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I am sending SPD shipments to Amazon FC’s through seller central - recently amazon introduced placement fees unless a single sku shipment is sent in denominations of 5 (5 units, 5 cartons or 5 pallets).
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Now, my high volume skus are a non-issue as I can send in 6-7+ pallets at a time. But my low volume sku’s which sit as variations on my high volume skus only sell about 10-15 units per day.
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Can I then create a 5 carton shipment plan - SPD but stagger them based on sales over a few weeks (without those shipment plans closing automatically)? I tried searching in seller central but I can’t find the correct search query terms
I swear there was an email recently that explained that shipments plans would automatically close in 90 days if they are domestic(?) Can’t find it now.
Answers with links please?
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I consider myself the foremost export in screwing Amazon out of their various fees when it comes to FBA.
Never heard of anything like what you are describing.
I never tried this but I didn’t think you could choose a different ship date for each box in a 5-way split SPD shipping plan. Thought they all defaulted to 1 date.
Ever try creating smaller shippers? Freight per unit will increase of course but that’s how we do it to deal with the situation you described on our slower sellers.
It’s good to see you back shipping… Must feel very good.
ETA - If I remember correctly, Amazon changed that 90 day window to 30 for domestic… Don’t hold me to that but I think that happened last year.
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Additionally, you can change the ship date for each shipment within the shipment plan. This is a legit strategy.
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I can confirm, I do it on most shipments to spread out prep time. More than 30 days would be nice for the strategy you describe, I have a few SKUs that would be overstocked if I sent 5 cases within 30 days.
(I thought it was minimum of 6 to avoid placement fees?)
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No clue…which is why I brought it up. I guess we’ll have to try staggering past 30 days 
I won’t because I don’t need to but 3-3.5 weeks works.
Note the email screenshot is from 10 days ago so recent policy change(s).
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This is exactly what we did. Changed our case size from 36 units to 30 units so that we could ship 5 cases at a time without extra fees. Great idea @ASV_Vites .
-Ana
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I need a badge for taking my furnace apart today and replacing the blower motor & run capacitor…
Off topic but a fun 2.5 hour project I just finished…
Old motor was failing, covered in grease from the bearings going after 20 years. Capacitor is smart to change with the new motor. Motor was making noise on startup (straining)… Not anymore
$250 total instead of $1200 to have someone come in and do it. No thanks…
Youtube might not be great for Amazon sellers but it is for DIYers… haha
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As is having a new motor-start and run/dual-function/etc. capacitor already on hand, because one has already tried that most-fundamental troubleshooting step in the diagnosis process to no avail.
There exists not a single reputable wound-coil OEM in the world, offering goods based upon the Theory Of LC (“Resonator”/“Tuned”/“Tank”) Circuits that transmit electrical power into mechanical motion, which does not recommend that a problem with the inductance side of the equation requiring the device’s replacement should also best be supplemented by replacement of the device on the capacitance side.
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@Tried_Tested This is a good strategy that we use as well. We also stagger shipments within a 30-day period, but you should be careful with that. For example, if your supplier runs out of stock by the time you place the 2nd order, you could inadvertently surpass the 30-day deadline, resulting in a violation, unless you order the whole quantity and keep the stock not shipped with the first shipments in your warehouse.
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I find I don’t need to. They get staggered even if we send them at the same time, just because some fulfillment centers are so much faster than others.
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