A pet brand's inbound pallet is a strange zoo: dated treats that Amazon will strand without expiration labels, forty-pound litter bags that burst cheap cases, shampoo bottles one loose cap away from ruining a carton, and a wall of toys in every size and color. ProShip3PL routes each of them to its own handling track at our Medley, FL dock — and keeps Subscribe & Save listings fed on a standing replenishment cycle.
The dated goods are the highest-stakes track. Amazon treats pet edibles as expiration-dated products, which means missing or unreadable dates don't cause warnings — they cause stranded and rejected inventory. Every dated unit here leaves with its expiration in the required format, and lots are recorded so the oldest date always ships ahead of the newer one.
The heavy track is about physics. A forty-pound litter bag treats an undersized case like a suggestion, and a burst bag in Amazon's network is billed cleanup plus lost stock. We case heavy bags to weights the cardboard can carry, print box-content data, and pallet-stack to heights the bottom layer survives.
Liquids get sealed bags and cap checks so one loose shampoo lid ruins one unit, not a carton. And the toy-and-accessory wall — harnesses in five sizes, toys in three colors — runs through variant sorting and scan-verified labeling, because a wrong-size collar is a refund with extra steps.
Behind all of it sits the subscription clock: Subscribe & Save makes pet demand steady and unforgiving. Standing replenishment triggers from our racks keep consumable listings stocked, with units at the carrier inside 24–48 hours of each trigger. And since Amazon shut its own US prep services in January 2026, this whole checklist is the seller's to own.
| Track | Typical SKUs | What happens here |
|---|---|---|
| Dated consumables | Treats, food, supplements, dental chews | Expiration labels, lot logging, FIFO release |
| Heavy bagged goods | Litter, kibble, bedding pellets | Puncture check, burst-proof casing, box-content marks |
| Liquids | Shampoos, sprays, ear cleaners | Cap check, taped seals, individual sealed bags |
| Toys & accessories | Collars, harnesses, chews, beds | Variant sort, bagging where loose, scan-verified FNSKUs |
Dated treats and food labeled to Amazon's format with lots logged for oldest-first shipping — full rules on our expiration labeling page.
Litter and food bags cased at weights the box can carry, box-content data included — mechanics on our case packing page.
Grooming bottles cap-checked, taped where needed and sealed in individual bags so a failure stays a one-unit event.
Sizes and colors physically separated, matched to listings and scan-verified — the wrong-size return, engineered out.
Assortments and starter kits built under new FNSKUs with set labeling, dates kept visible on outer packaging where required.
Bulk stock racked here and released on standing triggers so Subscribe & Save never meets an empty listing — see FBA replenishment.
Freight counted against the PO, condition photographed, dates checked against Amazon's shelf-life expectations before anything moves.
Every SKU assigned: date-label, case-pack, leak-seal or variant-sort — no track applied to a product that doesn't need it.
Labels, cases, bags and kits completed and scanner-checked; lots logged so FIFO holds across the whole reserve.
Consumables flow to FBA on your standing cadence, 24–48 hours from trigger to carrier, oldest dates first.
Dated goods without compliant dates don't get warnings, they get stranded. Our date-label track exists so that email never arrives again.
Bags that heavy need cases rated for them. Puncture checks at intake plus burst-proof casing turn litter from a liability into boring, shippable freight.
Individually sealed bags quarantine the failure: one damp unit in one bag, not a write-off carton and a warehouse incident report.
Good problem, bad inventory loop. Bulk on our racks plus weekly standing triggers matches supply to the subscription curve — the recurring orders stop breaking.
A pet catalog is really four catalogs in a trench coat: dated consumables like treats and food, heavy bagged goods like litter, liquid grooming products that can leak, and durable toys and accessories in endless size-and-color variants. Our prep sorts each SKU to its own handling at intake — expiration labels on the edibles, case packing on the heavy bags, sealed bagging on the liquids, variant-checked FNSKUs on everything — with the standard 24–48 hour turnaround.
Every dated pet consumable gets its expiration printed in Amazon's required label format and placed where receiving scanners expect it, with lot dates recorded so older stock ships first. Amazon rejects or strands dated goods with missing or unreadable dates, and pet edibles are firmly in that regime. The specifics — formats, placement, shelf-life expectations — are laid out on our expiration-date labeling page.
Yes — heavy bags are a case-packing job more than a labeling job. Bags get inspected for punctures, cased in counts that hold their weight without bursting, marked with box-content information, and palletized to stack heights that won't crush the bottom layer. Bag-heavy SKUs that qualify for case-packed inbound move faster through Amazon receiving too; our case packing page explains the mechanics.
Liquids are guilty until proven sealed. Caps get checked and taped where needed, each bottle goes into a sealed poly bag so a failure en route ruins one unit instead of a whole carton, and anything that arrives already weeping is pulled at intake and photographed for your supplier claim. One burst shampoo bottle can get an entire shipment of co-mingled cartons flagged — the bag is cheap insurance.
That mix is exactly what our intake triage is for. Each SKU is routed by what it is, not by what category it sits in: treats to date-labeling, toys to variant sorting and bagging, leashes and collars to size-variant checks, liquids to leak protection. One receiving event, one inventory pool, four different handling tracks — and none of them applied to the wrong product.
Subscription demand is the best and worst thing about pet consumables: revenue is predictable, but a stockout breaks a recurring order, and those customers rarely come back. Most pet clients hold bulk stock on our racks and run standing replenishment triggers — weekly or on reorder points — with units at the carrier within 24–48 hours. The cycle is described on our FBA replenishment page.
The same discipline we apply to any variant-heavy line: physical separation by size and color before labels print, a match against your listing data, and scan verification after labeling. A medium red harness shipped under the small blue FNSKU is a guaranteed return plus a mis-stocked listing — variant accuracy is cheaper than the refund it prevents.
Intake for pet goods adds a shelf-life gate on top of the usual counts and condition photos: we verify remaining shelf life against Amazon's expectations for dated goods before prepping, so short-dated stock is caught at our dock rather than stranded in a fulfillment center. Short-dated or damaged units get photographed and held for your call — divert, discount elsewhere, or claim against the supplier.
Yes — treat three-packs, toy assortments and starter kits are steady work here. Components get bundled under a single new FNSKU with sold-as-set labeling, and dated components keep their expiration visible on the outer pack as required. Multipacks also raise average order value in a category where single-unit margins run thin, which is why pet brands lean on them.
Sketch the catalog in the form: how much is dated consumable, how much is heavy bagged goods, any liquids, and your monthly unit range. Per-unit pricing with a handling track per product type comes back within one business day — no setup fee, no monthly minimum, no surprises at the dock.
Tell us how your catalog splits — dated goods, heavy bags, liquids, toys — and your monthly unit range. A handling track per product type and per-unit pricing come back within one business day.
