Label products

Amazon systems are barcode-driven. Each product you send to a fulfillment center requires a barcode so that it can be tracked throughout the fulfillment process.

Labeling your products is the third step in the six-step shipment creation process:

1. Set quantity for shipment to Amazon
2. Prepare your products for FBA shipping
3. Label products
4. Review/view shipments to Amazon
5. Prepare shipment to Amazon
6. Summary of shipment process

You have three options for labeling your products:

• Use existing UPC or EAN barcodes for eligible products
• Apply Amazon barcodes directly to the product or packaging material
• Use the FBA Label Service to have Amazon apply barcodes to your products for a per-item fee

For more information, see Label Products for FBA.

Label products

Products that do not qualify for Stickerless, Commingled Inventory must have FBA labels in order to be received at Amazon's fulfillment centers. By selecting the Labeling required filter on the Label Products page, you can view the products in your shipping plan that require labels. For products that require labels, you must affix a label to each unit of the product, and the label must cover any existing barcodes. However, no Food Information Regulation (1169/2011) relevant data should be covered.

This includes the following data:

1. Legal (descriptive) name
2. List of ingredients
3. QUID
4. Net quantity
5. Best before date or used by date
6. Storage conditions
7. EU business name & address
8. Country of origin
9. Instructions for use
10. Alcoholic strength (when >1.2%)
11. Nutrition declaration
12. Allergens (article 21)

Further information can be found here

Labeling required

The Labeling required tab displays all of the products in your shipping plan that require Amazon barcodes. Click All products to see all of the products in your shipment.

The Who labels? column displays information about who will apply Amazon barcodes to the products in your shipping plan.

If Amazon appears in the Who labels? column, you are required to use the FBA Label Service, because you either signed up for the service or selected Amazon in the Who preps? column of the Prepare products page. The per-item label fee appears in the Label cost column.

If Merchant appears in the Who labels? column, you are required to label your items yourself. To have Amazon label your products, select Amazon in the Who preps? drop-down list.

Print labels

After you have reviewed the information on the Label products page and confirmed that it is correct, create your barcodes by clicking Print labels for this page.

• Use the correct label stock for your printer
• Use a printer with a resolution of 300 DPI or greater
• Test, clean, and replace your printer heads as needed
• Periodically test the scannability of your printed barcodes

To create your barcodes:

1. Select the label stock that you want to use from the drop-down list.
2. Confirm the number of barcode labels that you want to print for each product or change the number shown in the # of labels to print column.
3. Click Print labels for this page. A PDF file will be generated that you can open to print your labels immediately or save to print the labels later.

Label placement

When you're ready to apply barcodes to your products, make sure that you do the following:

• Put the correct barcode on each item
• You cover all other visible barcodes with the exception of any serial number barcodes or Transparency authentication codes
• Place the barcode on the outside of any prep materials and make sure it is scannable
• Do not place the barcode on a curve or corner of the package
• Ensure that each item in a case pack has an Amazon barcode, and any barcodes on the case have been removed

For more information, go to Label Products for FBA.

Watch the video

How to Label Products for Fulfillment by Amazon (French only)