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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tactical’s 2025 Recap: Profitable Logistics, Fee Frenzies, and New Offers
If 2025 proved anything, it’s that “fulfillment” is no longer a back-office function you set and forget. Fees changed. Inbound rules got stricter. Lead times got less predictable. And sellers who treated logistics like a profit lever (not a cost center) pulled ahead. At Tactical, 2025 was a build year. New offers. New content. New […]
Amazon’s 2026 Fulfillment Reset: What’s Changing for Prep, Barcodes, and More
2026 is shaping up to be a turning point for how Amazon wants inventory handled in its network. Not just “a few new fees” or “a new labeling rule,” but a broader shift toward tighter traceability, stricter inbound discipline, and less tolerance for messy inventory practices. Here’s the big picture: Amazon is removing internal safety […]
Holiday Peak Season Logistics: Optimizing December 5–25 for E-Commerce Brands
Between December 5 and 25, your holiday logistics setup is either quietly doing its job in the background… or it’s the reason you’re refreshing tracking pages at 2 a.m. In this article, we’ll run through what matters most in that December 5–25 holiday peak-season window, and how Tactical thinks about each piece so you can […]
Amazon Holiday Fulfillment Strategy: Q4 Tips for E-Commerce Sellers
Holiday fulfillment has always been a balancing act for e-commerce and Amazon sellers. This year, it’s more like walking a tightrope over a fire pit with your shoelaces tied together. Tariffs and inflation have been hanging over U.S. consumers all year. Confidence in the broader economy has slipped, even among higher-income households, and younger shoppers […]
What the AWS Outage Reveals About Overreliance on Amazon
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down on October 20, 2025, millions of businesses were reminded of a truth they’d rather ignore: the internet, and much of global commerce, now runs primarily through one behemoth company. The outage, which lasted roughly fifteen hours, originated in AWS’s US-EAST-1 data center in Virginia and quickly spread worldwide. […]
Understanding Product Landed Cost in 2025: What It Is and How It’s Changing
When you’re importing products, the product landed cost is the number that really matters. It’s the total cost of getting your product from the supplier’s door to your customer’s hands—or into Amazon’s fulfillment network. Landed cost isn’t just the invoice price of your goods. It includes freight, duties, tariffs, insurance, customs clearance, and handling fees. […]
De Minimis Ends, Tariffs Surge: Implications for E-Commerce and Retail
Key Takeaways The de minimis exemption ($800 duty-free threshold) ended on August 29, 2025. All imports, no matter the value, now face tariffs, duties, and full customs paperwork. Tariffs remain volatile: 10–50% on most goods, up to 100% on targeted categories, pending a Supreme Court review. Fast-fashion giants like Temu and Shein lose their edge […]