Amazon Remote Fulfillment FBA Simplifies Expansion To New Markets

Remote Fulfillment with FBA creates new sales opportunities to Canada and Mexico for US sellers

Thomas Spicer
Published in
3 min readOct 6, 2020

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Are you currently a seller in the US (North America Marketplace), but have hesitated to expand to sell in Amazon Canada and Amazon Mexico, given the complexity involved? A simplified cross-border selling has arrived with a new Remote Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program.

The new Remote Fulfillment with FBA program removes barriers and complexity, allowing you to sell in Canada and Mexico and fulfill orders with your US Amazon fulfillment center inventory. The solution saves you the extra work and hassle of managing multi-country inventory, cross-border logistics, and import duties.

After you create offers in Canada and Mexico, Amazon will also make them Prime-eligible and fulfill orders to customers in those countries. The goal of the new solution is to make selling on Amazon easier for FBA sellers.

How does the FBA program work?

Amazon has made the process straightforward for US FBA sellers;

  1. Any product listings you create on Amazon.ca, or Amazon.com.mx automatically pulls from your US inventory, unless the item is already in a fulfillment center in Canada or Mexico. This means when you send your products into your US fulfillment center, Amazon automatically handles the rest.
  2. Customers pay import duties as part of the purchase price.
  3. Amazon handles shipping your orders directly to customers in Canada and Mexico.
  4. Amazon will let you know which ASINs are eligible.
  5. The standards around customer service, storage fees, quality products, FBA fees…apply

This is an excellent chance to expand internationally, given Amazon is breaking down barriers to expand your selling opportunities in new markets.

Getting Started the new Remote Fulfillment FBA Program

To enroll in the FBA program, go to your enrollment page in your seller account.

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