Best FBA prep centers for returns processing.
Amazon customer returns and removal orders pile up fast, and most FBA sellers do not have the space or the process to inspect, grade, and resell them. These verified prep centers handle returns processing: receiving removal orders, inspecting and grading each unit, repackaging and relabeling the resalable ones, and restocking to FBA or forwarding them on.
What to look for
Romex Enterprise (Cape Coral, FL) is the closest thing to a returns specialist in this directory: an Amazon returns and removal-order reprocessing operation running since 2008.
- →Per-unit returns or reprocessing pricing on the published rate card, not a quote-only page.
- →Clear grading: how they decide resalable vs damaged, and whether they photograph each unit.
- →Removal-order handling (the Amazon LPN and removal flow), not just inbound prep.
- →What happens to unsalvageable units: disposal, a liquidation handoff, or return to you.
30 verified centers that handle returns processing
Sorted by most-recently-verified. Every center here cleared our 4-point operator standard; stale ones get flagged, never hidden.
Oregon Prep and Ship
Oregon Prep and Ship is a sales-tax-free Amazon FBA and FBM prep center in Sisters, Oregon, family-owned and operating since 2022. It receives, preps, labels, and ships FBA and FBM orders, fulfilling FBM within 24 hours, and also offers bundling, kitting, box forwarding, product photography, quality inspection, returns processing, storage, and multi-channel fulfillment for Etsy and eBay. Published per-unit FBA pricing runs from $2.00/unit (0 to 500 units per month) down to $1.25/unit (4000+), with per-size FBM rates.
Simple Price Prep
Simple Price Prep is an Amazon FBA prep center in St. Marys, Georgia, family-owned by Dustin and Brandy Buchanan and operating since 2015. It receives, inspects, preps, labels, photographs, and ships FBA inventory on a published per-service rate card, and also handles Amazon returns and used-item reprocessing, bundling and kitting, book prep, hazmat shipments, palletizing, and storage. Inspection covers the full exterior plus a sample of contents; unit and bundle prep are priced by volume tier.
Romex Enterprise
Romex Enterprise is an Amazon FBA prep operation in Cape Coral, FL, that specializes in returns and removal-order reprocessing: it receives a seller unfulfillable inventory and customer returns, runs quality checks, relabels, repackages, bundles, adds inserts and stickers, and ships the sellable units back to Amazon FBA. Operating since 2008 with a Florida warehouse, it runs a published per-unit rate card with a 40 per-ASIN minimum and a non-optional quality-check step. The company also operates a separate Romania and EU cargo-forwarding affiliate; the FBA prep work is handled at the Florida facility. Get started through the FBA Removal Request form.
Rater Prep Services
Rater Prep Services is an Amazon FBA prep center in Gahanna, OH, near Columbus, founded by former online-marketplace sellers. It receives, preps, packs, and ships seller inventory into Amazon on a published per-unit rate card: FBA prep from 1.00/unit covering Amazon minimum prep requirements, bundling from 1.25 per bundle, FBM at 2.50/unit, and FBA returns handling at 2.00/unit, with a 0.10/unit discount for accounts that maintain 2,000 or more units monthly. The center works with wholesale-volume sellers and also handles storage and liquidation. Get started through the contact form for a free consultation.
New Jersey Prep Center
New Jersey Prep Center is an Amazon FBA prep center in Hainesport, NJ, that receives, inspects, preps, packs, and ships seller inventory into Amazon. It runs published per-unit prep pricing on volume tiers from $0.95 down to $0.55 per unit, with FNSKU labeling, poly bagging, bundling and kitting, box forwarding, and 14 days of free storage. The facility handles small-parcel and LTL freight through two dock-high loading docks, turns inventory around in 24 to 48 hours, and works with online arbitrage, retail arbitrage, wholesale, private label, and international sellers. Clients track shipments through the center own portal.
Ready Set Prep N Pack
Ready Set Prep N Pack is a family-owned Amazon FBA prep center in Helena, Montana, a sales-tax-free state, focused on online-arbitrage and e-commerce sellers. Published per-unit pricing starts at $1.25 per FBA unit received (hazmat included), covering receiving, inspection, label removal, poly or bubble bagging, FNSKU labeling, and shipment creation. Stated turnaround is 24 to 72 hours, with FBM order fulfillment, custom kitting, and inventory storage also offered. The first 30 days of storage are free; a 20-unit minimum applies per shipment and there is a $60 one-time registration fee.
Boxy Prep
Boxy Prep is a family-run Amazon FBA prep and fulfillment center in Hastings, Michigan, started by former Amazon sellers who built the service they wanted to use themselves. It runs roughly 5,000 sq ft of climate-controlled warehouse space with loading docks, and leads with straightforward per-unit prep pricing so sellers can calculate costs before buying. Core work is FBA prep (FNSKU labeling, polybagging, bubble wrap, expiration labeling, custom boxing, multipack kitting); it also handles wholesale and bulk sticker-only freight, DTC pick-pack across 300+ channels via ShipStation, and LTL shipping, so it is multi-service with FBA prep as the lead.
Cajun Prep
Cajun Prep is an Amazon FBA prep center in Kentwood, Louisiana, operating from a 25,000 sq ft warehouse since 2020. It handles wholesale and private-label prep with a 48 hour turnaround, plus kitting, storage, pick and pack, and FBA removals. Pricing is published per unit, starting at $1.00 per item receiving that bundles FNSKU labeling, polybagging, and 30 days of storage. It also offers DTC and B2B multi-channel fulfillment, so it is multi-service with FBA prep as the lead; onboarding runs through a waitlist and exploratory call.
DM Prep US
DM Prep US is an Illinois prep center in Libertyville, near Amazon's MDW2 fulfillment area outside Joliet. It handles receiving, FNSKU labeling, bundling, glass and fragile packing, storage, and removal-order and return processing for Amazon FBA sellers, plus FBM order fulfillment for direct-to-customer shipping. Published per-unit rates run $0.45 to $0.90 for receiving and FNSKU labeling by ASIN volume, with no hidden fees. The team also offers Russian-language support.
AZ Prep Center
AZ Prep Center is a Tempe, Arizona FBA prep operation offering per-unit prep, FNSKU labeling, inspection, and shipment to Amazon fulfillment centers, with published per-unit pricing starting at $1.25 per standard unit. It also handles inventory management, merchant-fulfilled (FBM) orders, hazmat, oversize, and LTL palletized shipping. The team bills per completed shipment with no contract and quotes a 48 to 72 hour turnaround once products are received. The center describes itself as a full-service 3PL, so confirm scope and current capacity before committing.
FBA Champs
FBA Champs is a New Jersey prep center handling Amazon FBA inspection, FNSKU labeling, polybagging, bundling, bubble wrap, and box packing, located about 35 minutes from Amazon's ABE8 warehouse in Florence, NJ. Per-unit prep runs $0.45 to $1.00 by volume with no contract, no sign-up fee, and no minimums, and they accept new sellers with low quantities. They also offer FBM multi-channel pick-and-pack, FBA returns processing, box and pallet forwarding, and monthly storage; FBA prep is the core service and these are add-ons. Turnaround is stated at 24 to 72 hours.
Express Prep Center
Express Prep Center is a New Jersey Amazon FBA prep service in Pennsauken. Per-unit prep runs $0.65 to $0.85 per unit by volume and covers receiving, exterior inspection, FNSKU labeling, poly bagging, dunnage, barcode removal, and ship-to-Amazon in 24 to 48 hours, with 14 days of free storage included. It also offers FBA returns processing, longer-term storage ($15/box or $50/pallet per month), and freight forwarding with optional inspection. Domain registered May 2024; listed as accepting new clients.
United States Prep
United States Prep is an Amazon FBA prep center in tax-free Salem, New Hampshire, built for online and retail arbitrage sellers moving consistent volume. Standard prep runs $1.50 per unit with $0.50 add-ons for liquid sealing, bubble wrap, and bundling. Turnaround is 2 to 4 days standard, with a 24 to 48 hour priority option. Services cover receiving, inspection, FNSKU labeling, polybagging, and packaging to Amazon standards.
Carolina Prep & Ship
Carolina Prep & Ship is a family-owned Amazon FBA and e-commerce prep center operating from a 55,000 square foot warehouse in Apex, North Carolina, near Raleigh. Per-unit prep starts at $0.65 (receiving and inspection, FNSKU labeling, box pack and label), with add-ons for poly bagging, bubble wrap, and bundling published openly. Beyond FBA prep, the operation also offers storage and FBM, direct-to-consumer, and B2B order fulfillment for Walmart, eBay, and other channels, so it is multi-service with FBA prep as the lead. It handles single-SKU boxes through multi-pallet, multi-SKU shipments.
Number One Prep
Number One Prep is a Doral, Florida Amazon FBA prep center offering per-unit prep priced from $0.45 to $0.75 by volume, with a $15 minimum and no setup, monthly, or contract fees. Prep is the core service (receiving and inspection, FNSKU labeling, sticker removal, poly bagging, bubble wrapping, bundling, and expiration labeling), with FBA returns processing, flat-rate storage, and freight forwarding offered as add-ons. The warehouse is in Doral near Port Miami and the Amazon Miami-area facilities, with a loading dock and a stated 24-hour start on receipts. It works with international sellers and accepts credit cards, PayPal, and Payoneer.
406 Premier Prep
406 Premier Prep is a Billings, Montana prep center handling Amazon FBA inbound prep, FBM, and Walmart WFS out of a sales-tax-free state. Per-unit prep runs $0.50 to $1.10 by volume, with a $25 one-time registration fee and a 50-units-per-week minimum; the rate covers receiving, inspection, label removal, and FNSKU relabeling. It also offers bundling, poly-bagging, and hazmat handling, and posts a full per-line-item price sheet rather than quote-on-request pricing. The operation runs FBA, FBM, and WFS channels; FBA prep is the primary, fully-priced service.
East Coast Prep and Ship
East Coast Prep and Ship is an FBA prep and ship operation in tax-free Wilmington, Delaware, prepping inbound inventory for Amazon FBA, Walmart WFS, Seller Fulfilled Prime, and DTC. Per-unit prep runs $0.80 to $1.50 across volume tiers, covering receiving, inspection, UPC covering, FNSKU labeling, and polybagging with suffocation warning. They handle wholesale, private label, and online arbitrage, with bin storage at $0.50 per cubic foot per month and pallet storage at $40 per month. Delaware's tax-free status means inbound products are not subject to sales tax.
Dollan Prep Center
Dollan Prep Center is a tax-free Delaware FBA prep center at 210 Executive Dr in Newark, serving wholesale, private-label, and online-arbitrage Amazon sellers. Labeling runs from $0.30/unit at high volume up to $1.10 to $1.45/unit at standard volume, with most shipments checked in within 24 to 72 hours and billing settled weekly via Stripe. Onboarding is currently limited to sellers moving at least 400 units per month. Alongside FBA prep it also offers FBM fulfillment, Walmart WFS prep, eBay fulfillment, an FTL inbound-freight program, and storage, so confirm scope if you want a prep-only relationship.
Amazing Logistics
Amazing Logistics is a Sun Valley, California prep operation founded in 2017 by Sebastiano and Sausha Scozzi, running out of multiple Los Angeles-area warehouses. It handles the full Amazon FBA prep chain: container and small-parcel receiving, FNSKU and compliance labeling, inspection, bundling and kitting, storage, removal orders, and FBA-labeled outbound shipping. It also offers general 3PL and wholesale forwarding work and routes freight forwarding and non-Amazon fulfillment to partners, so its scope extends beyond pure prep. Pricing is quote-based; no per-unit rates are published.
Stock and Ship
Stock and Ship is an Oregon 3PL and FBA prep center in Springfield, near the Port of Portland, run out of an 11,000 sq ft tax-free warehouse. Founded in 2021 by Ankur Kathuria, it offers Amazon FBA and Walmart marketplace prep (FNSKU labeling, polybagging, inspection, bundling, kitting) alongside DTC and FBM fulfillment, storage, sourcing, and returns, so FBA prep is one division of a multi-service operation. Per-unit prep runs $0.95 to $1.75 by volume, with receiving, inspection, FNSKU labeling, polybags, and 14 days of storage included. Stated turnaround is 24 to 48 hours; intake is gated to sellers with 6+ months of Amazon history shipping at least 500 units per month.
Proven Prep
Proven Prep is a Portland, Oregon prep center and 3PL operating out of a 17,000 sq ft tax-free Oregon facility, with a second location in South Carolina. Published FBA prep runs $0.85 to $1.25 per unit and covers FNSKU labeling, polybagging, box content labels, suffocation and expiration labeling, removal orders, and online-arbitrage and wholesale prep, with a stated 24 to 48 hour turnaround. Both facilities are FDA-registered and temperature-controlled. It is a full-service 3PL, so the same operation also runs DTC, FBM, and B2B fulfillment from one inventory pool; FBA prep is one division, not the whole business.
PrimeTime Prep
PrimeTime Prep is an Amazon FBA prep and ship center founded in 2022 by Anthony and Zach, with its primary location in Portland, Oregon and a second distribution site in Lincoln, Nebraska. It handles online and retail arbitrage, private label, and wholesale prep, with OA/RA processing at $1.20/unit base and volume-tiered private-label processing from $0.75 down to $0.65/unit. Storage runs free for the first 7 days (OA/RA) then $28/cubic meter/month, and the operator publishes its full a-la-carte fee schedule and terms online. It also offers a direct-to-consumer fulfillment option and runs a separate 3PL brand at primetimefulfillment.com.
Montana Prep Solutions
Montana Prep Solutions is an Amazon FBA prep center in Helena, Montana, a tax-free state, handling small to medium shipments for wholesale, private label, retail arbitrage, and online arbitrage sellers. Per-unit pricing runs $0.85 to $1.49 by monthly volume and covers receiving, inspection, label removal, FNSKU and warning labeling, and the first 14 days of storage. There are no setup or monthly fees and no minimum order quantity. Turnaround is stated at 24 to 72 hours; the center does not accept pallets or semi-truck loads, and new accounts are gated (the operator evaluates each request before onboarding). Contact is via the site form.
A&M Prep Services
FBA prep center in South Gate, California operating since 2020. Per-unit prep pricing is public: FNSKU labeling $0.80/unit, polybag or bubble wrap $1.25/unit, bundling up to 6 items $1.75/bundle, no-label re-box $0.50/unit. Stated turnaround is same day or within 48 hours, with daily UPS, FedEx, and USPS pickup. The homepage leads with warehousing language, but the brand, the per-unit pricing model, and the service menu are FBA-prep first; storage at $45/pallet/month is a supporting service.
HexPrep
HexPrep runs two FBA-prep and fulfillment warehouses, one in Oregon (tax-free) and one in Illinois (Chicago). Published rates on a page dated April 24, 2026: OA FBA and WFS prep at $1.50/unit (0-999/mo) or $1.25/unit (1,000+/mo), wholesale and private label at $1.00/$0.70, plus an itemized add-on and box menu. The homepage claims a 48-hour average turnaround, 99% accuracy, and 100+ active clients. Note the catch: outbound shipments under 20 units carry a $5.00 handling surcharge unless you are a recurring client, and packaging is billed separately. Beyond Amazon and Walmart prep, HexPrep also sells FBM/DTC fulfillment and two-step dropshipping.
Grizzly Prep MT
A tax-free Montana prep and ship operation in Billings handling FBA, FBM, DTC, and Walmart WFS. Per-unit prep runs $1.25 for 1 to 49 units and scales to $0.50 at 8,000+ units, with a one-time $50 registration fee and storage free for the first 30 days then $20 per SKU per month. The site posts a full line-item rate card rather than a quote-on-request page, and states it is Licensed and Insured and accepting new clients.
AMSCO Prep
Amazon FBA prep center based in Huntley, IL with a second location in Algonquin, IL. Operating FBA prep since 2017 under parent AMSCO Distributing LLC, with the dedicated amscoprep.com brand domain spun out in 2024. End-to-end FBA compliance: FNSKU labeling, polybagging, kitting, bundling, case forwarding, returns processing. Amazon SPN certified. 24-72 hour turnaround with same-day shipping for orders received by noon. Also offers DTC fulfillment, B2B distribution, Walmart WFS, and subscription box fulfillment for sellers running multi-channel inventory. ShipHero WMS with real-time inventory tracking. No startup fee, no long-term contract.
Epic Prep
Tax-free New Hampshire FBA prep center. Founded 2022 by Nathaniel Lambert and Zachary Hulecki in a 15,000 sq ft temperature-controlled facility with three loading docks. Preps 100,000+ items per month for 100+ Amazon FBA customers across arbitrage, wholesale, and private-label workflows. Also offers D2C fulfillment for non-Amazon channels (eBay, Walmart, TikTok) as a secondary service for sellers running multi-channel inventory. Software: PrepShipHub. Slack-based 24/7 communication.
Delaware Prep & Fulfillment Center
Newark, Delaware prep center for Amazon FBA, FBM, and arbitrage sellers. Located in a tax-free state for inventory storage. Services include receiving, inspection, labeling, bundling, storage, forwarding, and FBA returns processing. Eligibility minimum: 1,000 items per month for account activation. The operator claims membership in Amazon's Service Provider Network (SPN); verify this independently before relying on it as a credibility signal.
WestFBA
California-based FBA prep service specializing in West Coast port intake from China-origin container freight. 12+ years operating an e-commerce warehouse, 5+ years FBA-specific. Self-described positioning: importer-friendly prep for sellers landing inventory at LA / Long Beach or San Diego. No minimum-volume requirements per their stated terms, which is rare for the category. Published per-unit pricing on the site (also rare). Photography service available. Offers WhatsApp contact at +1-858-527-8197 in addition to phone and email.