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Prep Pricing and Billing

All prices include the following services:

  • Inspection, shipment creation and outbound of products
  • Product handling, with a guarantee of no non-compliance at downstream destinations
  • Billing and invoicing

You can select the services you would like and the quote will update on screen while creating your shipping plan. This is an estimated quote and you will be billed after Prep is complete once your unit counts are confirmed.

 

DTC Inbound Prep Fees

The following DTC inbound prep is available for selection in our Seller Portal inbound flow to DTC:

 

Service  Description Rate

Unit of  

measurement
Labeling (SKU labeling) 
  • SKU labeling refers to labeling individual sellable unit(s)
 $0.35  Unit
Bagging Protection
  • Bagging protection includes:
    • Putting a single unit into a polybag and sealing
    • Unit barcoding on the outside of the bag
 $0.85 Unit
Damage Protection
  • Damage protection includes:
    • Either bubble wrapping or placing the item in a bubble mailer, a protective envelope, for protection
    • Unit barcoding on the outside of the protection
  • Items will be prepped to pass a drop test to prevent damages
 $1.05 Unit

 

Reserve Storage Outbound Prep Fees

The following RS outbound prep is available for selection in our Seller Portal replenishment flow to DTC and FBA:

 

Service  Description Rate

Unit of  

measurement
Labeling (SKU labeling, unit barcoding) 
  • SKU labeling refers to labeling individual sellable unit(s)
  • This also includes box and pallet labeling and handling
 $0.95  Unit
Bagging Protection
  • Bagging protection includes:
    • Putting a single unit into a polybag and sealing
    • Unit barcoding on the outside of the bag
  • This also includes box and pallet labeling and handling
 $1.40  Unit
Damage Protection
  • Damage protection includes:
    • Either bubble wrapping or placing the item in a bubble mailer, a protective envelope, for protection
    • Unit barcoding on the outside of the protection
  • Items will be prepped to pass a drop test to prevent damages
  • For RS to DTC replenishments, this also includes box and pallet labeling and handling
 $1.60 Unit

 

Standard Prep Fees across DTC inbound and RS outbound

 

Service  Description Rate

Unit of  

measurement
Labeling (Carton - Box Contents Label)
  • Labeling boxes, such as Box Contents Labels (for Flexport Ecom) refers to labeling Carton(s)
 $0.50 Carton
Bubble Wrapping
  • Bubble wrapping refers to wrapping the item for protection.
  • If label needs to be applied post bubble wrapping label charge from above applies as well
 $0.80 Unit
Bubble Mailing
  • Bubble mailing refers to placing the item in a bubble mailer, a protective envelope, for protection.
  • If label needs to be applied post bubble mailing label charge from above applies as well
 $0.80 Unit
Bagging (liquid, apparel, fabric, perforate)
  • Bagging refers to putting an item into a polybag and sealing
  • If label needs to be applied post-bagging label charge from above applies as well
 $0.50 Unit
Value Added Service for Prep
  • Hours worked associated with a Prep job that falls outside of the categories listed
 $48 Per hour billed in 15 mins
Floor Loaded Containers 40’ Container
  • Unloading a floor-loaded container
  • Floor-loaded containers must be left on site for two business days as live unloads are not available.
 $650.00 Per container
Floor Loaded Containers 20’ Container
  • Unloading a floor-loaded container
  • Floor-loaded containers must be left on site for two business days as live unloads are not available.
 $325.00 Per container
*Note for removals from another 3PL (such as FBA, Shipbob, Shiphero) our Support Team will not investigate discrepancies as it is understood the inbound shipment to prep products and quantities are unknown. We will investigate if there is are discrepancies from our Crossdock to our fulfillment centers in the case full boxes were lost in in forwarding transit.

 

Carton Building

Carton building is priced based on the size of the carton requested.

 

Prep Type What is included Unit of Measure Pricing
Carton Building - Merchant or Flexport provided boxes Building a carton for a single SKU or Master case. Per carton $1.00
Carton Building (Small)  Building a carton for a single SKU or Master case using one of the following carton dimensions: 
  • 9x6x2
  • 6x5x4
  • 18x4x4
  • 10x8x4
  • 12x8x5
 Per carton $1.99
Carton Building (Medium) 

Building a carton for a single SKU or Master case using one of the following carton dimensions: 

  • 18x12x13
  • 18x14x14
  • 18x10x6
  • 15x12x8
  • 18x14x8
  • 26x20x4
 Per carton $2.89
Carton Building (Large)

Building a carton for a single SKU or Master case using one of the following carton dimensions: 

  • 21x13x13
  • 36x24x6
  • 26x18x12
  • 40x18x8
 Per carton $4.84
Carton Building (Extra Large) 

Building a carton for a single SKU or Master case using one of the following carton dimensions: 

  • 40x30x15
 Per carton $15.22

For all other Flexport fulfillment fees, please visit What are Flexport's fees?

 

Prep Billing and Invoicing

You will see Prep fees on your invoices in Seller Portal once the Prep service is completed. For each charge, you will see the associated Flexport Prep ID, the service completed, and the total amount.

When should I see my Prep charges?

Once the Prep service is completed, the charges should appear on your next invoice. It is possible to receive charges for one Prep job with services across multiple invoices, but each job will be billed within a 1 month period.

 

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