Troubleshoot Receiving Issues

From the Shipping Queue you can monitor the status of your shipments to Amazon's fulfillment centers.

If you have any questions about your shipments, follow these guidelines:

• For shipments with status "Shipped" or "In Transit:"
  • Small Parcel: Check your tracking numbers
  • Less than truckload (LTL) or full truckload (FTL): Contact your carrier
• For shipments with status "Delivered," contact your carrier to confirm the delivery location and receipt of signature if the status does not change within 24 hours.

A shipment's status changes to Checked In when it first arrives at the fulfillment center. A checked-in shipment has not yet been opened. After a shipment has been opened and someone begins scanning the items to add them to your inventory, the shipment status changes to Receiving.

• Was your shipment delivered to the correct fulfillment center?

  Shipments received at the wrong fulfillment center can take additional days to be received. You can confirm the shipment is delivered to the correct fulfillment center by comparing the delivery location from your carrier to the assigned fulfillment center in your shipment Summary page.

• Was the shipment received to a different shipment ID?

  When multiple shipments arrive at the same fulfillment center, units may be received to a different shipment ID. The units will be received to your inventory, but will appear missing from the shipment. To verify the units were received, review the Received Inventory Report for the missing FNSKU.

• Did you properly package and prepare your inventory?

  If any of your units were not properly labeled and packaged, those units will be set aside and could take additional time to receive. Learn more about Packaging and Prep Requirements.

• Did you send the units listed in your shipment?

  Sometimes sellers inadvertently send the wrong product in a shipment. For instance, a seller who listed 20 red units in a shipment might have accidentally shipped 20 blue units. Verify that the units you sent matched the ones you included in the shipment. From your Shipping Queue, go to the shipment Summary page and check if any SKUs other than what you thought you shipped were received. This could mean that you substituted one product for another in the shipment.

• Did your distributor send the shipment to the fulfillment center for you?

  Contact your distributor and verify the quantity of each product sent and the item-package quantity (for sets).

• Have you had any sales since the shipment status changed to "Receiving"?

  Check your orders to see if any of the units you sent in have been sold. This could account for the quantity not matching what you sent to the fulfillment center.

If, after answering these questions, units in your shipment are still missing, use the Shipment Reconciliation tool in your seller account to reconcile your shipment. For more information, see Shipment Reconciliation tool.