Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Subramanian Sundaresan

Douglas James Herrington

Hao Yu

Na Li

Stephenie Landry

Yvonne Chou

Priyanka Wadhawan

Lisa Marie Maya

Sebastian Lehmann

Hong Tian

Rohit K Gupta

Abhay Murarka

Embodiments of systems and methods described herein provide users with access to a weight-based shipping service that enables the users to purchase a group of items and pay a flat shipping fee. These systems and methods can enable a user to combine certain items into a box or set of boxes based on weight for a reduced shipping cost. In addition, systems and methods described herein can recommend items to users for purchase based at least in part on the items that a user has added to a box, including based on remaining weight in the box.

Weight-based shipping system

Graphical user interface for weight-based shipping capacity system

The systems described herein may provide mechanisms for recommending specialty packaging in a materials handling facility dependent on physical characteristics of items to be shipped and/or feedback received in response to previous shipments of the items. For example, if feedback indicates frequent low customer ratings for damage during shipping and/or for the suitability of the container in which a particular item was shipped, of if feedback indicates that concession costs were repeatedly incurred due to damage of the item during shipping, the item may be designated as needing special damage protection. This protection may be realized by shipping the item in sturdier containers, in containers of a more suitable size, and/or with improved or increased protective cushioning. For example, a stored indication that an item is designated for special damage protection may influence the selection of a container recommended for shipping the item, e.g., by excluding unsuitable containers from consideration.

Systems and methods for implementing specialty packaging in a materials handling facility

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Subramanian Sundaresan