To ship from an overseas factory to an Amazon warehouse, you need to fill out a few important addresses. Here’s a quick rundown of all of them, including some advice on entering a destination address.\n
\n1. Origin Address. This address is the location your goods are coming from (ie, the factory, warehouse, or port overseas).\n
\n2. Ship-From Address. This address must be entered on Amazon’s. That’s because, in order for Amazon to assign you a warehouse to enter on our platform, you’ll need to tell them in Seller Central where your goods are coming from.\n
\nBut here’s the catch: Amazon will likely assign you any warehouse throughout the country. This is fine, but it means that both the international and domestic freight may take longer to arrive and that means it will cost more.\n
\nWhat you can try doing is selecting an address near the port on the coast closer to where you’re shipping (ie, the port of Los Angeles if you’re shipping from China, or the port of New York if you’re shipping from Europe).\n
\nThis way, the warehouse you get will probably (no promises) be closer to those ports, saving you on costs.\n
\n3. Destination: Amazon FBA Warehouse. The warehouse address you get from Amazon when creating your shipment plan becomes your ship-to or delivery address for your overall shipment. You can choose it from the dropdown on the platform.\n
\nYou will be able to see the appropriate warehouse address provided by Amazon in the Alibaba.com Freight Amazon FBA flow here.\n
\n4. Destination: UPS Pickup. If your shipment is going to multiple warehouses or its volume is under one CBM, you may choose to have UPS handle the last leg of the delivery from the logistics provider’s warehouse to the Amazon warehouse.\n
\n5. Consignor Address. You will need to fill this on your shipment page after you book a shipment. It refers to the address of your supplier or factory in the origin country.\n
\n6. Consignee Address. This also needs to be filled on your Shipment page, this is the contact address for customs to use in case there are any problems with duties. Amazon will not serve as the consignee of your shipment, so this contact will usually be you, the importer. If you’re importing on behalf of someone else, it will be their company.