You have created an Amazon shipment and are ready to pack it and send it to an Amazon warehouse. There are multiple steps required to do this. The steps are labeled and ordered below:

1. Arrange Transport

You will need to arrange the transportation of your shipment before shipping it. To start this process perform the following steps:

1. Open the Amazon shipment you wish to ship. The shipment must have a “created” status.
2. Select the “Arrange Transport” button in the top right corner.

2. Enter Box Contents

On the Box Contents page you can arrange the boxes your shipment will be sent in. You can customize each box by following these directions:

1. Within Arrange Transport, select the Box Contents sub-page.
2. Click Add Box Group to add a group of boxes with the same dimensions and item contents.

3. Enter the number of boxes for this group, the dimensions of the box and the number of items in each box.

1. Continue entering box groups until all items have been assigned.

3. Choose Type of Shipment

Amazon Partnered Shipment

When a shipment is partnered with Amazon, Amazon takes care of the transportation of your shipment for a fee. To change your shipment to be partnered with Amazon follow this process:

1. Select the “Options” dropbox in the top right corner and choose “Switch to Amazon Partnered”.

Non-Amazon Partnered Shipments

With a non-Amazon partnered shipment you are responsible for choosing a carrier and tracking number for the shipment. To change your shipment to not be partnered with Amazon follow this process:

1. Select the “Options” dropbox in the top right corner and choose “Switch to Non Partnered”.

1. On the Add Tracking page choose your Carrier and Tracking Numbers.

4. Choose Method of Delivery

LTL/FTL Transportation

To change your shipment to LTL/FTL transportation follow this process:

1. Select the “Options” dropbox in the top right corner and choose “Switch to LTL/FTL”.

1. Select the Pallet Configuration page and customize it to fit your needs. (This is very similar to customizing your box configuration.)

1. With LTL/FTL packaging you will need extra labels for your boxes. You can print those for individual pallets or print them all in bulk.

Small Parcel Packaging

To change your shipment to Small Parcel packaging follow this process:

1. Select the “Options” dropbox in the top right corner and choose “Switch to Small Package”. There are no extra steps with small parcel packaging.

6. Shipping Labels

PrepBusiness provides shipping labels for each shipment you send. To generate the labels for your shipment follow these steps:

1. To get the box labels, if you have selected 2D Barcodes when you created the shipment on Amazon, you can print the labels from the box contents page.

1. Otherwise, you will receive the box labels along with the shipping labels when you purchase the transport from Amazon (or after the data for non-partnered shipments has been accepted by Amazon).
2. To get the pallet labels, you can print them directly from the pallet configuration tab.

1. Navigate to the Arrange Transport page for the shipment you are printing labels for. If you are shipping with Amazon select the Purchase Transport tab, otherwise select the Submit Transport tab.
2. Once there, select “Submit Shipment” or “Request Estimate”.

1. If you are shipping with Amazon they will provide you with an estimated transportation cost for the shipment. You will need to select “Confirm Estimate” to confirm this estimate.

1. At the end of this process your shipment labels will be generated. Select “Download” to download them. If you have a print station configured, it will automatically print these labels to your printer.

7. Mark as Shipped

Once you send a shipment to an Amazon warehouse you can change the status of the shipment. To do this, follow these steps:

1. If you are still on the Arrange Transport screen, you can use the Mark as Shipped button directly.

1. Otherwise, open the shipment you just shipped, select the “Options” dropbox and choose “Mark as Shipped”.