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Anyone Solve the Stealth FBA Reselling New Address Equation
 

Anyone solve this head-scratcher yet:

Stealth + Reselling Popular Brands + FBA (inbound/receiving inventory × prep & labeling × outbound shipping) + New Multi-Purpose Business Address = ??

I have about 20-40 XL Parcels coming in bi-weekly. Is there any affordable option here? It seems like every rental mailbox that a business could be registered to would cost a bloody fortune in overages for this type of volume. It's inevitable that at some stage, Amazon will request invoices, so all of my vendors would need to be shipping items here as well.



The only thing I can think of would be manually changing every single inbound shipment to "hold for pickup" or redirecting it for a fee. Though I know when parcels are addressed to a business (name), it's tough getting them to automatically link to your account advanced tracking while inbound, which would render those shipments non-modifiable. And if I remember correctly, only fed-ex allows for a new delivery address. UPS only offers to "Leave it with a neighbor" within a small (2 block?) radius.



There is obviously not a privacy driven, all-purpose address spoofing service of sorts correct? I realize how ridiculous I sound, as the specificity here is rather strong, but there must be some economical way to do this, that doesn't require I personally have to transport 850 lbs. of product from UPS to my garage with my Prius weekly.



I there maybe a service anyone is using that can recieve, count, check, prep, label, pick/pack, and ship inventory to fulfillment centers? Using only suppliers who are willing to take the extra time to send my orders to a fulfillment center, and abide by amazon's requirements will close almost every door i have open right now. Someome has got to intercept the product, and complete the necessary labor.

Re: Anyone Solve the Stealth FBA Reselling New Address Equation
 

You can't send to a 3PL?

Re: Anyone Solve the Stealth FBA Reselling New Address Equation
 

I've never used 3pl before tbh. i mostly sell high end items, so my prep process is extremely immersive and time consuming. almost every item would be a custom prep, and my hesitation has always been fear that i would pay quite a bit of money to have someone else absorb a process that is overly complex, therefore causing many errors and oversights, which would lead to damage in picking/packing/transit, and leave me with both a high loss/damage margin, and a detrimental product defect rating in seller performance.

i scaled rather quickly by providing products most other sellers avoid, or have been told to avoid, as it's a challenge for them to withstand the droptest. its kind of my bread and butter, but if 3pl is my only option, i guess it is what it is.

i would love to find one nearby that i could visit to pickup/dropoff if needed, but is it better if the 3pl is located closer to (or within the same state as) the stealth address? im on the opposite side of the country.

anyone know if utilizing two 3pl vendors is possible, and have any suggestions for integration software that could manage something like that?