NARF was the easy on-ramp: your Canadian FBA stock quietly serving amazon.com. But slower delivery promises and cross-border per-order economics put a ceiling on it. Canadian sellers break that ceiling by holding real US inventory — trucked or couriered from Ontario or Quebec to our Miami warehouse, relabeled with US FNSKUs, and inside amazon.com FBA within 24–48 hours of your trigger. Same time zone, same language, one border.
Canadian sellers have the gentlest on-ramp to amazon.com of anyone: shared language, near-identical prep standards, a unified North America account, and NARF to test the water without moving a single carton. Which is exactly why the ceiling surprises people — the tool that made starting easy quietly taxes every order once volume arrives.
US-stocked competitors show faster delivery promises on the same search results page. Every NARF order pays cross-border fulfillment economics. Some of your catalog may not qualify at all. The fix isn't complicated; it's logistical: put inventory for your proven products inside Amazon's US network, and keep NARF for the long tail still proving itself.
Physically, this is the shortest international lane we serve. A truck out of the Greater Toronto Area or Montreal clears the border and reaches our Medley dock in under a week; courier batches arrive even simpler. We receive, count against your manifest, swap Canadian FNSKUs for US ones with scan verification, and either forward to FBA immediately or hold reserve that replenishes in 24–48 hours.
| Factor | NARF from Canada | US inventory via Miami |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery promise on .com | Extended, cross-border | Standard US FBA speeds |
| Per-order economics | Cross-border fulfillment pricing | Domestic US fulfillment pricing |
| Catalog coverage | Eligibility gaps by product | Anything FBA accepts |
| Restock speed | Bound to your Canadian pipeline | 24–48 h from Miami reserve |
| Best use | Testing new products on .com | Scaling the proven ones |
Purpose-built for the amazon.ca-to-amazon.com migration and everything after it.
LTL, FTL and courier shipments from Canada accepted daily — counted against your manifest and confirmed the day the liftgate drops.
US-catalog FNSKUs applied over Canadian barcodes, scan-verified per unit, so migrated stock can't strand at an American FC.
Your Canadian prep is usually close — we verify bags, warnings, bundles and expiration formats and fix only what US rules actually require.
Overseas factory freight lands here too, merging with your Canadian stock into a single US pool — no detour through Ontario.
Bins and pallets billed monthly by space used, replenishing FBA in 24–48 hours — your defense against .com stockouts.
The same Miami stock ships FBM, Shopify, eBay and Walmart orders, including Walmart WFS prep — one inventory, the whole US market.
Choose the proven .com performers that deserve US inventory; leave the experiments on NARF for now.
Your carrier ships DDP from Ontario, Quebec or wherever you warehouse — three to five days to our Medley dock.
Counts confirmed, US FNSKUs applied and scan-verified, prep gaps closed to amazon.com requirements.
An opening inbound enters FBA; reserve stock in Miami keeps replenishment at 24–48 hours, not border-crossing weeks.
Delivery promise is a ranking and conversion lever. Moving your winners into US FBA puts your offer on equal footing the week the first inbound checks in.
Then NARF was never your full US strategy. Ineligible SKUs truck down, get US labels here, and enter FBA like any American seller's stock — eligibility question closed.
You don't have to. Send several replenishment cycles' worth south, keep the rest in Canada, and rebalance by truck in under a week whenever the ratio drifts.
Cut the double crossing: new production routes straight from your overseas supplier to Miami, while Canada keeps only the stock your domestic channels sell.
Remote Fulfillment lets your Canadian FBA stock serve amazon.com orders, but the trade-offs compound as you grow: longer delivery promises that hurt conversion against US-stocked competitors, per-order cross-border fulfillment costs, and eligibility gaps across products. It's a fine way to test US demand. Once a product proves itself, sellers move it to real US FBA inventory — which is where our Miami warehouse comes in as your receiving, prep and forwarding point.
Two lanes dominate. Palletized freight moves by cross-border LTL or FTL — a truck from the Toronto or Montreal area typically reaches Miami in three to five business days after clearing at the border. Smaller batches ride commercial couriers door to door. Your carrier or customs broker handles the entry (ship DDP so duties are settled); we receive, count and report the day it arrives.
No — and this trips up more Canadian sellers than customs does. The US marketplace assigns its own FNSKUs, so units pulled from your Canadian operation must be relabeled for the amazon.com catalog before inbounding. We apply and scan-verify US FNSKU labels on every unit, covering the old barcode so Amazon's scanners can't grab the wrong one.
Usually it needs less work than freight from overseas — your poly bags, bubble and bundles often already meet Amazon's physical standards since the CA and US rulebooks are close. What always changes is the label, and we check the rest while we're at it: bag warnings present, expiration formats correct, case packs consistent. You only pay for the prep steps your units actually need.
Toronto, Montreal and Miami share Eastern Time, so our whole 9:00–18:00 working day is your working day. A receiving question at 10am gets an answer at 10am; a replenishment decision made after lunch ships the same afternoon cycle. Compared with managing an overseas partner, running your US operation feels like calling a supplier one province over.
Border-adjacent works if trucking cost is your only variable. Miami adds what northern locations can't: twelve minutes to Amazon's MIA1 facility, a deep-water port and major air cargo hub for sellers who also source from Asia or Latin America, and a warehouse that ships FBM, Shopify and Walmart orders from the same stock. Many Canadian clients consolidate overseas supplier freight and Canadian stock into one Florida operation.
Yes — this hybrid is common for Canadian sellers. Your factory ships new production straight to Miami (skipping a pointless detour through Canada), while your Canadian warehouse trucks down existing stock being migrated to US FBA. Both intakes are counted, inspected and merged into one US inventory pool that replenishes amazon.com.
Have Amazon send removal orders to our Medley address instead of paying cross-border freight home. We open and grade every returned unit, relabel and re-bag what is resellable and send it back into FBA, and hold the questionable units for your call. Trucking returns back to Ontario only makes sense for high-value goods needing factory refurbishment — your choice either way.
A working rule: keep enough in Miami to cover several FBA replenishment cycles of amazon.com demand, and hold the rest in Canada where your domestic channels need it. Our storage bills monthly by bins and pallets used, so the US buffer flexes with your sales curve. With trucks taking under a week, you can rebalance between countries far faster than any overseas seller can.
Invoices are issued in USD — the same currency your amazon.com revenue arrives in, which keeps your US P&L clean and skips a conversion. Pricing is per unit with no setup fee and no monthly minimum, and Canadian clients typically pay by card or transfer. The complete rate sheet reaches you within one business day of your request.
Tell us what you sell on amazon.ca, which products are moving to US FBA, and how they'd ship — LTL, FTL or courier. Within one business day you'll have per-unit pricing and receiving instructions for your carrier.
