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Amazon: Ship Merchant Fulfilled, Same-Day Orders in ShipWorks

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Background

ShipWorks gives you the ability to ship merchant fulfilled, Same-Day orders by using the Amazon Buy Shipping API available to you in the ShipWorks software. This article will assist you with understanding the required setup as well as how to ship Prime Same-Day orders using the Amazon Buy Shipping API shipping provider with Dynamex.

See this article for a list of Frequently Asked Questions related to shipping Amazon Seller-Fulfilled Prime orders with ShipWorks.

First Things First

Before we take a look at how to ship Amazon Same-Day orders in ShipWorks, let's take a look at what is required to do so.

Requirements

We recommend that you run the latest version of the ShipWorks software. This allows you to access the latest tools and features and ensures the steps in this article will work for you. For assistance with checking your version of ShipWorks or with upgrading to the latest version, please see the How Do I Upgrade ShipWorks help article.

Your Amazon Seller Central account must be approved by Amazon for merchant fulfilled orders.

Your Amazon Seller Central account must be approved for Same-Day, merchant fulfilled shipments.

Your Amazon Seller Central account must have Same-Day Expedited set up in the shipping settings.

Note: If you have questions on either of the above prerequisites (2 - 4), please reach out directly to Amazon.

Things to Know

1. Amazon currently only supports Same-Day shipping in a select group of cities in the US. You can see the list of cities and check a zip code to see if Same-Day shipping is supported in that area here.

2. When shipping a Same-Day shipment in ShipWorks, the Dynamex Same Day option will only appear if the following are true: (all are visible in ShipWorks)

a. The shipment's To and From addresses are both in the same Amazon Same-Day supported city.

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b. The order is flagged as a Prime order by Amazon.

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c. The order is flagged as a Same-Day order by Amazon.

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d. The order is being shipped within the Earliest and the Latest delivery times specified by Amazon.

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The Process

Once all of the above requirements are met, you are ready to begin shipping your merchant fulfilled, Same-Day orders. Here's how:

1. Select the order for which you wish to ship using Amazon - Dynamex Same Day.

Note: You may wish to create an Amazon Prime filter to separate out all of your merchant fulfilled, Same-Day orders from your other orders in ShipWorks.

2. This the order selected, click on the Home tab and then click on the Ship Orders button. You can also right click on the selected order and select Ship Orders from the menu.

Notice

Shipping merchant fulfilled, Same-Day orders is not supported in the Shipping Panel.

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3. If required, on the Ship Orders screen, select Amazon Shipping form the Provider drop-down menu.

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4. Dynamex Same Day will be the default shipping method and the Service drop-down menu will be disabled.

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5. Verify that all other shipping details in the Shipment Details section are correct.

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6. Once all of your shipment details are correct, click on the Create Label button to generate your shipping label.

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Your label will now print to the standard printer.

Dynamex sample label

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