Comments on: How to Sell on Amazon FBA Canada (Amazon.ca) in 2023

By: Emma Brown

Emma Brown — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:28:13 +0000

I don’t know much about this, but you explained well in this blog.

By: ABRAR VIDHA

ABRAR VIDHA — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:51:41 +0000

Thank you for the article. I have 3 questions which are below.

1) How to start by creating the account to finnding it.
2) is it too hard to start it
3) What is the easiest way to start

I am asking as i am working in paying starting fee or $29.99.

Thanks
Abrar

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:28:36 +0000

Thanks for the summary, Dave. When shipping from the US to Amazon FBA CA via Fedex Ground, what unit value do we place on the commercial invoice? When selling to retailers in CA, we list the wholesale value but as I’m sending it to the FBA warehouse and not a CA retailer do I have to list the full retail value?

By: Dave Bryant

Dave Bryant — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 18:29:12 +0000

In reply to Stephanie.

1. Too complex for me to answer here.
2. Legally, probably. There’s certain elements that are required to be bilingual. See the link in the article.
3. Value will be more contingent the the number. As long as you can get someone (i.e. the 3PL) to pay the duties on arrival for you and forward you the invoice, you should be OK.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 07:38:04 +0000

In reply to Dave Bryant.

Hi Dave,

Thank you very much, it is indeed very informative and encouraging. Three questions:

1) With regards to the MCT rule, do I need to apply with Amazon in any way for Amazon to collect the tax on my behalf? Or I just list the product, and Amazon will deduct the FBA fees + taxes + etc automatically every time I sell a unit?

2) Also, for my product, there is really no instructions or anything really.. It’s just a wooden box, wrapped in bubble wrap and packed in a kraft box, and the supplier in China helped me print the FNSKU and shipping labels.. I think that’s about it. So do I still need to do the French labelling thing?

3) If I send10 cartons which has 4 units each (total 40 units), by sea shipping, do you reckon I can get away without a Canadian business number just yet?

Thanks a lot Dave.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:03:26 +0000

Thanks for the info, Dave, great stuff. I don’t really understand the role of customs brokers and you don’t mention them.

I applied for BN + NRI (RM) for US LLC with CRA. I won’t touch GST/HST registration until there’s annual $30K in Canada.

1. I’m confused about the next steps. Do I just register an account with US UPS and ship DDP through them (US 3PL to Canada FBA)? And pay the duty through my CBSA account and send proof to UPS?

2. I talking to a shipping company/agent that says after NRI registration is done I need to apply for a Canadian Brokerage Account ($250). At the same time, they mention that UPS will act as a customer clearance broker (I don’t understand what that means and if that is different from a customs broker). I am lost, so what exactly do I need this shipping agent for, when the UPS will be the broker. Is the broker just paying the CBSA and submitting commercial invoice on my behalf? Do I need some kind of a broker other than UPS for this kind of situation (US 3PL to Canada FBA via UPS)?

3. Since Amazon is collecting and remitting GST/HST on our behalf now, do I even need to deal with GST/HST registration after $30K is crossed? I mean I probably want to do that when there’s a revenue of a couple of $100K, but what if it’s like $50-200K.

Thank you and have a great day

By: Dave Bryant

Dave Bryant — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:01:05 +0000

In reply to Paul Kim. 1. Any format is really fine. Just find any invoice template and it should be fine as long as it shows the item totals and overall total. 2. Yes

By: Paul Kim

Paul Kim — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:06:37 +0000

Hello Dave
Thank you for the great article which helped me to process FBA Shipments for Canada.
Couple of questions that I like to ask to make sure.
1- Do I need to make Commercial Invoice for FBA Shipment to Canada? If so, is there a certain format that I need to follow?
2- Since I can’t use the Amazon Partnered Labels other than UPS Labels, when I write down the receiver’s address, is it okay for me to list my contact number since I can’t find the Amazon Warehouse number?

Hope to receive the answer from you soon and have a great one.

By: Dave Bryant

Dave Bryant — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 04:54:18 +0000

In reply to Austin. I've never heard of products getting suspended for bi-lingual issues. You're right that hypothetically a bunch of customer complaints could trigger it, but this doesn't seem to be a 'thing' that customers complain about often (I've personally never seen such a complaint). There's no way to exclude certain regions for sale on Amazon unfortunately.

By: Austin

Austin — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:43:29 +0000

Hi Dave, thanks so much for the rich content and article. Very helpful!
My team has some more questions on the topic of bi-lingual product regulations.
Context: we are a large US personal care brand (soap, shampoos, etc.) selling mostly DTC & Amzn US. We’ve launched our Canadian DTC business ~14 months ago and doing well. Our products only have English packaging at this time.
Questions:
1) We understand there is a risk of product takedowns in the case of ample customer complaints. However, do you know the process of how this would work? Specifically, how many customer complaints would it take? Would we likely get fair warnings before Amzn forced delisting? Would we have the chance to pause all of .CA to not risk the US listings/business?
2) Are there known precedents for this occurring? (i.e., examples of this in the past you’ve seen)
3) Is there a way to suppress sales and/or ad spend in Quebec province to mitigate this risk further? Basically we disallow sales to Quebec at checkout or some other mechanism?

Thanks so much for the help!