An appliance seller's freight doesn't show up in mailers — it shows up on trucks, twenty pounds a carton, with a glossy printed box that's both the packaging and the product photo. ProShip3PL receives it palletized at our Medley, FL dock, grades every carton, makes the overbox call per SKU, labels over the gloss so scanners read only the FNSKU, and checks every return for the cord the buyer kept.
A stand mixer's box does two jobs at once — it sells the product on a shelf and protects eighteen pounds of metal through a parcel network that was never gentle. Some cartons are engineered for both. Many aren't, and the seller finds out through a slow bleed of "arrived dented" reviews on a listing that's otherwise perfect.
Our dock treats that as a decision, not a default. At intake each appliance SKU is graded: carton wall strength, internal suspension, how the unit rides inside. Strong cartons ship as-is and save the overbox cost; weak ones get overboxed once, deliberately, instead of denting forever.
Labeling on printed cartons is its own trade. Manufacturer barcodes lurk on three faces, gloss lamination shrugs off cheap labels, and a mis-scan at Amazon receiving strands the unit. We cover every stray code, place FNSKUs where they hold, and verify each carton by scanner before it leaves.
Then there are returns — the appliance category's quiet tax. Since Amazon ended US prep services in January 2026, nobody in the chain checks whether that returned air fryer still has its basket unless your warehouse does. Ours opens every returned unit and counts the parts.
| Appliance-prep decision | What we actually do |
|---|---|
| Ship in own carton vs overbox | Per-SKU grade of wall strength and internal bracing, then a recommendation |
| Printed-carton labeling | Stray barcodes covered, FNSKU placed to hold on gloss, scanner-verified |
| Heavy-unit handling | Mechanical lifts, safe stack heights, sturdy rebuilt pallets to Amazon |
| Returns disposition | Opened, parts counted against manifest, graded honestly — never repaired on paper |
| Freight intake | Full trucks, LTL pallets and containers received and counted on arrival day |
Full truckloads, LTL and containers unloaded mechanically and counted against your PO — the intake flow on our pallet receiving page.
Punctures, crush and forklift damage photographed at the dock, while freight claims still have teeth.
Each SKU assessed for ships-in-own-container fitness; weak retail cartons get a proper overbox before Amazon's network tests them.
FNSKUs that stay stuck on laminated print, every manufacturer barcode covered, every carton verified by scanner.
Returned appliances opened and checked cord-by-cord against the accessory manifest — details on our returns processing page.
The same stock case-packed with box-content data for retail accounts and other channels, straight from the counted pool.
Pallets off the trailer, cartons counted against the PO, damage photographed while the driver's still in the yard.
Each SKU judged for own-carton shipping; the weak ones move to overboxing, the strong ones skip the cost.
Retail barcodes covered, FNSKUs placed to survive gloss, every carton scan-checked before staging.
Sturdy pallets rebuilt to Amazon's inbound spec and gone within 24–48 hours; reserve stock racks here for later waves.
The retail carton is failing quietly in the parcel network. A carton grade plus a targeted overbox on the weak SKU usually ends the dent stream within one inbound cycle.
Palletized intake with per-carton counts gives you a documented number before Amazon's — the difference between an argument and a claim with evidence attached.
Not from here. Every return is opened and its parts counted; incomplete units are held with photos instead of ambushing the next buyer.
Printed cartons carry codes on multiple faces. We cover all of them and verify the FNSKU is the only thing that scans — stranded-unit roulette, retired.
Appliance prep is dock work more than bench work. Units arrive palletized, get counted and carton-graded, and then each SKU gets its shipping decision: does the printed retail carton travel as-is, or does it need an overbox? From there it's FNSKU labeling placed to survive a glossy surface, covering of retail barcodes so scanners read only the right code, and rebuilt pallets or cartons into Amazon within 24–48 hours.
It's a per-SKU judgment we make with you, not a blanket rule. A stout corrugated retail carton with internal foam often qualifies to ship in its own container; a thin printed box with a big glamour photo usually doesn't survive parcel handling without arriving dented. We assess wall strength, internal bracing and how the unit is suspended inside, then recommend as-is or overbox — and we'd rather overbox once than process dented returns for a season.
Yes — appliances are a freight category and our dock is built for it: full truckloads, LTL pallets and 20–53 ft containers, unloaded and counted against your PO on arrival day. Palletized intake keeps heavy cartons off human shoulders and forklift damage off your goods; the receiving workflow is described on our pallet receiving page.
Printed cartons are covered in things a scanner can read — manufacturer UPCs, EANs, model barcodes — and Amazon must see only the FNSKU. We cover every stray scannable code, place the FNSKU on a flat face where gloss and lamination won't peel it, and scan-verify each carton. On heavy units we also make sure required marking ends up where handlers will actually see it.
Every returned appliance is opened and checked against its accessory manifest: cords, jars, lids, blades, baskets, paddles, manuals. Buyers keep parts more often than they admit, and a blender restocked without its jar becomes an instant repeat return. Complete, clean units are relabeled and go back into FBA; incomplete or worn ones are documented with photos and held for your decision — the full flow is on our returns processing page.
No — and we think a prep warehouse that claims otherwise deserves suspicion. Our returns work is grading: condition, completeness, packaging state, documented honestly. Units needing repair are segregated and shipped back to you or held, never quietly restocked. What you get is a truthful sort, which is worth more than an optimistic one.
It changes everything downstream of the dock. Heavy cartons are lifted mechanically, palletized to safe stack heights so bottom boxes don't crush, and rebuilt onto sturdy pallets for the trip to Amazon. Where a unit's weight calls for special handling labels, they go on during prep. Weight also pushes SKUs toward higher size tiers, so we dimension and weigh at intake and flag surprises early — without quoting Amazon's fee tables for you.
Yes. Your forwarder delivers the cleared container to our Medley dock — PortMiami is about 25 minutes away — and we unload, count, grade cartons and report with photos the same day. Appliance cartons show transit abuse clearly, so the arrival grade routinely catches forklift punctures and crush damage while a freight claim is still worth filing.
Routine for this category. Appliances sell through Amazon, direct sites and retail accounts simultaneously, so one pallet intake often becomes three outputs: labeled units into FBA, case-packed cartons to a wholesale buyer, and reserve stock racked here for later. One receiving event, every channel fed from the same counted pool.
Tell us the units and how they arrive: product types, carton weights and dimensions if you have them, pallet or container intake, and monthly volume. Per-unit pricing plus an overbox recommendation per SKU comes back within one business day — no setup charge, no monthly floor.
Send your appliance lineup — types, carton weights, whether freight arrives palletized — and monthly volume. You'll get per-unit pricing and a per-SKU overbox recommendation within one business day.
