The peak season at the end of the year is coming, and Amazon warehouses continue to report that the storage capacity has been cut, the storage capacity is limited, and Amazon has exploded. This leads to various concerns for sellers, such as too many goods that cannot be stored normally, affecting promotional activities, uncertain replenishment time, lost orders, etc.

Here, in order to solve the seller’s replenishment problem, the platform has successively launched FBA satellite warehouse (STAR) and AWD (Amazon’s warehouse distribution network). time. So, let's analyze the difference between the satellite cabin and AWD!

Amazon FBA satellite warehouse (STAR) is an artifact for replenishment of Amazon's fulfillment center (FBA warehouse). The one-stop logistics and warehousing solution provided by Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) helps sellers realize the whole process of visual supply chain management from cross-border transportation, satellite warehouse storage, intelligent automatic replenishment to operation center.

AWD is to help you send and store inventory to the Amazon AWD warehouse (near the FBA warehouse) through third-party cross-border logistics and Amazon cross-border logistics service (AGL), and perform timely automatic replenishment according to the inventory status of the FBA warehouse. Help your FBA warehouse keep stocking, and it is not limited by the storage capacity!

So, if the seller uses the AWD warehouse, what is the specific process?

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From the AWD warehouse to the FBA warehouse, we need to deliver to the AWD warehouse (near the FBA warehouse) through the third-party logistics in China. According to the inventory situation of the FBA warehouse, we will automatically replenish the goods in time and charge by cubic feet.

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What are the benefits of the AWD program?

1. Automatic FBA replenishment

2. Visibility of collection capacity

3. Amazon Integrated Shipping

4. If your product is out of stock in the Prime-ready fulfillment center, it can still be searched and purchased, as long as there is enough storage capacity in Amazon's upstream warehouse.

During the nearly 2 months of implementation, there are the following problems:

1. AWD does not apply to products: non-classifiable, heavy and bulky, dangerous goods, temperature control, shelf life of perishable goods, shoes jewelry, multiple ASIN packaging boxes.

2. The capacity of the FBA warehouse cannot be allocated to the ADW warehouse

3. If your FBA warehouse has no storage capacity, the goods in the AWD warehouse will not be replenished to the FBA warehouse, and you will have to wait until there is storage capacity to replenish

4. From the AWD warehouse to the Amazon warehouse, the timeliness of the shelves needs to be resolved.

What are the requirements for satellite warehouses?

1. A store produces a whole cabinet (40 feet/40 feet high cabinets are acceptable), and they are all standard parts (18*14*8 inches, within 20 pounds).

2. Within 40 ASINs per cabinet, mixed packaging is not accepted on the outer box.

3. Only accept orders from logistics platforms, and a corporate account is required.

4. It is recommended to put it in the satellite warehouse for more than 4 weeks. If you enter and leave the satellite warehouse too quickly, you will be disqualified from using the satellite warehouse. Therefore, it is not recommended to release fast-selling products and new products.

5. Currently only available in the United States.

6. Temporarily do not accept shoes, jewelry, dangerous goods, and do not accept shelf life, perishable products.

7. Storage fee/cubic foot/month, no additional charge for transportation from satellite warehouse to FBA.

8. Replenishment is automatically triggered, and manual replenishment is not supported for now.

Amazon AWD is online, cheaper than third-party overseas warehouses?

The overall cost of these two functions launched by the platform is actually not lower than that of third-party overseas warehouses. Compared with small and medium-sized sellers, they need to carefully plan their shipments.

As an Amazon SPN logistics service provider focusing on cross-border logistics for 18 years, our company is committed to solving the problem of limited storage capacity and untimely listing of sellers, and truly achieves safety, convenience and stability.

Baotongda's own overseas warehouse in the United States has launched the following activities

US East Overseas Warehouse:

Free warehousing fee, free 30-day storage fee.

Western America Overseas Warehouse:

Free warehousing fee, free 15-day storage fee.