The campaign page said "funded." Now a container is coming from the factory, a few thousand backers are refreshing their inboxes, and you'd also like an Amazon listing live while the momentum lasts. We receive that container once in Medley, FL — minutes from PortMiami — ship the backer wave with tracking, prep the launch units for FBA, and explain every step in plain English along the way.
Running a campaign teaches you marketing, video, community management. It teaches you nothing about what happens when a factory in Shenzhen loads 8,000 units of your product into a steel box. That knowledge gap opens exactly when the pressure peaks — backers funded you months ago, and every week of silence costs goodwill.
The mistakes cluster at the intake. Creators route the container to a residential garage, or to a fulfillment giant that wants a year's contract, or split the shipment between a rewards service and a separate prep center — paying for the same freight twice. Each choice was made under deadline, and each one gets expensive.
The better shape is one intake near the port of entry. Our dock in Medley sits about 25 minutes from PortMiami and 10 from MIA airport, so a cleared container arrives the day it drays. We devan, count against your packing list, and photograph problems — the receiving discipline detailed on our container receiving page — before anything else happens.
From that counted pile, two missions run in the order you choose: reward tiers are built and shipped to backers, and launch stock is prepped for FBA so your Amazon listing goes live while the campaign's press is still warm. Whatever remains racks as reserve for the long tail.
| Campaign moment | What happens at our end |
|---|---|
| Factory finishing production | Intake booked, PO and packing list on file, checklist sent to you |
| Container clears the port | Devanned, counted, damage photographed — same day it arrives |
| Backer survey closed | Reward tiers assembled to written recipes and shipped in waves |
| Amazon listing approved | Launch units FNSKU-labeled, prepped and forwarded to FBA |
| Campaign long tail | Remaining stock racked as reserve, drip-fed to FBA as sales prove out |
20–53ft boxes, LCL or air freight devanned minutes from the port — the full process on our container receiving page.
Every carton against the packing list, every problem photographed — the proof you need for factory claims and honest backer updates.
Early Bird, Deluxe, add-ons — each tier built to a written recipe on our kitting line so no backer opens the wrong box.
Your address export becomes labeled parcels moving out in waves, tracking numbers flowing back for your campaign update.
Launch units get FNSKUs, bagging and case packs — necessary since Amazon stopped doing its own prep in 2026 — and go to FBA twelve minutes up the road.
Unallocated stock racked and billed by space used — see inventory storage — feeding FBA as real demand shows up.
Forwarder chosen, our dock booked, backer survey closed, tier recipes written — the cheap weeks that save the expensive ones.
Devan, count, photograph. By end of day you know your true good-unit number — the fact every promise now rests on.
Tier assembly runs, waves ship, tracking posts to your campaign — the update thread goes quiet in the best way.
Launch stock enters FBA while press and community buzz still convert; reserve feeds the listing as it grows.
To a dock near the port with your name on a booking. Send us the PO and ETA, get the checklist back, and the scariest object in your life becomes a scheduled delivery.
The only good answer is tracking numbers. Once the container is counted and your address file lands, waves start on the 24–48 hour clock — and your next update writes itself.
Correct — since January 2026, Amazon doesn't prep or label anything in the US. Every unit gets its FNSKU and required prep on our benches before Amazon ever sees it.
That's a tier-recipe problem, not a disaster. We turn your pledge data into written builds per tier and assemble them one tier at a time — no Collector's extra in a base-tier box.
Four things, weeks before the boat sails: a freight forwarder to move and clear the container (we recommend asking for DDP terms so duties are handled before delivery), our warehouse booked as the delivery address, your PO and packing list shared with us, and your backer survey closed so the address file is ready. Creators who do this ship rewards weeks sooner than those who start planning when the container is already at sea.
Yes — that's the geography working for you. PortMiami is about 25 minutes from our dock and Port Everglades about 35, so a cleared container drays straight here. We devan it, count every carton against your packing list, photograph any damage, and rack the goods the same day. Your production run goes from ship's hold to counted, shelved inventory without a cross-country truck leg.
Two files and a decision. The files: your backer export (name, address, reward tier) from Kickstarter, Indiegogo or your pledge manager, and a definition of what each tier physically contains. The decision: your packaging for the reward parcel. From there we build each tier, run the addresses, and ship in waves — with tracking numbers back to you so your next campaign update is "rewards are moving" with proof.
That's the core of how we run crowdfunding projects. The container is received once and split by mission: backer units flow to the reward assembly benches, launch units get FNSKU labels and FBA prep, and the remainder racks as reserve. You're not choosing between honoring backers and stocking your launch — both draw from one counted intake, in the order you set.
Each tier becomes its own documented build: the base unit, the stretch-goal extras, the add-ons, the thank-you card — listed with positions and a reference photo. The floor assembles tier by tier so an Early Bird parcel can't receive a Collector's Edition extra by accident. Add-on chaos is the most common crowdfunding packing failure, and a written tier recipe is the whole cure.
You'll know before a single backer does. Devanning includes condition checks, and anything crushed, wet or short gets counted and photographed the day it surfaces. That evidence pack is what you take to the factory or your freight insurer — and it lets us plan the backer wave around the true good-unit count instead of discovering the shortfall halfway through shipping.
You create the listing in Seller Central; we make the physical units compliant. Since January 2026 Amazon no longer preps or labels items itself in the US, so every unit needs its FNSKU barcode, any required bagging, and correct case packing before it arrives — unprepped goods that get damaged or lost may not even be covered for reimbursement. We apply all of it here and hand Amazon a shipment that checks in clean on the first try.
If the tier definitions and address file are ready before arrival, assembly starts as soon as counting closes — usually the same or next business day — and the first wave leaves on our standard 24–48 hour rhythm. The real schedule risk is never our floor; it's an unclosed backer survey or an undecided reward pack. Settle those while the boat is at sea and the timeline takes care of itself.
Most crowdfunding creators we work with are shipping a container for the first time, and we plan for that. You get a named contact who explains each step in plain language — what a packing list is, why DDP terms matter, what an FNSKU does — and a written checklist of exactly what to send us and when. You don't need to speak freight; you need to answer your backers. We handle the vocabulary.
Send the form with your backer count, reward tiers, unit count on the container, and rough arrival window. Within one business day you'll get per-unit pricing for receiving, tier assembly, backer shipping and FBA launch prep — plus the pre-arrival checklist. No setup fees and no monthly minimums, which matters when your whole company is one campaign.
Tell us the backer count, the reward tiers, how many units the factory is loading, and roughly when it sails. Within one business day you'll have per-unit pricing, the pre-arrival checklist, and a plan that covers both the reward wave and the Amazon launch.
