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Product Suppliers who can ship to Amazon FBA on my behalf

by HarrisAndrea
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Hi,

I'm looking to find USA product suppliers (wholesale companies or even manufacturers) who are willing to ship their products to Amazon FBA (Fulfillment By Amazon) on your behalf. That is, I want to purchase products in bulk from a supplier and have the supplier send the products to Amazon FBA for me. Are there any suppliers who offer such a service?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineStoreHelp
    Any supplier will do it. As long as you are buying minimum quantities they don't care if they are shipping to your home, a warehouse, fulfillment center or Amazon. You just have to tell them when you are ready, the end point.
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    • Profile picture of the author HarrisAndrea
      Thanks a lot for the feedback....
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  • Profile picture of the author malia
    Any supplier will do it. As long as you are buying minimum quantities they don't care if they are shipping to your home, a warehouse, fulfillment center or Amazon.
    Do you do this? I've always been concerned about suppliers knowing I'm shipping to Amazon and deciding to do it directly themselves. Thus I've been having the inventory shipped to me, then I ship to Amazon, which slows down the process tremendously.
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    • Profile picture of the author OnlineStoreHelp
      Originally Posted by malia View Post

      Do you do this? I've always been concerned about suppliers knowing I'm shipping to Amazon and deciding to do it directly themselves. Thus I've been having the inventory shipped to me, then I ship to Amazon, which slows down the process tremendously.
      This get's into a separate conversation of whether you should use Amazon at all, whether selling through them, using their fulfillment service, checkout etc. If you have a profitable product that is not on Amazon, I would almost never suggest using them. If your product is profitable, and gets good volume, you are right, Amazon will see this in their analytics, and then negotiate a sweetheart rate with the manufacturer.

      If your manufacturers are already selling on Amazon they will most likely already are getting shipments in so it's one less thing to worry about.

      The advantages of Amazon loses its appeal if you are not selling on Amazon. While you get their negotiated shipment rates, they are really designed for outbound fulfillment. That being said, they do have a returns offering in Beta right now.
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