Ship from China to Amazon: What are the steps?

Get shipment info ready, ask for tentative quotes. Compare service and rates from multiple sources (AGL, 3pl, supplier etc.), choose potential carrier. Create shipments under Amazon seller central Get your shipments labelled. Confirm final rates with carrier. Get shipments and products inspected before give it a go. Enter tracking info under Amazon Seller Central. Get updates / check status. Get checked in. Fix problems if any. Give access to other only when you feel comfortable. Step 1: Get Quotes Usually you need to get some tentative quotes in advance to select potential carriers. If you use AGL(Amazon Global logistics), you should get shipping price under amazon seller central easily. You can also have shipping…

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How to pack small loose foam balls into box of 100 pieces?

Thinking of tens of thousands of foam balls, need to count 100 of them, then put into a small box, many people will break down: what? How do I count them? It's simply a daunting task! Relax! Here is our secret of how-to, step by step :) Step 1: Fold Boxes The box starts out as a piece of cardboard and we need to fold the carton according to the indentation, depending on the number of foam balls, we have to fold hundreds of boxes.  Need to be folded like this: We need many: Step 2: Count Here comes the important one! How to count 100 balls quickly? There are several common methods we use…

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Quality Control Inspection: Get All Labels Correctly Done in China Factories!

A 2 days labels quality control inspection tour to factories in Jiaxing city, Zhejiang province, China. This is a working diary about how we helped 2 customers with factory visit quality control inspections, to get all their labels (FNSKU barcode labels, AWD barcode labels, UPC barcode labels, 3pl shipping labels, and customized shipping labels), correctly done. It was a 2-day inspection work and a growth journey, although the weather was very hot, but we still finished the work! With dozens of styles and hundreds of products, how did we get the job done efficiently?  Before we went for the inspection, we made a suitable strategy. Preparation Before Departure: In the preparation stage (before departure), we…

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