AMZ Prep

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...

05/28/2026

Which tax free state saves Amazon sellers the most money?

Joel, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, just answered this question and then delivered the honest truth that most Amazon sellers need to hear.

The tax savings are the same across all four main states. Oregon, Montana, Delaware, and New Hampshire all eliminate the same sales tax burden. What changes is your freight cost. West coast sourcing, go with Oregon. East coast, go with Delaware. That decision is straightforward.

But here is the honest part.

Tax free routing is a great strategy for online arbitrage sellers. For private label and branded sellers the bigger cost is not sales tax. It is placement fees, slow check in times, and storage rates that spike in Q4. On a 10,000 unit shipment placement fees alone run $1,500 to $15,000.

That is not a tax problem. That is a routing problem. And no tax free state is going to fix a routing problem.

AMZ Prep eliminates placement fees entirely through the middle mile program, saving most private label brands significantly more than any tax free state strategy ever could.

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05/27/2026

Amazon MCF, great starting point. Not a forever solution.

Blair Forrest from AMZ Prep just explained exactly when MCF makes sense and when growing brands need to make the move to a 3PL.

Small and light items. Single item picks. Testing new channels. No 3PL yet. MCF is perfect.

Expanding into B2B. Building a branded experience. Worried about Q4 storage fees and inventory concentration risk. Time to move to a 3PL.

05/26/2026

Tax free prep centers can save Amazon sellers $6,000 to $9,000 per year.
But only for the right type of seller.

For online arbitrage and reseller businesses, absolutely worth exploring. Oregon, Montana, Delaware, and New Hampshire are the four main states to consider.

For private label brands, placement fees on a 10,000 unit shipment run $1,500 to $15,000. That is the bigger problem to solve first.

Joel from AMZ Prep just cleared up the confusion around who this strategy actually benefits.

05/26/2026

Velocity > Doors. Breaking into B2B isn’t about luck, it’s about preparation, timing, and ex*****on.

Join AMZ Prep and The New Primal for a closed-door working session with founders who’ve actually done it.

Jason Burke scaled from a home kitchen to 15,000+ retail doors and a $100M brand.
Blair Forrest works with 1,000+ ecommerce brands navigating growth and retail expansion.

This isn’t theory.
This is the real playbook behind wholesale, retail growth, operations, and scaling into B2B successfully.

- May 28, 2026
- 1 PM ET
- 60-minute live working session
- Limited to 100 seats

If you’re within 12 months of your first national retail door, this session could save you a year of mistakes.

Save your seat before registrations close.

Register Now: https://amzprep.com/velocity-doors-workshop/

05/23/2026

Here is a pattern that costs Amazon sellers thousands of dollars on every single shipment and most of them accept it as simply the cost of doing business.
Joel, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, just explained exactly what is happening and how to fix it.

A seller ships one large truckload directly to a single Amazon fulfillment center. Amazon charges a placement fee to redistribute that inventory across their network, anywhere from 27 cents to over $1.50 per unit. On 10,000 units that is thousands of dollars gone before a single unit has been sold. And the check in time when shipping direct to Amazon via LTL sits between 15 and 30 days inventory sitting in the system but not live and not generating any sales.

That is exactly what middle mile logistics solves.

Instead of shipping directly to Amazon you ship to a middle mile partner first. They consolidate your inventory, split it across multiple Amazon fulfillment centers simultaneously, and route it through Amazon's preferred inbound lanes. The result is zero placement fees and inventory live in two to four days instead of three to four weeks.

If you are paying placement fees on every shipment and waiting weeks for inventory to check in, this is the conversation worth having before your next shipment goes out.

05/21/2026

A 27 percent average stock-out rate during Q4 costs Amazon sellers an estimated $18,000 per SKU in lost sales and ranking decline.

That is not a risk. That is a choice.

Joel, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, just explained exactly how the brands consistently winning Q4 avoid this, and the answer is simpler than most sellers expect.

They just started earlier.

Inventory quantities locked in May. Freight booked in June. Stock confirmed at the fulfillment center by August. By the time October hits those brands are focused entirely on running promotions and capturing sales, not scrambling to chase containers or waiting for inventory to check in.

Your fulfillment partner is a critical part of that timeline. Once inventory arrives at AMZ Prep the team processes and routes it into Amazon fulfillment centers in two to four days. But Amazon still needs time to receive and check in that stock. Every day of delay at this stage is a day your listing is not live, a day your competitors stay in stock while your ranking drops.

The brands that plan now are the ones who finish Q4 with their rank intact and their margins protected.

05/20/2026

It is May. And Joel, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, is already talking to brands about Q4.

Most people think that is too early. Those are the same brands calling in a panic in October.

Here is what every Amazon seller needs to understand before it is too late

Amazon now calculates FBA storage capacity on five months of forecasted sales instead of six. The window is shorter than last year. And Amazon brought back ASIN level restock limits on top of that.
You cannot send one large bulk shipment in September and expect to stay in stock through December.

For brands sourcing from Asia ocean freight needed to leave by late April or early May to land in time for Prime Big Deal Days in October. For some brands that window has already passed. Air freight is still an option but at three to five times the cost per unit compared to ocean.

And here is the number that should stop every Amazon seller in their tracks.

A 27 percent average stock-out rate during Q4 costs sellers an estimated $18,000 per SKU in lost sales and ranking decline.
That is not a risk. That is a choice.

The brands winning Q4 are not smarter than everyone else. They just started earlier. They locked in inventory quantities in May. They booked freight in June. They had stock confirmed at their fulfillment center by August. By the time October hits they are running promotions, not chasing containers.

Once inventory arrives at AMZ Prep the team processes and routes it into Amazon fulfillment centers in two to four days. Every day of delay at that stage is a day your listing is not live.

If you want to start building your Q4 inbound plan today, watch this video and reach out to the AMZ Prep team.

Watch the full video : https://youtu.be/pIgha4RB_ZQ

In this video, Joel, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, breaks down why Amazon FBA Q4 planning starts in May, not September. Amazon FBA storage capacity is no...

05/19/2026

It is May. And if you are an Amazon brand that has not started your Q4 planning yet , this is your warning.

Joel, Head of Partnerships at AMZ Prep, is already talking to brands about Q4 right now. Most brands think that is too early. Those are the same brands calling in a panic in October when it is already too late to fix the problems that proper planning in May would have prevented.

Here is why 2026 Q4 planning needs to start earlier than ever before.
Amazon now calculates FBA storage capacity based on five months of forecasted sales instead of six. That shorter window means less flexibility in how much inventory you can send and when. And Amazon brought back ASIN level restock limits on top of that, meaning you cannot simply send one large bulk shipment in September and expect to stay in stock through November and December.

For brands sourcing from Asia the ocean freight timeline makes the urgency even more critical. Ocean freight needs to leave by late April or early May to land in time for Prime Big Deal Days in October. For some brands that window has already passed. Air freight is still an option but at three to five times the cost per unit compared to ocean, a premium that hits margins hard during the most important revenue period of the year.

The brands that win Q4 are not the ones who react fastest in September. They are the ones who plan earliest in May.

05/17/2026

One of the most common questions merchants ask about the AMZ Prep middle mile program is this, what if I already have my own freight partners?

Blair Forrest, Founder of AMZ Prep, just answered it directly. For the middle mile leg, the shipment moving from a consolidation hub directly into Amazon fulfillment centers, AMZ Prep has to use their own trucks. The reason is simple. AMZ Prep pre-books inbound appointments at Amazon facilities more than 90 days in advance. Those appointments are locked in. The lanes are optimized for inbound speed and cost efficiency. Using a merchant's own carrier for that leg would break the entire system that makes 1.8 day dock to stock times possible.

But for the internal transfer, moving inventory from your own 3PL or warehouse to an AMZ Prep consolidation hub, merchants are completely free to use their own freight.
And for merchants who use AMZ Prep for the full journey there is an added benefit. Priority inbounding at the consolidation facility with no appointment times and no waiting times. The entire process managed end to end.