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BI 291: How to Find and Evaluate a Third Party Prep Center with Taylor Smits
November 19, 2019
When you decide to start selling on Amazon; especially if you are a wholesale seller, one of the very first decisions you are going to have to make once you land your first account is how you are going to handle product prep.  Should you do it yourself or work with a 3PL? In today's episode, my guest Taylor Smits shares with me how a seller should find, and then evaluate a 3PL company so that they can make the most informed decision possible on the best route to take. Questions I Asked Taylor: 1:30 Who are you and what do you do? 3:20 One of the very first questions I get from new sellers is, "do I need a warehouse" and I generally tell them that they would be better off using a 3PL? 7:18 How does the new seller find them? 9:34 What questions should they ask? 13:06 What are the services that one should expect? 17:56 How will the 3PL communicate with the seller and what types of systems should the seller expect the 3PL to have to accomplish this? 22:34 How do 3PLs normally charge sellers? 24:20 What are some of the ways that sellers get screwed by 3PLs? 29:21 What are some of the ways that a prep center can add value to a seller in ways that they might not have expected? 32:48 Who are you good for, and who shouldn't work with you? 35:30 Do you have an offer for my listeners? Resources links can be found at http://brightideas.co/291