How a carton moves through prep at our preferred partner warehouse. Illustration.
Pick3PL matches you with our preferred partner warehouse in Newark, minutes from Port Newark–Elizabeth. Your stock is labeled, bagged, bundled and built onto pallets to Amazon’s prep rules, then shipped to Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). The rest stays on the same shelves for your other orders.
Amazon no longer preps or labels FBA inventory in the US. Units have to arrive labeled and packed to its rules, and unprepped shipments aren’t eligible for reimbursement if they’re damaged or lost.Source: Amazon’s notice, as quoted by Packaging Insights, 29 Oct 2025.
What gets done
Prepped to Amazon’s rules before it leaves Newark.
Tell us which of these each SKU needs. Your quote is built from that list.
PREP 01X00-UNIT
Unit labels
Every unit gets Amazon’s barcode for your listing (the FNSKU), so stock is tracked back to you.
PREP 02X00-POLY
Poly-bagging
Clothing, soft goods and loose parts go into bags, with a suffocation warning where Amazon’s rules ask for one.
PREP 03X00-SET
Bundles and sets
Multipacks and gift sets are bagged or wrapped together and marked as sold as a set.
PREP 04X00-CASE
Case packs
Identical units are packed into master cartons for case-packed shipments to Amazon.
PREP 05X00-PLT
Pallets
Cartons are built onto pallets, stretch-wrapped and labeled for less-than-truckload (LTL) or full-truckload delivery.
On the prep floor
Labels, bags and wrapped pallets.
01Labels printed and applied at the bench02Prep at the table: label, bag, seal03Wrapped pallets staged for the FBA pickup
Why Newark
Next to the port, quick to prep, with room to stage your stock.
If your stock arrives by sea, prepping it next to the port saves a leg, and holding the rest in the same building keeps your other channels supplied.
24–48 h
prep turnaround
Most prep is turned around in 24–48 hours. Containers are unloaded minutes from Port Newark–Elizabeth, so stock skips a long truck ride inland first.
1,000+
open pallet positions (October 2026)
Room to hold stock back and send FBA replenishments in waves, instead of shipping everything at once.
One
stock for FBA, Prime, your own site and retail
No second warehouse just for Amazon. Retail experience includes big-box chains, department stores, warehouse clubs and marketplace vendor (1P) programs.
Importing from abroad? An importer of record (IOR: the party legally responsible for the import) is available too. Importer of record →
How it works
Three steps to a prep quote.
Tell us what you sell
Units per month, SKU count, the prep each SKU needs and how your stock arrives. Two minutes.
Newark first, then your yes
We check our preferred Newark partner first; any other warehouse only with your yes. You get a straight answer and a written quote within one business day.
Stock lands, gets prepped, ships to FBA
Received at the dock, prepped to Amazon’s rules and sent to FBA in the waves you plan. The rest waits on the shelf for your other orders.
Dock-to-stockGuarantee
Received and live in 2 business days after customs release, guaranteed.
Then prepped and sent to FBA on the schedule you set. Matching is free for brands; prep is quoted privately.
Quote within one business day
Questions
What sellers ask first.
Amazon stopped prepping FBA inventory. What does that change for me?
Since 1 January 2026 Amazon no longer labels, bags or bundles inventory sent to its US fulfillment centers, including stock sent through its own inbound programs. Units have to arrive ready to sell, or the shipment isn’t eligible for reimbursement if it’s damaged or lost. Our preferred partner does that prep in Newark before the shipment leaves.
Can my container go straight from the port to prep?
Yes. The warehouse is minutes from Port Newark–Elizabeth: containers are unloaded, counted and received, then prepped and sent to FBA. For brands shipping from abroad, an importer of record is available through the same partner.
Do I need a separate warehouse for my own website and retail orders?
No. FBA replenishment, your own site and retail orders ship from one stock in Newark, so inventory isn’t split across two warehouses. To keep the Prime badge on orders you ship yourself, see Seller Fulfilled Prime.
Get a quote
Tell us what needs prepping.
We check our preferred Newark partner first; any other warehouse only with your yes. You get a straight answer and a quote within one business day, and if a different type of warehouse would suit you better, we say so.
