Amazon Freight Booking Service for FBA Sellers
We move your prepped inventory from our Fort Worth floor into the FBA network. We book through the Amazon Freight portal, coordinate LTL, generate the BOL, and schedule the carrier pickup, so the freight leg matches the shipment plan instead of fighting it.
- We book through
- The Amazon Freight portal
- Built for
- 3,000+ units a month
- Picked up from
- Fort Worth, TX
What the freight leg actually controls
Amazon, not the shipper, decides which fulfillment centers a shipment splits across and how it is routed. The booking has to follow what the plan returns rather than what you assumed it would.
An Amazon freight booking service gets palletized FBA inventory from a prep facility to the fulfillment centers Amazon assigns, using the carrier and lane options Amazon makes available. For LTL and pallet shipments that means booking through the Amazon Freight portal at freight.amazon.com, accepting the routing and appointment Amazon returns, producing a bill of lading that reconciles to the shipment plan, and coordinating the carrier so the pickup and the prepared pallets line up. It is the handoff between prep that is finished and inventory that is actually moving.
The freight leg is where shipment plans tend to come apart. Pallet labels that do not match the BOL, an appointment booked against the wrong destination, a carrier that arrives before the pallets are wrapped and staged, or a BOL that does not reconcile to the box content all create the same problem: freight that sits or gets reworked. At Marketplace Prep, Freight Booking runs directly off the FBA shipment our software built from your Seller Central plan, so the shipment plan, the box and pallet content, the labels, the BOL, and the Amazon Freight booking all come from one record. Booking the freight where the shipment was built is what keeps the BOL, the pallets, and the appointment pointing at the same thing.
How we handle it
Booking a pallet shipment into FBA is a sequence, and each step depends on what the one before it returned. Six steps from the finished plan to the loaded truck.
01
The plan returns the destinations
Amazon assigns the fulfillment centers and decides whether the shipment splits. We read the destinations off the plan our software built from your Seller Central account and book against those, not against a single assumed destination.
02
Booked through the Amazon Freight portal
LTL and pallet shipments are booked through the Amazon Freight portal at freight.amazon.com. We take the routing and appointment Amazon returns and book against them, because Amazon controls how a shipment splits and where it goes.
03
Pallets built and labeled for the lane
Pallets are wrapped and labeled to survive LTL handling and to scan at the fulfillment center. The freight we hand off is the freight we prepped, with no relabeling or rebuilding between the floor and the truck.
04
BOL generated from the shipment record
The bill of lading is generated from the same shipment record in our software that drove the labels and box content. The BOL, the pallets, and the plan reconcile against one source rather than three people reading three documents.
05
Carrier scheduled against staged freight
We schedule the carrier and coordinate the pickup window against pallets that are already wrapped, labeled, and staged. The freight is ready when the truck arrives, not built in a rush against the clock.
06
Handoff from a truck-ready dock
Pickup is from our Fort Worth facility at 1925 Golden Heights Rd, accessible to 53-foot semis and 40-foot containers with a forklift on site. Pallet and LTL deliveries and pickups run by appointment.
Who this is built for
Freight booking is worth handing to the team that built the shipment when the BOL, the pallets, and the appointment all have to agree with a plan you did not get to choose.
A fit
- Wholesale sellers moving palletized inventory inbound to FBA at 3,000 units a month or more.
- Private label brands shipping cased and palletized goods to Amazon.
- Established sellers whose volume has outgrown parcel and now ships LTL.
- Sellers whose shipment plans regularly split across multiple fulfillment centers, or who are booking Amazon Freight by hand around their prep.
- Engagements where Freight Booking is one leg of a larger FBA Prep or Wholesale Prep scope across receiving, labeling, case-pack building, and shipment execution.
Not a fit
- Volume under 500 units a month.
- Hazmat or oversized freight.
- Sourcing models outside private label, wholesale, or brand-exclusive relationships.
- Anyone who needs a transit time promised across legs that are not ours. Amazon sets the routing and appointment, and the carrier sets its own pickup schedule.
Questions we get
What is an Amazon freight booking service?
An Amazon freight booking service moves palletized FBA inventory from a prep facility to the fulfillment centers Amazon assigns. For LTL and pallet shipments that means booking through the Amazon Freight portal at freight.amazon.com, generating a bill of lading that reconciles to the shipment plan, and coordinating the carrier pickup. At Marketplace Prep, Freight Booking runs off the same shipment record in our software that drove the labels and box content.
Does Marketplace Prep book through Amazon Freight?
Yes. LTL and pallet shipments are booked through the Amazon Freight portal at freight.amazon.com. We accept the routing and destinations Amazon returns and book against them, because Amazon controls how a shipment splits across fulfillment centers and how it is routed. The BOL and carrier pickup are coordinated to match what the plan returns.
Why does Amazon split my shipment across multiple fulfillment centers?
Amazon, not the shipper, decides which fulfillment centers a shipment is routed to and whether it splits, based on its own network placement. The freight booking has to follow what the shipment plan returns rather than a single assumed destination. We book the freight against the plan Amazon generates, so the BOL, pallets, and appointments line up with the actual destinations.
How does Marketplace Prep keep the BOL and pallets reconciled?
The bill of lading is generated from the same shipment record in our software that produced the labels and box content. Because prep and freight share one record, the pallets we wrapped, the labels on them, and the BOL all reconcile to the shipment plan. That is what lets the destination fulfillment center check the freight in cleanly.
Does the pickup happen from your facility?
Yes. Pickup is from our Fort Worth facility at 1925 Golden Heights Rd, Suite 200. The dock is accessible to 53-foot semis and 40-foot containers with a forklift on site, and pallet and LTL deliveries and pickups run by appointment. The pallets we prepped are staged and ready when the carrier arrives.
How long does Amazon freight booking take?
Lead times depend on legs we do not all control. Prep finishing on our floor, the routing and appointment Amazon returns through the portal, the carrier’s own pickup schedule, and transit to the assigned fulfillment centers are separate steps, and Amazon controls the routing and appointment. We scope timing per engagement on a call rather than make a blanket promise we cannot hold across legs that are not ours.
Does Marketplace Prep handle freight for wholesale and private label sellers?
Yes. Freight Booking is part of Wholesale Prep and FBA Prep and supports Private Label Prep, covering LTL coordination, BOL generation, and carrier scheduling for palletized inventory. We do not handle hazmat, oversized freight, or inventory sourced outside private label, wholesale, and brand-exclusive relationships.
What volume do I need to qualify?
Marketplace Prep works to a floor of 500 units per month, with the ideal fit at 3,000 a month or more. Prep is billed at the published per-unit tiers on our prep pricing page; freight booking is scoped on a call after we review your pallet volume and shipment cadence.
Need Amazon freight booking? Let’s scope it.
Every engagement is custom-scoped. Tell us your SKU mix, pallet volume, and shipment cadence, and we build a plan that fits. We do not make blanket promises across legs that are not ours.
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Private Label Prep
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