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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.

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

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.

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/

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.