Amazon FBA Prep & FBM Fulfillment Across Canada

If you're an Amazon seller shipping into Canada, your logistics partner needs to do more than drop pallets at a warehouse. Amazon has strict receiving rules — wrong label, wrong carton markings, wrong appointment, and your inventory sits in receiving for days (or gets rejected outright). Vancouver Freight Solutions runs full FBA prep and FBM fulfillment from our Delta BC facility and we deliver direct to every Amazon fulfillment centre across Canada.

FBA Prep — What We Do

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) means you ship inventory in bulk to Amazon's warehouses and Amazon handles the end-customer order. Before Amazon accepts the inventory, every unit has to meet their packaging and labelling rules. That's the "prep" step.

Our FBA Prep Services

• FNSKU labelling — Amazon's unique SKU barcode on every unit
• Polybagging with suffocation warnings for soft goods, textiles, loose items
• Bubble wrap and fragile packaging for glass, ceramics, electronics
• Bundling and multi-pack creation (e.g. 3-packs, variety packs)
• Expiration date labelling for consumables, supplements, cosmetics
• Carton labelling — FBA shipment ID, Amazon reference ID, box content labels
• Pallet building — Amazon spec, max 72" tall, double-stacked where allowed
• Shrink-wrap and corner protection

Delivery to Every Amazon Fulfillment Centre in Canada

We deliver directly to all Amazon FCs and sortation centres across Canada using our own trucks and the Amazon Partnered Carrier Program (PCP) where it makes economic sense:

British Columbia

• YVR2 — Delta / Tsawwassen (10 minutes from our facility)
• YVR3 — Delta
• YVR4 — New Westminster

Alberta

• YYC1 / YYC4 — Calgary / Balzac
• YEG1 — Edmonton / Nisku

Ontario

• YYZ1, YYZ4, YYZ7, YYZ9 — Toronto / Mississauga / Brampton / Milton
• YHM1 — Hamilton / Caledon
• YOW3 — Ottawa

Quebec

• YUL2 — Montreal / Lachine
• YUL5 — Coteau-du-Lac

Plus all current and new sortation centres. We update our routing as Amazon's Canadian footprint grows.

Because our facility is 10 minutes from YVR2 and YVR3, BC inbound drops often get same-day appointments and faster check-in times than freight sent from offshore 3PLs.

FBM — Fulfillment by Merchant

If you're running Fulfillment by Merchant (FBM) — shipping Amazon orders yourself instead of using FBA — we're your warehouse, pick/pack team, and shipping desk:

• Order integration — pull orders from Seller Central, Shopify, your ERP
• Pick & pack — same-day for orders received before 2pm PT
• Branded packaging if you want to control the unboxing experience
• Carrier label generation — Canada Post, Purolator, FedEx, UPS, DHL
• Daily carrier pickup from our Delta facility
• Order tracking numbers uploaded back to Amazon within hours of ship
• Returns processing — inspection, reconditioning, restocking

Who This Service Is For

• Amazon sellers importing from Asia through the Port of Vancouver — we take the container, prep, and ship to FBA
• Sellers hitting FBA storage limits who need overflow warehousing before shipments go in
• New Canadian sellers who need help with Amazon's shipment plan rules
• US sellers expanding into Amazon.ca who need a Canadian prep partner to avoid cross-border complications
• FBM sellers who want faster shipping speeds than their current fulfillment setup
• Multi-channel brands running Amazon + Shopify + Walmart.ca from one inventory pool

Why Prep in Canada vs. the US?

Many Canadian Amazon sellers still prep in the US and ship bonded freight across the border into Canadian FBA warehouses. That adds another link in the chain, more customs paperwork, and the risk of border holds. Prepping in Canada eliminates all of that:

• No cross-border customs for the FBA delivery leg
• Faster lead times to Canadian FCs
• Simpler returns and reverse logistics
• Local team you can call in Pacific time

How Pricing Works

FBA prep is typically priced per unit, with volume breaks:

• FNSKU label only: $0.25–$0.45 per unit
• Polybag + label: $0.75–$1.20 per unit
• Bubble wrap + bag + label: $1.25–$1.85 per unit
• Bundling / multi-pack: $1.50–$2.50 per bundle
• Pallet build and carton labelling: $25–$45 per pallet
• Delivery to FC: quoted per shipment, size and destination dependent

FBM fulfillment is typically priced per order picked, with monthly storage charged per pallet or cubic foot. Rates drop at higher volume.