Overview

The "Confirm Shipping" step is the second stage of Amazon's Send to Amazon workflow, where sellers finalize shipment details before sending inventory to fulfillment centers. This step covers reviewing your shipment contents, selecting a plan date, choosing your shipping mode, and configuring carrier information. Getting this step right is essential to avoiding delays, unexpected fees, and inventory receiving issues at Amazon's warehouses.

Key Points / What Sellers Need to Know

• Plan date selection — Sellers must set a plan date indicating when they expect to ship their inventory. This date helps Amazon prepare for incoming shipments and allocate receiving capacity at fulfillment centers.
• Shipping mode options — You'll choose between small parcel delivery (individual boxes shipped via carriers like UPS or FedEx) and less-than-truckload or full truckload pallet shipments, depending on the size and volume of your inventory.
• Inbound placement choices — Amazon may offer the option to ship to a minimal number of inbound locations or to distribute inventory across multiple fulfillment centers for a reduced fee or no fee. Your choice here directly impacts inbound placement fees.
• Partnered carrier program — Sellers can use Amazon's partnered carriers for discounted shipping rates, or arrange their own transportation with a non-partnered carrier.
• Box content information required — Before reaching this step, sellers must have already provided accurate box content details for every SKU in the shipment.

How the Confirm Shipping Step Works

After completing Step 1 (packing individual units and providing box content information), sellers move to the shipping confirmation page. Here, you'll review the full details of your planned shipment, including which SKUs are included, how they're packed, and where Amazon intends to route them. You'll then select your plan date, which signals to Amazon when to expect your inventory. Choosing an accurate plan date is important because shipments that arrive significantly before or after the stated date can cause processing delays or be flagged for investigation.