Section nine shipping. So this is me completing my FBA shipment. Now I have my labels that I printed using my diamond thermal printer. And I'm taking each of the Avery type labels and I'm placing it directly over the existing barcode. And you want to make sure that you're completely covering it up. And I'm just making sure that I cover it completely.
I'm setting it aside in its own separate pile. Now this particular shipment, it's two separate shipments then sending to two separate warehouses. And if you notice this book here, it has a label with two separate barcodes on it. So what we're going to do, we're going to actually take a blank label, which I have a few here. So I'm just going to peel it off and I'm going to come That other barcode, just gonna place it directly over that. Once the customer gets the book, they can just peel that off if they like.
And I'm going to take my actual fn, Amazon barcode, I'm going to place it directly over the regular barcode. I believe this is the last book at this particular shipment, so that at the total the total amount of books was seven books for one and about 50 books for the other shipment. Now if you notice, I've got my Walmart box here, this is a small sized box. Sometimes you can get away with an extra small box. So you notice I'm double taping the bottom And I'm actually taping along the outside edges as well. And that's just to prevent the box from tearing open and add a little bit more protection from water damage.
And I'm just stacking my books right in the middle here and I'm using some craft paper and I'm just filling in the empty spaces in between the where the books are and the side of the box. And this is just to prevent it from kind of rattling around. So next after I filled it up, I'm going to take a measurement as far as how heavy the boxes and I do make a mental note of the wait. Okay, so I have my labels here. So this these are peel and stick labels. So one half goes on one half of the flap there and the other goes on the other.
One when preparing an FBA shipment, you want to make the most out of the discounted shipping costs. Amazon has dramatically reduced rates for shipping through UPS and FedEx. My suggestion is to wait until you have at least 45 pounds of books before you create a shipping plan. The reason for this is that the price to ship does not increase exponentially with the total weight of the shipment. It is entirely possible to ship 80 pounds of books to Amazon for $15. Amazon does have limits on how heavy an individual box can be within a shipment.
You must not exceed 50 pounds per individual box. Small or extra small boxes can be purchased at Home Depot or Walmart and can easily hold 50 pounds of books. Also, if your book is anywhere near maximum capacity as far as weight, add more tape to the bottom of the box to prevent the box from opening up. If there's empty space around the books after you're done filling the box, use crumpled up paper or another type of void fill to fill that space. This will prevent damage to the books while they are being transferred to Amazon's warehouse. When labeling your boxes place each half of the printable label on each flap.
The reason for this is to prevent Amazon workers from cutting through the label When they unbox your shipment, they need to be able to scan and rescan boxes even after they have been opened up.