Amazon Frustration Free Package Evaluation
With global shifts increasing e-commerce trade, packaging must now be able to withstand the many routes of shipping during transit. The demand for a simplified, recyclable package that is easy to use and open is greater than ever. With such wide-reaching industry changes, the caliber of testing and regulatory standards has also evolved. For instance, packages sold on Amazon.com are first evaluated and tested against the tiers of Amazon’s Package Testing standards in order to achieve certification for Amazon’s Vendor Central interface. The Amazon Frustration Free Package Evaluation process is critical to optimizing package testing methods for manufacturers and distributors in the Amazon APASS Network.
What Is Amazon Frustration Free Package Evaluation?
Customers Benefits of Amazon Frustration Free Package Evaluation
Seller Benefits of Amazon Frustration Free Package Evaluation
How To Test Your Packaged Product For Amazon FFP
Amazon Package Testing Tiers
- Tier 1 - Frustration Free Packaging (FFP) is capable of shipping in its own container with minimized, fully recyclable and easy-to-open packaging. This ensures the most optimal experience for our customers.
- Tier 2 - Ships in Own Container (SIOC) minimizes waste through ensuring that packaging is designed to ship without the need for an Amazon Over Box.
- Tier 3 - Prep-Free Packaging (PFP) is designed to ship effectively without the need for Amazon to apply additional prep to prevent damage of leakage.
Amazon Frustration Free Package Evaluation
Numbers (ASINs) to ship in their original manufacturer supplied packaging. The ISTA Project 6 AMAZON.COM test was developed by ISTA in alliance with Amazon.com and is used as the standard protocol. Frustration free package testing for Amazon falls under the ISTA Project 6 AMAZON.COM SIOC procedure.
Three different categories are used for each type of packaged product tests: shipping method, handling method, and weight-and-dimensions. By testing for the e-commerce transit channels that packages go through, we can validate that your products will maintain their integrity and arrive to customers intact and undamaged. This test is intended to simulate the conditions of shipping and delivering a package, including calibrated drops and vibrations.
What is Amazon's Ships in Own Container (SIOC) Packaging?
What is Amazon’s Prep-Free Packaging (PFP)?
What is the Amazon Packaging Support and Supplier (APASS) Network?
Why Purple Diamond?
Purple Diamond can provide the guidance and assistance needed to meet the standards required for Amazon Packaging Certification in packaging design and validation. We help vendors optimize their products for Amazon’s APASS Network FFP program, while reducing packaging costs and improving efficiencies in their supply chains.
Packaging can be designed to be protective against damage which is required for FFP, SIOC, and PFP certifications. The requirements and considerations of over-sized products can be evaluated and optimized to move efficiently through Amazon distribution networks. Our team is committed to delivering high-quality results as we develop a comprehensive solution to your specific Amazon Packaging Certification needs.

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