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Integrate with a fulfillment network (SFN and Amazon FBA)

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Integrate with a fulfillment network (SFN and Amazon FBA)

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- [Instructor] As we covered earlier, fulfillment networks, like Amazon FBA and Shopify Fulfillment Network, are incredibly powerful. If you can afford the cost, they'll store, package, and ship all of your orders for you. They allow e-commerce entrepreneurs to live that idyllic lifestyle where you order pina coladas on the beach. But their costs are complex, and you have to order and ship goods to them on their schedule, and the technology doesn't play well together, so you probably can only pick one fulfillment network. Fulfillment networks aren't generally a day one feature for most businesses. You'll probably start shipping products yourself and once you get to a certain scale, then use a fulfillment network. Let's look at the costs, the procedures, and the trade-offs for the Shopify Fulfillment Network and Amazon FBA, so you know which partner to choose and when. Amazon FBA has no requirements other than having an Amazon…

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