FBA + Stealth Removal Orders

[KenjiMishima]

The last time anyone asked about this was in 2013, so I figure I will ask. What do people do for removal orders with FBA? Im gonna guess its not safe to send to my previously banned address. Could I use a personal UPS box? That would be much cheaper than a business one. And if I just have them sent to the UPS store without a box, its a flat rate of 10$ which is no good for me. If I can figure out how to deal with removals I can scale up my business slightly.

[epimetheus039]

Use forwarding services. There are many of them and they can combine shipping packages as amazon usually spreads your packages across many boxes. Plus you can create it under any name even if using the same company.

[KenjiMishima]

Originally Posted by epimetheus039

Use forwarding services. There are many of them and they can combine shipping packages as amazon usually spreads your packages across many boxes. Plus you can create it under any name even if using the same company.

Is that worth it? Cause that seems like it would be more expensive. Amazon only charges you .30 for the removal. Then having it shipped to a 3rd party would make it exponentially more expensive.

[amzpro]

Rent a mailbox... If it's not worth the monthly expense then don't remove the inventory, dispose of it.

I only pay for removal instead of disposal because I don't want my items appearing as warehouse deals sales, which amazon DOES do for items flagged for disposal. Pretty much anything that's returned goes into the trash if it's been opened. I sell cheap items so it's not worth the hassle to evaluate the pieces to see if they're still saleable.

[KenjiMishima]

Originally Posted by amzpro

Rent a mailbox... If it's not worth the monthly expense then don't remove the inventory, dispose of it.

I only pay for removal instead of disposal because I don't want my items appearing as warehouse deals sales, which amazon DOES do for items flagged for disposal. Pretty much anything that's returned goes into the trash if it's been opened. I sell cheap items so it's not worth the hassle to evaluate the pieces to see if they're still saleable.

Have you done this? I am thinking about it and just renting a personal one.

[amzpro]

I would rent a business one if you're doing any kind of volume. If you're getting like 1 box once in a while a personal should be ok

[KenjiMishima]

Originally Posted by amzpro

I would rent a business one if you're doing any kind of volume. If you're getting like 1 box once in a while a personal should be ok

I take it you have a buinsess one? Problem is for me its not worth it to do right now. A business one I mean. Because its 300$ every 6 months. And I am not moving volume to justify paying that lol.

[amzpro]

I have a business one because it's my officially registered business address for one of my shell corporations.

If you're not getting at least $300 worth of useful product returns every 6 months, then my advice is to just do disposal.