Amazon’s Fba (Fulfillment by Amazon) is a convenient way to ship goods, but sometimes sellers may encounter problems with warehouse division. Warehouse division refers to Amazon’s allocation of sellers’ inventory to different warehouses for storage and distribution. Although it may cause some troubles for sellers who are new to Fba, there are actually some ways to solve this problem. This article will talk about what to do if Amazon’s European Fba is divided into warehouses?
1. Adjust inventory allocation.
Using Amazon’s inventory management tools, sellers can manually adjust inventory allocation to specific warehouses to better control which goods are stored in which warehouse.
2. Use alternative warehouses.
If you find that the main warehouse has insufficient capacity or is not conducive to distribution in certain areas, sellers can choose to enable alternative warehouses to share their inventory with other warehouses.
3. Inventory replenishment plan.
Regularly monitor inventory and develop replenishment plans to ensure that inventory is sufficient and evenly distributed. This can help reduce the frequency of warehouse division.
4. Manage inventory.
Good inventory management is very important. Avoid under- and overstocking, as understocking will result in allocation from other warehouses, while overstocking may cause warehouse splitting issues. Use Amazon’s inventory management tools to help you manage and maintain reasonable inventory levels.
5. Amazon Fulfillment Program (Inventory Placement Service).
By paying Amazon to use Inventory Placement Service, you can request that all inventory be concentrated in one warehouse instead of being allocated to multiple warehouses.
6. Shipping from multiple warehouses.
Dispersing inventory across multiple locations can reduce the probability of warehouse splitting. Allocate an appropriate amount of inventory in each warehouse to avoid allocating it to a certain warehouse to reduce the number of transfers.
7. Select a shipping location.
When creating an Fba shipment plan, choose a shipping location that is closer to your area to reduce the possibility of warehouse splitting.
8. Combine shipments.
If inventory is allocated to multiple warehouses, you can merge them into the same shipping plan. This way, the larger the quantity, the higher the probability of reaching the destination. Please make sure that the forwarding service can handle multi-warehouse shipments to avoid additional transportation fees and time costs.
9. Adjust sales strategy.
If you often encounter warehouse division problems and cannot find a solution, consider adjusting your sales strategy. Increase inventory to concentrate inventory in one warehouse as much as possible, and then check Amazon’s shipping plan to determine the best shipping method.
Many Amazon sellers have encountered the situation where European Fba is divided into warehouses. When this happens many times, sellers need to find a way to solve it. After all, frequent warehouse divisions will increase the seller’s logistics costs. Increased logistics costs: Due to warehouse division, inventory is scattered in multiple warehouses, and sellers may need to pay higher logistics costs, including transportation, storage and distribution fees. In addition, the transportation time will be extended, which will also increase the complexity of inventory management. Therefore, Amazon European sellers should try to avoid Fba being divided into warehouses.