What is the FBA Inspection?
An Amazon FBA Inspection is a product inspection service tailored towards Amazon FBA sellers that aims to check that the products are correctly prepared before being shipped into one of Amazon’s fulfillment centers.
An FBA inspection is similar to a pre-shipment inspection but has additional requirements to ensure the shipment fully complies with Amazon’s TOS(Amazon’s Terms of Service). OBD QC team provides you with a hassle-free Amazon FBA inspection service which will ensure that your product makes it to the Amazon warehouse and is not rejected because of violations of Amazon FBA TOS.
Why conduct an Amazon FBA Inspection?
To avoid rejection by Amazon
Amazon might reject your products at the door if they are improperly labeled, if you are missing some key tags on your pallet or if you violate any other of Amazon’s dozen prep requirements. This can be costly as you might lose out on sales, in addition, to pay for shipping the products back to your own warehouse, pay for re-prepping, and for shipping the goods back to Amazon
To maintain a good product rating
Reviews are everything if you want to be successful on Amazon. Good reviews mean more buyers. More buyers mean more good reviews. If your products are defect you might see the opposite effects. Bad reviews à Fewer buyers. Ensuring your products meet a certain quality is key to maintaining your brand reputation and staying competitive on Amazon.
To avoid suspension
Repetitive customer complaints and poor reviews can lead to Amazon having your product listing closed. In some cases, they might suspend your FBA account altogether and basically shut down all your income from Amazon. Getting a new account after the suspension is a tiresome process and is not guaranteed to be a success.
To avoid lawsuits
Critically defective products that harm customers can end up in a lawsuit. As a business owner, you are expected to have made your due diligence on the items you sell to ensure that no product has the capacity to harm your users unless the product itself is hazardous and the customer has been warned about the different threats as per the requirements of local authorities.
What is checked for FBA Inspection?
Amazon has provided a comprehensive checklist for FBA sellers. These requirements need to be met in order for an FBA Seller to be allowed to sell on Amazon’s platform.
At OBD we look through all these requirements in addition to your own and our internal requirements to ensure a thorough inspection process. Among the things we check are:
• Whether the quantity ordered is the same as the quantity produced.
• That the product quality is in accordance with the specifications provided by the customer and with the quality one expects for similar products.
• We carry out product tests to ensure conformity with the material specifications.
• We measure the weight and size of the products and the shipping cartons to ensure compliance with FBA’s size requirements.
• We test the scannability and the readability of product and carton labels.
• We verify the correct design of product packages.
• We verify proper labeling and markings of the products including FNSKU labels, suffocation labels, carton labels, sold asset labels, etc.
• We conduct drop tests to test whether shipment can handle a bumpy transit.
• We confirm whether the shipment is as per the Amazon FBA packaging requirement.
All our findings are summarized in a comprehensive inspection report with images, text, and our conclusion.
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