Want to sell in Canada and Mexico on Amazon? Well, a new Amazon program called Remote Fulfillment may make it easier than ever in the near future as it is developed and fully released (it’s currently in a beta state).

This feature is in Manage Inventory, This feature is not open for all sellers Amazon rolling it out and will post an announcement in seller central Once it is available for all FBA sellers, It allows you to have offers in Canada and Mexico marketplaces fulfilled by Amazon using FBA stock in the US.

How does it work?

Amazon’s Remote Fulfillment program allows Sellers to display their U.S. FBA inventory across both country-specific Amazon sites for Canada and Mexico. Buyers on Amazon Mexico and Amazon Canada are shown the available inventory at your price, plus a premium to cover the import duties. If the buyer chooses to purchase, Amazon uses the Seller’s U.S. based FBA inventory to fulfil all American international orders.

It’s a U.S based inventory expander, explained George Hatch, Pattern’s Director of Marketplaces. It allows a brand to make its US inventory available for sale in Canada and Mexico without the complexity of needing to handle shipping goods directly into either Mexico or Canada.

What are the advantages of using Remote Fulfillment?

The best advantages of Remote Fulfillment are the ability to break into new marketplaces without making a huge initial investment.

♣  It’s quite easy.

♣  You can test market demand.

♣  Save the inventory costs.