When you ship inventory to Amazon, there is a gap where the stock has left your warehouse but Amazon has not received it into FBA yet. That gap can last weeks or even months. In the meantime a local count comes up short, but the units are not in FBA either, so they fall through the cracks.
ConnectBooks handles this for you. We pull each shipment's status straight from Amazon and move your inventory through three warehouses so it always reflects where the stock actually is.
The 3 warehouses
Local. Your stock on hand.
In Transit. Shipped, but not received by Amazon yet.
FBA. Received by Amazon and ready to sell.
How it works
When Amazon marks a shipment as shipped, ConnectBooks moves those units from Local to In Transit.
Then, as Amazon receives units, ConnectBooks moves them from In Transit to FBA. This runs daily until the shipment is fully received, so your In Transit balance always shows what is still outstanding.
Turn it on
Go to Stores and Files, then Inventory Files, then File Settings.
Click Inventory and Warehouse.
Toggle on FBA Shipments.
Click Manage Warehouses and assign your Local, In Transit, and FBA warehouses for each store.
New shipments now transfer automatically. Older ones are set to ignored by default. To transfer an older one, click the three dots on the shipment line and click Transfer.
Want to skip the manual step entirely? Turn on Auto Sync and every shipment transfers on its own, except those marked as ignored.
Check on a shipment
On the FBA Shipments page, click on any number in the ConnectBooks Transfers column to see that shipment's transfers.
In Transit shows units moved from Local. This figure stays fixed. FBA shows units received by Amazon. This figure climbs until the shipment closes.
See everything
All transfers: Inventory, then Warehouse Transfers, then FBA Transfers. Inventory by warehouse, including In Transit: Inventory Reports, then Inventory Summary Report.
Counts not lining up? See Understanding FBA Shipment Discrepancies. Any other questions, reach out to our support team.