AMZ Prep

06/19/2026

Four signs in-house fulfillment is holding your brand back

Orders taking more than a day to ship. No clear cost per order.

Amazon shipments getting rejected. Operation cannot keep up with volume.

When two or more of these are happening simultaneously outsourcing is the decision that allows everything else to grow.

Joel from AMZ Prep just published the full breakdown of when to make the move and what to look for in a partner.

Watch the full video https://youtu.be/HVT6MExMZS4

For more details www.amzprep.com/contact

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06/13/2026

Here is the Amazon shipping mistake Joel from AMZ Prep sees killing brands every single week.

Container lands in the US. Brand ships it straight to an Amazon fulfillment center. Sounds like the obvious move. But here is what actually happens.

Amazon charges a placement fee to distribute that inventory across their fulfillment network. On a large shipment that fee runs up to $15,000, gone before a single unit has been sold.

Then the check in clock starts. Fifteen to thirty days before inventory goes live. The inventory is sitting in Amazon's system. It is not live. It is not selling. And meanwhile competitors who got their inventory into Amazon through a more efficient inbound process are in stock capturing every sale the brand is missing.

This combination of placement fees and dead inventory time is one of the most significant and most preventable margin killers for Amazon brands at any scale.

06/12/2026

Amazon FBA sellers: you shouldn't have to choose between speed and savings.

Placement fees eating into your margins? Inbound delays killing your Buy Box? There's a smarter way to get inventory into Amazon and it's not shipping direct.

AMZ Prep's Middle Mile program consolidates your freight, routes it across Amazon's network, and gets your inventory live in 1–3 days, with zero placement fees and 30–50% lower shipping costs.
One shipment. One flat rate per cubic foot. No zone charges. No surprises.

Brands like Duracell, Unilever, and Thrasio already ship smarter. Ready to see your real numbers?

Get a free rate quote : https://amzprep.com/middle-mile-logistics-fba-fast-track/

AMZ Prep's middle mile program consolidates your FBA freight and ships directly to Amazon fulfillment centers and no placement fees, 1–3 day inbound times, and up to 50% lower shipping costs. Get a free rate quote.

06/11/2026

We don't just ship boxes. We see what's actually happening inside ecommerce every day.

And on June 16, our Head of Partnerships Joel den Boer is bringing those insights to the stage at the Ecom Founders One Day Mastermind in Toronto.

What's working for brands right now.
What's silently breaking them.
And what the ones growing through it are doing differently, on the logistics and prep side.

AMZ Prep is proud to sponsor this event, put together by Athena Severi & Titan Network.

50 founders. One full day. Real conversations.
Amazon | TikTok Shop | Shopify | AI | Omnichannel

1 Hotel Toronto
June 16 | 10AM – 5PM
Only 50 spots — and they're going fast.

Use code AMZPREP at checkout
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecom-founder-mastermind-toronto-registration-1991018771743?discount=AMZPREP

06/10/2026

AMZ Prep is going to Toronto.

Joel den Boer is speaking at the Ecom Founders One Day Mastermind - June 16, 1 Hotel Toronto.

50 seats. Founders only. Lunch included.

We're covering the ticket for AMZ Prep clients and partners. Use code AMZPREP at checkout.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecom-founder-mastermind-toronto-registration-1991018771743?discount=AMZPREP&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=ecom+mastermind

06/05/2026

Most ecommerce brands trying to expand internationally take 6 to 12 months to get their first clean international order out.

New compliance requirements. New carrier relationships. Customs documentation. VAT registration. Fulfillment center setup across multiple countries. Built from scratch. It is a six to twelve month project when you try to figure it out alone.

The brands working with a partner who already has the infrastructure in place are live in weeks.

Here is a real example.

When Superspeed Golf expanded into new international markets post-Brexit the AMZ Prep team had the full setup live in five weeks. New market. New compliance requirements. New carrier network. Five weeks from start to first clean international order.

Because the compliance frameworks were already built. The carrier networks were already established. The fulfillment centers were already operational. All that needed to happen was onboarding Superspeed Golf into an existing system — not building one from the ground up.

AMZ Prep operates across the US, Canada, UK, Europe, UAE, and Australia. 50 plus fulfillment centers across six countries. One platform managing everything simultaneously.

If you are ready to start selling internationally the infrastructure is already in place.

06/04/2026

We've audited inbound logistics for 170+ Amazon brands.

Here's what most of them had in common:

- No clear view of total inbound cost per unit
- Placement fees bleeding thousands every month unnoticed
- Average 14–36 days to get stock live in Amazon

It's not a strategy problem. It's a visibility problem.

That's why we built the Middle Mile Audit Tool, a free analysis that shows you exactly what your inbound is costing you and where you can cut.

How it works:
- Upload 3 Seller Central reports (our Chrome extension pulls them in one click)
- We run a full placement fee + cost analysis
- You get your scorecard within 24 hours

Real results from brands that ran it:
- Muscle Mac: 36-day inbound → 2–5 days. 50% cost reduction.
- New Primal: Placement fees → $0
- One pet brand: $100K+ in annual savings identified

Free. No commitment. Just your numbers.

Run your free audit here: https://amzprep.com/middle-mile-audit-tool/

Drop a 🙋 in the comments if you want us to walk you through it!

06/03/2026

Amazon sellers with existing 3PLs or warehouses

Did you know you can access AMZ Prep freight lanes without switching your fulfillment partner?

Blair Forrest from AMZ Prep just explained exactly how the freight only program works, and why brands with existing fulfillment infrastructure are increasingly taking advantage of it to get inventory into Amazon faster and cheaper.

Drop your current fulfillment setup in the comments

Learn More: https://amzprep.com/

06/02/2026

Selling on Amazon or DTC in Canada, the UK, or Europe?

Getting international fulfillment wrong is expensive. Incorrect HS codes, missing documentation, surprise charges at the customer's door, any one of these delays shipments, damages customer experience, and creates unexpected costs that are difficult to recover from.
AMZ Prep just broke down exactly how their international fulfillment operation handles all of it across every market.
Canada, inventory stored in Toronto, Vancouver, or Calgary. Canadian customers get two day domestic delivery with no cross border fees and no customs delays on every single order.

UK and Europe, inventory in AMZ Prep UK fulfillment centers ships domestically across the UK and reaches EU customers through the European carrier network. AMZ Prep handles VAT registration, HMRC compliance, and EU product safety requirements. Customers never see a surprise charge at the door.

Customs and duties, AMZ Prep handles HS codes, trade agreements, and customs regulations across every market. And through delivered duty paid shipping the team calculates duties in real time, prepays them, and handles all documentation on behalf of every brand, so customers see the full landed cost at checkout with zero surprises.

If you are an ecommerce brand thinking about expanding into Canada, the UK, or Europe, this is the conversation worth having before your first international shipment goes out.

05/29/2026

Tax free prep centers $6,000 to $9,000 saved per year.

Great for online arbitrage sellers.

For private label brands placement fees of $1,500 to $15,000 per 10,000 unit shipment are a far bigger problem.

That is not a tax problem. That is a routing problem. And no tax free state fixes it.

Joel from AMZ Prep just published the full honest breakdown

Watch here :

In this video, Joel den Boer, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, cuts through the confusion around tax-free prep centers for Amazon sellers. Routing inventory...