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In the beginning stages of Online Arbitrage, using a third-party prep center is generally a more sustainable and logical approach, as it reduces the risk of Amazon linking your shipments directly to retailers like Walmart, which can sometimes lead to account issues. When you send products to a prep center and they forward them to Amazon FBA, your products are still classified as FBA. If you use a prep center but ship products directly to customers yourself, that would be FBM. Most reputable prep centers are reliable, but since you’re managing OA remotely, it’s crucial to vet them thoroughly, check reviews, and possibly start with a smaller test batch before committing fully. Reliable prep centers also help with compliance, repackaging, and removing any retailer invoices or branding to make your shipments more Amazon-compliant.

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Hello @freedo,

welcome to the forum! Please note that it absolutely doesn’t matter where you source your products, as long as they are authentic.

However, when you are a new seller, it is very likely you will be asked to provide invoices randomly, for any product. This is why I strongly recommend that you don’t do retail or online arbitrage before you establish a selling history.

For the first 1-2 years, you should sell products where you have invoices to provide in case of any such requests.

Then, once you establish yourself, you will be able to sell products where you don’t have invoices.

To answer your question, a third party warehouse would be a much better idea than FBA, where your inventory can become stuck.

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There are many wholesalers with no minimum order quantity or value. Here is where I source from, they will give you proper invoices: https://www.javoli.com/

You can also find many other wholesalers on Google.

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Javoli operates in Europe. However, most wholesalers don’t have any minimum order quantity. If they do, they will let you know.

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Yes. And if you know what you want to sell, then include it in the search.

I like buying movie merch, these products are great for obtaining various Amazon approvals.