- By default, as a Seller on Seller Central shipping via Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), when you create a shipping plan, your shipment may be divided into multiple shipments, each directed to a different receive center or fulfillment center (referred to as distributed inventory placement).
- The fulfillment centers are selected based on the products you're shipping and where you are shipping from.
- By having your inventory spread across multiple fulfillment centers across the country, customers who buy your product may receive it faster than they would if your inventory was located farther away.
- To better spread your products, Amazon may route your shipment through a receive center, which receives units and then reships them to other fulfillment centers in their network.
- Your products are available for sale as soon as Amazon has successfully received them at any of their receive centers or fulfillment centers.
- Units that are being reshipped to other fulfillment centers are available for customers to buy, but customers may be shown a future ship date if no other units are available for immediate fulfillment.
- Essentially, Amazon is consolidating all of your shipments into one shipment going to one Fulfillment Center to start with and then separating them out from there.
- You can sign up for the Inventory Placement Service and send all of your eligible inventory to a single receive center or fulfillment center.
- When the shipment arrives, it is split up and sent to different fulfillment centers for you.
- When you use the Inventory Placement Service, the destination receive center or fulfillment center is determined by Amazon.
- You cannot choose the receive center or fulfillment center to which you send your shipment.
- The destination chosen by Amazon may vary from shipment to shipment.