Holiday season sending tips for Amazon Freight shipments

As the holidays approach, a smooth process to send your Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) shipments is critical and Amazon Freight can help you prepare for the busy holiday season from the end of November through January 4, 2025.

Amazon Freight provides you with Amazon-partnered carriers to pick up less-than-truckload and full-truckload send shipments to help you decrease the time and cost it takes to send your inventory to select fulfillment centers.

Here are some expert tips to make sure your inventory gets to fulfillment centers on time during the busy holiday period:

• Verify the bill of lading (BOL): Check that your BOL details match what you've entered into our system before you ship to avoid delays.
• Meet the shipment window requirements: We have strict guidelines to determine when shipments must arrive at our fulfillment centers. Missing your delivery window, even by a day, can result in chargebacks.
• Provide advance notice about changes: If you need to cancel or reschedule a shipment, notify us as early as possible to minimize the operational impact. Contact your account manager if you have any questions.
• Ensure proper packaging and labeling: Inspect every pallet and package before shipping to be certain they meet our requirements to ensure your shipment is accepted at the fulfillment center.

A shipment that does not meet packaging and labeling requirements may result in a shipment rejection during pickup or at the fulfillment center, a partial or “item-level” rejection, and a notification to remediate packaging or labeling of the rejected items or pallets. A non-compliance fee or send shipment fee may be imposed for a shipment rejection.

To request more information about Amazon Freight, go to Tap into Amazon’s truckload freight network and fill out the section entitled Speak to our team.