Is it possible to sell items without prep center?

Is it really necessary to work with prep center in order to sell on Amazon?
In what cases it’s better to do everything yourself and save costs?

In some cases – yes. 

On what does it depend:

· Business mode;

· Commodity type;

· Commodity volume;

· Supplier;

· How many free time you have;

· Other factors.

You CANNOT work without prep center if:

· Your business model is online arbitrage;

· You need repackaging or bundling;

· Commodity requires preparation before sending to Amazon (removing price tags, polybagging, labeling);

· You are located in different State or country.

You CAN work without prep center if:

· You have original product or brand that is approved to be sold on Amazon;

· In this case you can ship your items with manufacturer’s barcodes;

· Your supplier is ready to do the preparation for you or send directly to Amazon and apply for manual processing;

· You are located in the same State where you are selling and you have a lot of free time and a lot of storage space.