How It Works | ZonPrep

Step 1: Approve a 1-Week Test Truck

Pick a single replenishment load and redirect it to ZonPrep in Georgia. There are no contracts or prepayments, so if we fail to beat your costs and speed, you walk away.

Step 2: Complete a 15-Minute Onboarding Call

Your team receives portal access, uploads the inbound ASINs, and shares weekly volume forecasts and carrier details. We simultaneously reserve an Amazon dock time so the load keeps moving without idle hours on the yard.

Step 3: Ship Once and Watch Same-Day Unloads

The trailer arrives, is scanned, and, if needed, every unit is labelled, kitted, or bundled to Amazon spec that same day. You see real-time status updates inside the portal.

Step 4: Consolidation Unlocks Daily Full Truckloads

Your freight joins product from more than a hundred other $10 million+ sellers, allowing us to roll full truckloads to Amazon Fulfillment Centers every afternoon. Full loads secure priority docks and eliminate your requirement to pay inbound placement fees.

Step 5: Inventory Goes Live in Under 24 Hours

Amazon scans the consolidated load the next day, replenishment SKUs are Buy Box ready, and proof-of-delivery documents drop automatically into your portal. Most brands shift all weekly replenishments to ZonPrep after the first run because the savings and speed are undeniable.

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Phase 1: Setup

Onboarding in 15 minutes. Not 15 days.

Most 3PLs take weeks to get you live. ZonPrep gets you operational in 15 minutes. No contracts. Your first shipment is a trial, we earn the relationship.

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Intro call (45 min max)

Tell us your current setup, monthly volume, and what's not working. We'll tell you exactly what ZonPrep would look like for your operation, specific numbers, detail, and intelligent data analytics to help you drive strategic decisions. (45 minutes max, though we doubt we'll need the whole time.)

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Opportunity analysis (same day)

We'll send an opportunity analysis within 24 hours, a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of your current supply chain operations against what those same volumes would look like with ZonPrep, so you can determine if a test truck makes sense.

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Portal access

Connect your Seller Central account to the ZonPrep portal via API. Get visibility into your inbound shipments, inventory levels, and prep status with automated syncs.

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Route your next shipment

Route your next shipment to ZonPrep. We can even book this truck and provide you with a BOL for fastest dock-to-check-in time.

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Phase 2: Receiving

Inbound to ZonPrep.

Freight arrives at our Georgia facility ready for receiving. Whether you're a cross-dock client or fully managed, your inventory is scanned, received against your manifest, and visible in your portal the moment it lands.

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We receive your shipment

For cross-dock clients, pallets are scanned in via our ZonPrep license plates. For fully managed logistics clients, we receive your inventory against an advanced shipping notice and manifest within the ZonPrep portal.

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Marked received, racked or loaded onto a truck

Shipments are marked as received at ZonPrep and either moved immediately to an outbound truck to Amazon, or stored in our facility's racking for one to two days while it awaits its upcoming truck.

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Picking your pallets

When your shipment is ready to be outbounded, our team retrieves your palletized load, removes it from our racks, and brings it to our outbound staging area.

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Ready for outbound

Your products are staged and ready for the outbound process, depalletized, floor-loaded, and routed to Amazon's regional cross-docks. Every step is visible in your portal in real time.

Metric	Industry Standard	ZonPrep
Average time to ZonPrep	N/A	1 day
Same-day unloading	Not guaranteed	Standard
Visibility into shipment receivings	Rare	Every shipment
Facility receipt to Amazon receipt	7–21 days	Under 36 hours
Real-time inventory visibility	Weekly report	Live portal

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Phase 3: Prep Center

99.9% accuracy. Every SKU. Every shipment.

Prep errors and inefficient polybagging cost you money three times, once in rejected units, once in delayed inbound, and once in unnecessary dimensional fees. ZonPrep's prep floor runs on standard operating procedures developed across over 100 million units. We get it right the first time.

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Amazon labeling

Every unit labeled to Amazon spec, correct placement, correct size, scanned at application. We print and label on demand and put every compliance factor on one label for one flat cost. FNSKU, suffocation warning, sold-as-set, expiry, lot: one label, instead of the per-label-type charges most 3PLs tack on.

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Kitting & bundling

Kits are multiples of the same item; bundles are different products sold together to create a complementary set. Multi-unit kits, multi-item bundles, gift sets, and custom-built boxes to your spec sheet, we handle the BOM and component staging. High-volume kitting runs on dedicated shrink lines, inside the same maximum 72-hour prep SLA as everything else we handle.

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Shrink wrap > ~~poly bagging~~

We use shrink wrap on all kits and bundles to protect the dimensional integrity of your product. A 7-inch poly bag on a 3–4 inch product gives up dimensional slack Amazon charges you for. Shrink wrap preserves your dimensions, every time.

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Quality control inspection

Pre-shipment quality checks on every SKU. Cosmetic inspection, seal integrity, label accuracy, unit count verification. Failed units are flagged, photographed, and held for your review, not shipped blind.

Managed Logistics clients enjoy the following benefits:

check_circleOptimized shipment creation, no placement fees

check_circleShipment plan execution, delivery windows and tracking information

check_circleDefect and removal cases filed on your behalf

check_circleConsistent tracking into FBA inbound times

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check_circleOngoing consulting on ways to improve FBA operations, kits, more efficient prep practices, and more

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Phase 4: Shipping to Amazon

Routed to reduce fees. Shipped to win placement.

Georgia isn't just convenient, it's strategic. Our McDonough hub sits within one-day ground reach of 80% of the U.S. population. We route shipments to minimize inbound placement fees and maximize speed to Prime-eligible status.

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Depalletization of your FBA shipment

As counterintuitive as it may seem to touch the product twice, we depalletize your palletized shipment so we can floor-load it into an Amazon FTL. For sellers shipping 50,000 units/month, this typically saves a minimum of $150,000 annually in placement fees.

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Floor-loaded FTLs to Amazon

We send a minimum of 30 floor-loaded full truckloads to Amazon regional cross-docks daily. The floor load forces immediate receiving, Amazon's regional facilities bring conveyor belts directly to the truck and start unloading.

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Compliant PODs & documentation

For every shipment ZonPrep sends, we provide a proof of delivery you can submit for reimbursement on any lost or damaged items inside Amazon's fulfillment network. We've shipped over 100 million units, we know what Amazon accepts.

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Speed to Prime

Prepped and shipped units check into Amazon localized FCs 15–30 days faster than the industry standard. That's a Prime-eligible advantage your competition doesn't get.

Time to Prime eligibility figures are based on actual shipment data from current ZonPrep clients, tracked and verified by our team. Individual results may vary based on product category, shipment volume, and Amazon receiving conditions.

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McDonough, GA, built for Amazon inbound.

126 Liberty Industrial Parkway. 400,000 sq ft. Located 30 miles from Atlanta, within one-day ground to 900+ Amazon FCs. This isn't coincidence. The facility was chosen for this exact geography.

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Phase 5: Visibility

Your inventory. Live. No spreadsheets.

The ZonPrep portal gives you real-time visibility into every shipment, every unit, every status change. Built for operators who manage multiple SKUs, multiple brands, and don't have time to chase updates.

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check_circleUnit-level inventory tracking across every SKU in your catalog

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check_circleException alerts: damaged, shorted, or held units flagged instantly

check_circleOutbound BOL and carrier tracking links attached to every send

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Access Client Portal →

ZonPrep portal, Shipment History view showing inbound shipments, destination warehouses, receipt dates, and days to Amazon check-in

From your first truck to 600,000 units a day, here's every step.

Five steps from first truck to fully live.