Seller Central: Seller Fulfilled Prime
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Now that we have our ASINs created and assigned as seller fulfilled or fulfilled by merchant, we can now move on to the shipping templates that we end up assigning our seller fulfilled SKUs too as per the previous section. In this video, we will look at creating a seller full prime shipping template from scratch in order to do this.
show moreSelect shipping settings from the dropdown menu of the settings tab in the top right hand side of your seller central dashboard. On the next page, click create new shipping template. You may have the option to choose templates such as parcel shipping, which is for merchant fulfilled SKUs weighing more than 16 ounces, or small and light shipping.
Which is for merchant for full SKUs weighing less than 16 ounces. Note that these templates were created with the premise that no side of your shipping package should be more than 12 inches and should not weigh more than 70 pounds in this popup window. You can also choose from the dropdown menu provided whether you want to copy content from any of the existing template.
For the sake of this video, we will select the parcel shipping option and click the okay button. On the next page, proceed to follow the steps for creating your new template by inserting the relevant information beneath each of the following sections, the shipping template name. We would recommend naming this template, something like prime or Seller Fulfilled Prime, so that you will recognize it immediately as your cell fulfilled Prime shipping template.
Your rate model, this could be per item or weight based, or it can be price banded shipping region automation, which can be on or off and if on. You would need to select a which warehouse these items are automatically shipped from in the pop-up window that appears. In this example, you would need to actually add a warehouse first.
Prime settings: This is your most important, considering we are setting up a prime shipping template. This must be selected and you would need to select which warehouse these items are automatically shipped from in the pop-up window that appears. In this example, you would need to add a shipping address first.
Then you have handling time settings where you can select same day, or leave it blank. Under the shipping options, regions and rates, you can choose free shipping by selecting the free economy option. Make sure to select your address type, your transit time from the dropdown menu provided, and obviously the shipping fee would say free. You can add more regions or states by clicking the add new shipping rule button and selecting these areas from the popup window provided.
You can also edit your shipping rates, transit times, and address types for standard shipping, including your shipping fees, expedited shipping. You can also add new states as usual by clicking the add new shipping rule button, two day delivery, and one day delivery. You can also opt for international shipping options if applicable. Considering this is a prime shipping template, you would leave these out for now. It is important to ensure that you use the following settings for your seller fulfilled prime shipping template.
When filling out the fields we’ve just discussed free shipping for same day, select the cities in the continental US and select zero to one business days. Free shipping for two day Continental US. So these would be zero as with these for your one day delivery, free shipping for standard continental US, three to five business days, free shipping for standard Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, four to eight business days. So this would be free.
Then seller set rates for shipping for standard and the US protectorates. So let’s add the new shipping rates. US Protectorates, APO and FPO. Click the okay button. Select two to 28 days, so we’ll leave it at 14 to 28 days and set your normal seller rates, whatever they may be, and then free shipping for free economy, which is essentially three to 10 days. We’ll leave it at three to five for now.
Prime customers expect to receive a differentiated level of service as part of their membership, so two day shipping and same day delivery should not be free for non-prime members on prime enabled shipping templates. Two day shipping options are only available for prime enabled regions. Regions that are not configured for prime shipping benefits can’t be enabled for two day shipping.
Non-prime regions in the continental United States are still required to offer free standard shipping. Seller fulfilled prime orders with two day delivery. Have a two business day promise, which means orders placed before your cutoff time on Friday will be promised to arrive the following Tuesday.
Note that these shipping and delivering options will differ slightly between marketplaces as the above refers to the United States Seller fulfilled Prime Settings. When you are done completing all of the fields in your brand new seller fulfilled prime shipping template, click the save button at the bottom of the page to save and create your new shipping template.