If you use Amazon Warehousing and Distribution (AWD) and track stock in ConnectStock, choose how AWD fits into your warehouses.
How FBA shipments work by default
Each store has a Local Warehouse where your stock waits before it goes to FBA. When you send an FBA shipment, ConnectStock moves the units from that Local Warehouse to In Transit. When Amazon receives them, they move to FBA.
Option 1 (recommended): count AWD as part of your local warehouse
Don't make a separate AWD warehouse. Treat AWD stock as part of your Local Warehouse.
When Amazon ships from AWD to FBA, ConnectStock moves the units from your Local Warehouse to In Transit, like any FBA shipment.
You don't need to do anything by hand. This works when the FBA Shipment Source Warehouse setting is off.
Why we recommend it:
You manage only 1 source warehouse.
You don't edit FBA shipments by hand.
You don't make a transfer each time you send stock to AWD.
You can still see your AWD stock in the AWD Inventory Report, under Reports, then Inventory. The data comes straight from Amazon. To get it, open your Amazon store from Stores & Files, open the Settings tab and turn on AWD Inventory.
Option 2: make AWD its own warehouse
You can make a separate AWD warehouse, but it takes more work:
Move stock to AWD yourself. Each time you send stock to AWD, make a warehouse transfer from your local warehouse to AWD.
Set the source on FBA shipments that come from AWD. By default, FBA shipments take stock from your Local Warehouse. When a shipment comes from AWD, go to ConnectStock, then FBA Shipments. Click the 3 dots on the shipment, choose Set Source Warehouse, pick AWD and click Save. See How to Change the Source Warehouse for FBA Shipments in ConnectStock.
Tips:
To match ConnectStock to Amazon's AWD numbers, use an AWD Adjustment. Go to ConnectStock, then Adjustments, click Bulk Adjustment and pick AWD Adjustment. You see AWD Adjustment only if a connected Amazon US store has AWD Inventory turned on in its Settings tab.
To set the source for you: go to Stores & Files, then Inventory Files, and click your inventory file. Click Edit and open Inventory & Warehouse. Under FBA Shipment Source Warehouse, turn on "Auto-Match by Name" and click Save. When a new FBA shipment comes in from Amazon and its ship from name matches a ConnectStock warehouse name, that warehouse is set as its source. Shipments that are already in ConnectStock don't change. See How to Change the Source Warehouse for FBA Shipments in ConnectStock.
Option 3: make AWD the Local Warehouse
If most of your FBA shipments come from AWD, set AWD as the store's Local Warehouse. Then you only change the source warehouse on the shipments that come from your own warehouse. See How to Change the Source Warehouse for FBA Shipments in ConnectStock.
Summary
Setup | How automatic | Hand work | Best for |
AWD as part of your local warehouse | High | None | Most sellers |
AWD as its own warehouse | Low | Transfers, and setting the source on shipments | Complex AWD setups |
AWD as the Local Warehouse | Medium | Setting the source on shipments from your own warehouse | Sellers who ship mostly from AWD |
Frequently asked questions
Where do I set a store's Local Warehouse?
Go to Stores & Files, then Inventory Files, and click your inventory file. Click Edit and open Inventory & Warehouse. Make sure Warehouse Tracking and FBA Shipments are turned on. Click Manage Warehouses, click your store, set the Local Warehouse and click Save.
I don't see AWD Inventory in my store settings.
It shows only for Amazon US stores.