Overview

When your FBA inventory sits in Amazon's fulfillment centers without an active listing tied to it, that stock is considered "stranded" — meaning it cannot be sold. Amazon provides a Bulk Fix Stranded Inventory Report that lets sellers resolve multiple stranded listings at once by downloading a prepopulated inventory file, making corrections, and reuploading it through Seller Central.

Key Points / What Sellers Need to Know

• Professional selling plan required — This bulk fix feature is only available to sellers enrolled in Amazon's Professional selling plan. Individual plan sellers will need to upgrade to access it.
• Only actionable listings are included — The report covers stranded inventory where Amazon recommends actions such as converting to FBA, relisting, or editing the listing. It does not include listings flagged for other resolution types, so numbers may differ from your overall stranded inventory count.
• Missing data is a common culprit — Many listings become stranded simply because required fields like price or item condition are blank. Filling in these fields is often all it takes to reactivate the listing.
• Marketplace selection matters — Before generating the report, confirm you have selected the correct marketplace in Seller Central. Choosing the wrong one will result in a report with no data.
• FBA fulfillment is auto-assigned — The report automatically populates the fulfillment center ID field so that processed listings default to FBA. If you do not want a particular listing fulfilled by FBA, you must manually delete that value before uploading.

How the Process Works

To get started, navigate to the stranded inventory section in Seller Central and request a download of the Bulk Fix Stranded Inventory Report. Once the file is generated, open it in a spreadsheet application such as Excel or Google Sheets. Review each listing row and fill in any missing required information, particularly the item condition and price fields. The item condition field uses numeric codes ranging from 1 through 11, representing states from "New" through various used and refurbished grades. Not every condition code is valid for every product category, so sellers should verify which conditions apply to their specific listings. For the price field, enter a numeric value greater than zero without any currency symbols.