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Prateek Jain January 09, 2025 at 05:51 AM

Does anyone use Amazon AWD for storing inventory? It seems like a good option compared to our 3PL, but I am worried about what happens if we need to remove inventory for some reason - new packaging/delisting/recall etc. Is it easy, or as bad as getting inventory back from FBA warehouses - which often times appear in multiple small shipments over 4-8 weeks.
Will appreciate any insights here!

Fred McKinnon January 09, 2025 at 03:05 PM

@Prateek Jain I've been a huge promoter of AWD, and did a ton of content on AWD on my channel. Here's a link to all the various videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@eComCatalystCo/search?query=AWD

This is all about it, but I also cover the ways they really screwed up in Q4.

I've got a direct contact at AWD and she validated that they really weren't prepared for the mass adoption of AWD in Q4 ... but assures me it's getting better.

I am still bullish on AWD.

Curtis Rummel January 11, 2025 at 02:26 AM

We use it specifically for our Amazon FBA inventory as opposed to just sending directly into FBA since it’s more cost effective and avoids low inventory fees, but I would be very hesitant to use it as my only 3PL because it’s so new and they’ve had some issues.