Beware of out of stock!How to prepare for logistics for Amazon Prime Day 2025

Prime membership day 2025 will arrive as scheduled. Today, Xiaobian will take all sellers to sort out the FBA logistics plan before the big promotion in detail, help all sellers grasp the pace of promotion preparations, and keep selling steadily!

During Prime membership days, if some of your ASINs do not have sufficient inventory in the Amazon warehouse network, you may not only incur a low inventory level fee, but also be unable to be placed in a warehouse closer to the consumer due to too low inventory, which will affect delivery time and conversion during the promotion period. We recommend that you restock the goods as soon as possible to avoid being sold out due to delays in receiving the goods.

How do I check which ASINs need to be restocked?
Log in to Seller Central - Click Inventory in the left menu - select “Amazon Logistics Inventory” - select “Out of Stock” and “Low Inventory” in “Inventory Health” to view ASINs that need to be restocked - Review the recommended restock quantities and restock times in “Recommended Actions” to create shipments in a timely manner.

During the peak season, Xiaobian also recommends maintaining healthy inventory. Please try to maintain at least the minimum inventory level, or at least 4 weeks of sustainable sales weeks. You also need to check your sustainable sales weeks according to different sales stages.

During Prime Day, storage capacity may be limited due to a surge in storage demand, so it is impossible to replenish best-sellers in a timely manner, leading to a decline in rankings, or an inability to prepare sufficient inventory for products reported for Prime Day promotions.

To prevent your storage usage from exceeding your storage capacity limits, Amazon recommends that you request additional storage as early as possible and actively clear out excess inventory. You can also prepare goods in advance to the Amazon warehouse distribution network AWD. AWD has no storage limit. AWD automatically replenishes goods to FBA through AWD to help you keep bursting orders during peak seasons.

Amazon Logistics storage capacity is determined based on the seller's Inventory Performance Index (IPI) score, estimated sales volume, time required for the shipment to arrive, FBA storage capacity, and other factors. Capacity quotas are announced in the fourth week of every month and announced once a month. New professional selling accounts (FBA active for less than 39 weeks) are not subject to FBA storage capacity limits.

You can view capacity limits and capacity usage in the capacity monitor at the bottom of the Inventory Performance Dashboard, FBA Dashboard, Shipment Processing Progress, and Send to Amazon (STA) pages. Copy the link below and open it in your browser to view the storage capacity:
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/inventory-storage/storage-request/limit-increase

If you're struggling with storage space issues, you can use Amazon's Treasure Tool: Storage Capacity Manager to apply for more FBA storage space for your high-selling products and earn performance points through the sales this portion of space brings to offset storage space costs.

Traffic exploded during the promotion period. At this time, logistics timeliness and contract performance stability became key factors in determining order conversion and buyers' reputation. Here, we strongly recommend that you choose Amazon FBA shipping. With FBA, the order fulfillment process is greatly accelerated, and customer satisfaction also increases. Also, using FBA shipping can effectively reduce your operating costs!

For FBA sellers, it is recommended to focus on the following aspects to grasp the pace of delivery

In addition to the above delivery pace, Xiaobian has also compiled a powerful solution package for you to further reduce logistics costs and increase efficiency during peak season logistics!

Enable Amazon Promoted Shipment Splitting!
Since February 20, 2025, Amazon Logistics has adjusted the warehousing configuration service for standard-size products: abolish the “partial shipment split” option for standard-size products and optimize integration into the “Amazon Optimized Shipment Split” and “Minimum Shipment Split” storage options to streamline the process and improve efficiency for you!
To receive Amazon's optimized shipping options and be exempt from shipping configuration fees, your shipment must meet the following conditions:
● Each item (SKU) contains at least 5 identical cartons or pallets.
● Each carton or pallet must contain the same combination of products, and the quantity of each item in each carton or pallet must also be the same.

Use the new Amazon Delivery and Inbound API to support “separate the warehouse before packing”!
Amazon's new delivery and warehousing API has added a “separate warehouse first, pack later” function. You can first submit the SKU and quantity to create a shipment, and after Amazon divides the warehouse, you can then flexibly pack it according to the actual allocated warehouse!This can help you effectively reduce warehousing costs, speed up delivery time, reduce operational burden, and have flexible processes and easy operation.

Hurry up and join the “New Product Inventory Promotion Program”
In order to help sellers reduce the cost of testing new products, the “Amazon Logistics New Product Storage Promotion Program” was launched to reduce many FBA fees, as well as sales refund benefits.

Choose as needed to secure the “lifeblood” of peak season logistics!
Amazon supply chain's flexible cross-border logistics services, including Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) and Amazon Cross-border Carrier Partner Program (Amazon SEND), complement official and selected third-party logistics services. Sellers can choose flexibly according to their needs, and they can control logistics timelines during peak seasons!
Among them:
● As Amazon's official logistics, AGL relies on Amazon's strong logistics network and transportation infrastructure and advanced technology to provide sellers with one-stop cross-border transportation services from China to the US and Europe (English, French, German, Italian, and Western), including the whole process from domestic transportation to delivery to Amazon's operation center, and has advantages such as single warehousing and warehousing priority in Europe and the US. In addition, AGL recently launched a limited-time triple gift campaign, where everyone who reserves funds, opens, and ships will have the opportunity to receive surprise gifts, brightening up the spring cross-border trip!
● Amazon SEND is a logistics partner carrier selected by Amazon to send sellers' inbound shipments from China to the Amazon warehouse in the destination country. It provides sellers with one-stop FBA first-way warehousing services, including sea and air freight services, and can flexibly select different logistics types according to your different cargo transportation needs.
Copy the following link to your browser to view the SEND Live Price Card:
https://h5.clewm.net/?url=qr61.cn/o9Wygk/qQVxKaC

Use AWD intelligent warehousing for a new experience!
Peak season sales often show “pulse-like fluctuations”, and the number of orders in a single day may surge several times; in addition to complex operations such as replenishment schedules and logistics connections for thousands of SKUs, inventory gaps are likely to occur. If you are a seller on the US site, it is recommended to stock in batches to the Amazon Warehouse Distribution Network (AWD) in advance. AWD is not limited by storage capacity. You only need to store with AWD (no storage configuration service fee). The AWD automatic replenishment function can dynamically adjust the pace of replenishment, so you can eliminate the pressure of inventory management and focus more on business tasks!
● Enjoy discount buff: In order to further encourage sellers to use the AWD automatic replenishment function and improve inventory management efficiency, Amazon has launched a “smart storage rate” discount for automatic replenishment to help sellers enjoy more cost advantages while solving inventory management problems.
● If you use Amazon Global Logistics (AGL) or Amazon SEND to ship on the basis of automatic replenishment, you can enjoy even more benefits!

● Self-control inventory safety line: In the AWD automatic replenishment function, in addition to setting the maximum inventory value, AWD added a function to set the minimum value. You can increase the minimum value yourself in the early stages of the big promotion to ensure that when the big promotion volume suddenly explodes, FBA always has sufficient inventory to cope with the surge in orders and avoid loss of stock due to too small replenishment volume!
Currently, first-stage logistics products from the Amazon supply chain are shipped to AWD. Through the Intelligent Hosting Service (AMS) service, you can enjoy up to 20% off AWD storage fees if the following conditions are met:

In preparation for Amazon Prime Day 2025, planning the timing of big promotions, managing inventory, and optimizing warehousing go hand in hand. According to this FBA logistics plan, sellers can not only avoid common problems such as inventory backlog, insufficient storage capacity, and delivery delays, but also greatly improve operational efficiency and reduce operating costs. All sellers, act quickly and get ready, seize the opportunity of the big promotion, and wish the sales volume exploded!