the Box Content page.
To begin, click the shipment you want to begin working on towards the top of the page. If the batch had multiple shipments, they will be listed individually.
This page has the following sortable columns:
Shipments Area
• Shipment Name
• Shipment ID
• Prep Type
• Destination
• Qty
• Total Boxes
Box Contents Area
• Title
• MSKU
• Condition
• Qty
• Box Information
We automatically create the first box for you, as is shown in the panel to the right side of the screen. If you need additional boxes, click the + New button to create a new box.
To assign an item to a box, locate it in the list and click the arrow next to Assign. Choose the box you’d like to put your items in, enter the quantity of units you’d like in the box, then click Assign.
A gray box means you have not assigned any quantities of that item to a box yet.
If you only assign a portion of the quantity of an item in your shipment to a box, you will notice the remaining quantity still has a gray Assign button next to it. This indicates that you have more of the item that has not yet been given a box designation.
You can see the total number of items left to assign in a shipment at the bottom left of the page.
A green box for all quantities means that the entire amount of that MSKU going to that fulfillment center has been successfully assigned to a box.
Estimated Box Weight
If you need to make sure you don’t overfill your boxes and want to monitor the weight of the box as you add items, you have that option!
Before you assign box content for a particular box, you can click the small i to the right of the box name in the Box Contents Information window. This expands the window, providing your box content information for that particular box.
Once expanded, you can see the items and quantity of units for each assigned to the box (either by MSKU or FNSKU) and the estimated total weight as you add to the box.
The weight is based on the item package weight of the items in the box, estimated to the nearest hundredth of a pound.
Dollar Value
Having the Display Dollar Value for Box Contents enabled in your settings makes it so the cost/unit and list price values of the items assigned to your boxes are visible on the Box Content page and packing lists.
To see the Dollar Values, click the small i to the right of the box name in the Box Contents Information window.
This setting can be managed anytime under Settings>List>Box Content Settings.
Action Items
When you click the action button next to a box, a dropdown menu will appear with the following options:
• Print Box Packing List – this action allows to print a packing list for your box
• Remove Box- this action will remove the box
• Copy Box – this action allows you to copy an already assigned box
• Show FNSKU/Show MSKU – this action toggles the view for all items in boxes to either show as FNSKUs or MSKUs
Print Box Packing List
If you need to print a packing list for a specific box, click the Action icon next to the box name and select Print Box Packing List.
Select if you would like the list to include images of the items in the box or not, then a new tab will open and your browser’s printing functions will take over.
For more information on packing lists, please see- Box Content - Print a Packing List
Removing a Box
If you need to remove a box, click the Action icon next to the box name and select Remove Box.
A pop-up will appear to make sure the box should be removed. To proceed with deleting the box, click Remove.
If the box contained any items, those items will need to be reassigned to a new box.
Note: Deleting boxes may cause the box numbers in Seller Central not to match up with the box numbers in Stratify for the shipment. For more information, please see Your Shipping Labels With Box Content
Create or Copy Boxes in Bulk
If you tend to have a large number of boxes per shipment, you can create them in bulk in a couple of different ways.
Bulk Creating New Boxes
You can bulk create new boxes by clicking on the blue + New button. A prompt will appear where you can enter the number of boxes you need and click OK.
Copying Existing Boxes
If you need to create multiple boxes with the same items, copying boxes may save you some time!
To copy a box, click the Action icon next to the box name and select Copy Box.
You will be asked how many copies of this box would you like to make.
Note: The default value will be the maximum number of exact boxes that can be copied, but you can change the value manually if needed. The value must be greater than 0. If you attempt to change the value to something higher than the maximum number of exact boxes that can be copied, you will see a warning message.
After clicking OK, you’ll see a message letting you know the boxes are being copied.
Toggling FNSKU/MSKU View
Generally, sellers have a preference on if they want to see MSKU or FNSKU when packing boxes.
To change this view, click the Action icon next to the box name and select Show FNSKU (or MSKU).
Note: If the current selection is Show FNSKU, you will see Show MSKU as the option to change the view. Alternatively, if the current selection is Show MSKU, you will see Show FNSKU as the option.
This action will toggle the view for ALL items in all boxes and the view will be remembered for future shipments.
Click the small i to the right of the box name to see the items assigned to the box listed by either FNSKU or MSKU depending on your selection.
Transmitting Box Content to Amazon
Once you have assigned all of the items to boxes for every shipment, click the Transmit All Boxes to Seller Central button in the lower right hand corner.
You can also send them one by one by clicking Transmit Box next to each shipment towards the top of the page.
You'll then be asked to enter the weight and dimensions for your boxes. By entering these details, they will be sent to Amazon along with your box content information so you won't have to enter them in Seller Central.
If you have multiple boxes in a shipment that are all the same weight and size, you can enter those details once in the top '"All Boxes" row to have them applied to all the boxes in the shipment.
Once the information has been entered for all the boxes, click Submit All to finish transmitting your box content information to Amazon.
If you're not ready to enter the weight/dimensions for the boxes yet, or if your shipment contains hazmat items, click Skip this Step to finish sending your box content information. (You can edit your Box Content later in Stratify to include them, or enter them directly in Seller Central.)
For more information on entering weight/dimensions for boxes through Stratify, please see- Add Your Shipping Box Weight and Dimensions through InventoryLab
After you have completed your batch, wait a few minutes for a green Success message in Stratify.
Once it appears for a shipment, that specific box content information has been accepted by Amazon.
Note: If you select "Transmit All Boxes to Seller Central" 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 here, you can move over to Seller Central to calculate shipping charges, print shipping labels, and finish up the shipment. For help with these remaining steps, please see- Your Shipping Labels With Box Content
To prevent a completed shipment from being available to add to while on the Proposed FBA Shipping page with other Private batches, you can mark it as "Ready to Ship" in Stratify. For more information, please see- Marking a Shipment as "Ready to Ship"
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