Summary: Amazon have announced Sellers will be able to ship heavy and bulky products that weigh up to 120 kg to fulfilment centres in Spain. (This service is already available in UK, DE, FR & IT)
Announcement: 10th Sept 21
Effective Date: 1st Sept 2021
Feature: FBA Heavy and Bulky (+40Kg) now available in Spain
Type: Amazon FBA
Regions: Spain (Already available in Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom)
Accounts: FBA Sellers
Customer Benefit: Medium
Seller Benefit: Medium
Impact For Effected Sellers: High
Most Effected Sellers: Seller of large and heavy items that prefer to use the Amazon FBA service and want to sell on the Spain marketplace.
Important: For a products to be considered FBA Heavy and Bulky, it must meet at least one of the following dimensions and weight criteria. Any inventory not meeting this criteria should be considered for Standard FBA: 175cm Length (longest side) / 31.5kg Weight / 360cm Girth (Length + 2x Width + 2x Height).
FBA Heavy and bulky FBA also has maximum dimensions and weight limitations, which vary by store. You will not be able to create FBA shipments for products exceeding the maximum criteria, and any attempt to deliver such products will result in inventory being refused at the fulfilment centre. Refer to the following table for the maximum dimensions and weight criteria in your store.
| Store | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES |
| Length | Min: 175cm | Min: 175cm | Min: 175cm | Min: 175cm | Min: 175cm |
| Max: 300cm | Max: 300cm | Max: 300cm | Max: 300cm | Max: 300cm | |
| Weight | Min: 31.5kg | Min: 31.5kg | Min: 31.5kg | Min: 31.5kg | Min: 31.5kg |
| Max: 140kg | Max: 150kg | Max: 300kg | Max: 140kg | Max: 120kg | |
| Girth(Length +2xWidth +2xHeight) | Min: 360cm | Min: 360cm | Min: 360cm | Min: 360cm | Min: 360cm |
| Max: N/A | Max: N/A | Max: 662cm | Max: 800cm | Max: 800cm |
Before listing products for fulfilment by Amazon, it is important to know what is suitable for our fulfilment process and what is unsuitable. For more information on product requirements and restrictions, go to FBA product restrictions.
Propel Your Product’s view: Shipping of bulky and heavy products can be challenging, with more limited shipping options, higher fees and specialist only services. The expansion on Amazons FBA Heavy and Bulky service to Spain means all the big 5 European marketplaces now offer this features so Sellers using this service can operate consistently across Europe. Adding the Prime badge can be a big advantage to Sellers however it can then pressure other sellers into using the service in order to keep competitive even where the actual FBA service is not beneficial.
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Here’s Amazon’s full announcement below:
FBA Heavy and Bulky is now available for products weighing more than 40 kg in Spain
Starting in September 1, 2021, you will be able to ship heavy and bulky products that weigh up to 120 kg to fulfilment centres in Spain. We have increased the maximum weight limit in Spain from 40 kg to 120 kg, allowing you to ship heavier selection to our fulfilment centres PESA and BCN3 in Spain.
FBA Heavy and Bulky allows you to use Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA) as a solution for the storage, delivery, returns and customer service of your heavy and bulky products that meet the eligibility criteria.
With FBA Heavy and Bulky, let Amazon fulfil domestic customer orders on single-box, eligible products, and start offering enhanced delivery options to your customers. Participating products will offer ‘Scheduled delivery’ and ‘Room of Choice delivery’ services where available. In addition to notifying customers about their products being fulfilled by Amazon, we inform them about the available delivery services through Detail page messages. For more information about the delivery of heavy and bulky products in your store, go to UK, DE, FR, IT, ES.
Expand your portfolio with products that are heavier than 40 kg, and be among the first to reach millions of customers in Spain through FBA Heavy and Bulky.
Before making an inbound request, ensure your products are correctly prepared and labelled. Remember that some FBA services (such as Pan-European FBA and the European Fulfilment Network) are currently unavailable for FBA Heavy and Bulky.
For more information, go to List heavy and bulky products for FBA.