Is it really necessary to work with prep center in order to sell on Amazon?
In what cases it's better to do everything yourself and save costs?
In some cases – yes.
On what does it depend:
· Business mode;
· Commodity type;
· Commodity volume;
· Supplier;
· How many free time you have;
· Other factors.
You CANNOT work without prep center if:
· Your business model is online arbitrage;
· You need repackaging or bundling;
· Commodity requires preparation before sending to Amazon (removing price tags, polybagging, labeling);
· You are located in different State or country.
You CAN work without prep center if:
· You have original product or brand that is approved to be sold on Amazon;
· In this case you can ship your items with manufacturer's barcodes;
· Your supplier is ready to do the preparation for you or send directly to Amazon and apply for manual processing;
· You are located in the same State where you are selling and you have a lot of free time and a lot of storage space.