Reality Check(In): Amazon’s Placement Fees Are Killing Your Sales
Most sellers who pay Amazon’s placement fee do it to avoid a shipping decision, not because they’ve priced out what it does to sales. That’s backwards, but it’s an easy mistake to make: the placement fee shows up as a clean, single line item on your shipment plan. What it costs you in sales doesn’t […]
The Storage Math Behind Every FBA vs. 3PL Decision
Most sellers coming out of this year’s Prime Day events are already deciding how much inventory to push into FBA for Q4. The default answer is often “as much as possible” simply because it’s easier. In 2026, that default is more expensive, and it compounds faster than it used to. Amazon tightened the timeline on […]
The Forgotten Quarter: Q3 Freight Rates, Fee Resets, and Q4 Ripple Effects
Prime Day 2026 ran June 23 to 26 to mixed results. Right now, the seller world is split between two conversations: dissecting what happened during those four days, and bracing for Amazon’s Q4 FBA peak fee window that opens October 15, 2026. Almost nobody is talking about the ten weeks sitting in between. That’s the […]
Amazon Post-Prime, Pre-Peak Review: What July’s Changes Mean for Your Q4
Don’t Miss This: Amazon Announces 2026 Q4 Deadlines & Peak Season Fees Prime Day closed on June 26. The July 1 fee reset landed five days later. If you’re just now sitting down to plan Q4 inventory, you’re planning against numbers that already moved without you touching a single price or SKU. That’s the story […]
Inside Amazon’s Check-In Process: Why Your Prime Day Inventory Lands Later Than You Think
Amazon has confirmed that Prime Day 2026 will take place in June, which compresses the prep window many operators were planning around. If you have already mapped your inbound deadlines, the next question worth asking is the one most teams skip. What actually happens between the moment your truck arrives at Amazon and the moment […]
Product Update: SplitSmart Adds a Dallas Hub to Its CA and NJ Network
SplitSmart Expands to Dallas: Faster Amazon Inbound, Lower Costs | Tactical Logistic Solutions SplitSmart Expands to Dallas: Faster Amazon Inbound, Lower Costs It is 7:15 a.m., and your shipment shows as “received” in Amazon Seller Central. By noon, ads are live, traffic is flowing, but the units still are not Prime-eligible. By the end of […]
Amazon’s West Coast Fee Hikes and How to Plan for AWD Peak Season Congestion
Peak season is here, and the new year will bring higher costs for anyone storing inventory in Amazon’s West Coast AWD network. Beginning January 15, 2026, Amazon Warehousing & Distribution (AWD) will raise West Coast storage fees from $0.48 to $0.57 per cubic foot per month. Amazon claims this change will help “reduce congestion,” but […]
Amazon Confirms Key Q4 2025 FBA Dates and Cutoffs
Published: October 17, 2025 Amazon Confirms 2025 Q4 Key Dates and Cutoffs Amazon’s peak fulfillment fees took effect October 15, 2025. From October 15, 2025, through January 14, 2026, all major fulfillment programs — FBA, Remote Fulfillment with FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Buy with Prime — will apply holiday peak fees. The rates remain unchanged […]