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Tools in the PrepVia app, Plan a wave

Plan a wave: ship one product to Amazon in waves

Plan a wave takes one product, gets Amazon's placement options and fees for it, and works out how to ship it in waves instead of all at once. It works inside your Amazon account: each plan you create is a real plan in your Amazon account.

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What it shows

  • Amazon's placement options and fees

    Each placement option with its shipments, Amazon's placement fee, the discount and the net fee.

  • A wave analysis

    From your sales per day, storage fee and freight cost per shipment: days of supply, the recommended number of waves, the lowest total cost and the savings against a single wave.

  • A recommended schedule

    When to send each wave, up to five waves.

  • Shipped from PrepVia

    The ship-from address starts filled in with the PrepVia warehouse in Miami.

How to use it

  1. Step 1

    Pick the product

    Choose one product and the units to send. The plan is created in your Amazon account.

  2. Step 2

    Compare placement options

    See Amazon's placement options with their fees, and pick one. Confirming a placement option at Amazon cannot be undone.

  3. Step 3

    Calculate the waves

    Enter the freight cost per shipment, and read the recommended waves and schedule.

See how it works with your products

Pricing is quoted per account on a free 15-minute call.

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Plan a wave at a glance

Where
PrepVia app, Tools, Distribution, Plan a wave
What it creates
A real inbound plan in your Amazon account
Per plan
One product, up to five waves
Freight cost
The one you enter per shipment
Needs
The Amazon connection

See also Distribution and the placement fee calculator.

Every screen of the app is on the PrepVia app page.

Questions about Plan a wave

Does Plan a wave create anything in my Amazon account?

Yes. Each plan you create is a real plan in your Amazon account, and confirming a placement option at Amazon cannot be undone.

Where do the fees and the freight cost come from?

The placement fees are Amazon's, for the placement options of your plan. The freight cost per shipment is the one you enter.

How many products and waves can one plan have?

One product per plan, and up to five waves.

Shipping to Amazon in waves? Tell us your monthly units and we will quote your account.

Pricing is quoted per account on a free 15-minute call.

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