Thursday, March 13, 2014

How Soon Do Items Post After Being Received at a Fulfilment Center?

I have found a wide range of times for my items to post in my storefront after delivery of a shipment.

I always set up a delivery alert with UPS to tell me when a shipment has been delivered to the dock area of the Fulfilment Center. This alert generally comes to me within a few minutes of the actual delivery.

Amazon itself also informs me of the delivery, but this can be several hours later. Remember the Fulfilment Center may have received hundreds of shipments allof which take time to leave the dock area.

I have had occassions when amazon actually tell me of the delivery first. But it generally takes up to six hours, that was in late November during the pre-Christmas rush.

After delivery amazon say it can take up to 48 hours for a shipment to process. I have had all shipments even at the busiest times process well within that time.

On average I see items posting about twelve hours after the amazon delivered notice arrives.

One time however I received a delivery notice from amazon and all the items were up on my storefront two hours after delivery was confirmed by UPS. Now that is very fast. I can only guess my shipment was last off the delivery and so on top of the pile and processed first.

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