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A customer of mine is looking to syndicate her handmade products and Fulfillment by Amazon is a great solution. She wants to sell through Etsy (in addition to other channels) and I'm wondering if we can link the two sites. After looking around both Amazon's seller central and Etsy's forums, I cannot find a specific answer to this.

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Have you checked out shipstation.com/tag/amazon-shipping or stitchlabs.com/tour-integrations? I personally don't know anything about either system, but they may be able to help you. – Jeremiah Prummer Feb 19 at 20:24

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A simple Google of the terms "fulfillment by amazon" pops up numerous links.

The very first link is to Amazon, where they explain exactly what you can do with their fulfillment service!

"You can fulfill orders from other channels. FBA can fulfill your orders from other sales channels from your inventory stored at an Amazon fulfillment center. Single source your inventory to streamline your fulfillment operations. You manage your inventory through a simple online user interface and can direct us to return the inventory in our fulfillment centers at any time. Combine Fulfillment by Amazon with Amazon Webstore or Checkout by Amazon, and you can offer Amazon Prime to your customers on your website through Prime on Your Site."

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I have scoured Amazon's "seller central" for an answer and the only channels I've seen are ebay, webstores by Amazon and integration with most self-hosted ecommerce engines... just not Etsy specifically. From what I could find out from Etsy, this is a mostly taboo question since everyone thinks that outsourcing the fulfillment takes away from the boutique craftiness of the experience. I'm starting to think the answer is "no". Oh well. – Otineb Feb 25 at 18:16
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I work for Sears Commerce Services. Sears also has a fulfillment service called Fulfilled by Sears. This would be a great addition to any multi-channel seller. As far as linking sites, you’ll need to look into using a third party “middleware” company to manage your FBS account and any other accounts you might have. Companies like Commerce Hub can help companies manage fulfillment across multiple marketplaces.

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