Finding, vetting, and managing suppliers, plus the import side: freight, duties, tariffs, and compliance. How to negotiate terms that protect your cash and build a supply chain that survives a bad quarter.
De minimis ended for Amazon sellers, but if you ship containers with a customs broker your per-entry cost never moved. Here is who it actually hit, and why consolidating entries beats inflating order size.
Amazon GWD vs a China 3PL: storage ranges overlap, so the real split is Amazon integration versus channel freedom. The decision rule and cost shell.
How to send inventory to Amazon GWD: AGL onboarding, importer of record, incoterms, creating the shipment, and the timeline to plan backward from.
Chinese New Year closes factories for 2 to 4 weeks, not 7 days. When to commit your Q1 PO, book freight, and buffer stock as an Amazon FBA seller.
How sales tax works for Amazon FBA: nexus, marketplace facilitator laws, what Amazon collects for you, and what you may still owe. Not tax advice.
Manufacturing planning aligns production orders with demand, MOQs, lead times, and capacity. How private-label sellers plan production without over-buying.
The Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs. CBP is now refunding them through the CAPE tool in ACE. Here is exactly who is eligible, who is not, and how I got $25,242 back (with interest), with the forms, links, and pitfalls in one place.
Consignment inventory means the supplier owns the stock until it sells. How it works, the cash-flow upside, the accounting, and where it fits.
FOB vs EXW: FOB puts the supplier in charge to the origin port, EXW leaves everything to you from the factory door. What each means and which fits FBA.
The end-to-end process of importing from China to Amazon FBA: sourcing, incoterms, freight, customs and duties, prep, and into the fulfillment center.
How to calculate your reorder date: the day to place a PO so stock arrives before you run out. The formula, a worked example, and the inputs that matter.
PO payment terms decide how much of your inventory the supplier finances. Deposit splits, net terms, and how each affects your FBA cash flow.
Purchase order tracking for FBA: follow each PO through placed, shipped, received, and reconciled, so nothing slips and every shortfall gets claimed.
Why and how to run multiple suppliers for a SKU: dual-sourcing for risk and leverage, and how to manage inventory across them.
MOQ is the smallest order a supplier will accept. Why it exists, how it forces overstock and ties up cash, and how to negotiate it, for Amazon FBA sellers.
Supplier lead time is how long from PO to goods ready or delivered. How to measure quoted vs actual, track it per supplier, and reduce it, for FBA sellers.
A purchase order template for Amazon FBA: the fields that prevent supplier disputes, plus the FBA-specific labeling and carton lines most templates miss.
Inventory lead time on Amazon FBA is multi-leg: production, freight, customs, and check-in. Why the number your supplier quotes is not the one to plan on.
DDP shipping means the supplier delivers to your door with duties paid. The upside, the cautions on customs and control, and when it fits importers.
Incoterms define who pays and who bears risk at each step of a shipment. The key terms (EXW, FOB, DDP) and what they mean for Amazon importers.