Amazon AWD No Longer Accepts Oversized Inventory As of July 31
As of July 31, 2026, Amazon AWD no longer accepts oversized inbound in the US. To stay eligible, a unit has to measure 18″ × 14″ × 8″ or smaller and weigh 20 lbs or less. Exceed any single one of those four thresholds and it is rejected. Two clarifications, because most of the coverage […]
Amazon Q4 2026 Deadlines & Fees: Is Your Inbound Strategy Peak-Proof?
Amazon has published its Q4 and Holiday 2026 deadlines, and the most important update is not the peak fee schedule. It is how early inventory needs to arrive. The first major inbound deadline is September 2, 2026, for Prime Big Deal Days inventory moving through Amazon AWD. For most FBA sellers, inventory needs to arrive […]
Reality Check(In): Amazon’s Placement Fees Are Killing Your Sales
Most sellers who pay Amazon’s placement fee do it to avoid a shipping decision, not because they’ve priced out what it does to sales. That’s backwards, but it’s an easy mistake to make: the placement fee shows up as a clean, single line item on your shipment plan. What it costs you in sales doesn’t […]
The Storage Math Behind Every FBA vs. 3PL Decision
Most sellers coming out of this year’s Prime Day events are already deciding how much inventory to push into FBA for Q4. The default answer is often “as much as possible” simply because it’s easier. In 2026, that default is more expensive, and it compounds faster than it used to. Amazon tightened the timeline on […]
The Forgotten Quarter: Q3 Freight Rates, Fee Resets, and Q4 Ripple Effects
Prime Day 2026 ran June 23 to 26 to mixed results. Right now, the seller world is split between two conversations: dissecting what happened during those four days, and bracing for Amazon’s Q4 FBA peak fee window that opens October 15, 2026. Almost nobody is talking about the ten weeks sitting in between. That’s the […]
Amazon Post-Prime, Pre-Peak Review: What July’s Changes Mean for Your Q4
Don’t Miss This: Amazon Announces 2026 Q4 Deadlines & Peak Season Fees Prime Day closed on June 26. The July 1 fee reset landed five days later. If you’re just now sitting down to plan Q4 inventory, you’re planning against numbers that already moved without you touching a single price or SKU. That’s the story […]
Q4 Signals from Prime Day (And What We Learned From Summer Sales Events)
Prime Day is over, but the week left sellers with a clear signal heading into Q4: demand is still there, but shoppers are buying with more caution, more comparison, and less patience for friction. Amazon’s four-day event delivered strong online sales, while Walmart and Target ran overlapping promotions that pulled shoppers into their own ecosystems […]
The Margin Illusion: Why E-Commerce Brands Are Growing Broke
Most Amazon sellers think they understand their numbers. Some do! But … many more do not. It’s a pattern that shows up regardless of brand size, categories, and years of experience: sellers confuse revenue activity with profit reality. Revenue goes up and things feel like they are working. Meanwhile, the actual net is somewhere else […]
Amazon MCF vs. 3PL Fulfillment for D2C and Omnichannel Brands
Most multichannel sellers did not spend much time reviewing their Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) rate card a few years ago. In 2026, that changed. Amazon added a 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge to U.S. MCF fulfillment fees effective May 2, 2026, after announcing broader 2026 fulfillment fee increases for MCF, FBA, and Buy with Prime. Around […]
TikTok June 2026 FBT Rate Card Update: Fees, 3PLs, and Summer Deals
TikTok Shop’s fulfillment strategy has been one of the more capricious e-commerce stories of 2026, and the latest May and June updates give sellers another reason to pay attention. On May 20, TikTok reduced single-unit FBT fulfillment fees for heavier items in the 16–50 lb weight tiers, cutting per-unit rates by roughly $0.10–$5 depending on weight band and zone. That is […]
Inside Amazon’s Check-In Process: Why Your Prime Day Inventory Lands Later Than You Think
Amazon has confirmed that Prime Day 2026 will take place in June, which compresses the prep window many operators were planning around. If you have already mapped your inbound deadlines, the next question worth asking is the one most teams skip. What actually happens between the moment your truck arrives at Amazon and the moment […]
Winning Summer E-Commerce Events in 2026: Fulfillment Playbook
Most brands don’t lose summer because of weak ads. They lose because their backend can’t support the demand their ads create. Stockouts kill ranking. Delays kill reviews. Scaling ad spend on top of a shaky fulfillment setup doesn’t produce more revenue, it just amplifies the operational cracks. And in 2026, the cracks are going to […]
Why Winning E-Commerce Brands Must Build Relationships, Not Just Transactions
For years, e-commerce growth was treated like a numbers game: Rank higher. Lower CAC. Improve conversion rate. Buy more traffic. Repeat. That formula still matters, but it is no longer enough – and frankly, it no longer tells the whole story. As marketplaces mature, margins tighten, and competition increases across Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, and […]
Omnichannel, AI & the Future of E-Commerce: BDSS AI x Ecom Mastery Nashville Recap
Nashville is a city of storefronts. Walk down Broadway and every honky tonk is its own brand – different music spilling out onto the street, different crowds pulling you in, different energy depending on the time of day. Some are packed, some are laid back, but none are trying to be everything to everyone. Each […]
Amazon’s New FBA Fuel Surcharge: Here for the Long Haul?
Amazon has officially announced a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on fulfillment fees, and while the percentage may seem small at first glance, the impact on sellers is more meaningful than it appears. Starting April 17, 2026, the surcharge applies to FBA in the U.S. and Canada, along with Remote Fulfillment. On May 2, it […]
Amazon DSP and 3PL Fulfillment: An Unexpected Relationship Driving Profit Margins
The Unexpected Relationship Between Amazon DSP and 3PL Fulfillment The Unexpected Relationship Between Amazon DSP and 3PL Fulfillment How Your Marketing Strategy Is Quietly Reshaping Your Supply Chain At first glance, Amazon DSP and your 3PL seem to live in entirely different worlds. One is responsible for generating demand, the other for fulfilling it. One […]
Prime Day Might Be Coming Early This Year. Is Your Inventory?
A 3–4 week shift in Prime Day timing can erase a big share of your planned sales. If the event moves from July into late June, every part of your logistics timeline has to move with it. Treat this as a Q2 deadline, not a mid-year promotion. Prime Day success is an inventory problem, not […]
Product Update: SplitSmart Adds a Dallas Hub to Its CA and NJ Network
SplitSmart Expands to Dallas: Faster Amazon Inbound, Lower Costs | Tactical Logistic Solutions SplitSmart Expands to Dallas: Faster Amazon Inbound, Lower Costs It is 7:15 a.m., and your shipment shows as “received” in Amazon Seller Central. By noon, ads are live, traffic is flowing, but the units still are not Prime-eligible. By the end of […]
Walmart Marketplace in 2026: AI and Fulfillment Growth Drive Battle vs. Amazon
As 2026 shifts into gear, Walmart is doing something few legacy retailers have managed successfully: scaling digital growth aggressively while tightening operational discipline across its marketplace. The result is a platform that looks less like a traditional big-box retailer with an online extension and more like a structured, AI-driven marketplace machine. For brands selling on […]
The Hidden Margin Leaks in Your Supply Chain: What Sellers Should Watch Out For in 2026
Most sellers can tell you exactly how much they’re spending on ads, product, and Amazon fees. Far fewer can tell you how much money they’re losing between those line items, in timing, inventory decisions, and backend assumptions that quietly stopped being true. In 2026, that blind spot is getting more expensive and the reason isn’t […]