Prepare your oversize SKUs before the July 31, 2026 AWD cutoff
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List your oversize ASINs in AWD
Pull the products you currently hold in AWD that are oversize or large-bulky. These are the SKUs affected by the cutoff. Sortable items are unaffected.
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Project each one's drip-out runway
Divide the oversize units sitting in AWD by that SKU's daily sell-through to see how many days of auto-replenishment you have left before AWD empties for that product.
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Route new oversize stock direct to FBA
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Amazon AWD ending?
No. AWD is not shutting down. As of July 31, 2026 it stops accepting oversize and large-bulky items and goes back to sortable, standard-size inventory only. Sortable products, auto-replenishment into FBA, and the cheaper upstream bulk storage all continue as before. This is a product-eligibility change, not a program shutdown.
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For any oversize replenishment after July 31, 2026, create a Send to Amazon shipment straight into FBA. AWD will reject new oversize inbound.
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Right-size the FBA shipment
Because bulky items burn FBA cubic feet fast, send only what you need to cover lead time plus a buffer, not a full container, so you do not rack up FBA storage on oversize units.
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Reforecast and repeat
Re-check the runway and your incoming direct-to-FBA orders weekly so an oversize SKU never runs to zero during the transition.
When do oversize items stop being eligible for AWD?
July 31, 2026. After that date, any new oversize or large-bulky shipment must go directly into FBA through Send to Amazon rather than into AWD. Amazon expanded AWD to accept large and oversize items back on August 7, 2024, so the program ran with bulky items for just under two years.
What happens to my bulky inventory already in AWD?
You do not need to pull it out. Amazon has said oversize inventory already inside AWD will keep auto-replenishing into FBA based on customer demand until it draws down. You will continue to be billed standard AWD storage fees on that stock until it runs out. Only new oversize shipments are blocked.
What size items can still use AWD after July 31, 2026?
Sortable, standard-size items. In practice that means individual units up to roughly 18 x 14 x 8 inches and up to 20 lb, shipped in cartons within AWD's carton limits (about 25 x 25 x 36 inches). Confirm the current thresholds on Amazon's AWD product-requirements page before you send, since Amazon adjusts them.
Where do I send new oversize inventory now?
Straight into the FBA fulfillment network using the standard Send to Amazon workflow. You lose AWD as a cheap upstream buffer for those bulky SKUs, so plan the quantity carefully. Sending too much oversize stock into FBA at once means paying full FBA storage on high-cubic-foot items.
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Amazon AWD is dropping oversize items: starting July 31, 2026, Amazon Warehousing and Distribution stops accepting oversize and large-bulky products and reverts to sortable, standard-size inventory only. The short version: the program is not ending, your sortable stock is fine, and bulky inventory already in AWD keeps feeding FBA until it runs out. What changes is that new oversize shipments now go straight into FBA. Below is exactly what is happening, what it means for stock you already have, and the moves to make before the cutoff.
AWD is narrowing back to sortable items only, not shutting down. Amazon expanded AWD to accept large-ticket, bulky, and oversize items on August 7, 2024, pitched as a way to buffer bulky stock upstream and dodge FBA's inbound placement fees and peak storage surcharges.1 Effective July 31, 2026, Amazon is reversing that expansion: AWD goes back to accepting sortable, standard-size products only.2
Everything else about AWD stays the same. It is still low-cost bulk storage that sits upstream of FBA and replenishes your fulfillment stock automatically. Sortable inventory flows through it exactly as before. The single change is that large and oversize ASINs lose AWD as an option.
Sortable item
An Amazon fulfillment classification for smaller, conveyable products. In practice, individual units up to roughly 18 x 14 x 8 inches and up to 20 lb, the size that runs through Amazon's standard sortation equipment.
Sortable means small enough to run through standard sortation: individual units up to about 18 x 14 x 8 inches and up to 20 lb, packed in cartons within AWD's carton limits (roughly 25 x 25 x 36 inches).3 Anything above those per-unit thresholds is oversize or large-bulky, and that is the inventory losing AWD eligibility.
If you are not sure which bucket a SKU falls in, check the product-requirements page in Seller Central rather than guessing, because Amazon tunes these dimensions periodically. The line that matters here is the per-unit size and weight, not the carton, since a sortable item can still ship in a large carton.
It keeps working, and you do not have to touch it. Per Amazon's seller notice, three things apply to existing oversize stock in AWD (confirm the wording in your own account):2
Auto-replenishment continues. Oversize units already inside AWD keep drip-feeding into FBA fulfillment centers on customer demand, the same as today, until that inventory draws down.
Storage fees still apply. You keep getting billed standard AWD storage fees on those bulky units until they run out. The stock is not free to sit there just because the program changed.
New shipments are blocked. Any new heavy or oversize inbound has to go directly through Send to Amazon into FBA. You cannot top up the oversize position in AWD anymore.
Two edge cases the notice did not spell out, worth checking if they apply to you. First, whether Amazon sets a hard removal date for bulky stock that never fully sells through: it described drip-out until depleted, not a forced pull, but a very slow mover could sit for a long time accruing storage, so confirm it in your account. Second, how it treats oversize shipments already in transit to AWD before the cutoff: if you have a container en route, verify it will still be received.
So the practical effect is a one-way drain: your bulky AWD balance can only go down from here. That is what drives the whole plan below, because once a SKU empties out of AWD, its next replenishment has to be staged into FBA directly.
Forecast the drip-out runway for each oversize ASIN, then stage its next order to land in FBA before AWD runs dry. The math is simple, and it is worth doing per SKU.
Say you have 300 units of a 22 lb oversize product sitting in AWD, and it sells about 5 units a day. Your AWD runway is 300 / 5 = 60 days of automatic replenishment left. But you do not have 60 days to act, because you have to subtract your FBA inbound lead time. If a new shipment takes about 21 days to get received and live in FBA, you actually have 60 - 21 = 39 days to place the direct-to-FBA order, not 60. Size that order to cover its lead time plus a safety buffer. And forecast the drip-out on your forward-looking rate, not a trailing average: if the AWD buffer empties near Q4, a bulky seasonal SKU can move far faster than its summer pace, and a runway built on the wrong rate stocks you out in your best month.
The trap on the other side is overcorrecting. Because oversize items eat FBA cubic footage fast, dumping a full container straight into FBA to "be safe" means paying full FBA storage fees on bulky units that used to sit cheaply in AWD. Send enough to cover the gap, not the whole run. This is exactly the reorder-point discipline you already use, just applied to a shrinking AWD buffer instead of a steady one. And treat it as a permanent change, not a one-time move: with no AWD layer behind these SKUs anymore, oversize inventory now lives entirely in FBA, so reset your target days of cover for them accordingly.
For some heavy or bulky SKUs, yes, it is worth a fresh look. Losing the cheap AWD buffer raises the effective cost of holding oversize stock in the Amazon network, because the whole quantity now lands in FBA storage instead of a cheaper upstream layer. That does not automatically make FBA wrong, but it changes the math.
Run the real total cost, not just the fulfillment fee: FBA storage on high-cubic-foot units (much steeper in Q4), inbound placement, and the working capital tied up in bulky stock. Put your SKU's dimensions through the FBA storage fee calculator to compare real per-cubic-foot costs instead of guessing. For the most awkward, slow-moving oversize SKUs, this is a reasonable moment to weigh FBA versus FBM or a third-party warehouse that can hold bulky reserve cheaply and ship into FBA as needed.
Amazon AWD is dropping oversize and bulky items on July 31, 2026 and going back to sortable inventory only. Nothing forces you to move existing bulky stock, it keeps feeding FBA until it empties, but you can no longer refill the oversize position in AWD, so your next replenishment of those SKUs has to be planned into FBA directly. Map each oversize ASIN's remaining AWD runway now, and stage the direct-to-FBA orders before the buffer runs dry.
Amazon expanded AWD (Amazon Warehousing and Distribution) to accept large-ticket, bulky, and oversize items effective August 7, 2024 (Amazon Global Logistics seller communications, 2024). Industry coverage at launch, e.g. chinadivision.com, "Amazon AWD Will Start Warehousing Large-ticket Items From August 7." ↩
Amazon AWD seller notification, July 2026: oversize and large-bulky items become ineligible for AWD after July 31, 2026; oversize inventory already in AWD continues auto-replenishing into FBA on customer demand, with standard AWD storage fees applying, until it depletes; new oversize shipments must use the Send to Amazon workflow into FBA. Verify against your own Seller Central notifications before acting. ↩↩2
Amazon Seller Central, AWD product requirements: AWD accepts standard-size, sortable products; per-unit dimensions up to about 18 x 14 x 8 inches and up to 20 lb, with carton limits around 25 x 25 x 36 inches. sellercentral.amazon.com AWD help hub, accessed July 2026. Confirm current thresholds before sending. ↩