Storeship’s Amazon FBA prep service prepares and labels your stock to Amazon’s requirements before it’s forwarded to Amazon’s fulfilment centres, part of the same pay-as-you-go 3PL model we run across our services, covering barcoding and FNSKU compliance through to getting containers, pallets, cartons or loose stock into our Nottingham warehouse in the first place. Get a free quote to see what Amazon FBA prep with Storeship would cost for your stock format and volume.
We can receive your Amazon stock in four formats, and how it arrives shapes how it’s handled from there.
Whatever the format, stock is checked for condition and quantity on arrival, then logged before it moves further into the prep process.
Amazon requires every product sent into FBA to carry a compliant barcode. If you’re using an Amazon barcode, that means an FNSKU, Fulfilment Network Stock Keeping Unit, generated in Seller Central against each product, alongside the product name and its condition, for example New. Amazon’s own packaging and prep requirements page states that non-compliant inventory “may be rejected, reworked, or subject to extra charges,” so getting the label right before stock leaves our warehouse matters.
Storeship applies FNSKU labels to stock destined for FBA, printed to stay legible and placed where they won’t be missed by a scanner. Before goods go to Amazon, we scan-check labels to confirm they read correctly. If your stock already carries a different barcode, we’d recommend removing it first, a barcode conflict that isn’t caught before dispatch can lead to a shipment being rejected. Not every product needs an FNSKU specifically, Amazon can accept an existing manufacturer barcode such as a UPC or EAN for some listings, depending on your inventory settings, so it’s worth checking which applies to your products before assuming FNSKU labelling is required across the board.
Once stock is labelled and checked, we forward it on to Amazon’s fulfilment network in line with your shipment plan, that’s the second half of “prep and forward”: getting stock compliant is only useful if it then actually reaches Amazon in good order. Get a free quote if you’d like this priced out for your own stock.
Put together, the Amazon prep process runs in four steps:
Our Amazon FBA prep service is priced at 50p per label applied to outer boxes. Storage follows our standard fulfilment storage pricing. Collection can be arranged using Amazon’s own transport services where that’s the route you’re using, send us the labels and we’ll take care of the rest.
Our warehouse is set up specifically to handle Amazon-bound stock: processing, labelling and shipping goods out to Amazon’s FBA centres daily. As an Amazon prep centre based in Nottingham, here’s what that also means in practice:
Full company details are on our About Storeship page. If you’re new to outsourcing fulfilment altogether, our guide on what 3PL means and how to choose a partner covers the basics. Prefer to talk it through first? Get in touch directly.
If you also sell outside Amazon FBA, whether that’s fulfilling your own website orders or selling via FBM, Storeship’s wider fulfilment centre covers that separately, including our dedicated Amazon order fulfilment service for orders that aren’t going through FBA.
If you need general pallet storage beyond what’s earmarked for an Amazon shipment, see our pallet storage page, that’s a separate service to FBA prep, covering bulk storage rather than preparing and forwarding stock to Amazon specifically.
Nothing meaningful, both terms describe the same kind of service: a company that receives, labels and forwards your stock to Amazon’s FBA network on your behalf. Storeship operates as both.
A Fulfilment Network Stock Keeping Unit, Amazon’s barcode system for tracking stock through FBA. It’s generated against each product in Seller Central and must appear alongside the product name and condition on the label.
Containers, pallets, cartons or loose stock, see the section above for how each is handled.
If your stock carries a different barcode to the one Amazon needs, we’d recommend removing it first. A barcode conflict that isn’t caught before dispatch can lead to a shipment being rejected.
50p per label applied to outer boxes. Storage follows our standard fulfilment storage pricing.
Yes, through our wider fulfilment centre and our dedicated Amazon order fulfilment service for FBM and off-Amazon orders. FBA prep and ongoing order fulfilment are separate services, see the section above.
No. Storeship has no minimum order quantity. If you also use our order fulfilment service, the plans only affect the price you pay per order, and plan thresholds are counted across all of your sales channels.
If you’re comparing FBA prep UK providers, request a free, no-obligation quote tailored to your stock format and volume, or get in touch if you’d rather talk it through first.
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