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Read onlyI'm based in Australia, but I'm looking to sell and target US-based customers. I plan to follow the online arbitrage as my business model and use FBA as my fullfillment method.
Being based in Australia, it's unpractical to have the item shipped to my address to be prepared for packaging and labelling in an Amazon warehouse. Usually, following the online arbitrage model, the seller purchase and sends the product directly in their address before preping and sending it to an Amazon warehouse for further processing. Being based in Australia, it would be really expensive to have the item be shipped from the USA to Australia and then have that item sent be sent to an Amazon warehouse. I can't do the preping myself, so I have to rely on a third party warehouse to do the job.
Are there any third party warehouses in the US that specializes in Amazon FBA? I plan to purchase the product then send it directly to this third party to be prepped before sending it to an FBA center.
STOP! Online or Retail arbitrage is no longer an accepted business plan for Amazon. You may want to do some more research before doing anything.
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