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Insights and guides for Amazon FBA sellers, prep center operators, and warehouse professionals.
Landed Cost Per Unit: What Your Amazon SKU Really Costs Between the Factory and the FBA Shelf
A $6.20 invoice price becomes $9.80 on the shelf. Here are the eleven cost lines between the factory and FBA, in the order they are calculated, with a full worked example on 1,000 units — plus the fixed-cost trap that makes every first order look unprofitable.
Prep Center Pricing Decoded: What '45¢ a Unit' Actually Costs You
The per-unit prep rate is the easiest number to compare and one of the smallest lines on the invoice. Here is the whole invoice — receiving, prep, storage, outbound and the exception fees — and how to turn four incompatible quotes into one number you can rank.
Amazon Ended FBA Prep Services: Your 2026 Survival Guide
On January 1, 2026, Amazon permanently shut down its FBA prep and labeling services. No exceptions, no safety net — unprepped inventory now gets rejected at the dock. Here's what changed, why, and how to build a prep operation that survives it.
7 Amazon Wholesale Myths That Lead Beginners to Miscalculate Their Numbers
Amazon Wholesale is sometimes described as if it were almost a vending machine: find a product, jump onto the listing, send a few boxes to a warehouse, and somewhere across the country, the dollars start dripping in. Sounds nice. But any business that sounds that smooth is usually hiding a few sharp edges. Wholesale has them too: competition, paperwork, suppliers, fees, brand restrictions, pricing, turnover, and returns. None of this is terrifying. You just need to see it before you buy inventory, not after the product is already sitting in a warehouse, silently judging you from a pallet. Let’s strip away the motivational foam. Myth by myth.