FBA prep centers in Montana.
Lowest-cost tax-free option, but distant from FCs. Sellers pick Montana prep centers to keep inventory out of sales-tax nexus. Verified listings only. Stale ones get flagged, never hidden.
Montana at a glance
Operating facts sellers ask about before committing to a prep center. Numbers are from our directory; we leave blanks rather than guess.
- Helena
- Billings
- 1.1M
- Yes
- 30
- Lowest-cost tax-free option, but distant from FCs
Montana for tax-free FBA prep.
The case for Montana sellers actually pay attention to, plus the caveats we routinely have to remind sellers about during matching calls.
Montana is the cheapest tax-free state on warehouse rent and labor by a wide margin. Best fit for slow-moving SKUs, oversize items, and long-term storage where the cost-per-square-foot win outweighs added transit time. Montana operators commonly serve high-margin, low-velocity niches: specialty equipment, hazmat, oversized furniture, and large-format storage.
The closest large Amazon FCs are in Salt Lake City (SLC1) or Spokane WA. Inbound legs from Montana add 1 to 2 days of transit relative to West Coast prep. For a slow-moving SKU that sits at FBA for 30+ days before sale, the transit-time penalty is irrelevant; for fast-moving consumer goods, Montana is the wrong choice.
Where the prep actually sits.
Billings is the largest prep metro (~110K population, plus I-90/I-94 access). Missoula is secondary and serves the western half of the state. Both are 12 to 18 hours by truck from the nearest Amazon FC.
What sellers miss.
Statewide sales tax is zero, but Montana allows local resort-area sales taxes in a small number of communities (Big Sky, West Yellowstone, Whitefish, etc.). These don't affect general FBA storage but can apply to specific tourist-zone goods. Distance from FCs is the real constraint; do not pick Montana for velocity-sensitive inventory.
Every Montana prep center we rank, in order.
Montana holds the largest single-state cluster in our directory, more than 3 times the next state. That density is mostly cottage-scale operators working out of Billings, Great Falls, and Helena, so the useful question is not whether Montana is cheap (it is) but which shop publishes terms you can hold them to. Several of them work from a shared seller-coaching price sheet, which we disclose on each entry rather than penalize. The ranking is editorial. Prep specialists and multi-service operators both rank and each entry carries its type; full 3PLs never rank and never count in the prep-specialist figures above. No operator can buy a position.
Full public rate card down to $0.50/unit at 8,000+.
A complete line-item card: $1.25/unit at 1 to 49 units per shipment scaling to $0.50 at 8,000+, plus itemized bundling, poly, and box pricing. One-time $50 registration, storage free for the first 30 days then $20 per SKU per month. Licensed and insured, accepting new clients, rated 5.0 of 5 across 5 reviews on a third-party prep directory. Handles FBA, FBM, DTC, and Walmart WFS, with FBA prep and ship the primary positioning.
Profile, rate card and verification history →No setup fee, no monthly fee, no minimum order quantity.
Per-unit pricing is public and volume-tiered: $1.49/unit at 1 to 200 units a month down to $0.85 at 10,000+, with no setup fees, no monthly fees, and no minimum order quantity. The rate covers receiving, inspection, label removal, and FNSKU plus warning labeling, with the first 14 days of storage free and a 24 to 72 hour turnaround. Carries a third-party Verified prep-directory listing and a confirmed state LLC registration. New accounts are gated, with the operator evaluating each request.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Itemized per-line-item sheet with hazmat priced on the card.
A complete public per-line-item price sheet: $1.10/unit at 1 to 100 scaling to $0.50 at 8,001+, a one-time $25 registration fee, and a 50-units-per-week minimum, with hazmat accepted at $5 per SKU. The rate covers receiving, inspection, label removal, and FNSKU relabeling; storage is free for the first 30 days, then $20 a month per line item. Operating since 2023 under 406 Premier Prep LLC, handling FBA, FBM, and Walmart WFS. No third-party reviews exist yet on any directory, which is unreviewed rather than a negative signal.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Family-owned, flat $1.25/unit with hazmat included.
Family-owned and operating since 2023, focused on online-arbitrage and e-commerce sellers. Published pricing starts at $1.25 per FBA unit received with hazmat included, covering receiving, inspection, label removal, poly or bubble bagging, FNSKU labeling, and shipment creation. First 30 days of storage free, a $60 one-time registration, and a stated 24 to 72 hour turnaround. FBM, custom kitting, and storage are also offered.
Profile, rate card and verification history →All-inclusive card from $1.00/unit with 30 days of free storage.
Registered with the Montana Secretary of State in May 2025 (active, good standing) under founder Amber Benford, so one of the newer operations we list, and we say so plainly. The card is genuinely all-inclusive: $1.00/unit under 500 units a month, $0.95 to 999, $0.90 at 1,000+, covering receiving, photo-documented inspection, label removal, all labeling, rubber bands, and 30 days of free storage, with no monthly or receiving fees and a one-time $49.99 registration disclosed up front. Specialty rates are published too: FBM $2.00/unit, oversized $3.00, fragile $2.00, returns $0.90, bundling from $1.75. Honest cautions: no independent third-party reviews yet, and the Walmart WFS claim is operator-stated since the site's own FAQ names Amazon, eBay, Shopify, and Etsy.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Montana Logistics Pro
Multi-serviceOperating since 2020, with a full public volume-tier card from $1.45 down to $1.00/unit.
Operating since 2020 per archived site captures, with 2023 hiring activity corroborating a physical Great Falls operation. The homepage leads with the per-unit FBA card: $1.45/unit at 1 to 500 units a month stepping down to $1.00 at 5,001 to 10,000, including receiving, inspection, poly bagging, FNSKU labels, reused boxes, and dunnage; wholesale runs $1.15 down to $0.90. Storage is free for two weeks, then $2.40 per cubic foot ($4.80 in Q4). 3PL warehousing and ecommerce fulfillment are real secondary lines, which is why we type it multi-service rather than prep specialist and disclose that on the entry. Honest cautions: we found no third-party customer reviews after roughly six years, and the published contact is a Gmail address.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Budget card to $0.50/unit, listed with a warning on two contract terms.
A small operation run by owner Trina Weston, named on the site's own contact page, with a public per-unit card from $1.25 sliding to $0.50 at 10,000+ units a month, FNSKU labeling included, and a $75 one-time registration. Two posted terms deserve attention before you ship: inventory left over 90 days with unpaid storage becomes the operator's property, and the operator disclaims liability for damage or loss in transit to Amazon. The Montana registration could not be checked by automated means, no street address is published, and the 24 five-star reviews live on a single signup-gated directory. This rate card and its terms are identical to Yellowstone Prep and Ship, the older Billings operation below; the relationship between the two is unknown.
Profile, rate card and verification history →55 dated third-party reviews, the deepest record in Montana, listed with a warning.
Run by owner Katy Byrd since 2022, with the deepest third-party review record of the Montana centers we list: 55 dated reviews at 5.0 on a prep-industry directory spanning 2024 to 2026, plus a 4.5-of-5 Walmart marketplace seller rating. The per-unit card is public: $1.25 sliding to $0.50 at 10,000+ units a month with FNSKU labeling included, a $75 one-time registration, and a 24 to 48 hour typical turnaround. The warning covers two things: inventory left over 90 days with unpaid storage becomes the operator's property under their posted terms, and the website carries live Wix template debris, so rely on the price sheet and direct contact.
Profile, rate card and verification history →A published street address, the strongest geography of the recent additions.
Operating since 2022 with a full street address on Red Lodge Creek Road. The card covers FBA, Walmart WFS, and FBM: $1.50/unit at low volume down to $0.85 at 10,000+, books $1.75, FBM $2.25. The site shows empty testimonial sections rather than seeded ones, which we count in its favor, and no third-party reviews exist yet. Its posted terms share template language with two other independent Montana operators from the same seller-coaching program, which we note for transparency; ownership, city, phone, and pricing are all distinct.
Profile, rate card and verification history →A full 15-point service agreement posted before you ship.
Running since 2023, corroborated by three independent directories including a Yelp listing updated June 2026. The structure is disclosed up front: $30 one-time registration, a 100-unit monthly minimum, then $1.00/unit stepping to $0.60 at 10,000+, with a full 15-point service agreement posted. Its 3P Mercury certification is operator-stated, and the operator cites a seller-coaching program affiliation whose contract template also appears at two other independent Montana shops, which we note for transparency.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Pure prep with scope limits stated plainly, listed with a warning.
A pure FBA prep shop run by a named operator since early 2023, with a published card from $1.00/unit down to $0.70 at volume, shoes at $1.50, bundles at $1.40, and 30 days of free storage. Scope limits are stated plainly on the site: no books, no hazmat. Billing terms are equally plain, including a $30 late fee and a hold on shipments over unpaid invoices. The warning covers presentation rather than substance: the homepage is thin, the site carries leftover template debris, and no third-party reviews exist yet, so start with a small test shipment. We verified it is a distinct business from the other Great Falls operators we list.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Flat $1.25 per packaged item, priced simply enough to compute in your head.
Simple flat pricing: $1.25 per packaged item, bundles from $1.50 plus $0.25 per additional item, outbound boxes $2.00 to $3.00, with volume and referral discounts. Family-owned since 2023. It shares a zip code with two other Billings operations whose rate cards are verbatim-identical to each other; this operator's price sheet is its own, and we verified the businesses are distinct. No testimonials appear on the site rather than seeded ones, and no third-party reviews exist yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Online since March 2025, with a complete published card.
A newer Great Falls operation, online since March 2025, which we state plainly. The card is complete: $1.00/unit stepping down to $0.70 at 6,001 to 10,000 units, FBM $2.00, shoes $1.25, bundles $1.30. Contact runs by phone, WhatsApp, or the site form; no email address is published. Its posted terms share template language with two other independent Montana operators from the same coaching program, noted for transparency; city, phone, ownership, and pricing are distinct. No third-party reviews exist yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Owner-run shop east of Billings, listed with a warning on one testimonial.
A small operation online since January 2025, run directly by its Montana-raised operator. The card is published: $1.25/unit at low volume down to $0.75 at 10,000+, bundles from $1.75, shoes and books $1.75, returns $1.25. The warning: one of the site's two testimonials used a stock template placeholder name, so we surface neither and treat reputation as unproven; no third-party reviews exist yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →A published street address, direct operator phones, and no setup fee.
One of the few Montana cottage operations publishing a full street address, on City View Lane in Great Falls, online since late 2023 with a climate-controlled warehouse. The card runs $1.49 at low volume down to $0.90 at 10,000+, with no setup fee and 14 days of free storage. Two operators run it directly and both publish their phone numbers, which we count toward accountability. No testimonials appear on the site rather than seeded ones, and no third-party reviews exist yet. The operators' twenty years of inventory-management experience predates the business, which we date honestly to 2023.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Flat $1.30/unit FBA pricing, listed at the state level.
Flat pricing that requires no spreadsheet: $1.30 per unit for FBA and $3.50 for FBM, inclusive of receiving, inspection, damaged-item photos, and labeling, with an under-48-hour turnaround. Family-owned and online since 2023 with a Montana phone number. It publishes no city, so we list it at the state level and note that plainly; no testimonials on the site, and no third-party reviews yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Scope limits stated up front: no books, no furniture, no hazmat.
Online since 2023 with a published card from $1.00 down to $0.70 per unit and the scope limits stated up front. Its tier structure matches two other independent Great Falls operations we list, a pattern we attribute to the seller-coaching-program price sheet circulating among Montana cottage shops; we verified ownership, phone, and contact are distinct. No third-party reviews yet, so start with a test shipment.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Team-run, with the lowest setup fee of the recent Montana additions at $25.
A team-run shop just outside Billings, online since 2023, with a published card from $1.25 down to $0.70 per unit. The team appears on the site with real photos. Read the storage terms before shipping: free for 30 days, then $20 a month, and inventory unclaimed for 3 months is forfeited under the posted terms, a longer grace window than some Montana peers but the same clause family we flag wherever it appears. No third-party reviews yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Loading dock, forklift, and pallet-load acceptance, which most Montana shops lack.
Online since early 2024 with a $0.50/unit floor at 10,000+ units, the lowest volume rate of the recent additions, from a card starting at $1.25 with a $75 setup. Two terms to read first: the street address is withheld until onboarding (a common cottage-shop anti-scam pattern; the city is confirmed), and unclaimed inventory forfeits after 6 months under the posted terms. Serves FBA, FBM, eBay, and Walmart WFS. No third-party reviews yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →A full rate card and terms published as dated PDFs.
One of the cleaner paper trails among the Montana cottage operators: a full rate card and terms published as downloadable PDFs dated October 2024, with per-unit prep at $1.20 dropping to $1.10 at 1,001+ units and a $25 one-time registration. Read the terms first: storage is free for 30 days then $30 a month, and unpaid balances forfeit product after 60 days, a shorter window than the 90-day clauses we flag at other Montana shops. Scope is stated plainly (new books only, no hazmat, 30-pound cap), invoicing runs biweekly via PayPal, and the card is its own, not the verbatim-copied sheet two other Billings operations share. No third-party reviews yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Named owners with their story on the site, and a card to $0.70/unit.
Run by Brandon and Allie Holmberg, named with their story on the site, online since early 2024. Per-unit card from $1.25 down to $0.70 at 8,000+ units with receiving, inspection, damage photos, label removal, and FNSKU labeling included; a $75 setup; storage free for 30 days then $35 per pallet a month. Its tier structure matches the seller-coaching template several distinct Montana operators use, which we disclose rather than penalize.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Family operation since 2019, multi-marketplace, with the terms clearly posted.
Owner Melody Henrie and her team are named with photos on the site, and the domain history is consistent with the eight-years-family-owned claim. $1.00/unit under 1,000 a month, $0.90 above, wholesale same-SKU at $0.80, a $50 one-time registration, and same-day FBM at $2.25. Preps for Amazon FBA, Walmart WFS, eBay, and Shopify. Read the posted terms first: the 30-day abandonment window is the shortest we list, and weekly invoices carry a $35 late fee, both flagged on the profile. State-level listing; no city published.
Profile, rate card and verification history →A clean public rate card; form-only contact is the tradeoff.
Corroborated by two independent directories, with its own distinct rate card: $1.50/unit dropping to $1.25 at 100+ units, shoes $3.00 a pair, FBM $2.75, bin storage from $5 a month, a $50 registration, and a 90-day abandonment clause posted. The honest tradeoff, flagged on the profile: the only contact channel is a form, with no email or phone published, so confirm responsiveness before committing volume.
Profile, rate card and verification history →One flat $1.00/unit rate plus materials, listed with a warning.
One flat number does most of the work: $1.00 per unit covers receiving, inspection, label removal, an inventory check with damage photos, every required label including FNSKU and suffocation warnings, and the first 30 days of storage, with shoes at $2.00 a pair, bundles $2.50 for 3 to 5 items and $3.50 for 6 to 10, storage after 30 days at $1.00 per cubic foot a month, returns $1.00 an item, and bulk lots of 50 or more by pre-approval. Montana registry confirms an assumed-business-name filing in good standing from April 2025, and the domain dates to two days later. The warning is about footprint, not integrity: the site is a single page that names Great Falls in its footer but publishes no street address and no phone, so we assert no warehouse; the domain carries no MX record, so the one working channel is a Gmail address; the 24-to-72-hour turnaround and the family-run, veteran-owned framing are the operator's own claims; and no third-party reviews exist yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Montana LLC in good standing since 2022, flat $1.10 per unit received.
Flat $1.10 per unit received covers receiving, inspection, label removal, photos of damaged items, and FNSKU, fragile, suffocation-warning, single-unit, and do-not-open labeling, with shoes at $3.00 a pair, shrink-wrapped books $2.25, oversized $5.00, a one-time $25 registration, and invoicing twice a month through PayPal. The Montana registry confirms a domestic LLC in good standing filed in August 2022 with the current annual report on file. Two terms settle whether this fits: it is not a storage facility, so items held past 30 days accrue $0.20 each a month and the operator reserves the right to remove or discard anything still there after three months. The registry city is a residence, so we list at the state level and assert no warehouse or street address. The builder-built site is half finished, and no third-party reviews exist anywhere yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Mountain Home Prep and Ship
Multi-serviceVolume tiers down to $0.75/unit, listed state-only with its registry standing unread.
Per-unit prep starts at $1.10 for the first 1,000 units a month and steps to $1.00 at 1,001, $0.90 at 2,501, and $0.75 at 8,001, with anything above 10,000 quoted directly, shoes at $1.75, multipacks $1.50 to $3.50 by unit count, a one-time $30 registration, and the operator stating that pricing is negotiable on product mix and volume. Direct-to-consumer shipping is a separate $3.00-per-unit line, and the site also advertises Walmart, Shopify, and eBay fulfillment plus freight forwarding, returns, and storage, none of which we verified independently, which is why we type it multi-service rather than prep specialist. Two limits stated plainly: we date the business to 2022 on four independent records, but the Montana registry status string could not be read (the state API and both company indexes were blocked), so we do not assert active standing; and three third-party directories name three different Montana cities while the site itself publishes none, so this is a state-level listing with no confirmed address. Two of the three on-site testimonials were initials-only and dropped, and no third-party review record is established.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Amazon-only, tiers to $0.50/unit, and no prices on the homepage.
Per-unit prep starts at $1.25 for the first 1,000 units and steps down through $1.00, $0.90, and $0.70 to $0.50 above 10,000, with oversize items (over 24 inches on any side or over 10 pounds) at $3.50, shoes $2.00 including a rubber band, bundles $1.75 plus poly up to five items then $0.25 each, returns $0.75, a one-time $75 registration, and FBM quoted on request. Storage is free for 30 days, then $35 per pallet a month, with an abandonment clause at six months. Montana registry confirms the LLC in good standing from August 2024 with the current annual report filed, which clears our 12-month bar with room to spare rather than being a long track record. Practical notes: the homepage carries no prices, so pull the separate price sheet before you enquire; the contact block prints a malformed address, so use the mailto link; and the geography comes from the registry filing, which is a residence, so we assert no warehouse there. All three homepage testimonials were initials-only and dropped.
Profile, rate card and verification history →FBA-only, flat $1.70 per packaged item, with a deliberately narrow scope.
Flat-rate rather than tiered: $1.70 per packaged item covers inspection, price-tag and barcode removal, correct labels, bubble wrap, poly bags, rubber bands, shipment-plan creation, and boxing, with bundles at $2.10 for up to four items plus $0.10 each after, fragile items $3.00, and boxes billed separately from $2.50 to $4.00 by size. Read the scope first, because it is deliberately narrow: FBA only, small inventory such as supplements, makeup, and clothing, no hazmat, no removals, and the operator states plainly it is not set up for storage, charging $2.00 per item a month past 30 days. Montana registry confirms a domestic LLC in good standing filed in November 2022, with the domain registered two days later. The registry city is confirmed and matches the site's own contact page, but there is no city page for it, so we list at the state level and assert no warehouse; the domain carries no MX record, so email has to go to a personal Gmail; and no third-party reviews exist yet.
Profile, rate card and verification history →Book-prep specialist, quote-based, listed with a warning.
A genuine niche operator: book prep is the stated specialty, making it one of only three book-focused centers we list, working about 40 miles northwest of Billings with a 24 to 72 hour turnaround. The warning covers depth rather than integrity: no rate card is published, so intake runs through an application form and you should get pricing in writing first; the site is thin; and the city is confirmed by independent directories rather than the site itself. Active as of June 2026 per its directory listings, with a working phone and email.
Profile, rate card and verification history →
What a Montana prep center actually charges.
Every operator in this table publishes its own per-unit price sheet. We print what they publish and nothing else: a field that reads "Not published" is a field the operator does not disclose, never our estimate of it.
$1.25
Across the 27 distinct published cards below
$0.50
Reached only at the top volume tier
28
Of the 29 operators ranked above
| Center | City | Entry rate | Best volume rate | One-time setup | Storage | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steadfast Prep and Pack | Great Falls | $1.00 under 500/mo | $0.90 at 1,000+ | $49.99 | 30 days free | 2026-07-28 |
| Elkhorn Prep and Ship | Billings | $1.00 | $0.60 at 10,000+ | $30 | Not published | 2026-07-14 |
| Medicine River Prep and Ship | Great Falls | $1.00 | $0.70 at volume | Not published | 30 days free | 2026-07-28 |
| Electric City Prep and Ship | Great Falls | $1.00 | $0.70 at 6,001 to 10,000 | Not published | Not published | 2026-07-28 |
| HNK Prep and Ship | Great Falls | $1.00 | $0.70 at volume | Not published | Not published | 2026-08-03 |
| Central MT Prep N Ship | Statewide | $1.00 under 1,000/mo | $0.90 at 1,000+ | $50 | 30-day abandonment window | 2026-07-15 |
| Giant Springs Fulfillment Services | Great Falls | $1.00 flat | Flat rate, no tiers | Not published | 30 days free, then $1.00/cu ft/mo | 2026-08-10 |
| 406 Premier Prep | Billings | $1.10 at 1 to 100 | $0.50 at 8,001+ | $25 | 30 days free, then $20/mo per line item | 2026-08-10 |
| AM Prep & Ship | Statewide | $1.10 flat | Flat rate, no tiers | $25 | 30 days free, then $0.20/item/mo | 2026-07-27 |
| Mountain Home Prep and ShipMulti-service | Statewide | $1.10 first 1,000/mo | $0.75 at 8,001+ | $30 | Not published | 2026-08-10 |
| Magpies Prep and Ship | Billings | $1.20 | $1.10 at 1,001+ | $25 | 30 days free, then $30/mo | 2026-08-03 |
| Grizzly Prep MT | Billings | $1.25 at 1 to 49/shipment | $0.50 at 8,000+ | $50 | 30 days free, then $20/SKU/mo | 2026-08-10 |
| Ready Set Prep N Pack | Helena | $1.25 flat | Not published | $60 | 30 days free | 2026-08-17 |
| Yellowstone Prep and Ship | Billings | $1.25 | $0.50 at 10,000+ | $75 | 90-day unpaid-storage forfeiture | 2026-07-28 |
| Tailwind Pack & Ship | Billings | $1.25 | $0.50 at 10,000+ | $75 | 90-day unpaid-storage forfeiture | 2026-07-28 |
| That's A Wrap | Billings | $1.25 flat per item | By quote, volume discounts | Not published | Not published | 2026-08-03 |
| Rivers Edge Prep & Ship | Pompeys Pillar | $1.25 | $0.75 at 10,000+ | Not published | Not published | 2026-07-14 |
| All Seasons Prep and Ship | Huntley | $1.25 | $0.70 at volume | $25 | 30 days free, then $20/mo | 2026-07-14 |
| MGM Prep and Ship | Billings | $1.25 | $0.50 at 10,000+ | $75 | 6-month abandonment window | 2026-08-03 |
| Flatwillow Prep and Ship | Laurel | $1.25 | $0.70 at 8,000+ | $75 | 30 days free, then $35/pallet/mo | 2026-08-03 |
| KCDC Logistics | Laurel | $1.25 first 1,000 | $0.50 above 10,000 | $75 | 30 days free, then $35/pallet/mo | 2026-08-10 |
| Cole Creek Prep | Statewide | $1.30 flat | Flat rate, no tiers | Not published | Not published | 2026-07-14 |
| Montana Logistics ProMulti-service | Great Falls | $1.45 at 1 to 500/mo | $1.00 at 5,001 to 10,000 | Not published | 14 days free, then $2.40/cu ft ($4.80 in Q4) | 2026-07-28 |
| Montana Prep Solutions | Helena | $1.49 at 1 to 200/mo | $0.85 at 10,000+ | None | 14 days free | 2026-08-10 |
| Max Prep | Great Falls | $1.49 | $0.90 at 10,000+ | None | 14 days free | 2026-08-03 |
| RLC Prep & Ship | Red Lodge | $1.50 | $0.85 at 10,000+ | Not published | Not published | 2026-08-03 |
| Frontier Prep N Pack | Statewide | $1.50 | $1.25 at 100+ | $50 | Bin storage from $5/mo | 2026-08-03 |
| Highline Packaging | Statewide | $1.70 flat per item | Flat rate, no tiers | Not published | 30 days free, then $2.00/item/mo | 2026-07-27 |
Tax-free states charge 58% more. Montana is the cheapest of them.
Our 2026 pricing index found entry rates in the four tax-free states with verified centers (NH, OR, DE, MT) running 58% above the rest of the US pool: a $1.50 median against $0.95. Part of the sales-tax saving gets priced back into the prep fee. Montana was the cheapest tax-free cluster in that snapshot at a $1.25 median across the 7 Montana centers published on 2026-06-12, against $1.75 for New Hampshire.
Read the 2026 FBA prep pricing index for the quartiles, fixed costs, and the three pricing architectures behind those medians.
Verified prep centers in Montana
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.
Express Prep and Ship
Express Prep and Ship is a family-scale FBA prep operation in Columbus, Montana, a sales-tax-free state, operating since late 2022 (domain and site history) and registered as Express Prep And Ship LLC (Montana SoS C1405820, Active-Good Standing, agent Sandra June Croft, registered December 2023). The card is published and per-unit: $1.25 per unit received, including inspection, label removal, damage photos, and FNSKU, fragile, and suffocation labeling; books $2.00 with poly bag; shoes $2.50; oversize $4.00; bundles $1.25 per item for the first two items, $1.00 at three or more. A $50 one-time registration fee applies, with billing on the 1st and 15th. Onboarding runs through Seller Central user permissions (Inventory and Shipments). Cautions, plainly: the ship-to address sellers are given is a residential property with no outbuildings on record, and the state registry lists no principal business address at all (mailing address only), so where the work physically happens is unconfirmed (the common Montana cottage-operator pattern), the published phone is a personal mobile line, the signup page shows two different Gmail addresses (the homepage address is canonical), and third-party reviews are absent beyond one dated on-site testimonial.
KCDC Logistics
An Amazon-only prep center in sales-tax-free Laurel, Montana, formed as a Montana LLC in August 2024. Per-unit prep starts at $1.25 for the first 1,000 units and steps down to $1.00 at 1,001, $0.90 at 4,001, $0.70 at 8,001 and $0.50 above 10,000. Oversize items over 24 inches on any side or over 10 pounds are $3.50. Shoes are $2.00 including a rubber band, bundles $1.75 plus poly up to five items then $0.25 per additional item, and returns $0.75 each. Storage is free for 30 days then $35 per pallet per month, with an abandonment clause at six months. There is a one-time $75 registration fee and FBM is quoted on request. Note that the homepage carries no prices: the full rate card is one click away on the price sheet.
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.
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.
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.
Giant Springs Fulfillment Services
A family-run, veteran-owned prep center in sales-tax-free Great Falls, Montana, publishing a complete per-unit rate card on its homepage. Flat $1.00 per unit covers receiving, inspection, label removal, an inventory check with damage photos, and every required label including FNSKU and suffocation warnings. Shoes are $2.00. Bundles run $2.50 for 3 to 5 items and $3.50 for 6 to 10. Storage is free for 30 days, then $1.00 per cubic foot per month. Returns are $1.00 per item. Bulk lots of 50 or more need pre-approval. Stated turnaround is 24 to 72 hours. The site is a single page and publishes no address or phone, so the Great Falls location here comes from the Montana registry filing rather than the operator's own site.
Max Prep
Max Prep runs FBA prep from a published street address on City View Lane in Great Falls, MT, a state with no sales tax, online since late 2023 with a climate-controlled warehouse and 24-72 hour turn times. The card is published and volume-tiered from $1.49 down to $0.90 per unit with no setup fee and 14 days of free storage. Two operators run it directly and both publish their phone numbers. The site shows no testimonials rather than seeded ones; no third-party reviews exist yet, so start with a test shipment. The operators' twenty years of inventory-management experience predates this business, which we date to 2023.
That's A Wrap
That's A Wrap is a family-owned FBA prep shop in Billings, MT, a state with no sales tax, operating since 2023 with simple flat pricing: $1.25 per packaged item and bundles from $1.50. It sits in the same zip code as two other Billings operations we list whose rate cards are verbatim-identical to each other; That's A Wrap's price sheet is its own, and we verified the businesses are distinct. The site carries no testimonials rather than seeded ones, and no third-party reviews exist yet, so start with a test shipment.
MGM Prep and Ship
MGM Prep and Ship runs FBA, FBM, eBay, and Walmart WFS prep in Billings, MT, a state with no sales tax, online since early 2024 with a loading dock and forklift for pallet and wholesale loads. The card is published from $1.25 down to $0.50 per unit at 10,000+ units with a $75 setup fee. The operator withholds the street address until onboarding, a common pattern among Montana cottage shops, so we list at the city level. Storage terms include a 6-month forfeiture clause for unclaimed inventory, disclosed here. No third-party reviews exist yet.
Magpies Prep and Ship
Magpies Prep and Ship is a family-run FBA prep shop in Billings, MT, a state with no sales tax, online since 2022 with one of the cleaner published rate cards among the Montana cottage operators: $1.20 per unit dropping to $1.10 at 1,001+, a $25 one-time registration, and downloadable pricing and terms PDFs dated October 2024. Read the terms before shipping: storage is free for 30 days then $30 a month, and unpaid balances forfeit product after 60 days, a shorter window than some Montana peers. Scope limits are stated plainly: new books only, no hazmat, 30-pound item cap. Invoicing is biweekly via PayPal.
HNK Prep and Ship
HNK Prep and Ship runs FBA prep in Great Falls, MT, a state with no sales tax, online since 2023, with a published card from $1.00 down to $0.70 per unit and scope limits stated plainly: no books, no furniture, no hazmat. Its tier structure matches two other independent Great Falls operations we list, a pattern consistent with the seller-coaching-program price sheet circulating among Montana cottage shops; ownership, phone, and contact are distinct, and we verified the businesses separately. No third-party reviews exist yet, so start with a test shipment.
RLC Prep & Ship
RLC Prep & Ship runs FBA, Walmart WFS, and FBM prep from a published street address on Red Lodge Creek Road in Red Lodge, MT, a state with no sales tax, operating since 2022. The per-unit card is public and volume-tiered from $1.50 down to $0.85 at 10,000+ units, with books at $1.75 and FBM at $2.25. The site shows no testimonials rather than seeded ones, which we count in its favor; there are also no third-party reviews yet, so start with a test shipment. Its posted terms share template language with two other independent Montana shops from the same coaching program, noted for transparency.
Frontier Prep N Pack
Frontier Prep N Pack is a Montana FBA and FBM prep operation online since mid-2023, in a state with no sales tax, with its Montana location corroborated by two independent directories; no city is published, so we list it at the state level. The rate card is public: $1.50 per unit dropping to $1.25 at 100+ units, shoes at $3.00 a pair, FBM at $2.75, bin storage from $5 a month, and a $50 one-time registration, with a 90-day abandonment clause in the posted terms. One caution to weigh before committing volume: the only contact channel is a form; the operation publishes no email address or phone number, so confirm responsiveness first.
Flatwillow Prep and Ship
Flatwillow Prep and Ship is a family prep shop in Laurel, MT, southwest of Billings in a state with no sales tax, online since early 2024 and run by Brandon and Allie Holmberg, who are named with their story on the site. The per-unit card is published: $1.25 down to $0.70 at volume with receiving, inspection, damage photos, label removal, and FNSKU labeling included, bundles at $1.75, a $75 setup fee, and storage free for 30 days then $35 a pallet a month. Its tier structure matches the seller-coaching-program template shared by several distinct Montana operators, which we disclose rather than count against them; we confirmed the operators are distinct. Inventory abandoned for six months is forfeited under the posted terms.
Medicine River Prep and Ship
Medicine River Prep and Ship is a pure FBA prep shop in Great Falls, MT, a state with no sales tax, run by operator Kim Davis since 2023. The rate card is published and volume-tiered from $1.00 down to $0.70 per unit with 30 days of free storage, and the scope limits are stated plainly on the site: no books, no hazmat. Billing terms are disclosed up front, including a $30 late fee and a hold on shipments over unpaid invoices. We found no third-party reviews yet and the homepage is thin, so treat reputation as unproven and start small. The operation is distinct from the other Great Falls centers we list, with its own template, rates, and phone.
Yellowstone Prep and Ship
Yellowstone Prep and Ship is an Amazon, Walmart, and eBay prep operation in Billings, MT, a sales-tax-free state, run by owner Katy Byrd since 2022. The per-unit card is public and budget-priced: $1.25 per unit sliding to $0.50 at 10,000+ units a month with FNSKU labeling included, a $75 one-time registration, and 24-48 hour typical turnaround. It carries the deepest third-party review record of the Montana centers we list: 55 dated reviews at 5.0 on a prep-industry directory spanning 2024 to 2026, plus a 4.5-of-5 Walmart marketplace seller rating. This listing carries a warning for two reasons: inventory left over 90 days with unpaid storage becomes the operator's property under their posted terms, and the website still contains live Wix template debris (a placeholder shop and template service pages), so use the price sheet and direct contact, not the site's stray pages. Note for comparison shoppers: another Billings operator we list, Tailwind Pack & Ship, publishes a rate card and terms identical to this one; Yellowstone's is the older operation.
Electric City Prep and Ship
Electric City Prep and Ship runs FBA prep in Great Falls, MT (the Electric City), in a state with no sales tax, online since March 2025. The rate card is published: $1.00/unit stepping down to $0.70 at volume, FBM at $2.00, shoes at $1.25, bundles at $1.30. Contact is by phone, WhatsApp, or the site form; the operation publishes no email address. Its posted terms share template language with two other independent Montana prep shops from the same seller-coaching program, which we note for transparency; pricing, ownership, phone, and city are all distinct.
Steadfast Prep and Pack
Steadfast Prep and Pack is an FBA prep center in Great Falls, MT, a state with no sales tax. The site leads with an all-inclusive per-unit card: $1.00 per unit under 500 units a month, stepping to $0.90 at 1,000+, with receiving, photo-documented inspection, label removal, all labeling, rubber bands, and 30 days of free storage included, and no monthly or receiving fees. A one-time $49.99 registration fee is disclosed up front. Montana Secretary of State records show Steadfast Prep and Pack, LLC registered May 2025 in active good standing under founder Amber Benford, so this is a newer operation: we found no independent third-party reviews yet, and its 13 five-star reviews exist only on a directory that does not verify them. The site also advertises Walmart WFS prep; that claim is operator-stated and we could not confirm it from the site's own FAQ, which names Amazon, eBay, Shopify, and Etsy.
Tailwind Pack & Ship
Tailwind Pack & Ship is a small Amazon prep operation in Billings, MT, a sales-tax-free state, run by owner Trina Weston, who is named on the site's own contact page. The per-unit card is public and budget-priced: $1.25 per unit sliding to $0.50 at 10,000+ units a month with FNSKU labeling included, a $75 one-time registration fee, and 24-48 hour turnaround. This listing carries a warning, and two terms deserve your attention before shipping: inventory left over 90 days with unpaid storage becomes the operator's property under their posted policy, and they disclaim liability for damage or loss in transit to Amazon. The operation publishes no street address (it appears home-based), its Montana registration could not be checked by automated means, and its 24 five-star reviews live only on one signup-gated prep directory, so independent reputation is effectively unverified.
Highline Packaging
A small FBA-only prep and pack operation in Ballantine, eastern Montana, a Montana LLC in good standing since November 2022, working on flat-rate rather than tiered pricing. $1.70 per packaged item covers inspection, price-tag and barcode removal, correct labels, bubble wrap, poly bags, rubber bands, shipment-plan creation and boxing. Bundles are $2.10 for up to four items plus $0.10 per additional item, and fragile items are $3.00. Boxes are charged separately from $2.50 to $4.00 by size. The fit here is deliberately narrow and worth reading before you enquire: FBA only, small inventory such as supplements, makeup and clothing, no hazmat, no removals, and the operator states plainly that it is not set up for storage, charging $2.00 per item per month beyond 30 days.
AM Prep & Ship
A husband-and-wife prep center in sales-tax-free Joliet, Montana, operating as a Montana LLC since August 2022. Flat $1.10 per unit received covers receiving, inspection, label removal, inventory with photos if damaged, and FNSKU, fragile, suffocation-warning, single-unit and do-not-open labeling. Shoes are $3.00 per pair, shrink-wrapped books $2.25, oversized $5.00. There is a one-time $25 registration fee and billing runs twice monthly by PayPal invoice. Stated turnaround is 24 to 72 hours. Two terms worth knowing before you ship: this is not a storage facility, so items still held after one month accrue $0.20 per item per month, and after three months the operator reserves the right to remove or discard them.
Central MT Prep N Ship
Central MT Prep N Ship is a family-owned Montana prep shop running since 2019, in a state with no sales tax, with owner Melody Henrie and her named team pictured on the site. The card is published and per-unit: $1.00 per unit under 1,000 a month, $0.90 above, wholesale same-SKU runs at $0.80, with a $50 one-time registration and same-day FBM at $2.25. It preps for Amazon FBA, Walmart WFS, eBay, and Shopify. Read the terms before shipping: inventory abandoned for 30 days is forfeited under the posted policy, the shortest such window among the Montana operators we list, and weekly invoices carry a $35 late fee. The operation publishes no city, so we list it at the state level.
Big Sky Prep N Ship
Big Sky Prep N Ship is a small book-prep specialist in Lavina, MT, about 40 miles northwest of Billings in a state with no sales tax, online since 2023 with 24 to 72 hour turnaround. It publishes no rate card, so request pricing through its application form and get the numbers in writing before shipping. The city is confirmed through independent directories rather than the site itself, which only says Montana; the operation is one of two book-prep specialists we list alongside the used-book operators in Virginia and Michigan. The site is thin, which we note plainly; no testimonials appear on it, seeded or otherwise.
Cole Creek Prep
Cole Creek Prep is a family-owned FBA and FBM prep shop in Montana, a state with no sales tax, online since 2023 with flat published pricing: $1.30 per unit for FBA and $3.50 for FBM, inclusive of receiving, inspection, and labeling, with turnaround under 48 hours. The operation publishes a Montana phone number but no city, so we list it at the state level. There are no testimonials on the site rather than seeded ones, and no third-party reviews yet.
All Seasons Prep and Ship
All Seasons Prep and Ship is a team-run prep shop in Huntley, MT, just outside Billings in a state with no sales tax, online since 2023 with a published card from $1.25 down to $0.70 per unit and a $25 one-time setup. The team is named on the site with real photos. Read the storage terms before shipping: storage is free for 30 days then $20 a month, and inventory left unclaimed for 3 months is forfeited under their posted terms, a longer grace window than some Montana peers but the same clause family. No third-party reviews exist yet.
Elkhorn Prep and Ship
Elkhorn Prep and Ship is a Billings, MT prep operation in a state with no sales tax, running since 2023, with the deepest published terms of the recent Montana additions: a full 15-point service agreement, a $30 one-time registration, and a 100-unit monthly minimum. Per-unit prep steps from $1.00 down to $0.60 at 10,000+ units. The city is corroborated by three independent directories including a Yelp listing updated in June 2026. Its 3P Mercury certification claim is operator-stated. The posted terms share template language with two other independent Montana shops from the same seller-coaching program, noted for transparency.
Rivers Edge Prep & Ship
Rivers Edge Prep & Ship is a small FBA prep operation in Pompeys Pillar, MT, east of Billings in a state with no sales tax, online since January 2025. The per-unit card is published and volume-tiered from $1.25 down to $0.75 at 10,000+ units a month, with bundles from $1.75 and shoes or books at $1.75. The operator is Montana-raised and runs the shop directly. One of the site's two testimonials used a template placeholder name, so we surface neither; treat reputation as unproven and start with a test shipment.
Mountain Home Prep and Ship
A Montana prep center that also runs multi-channel fulfillment, operating since 2022. Per-unit prep starts at $1.10 for the first 1,000 units a month and steps down to $1.00 at 1,001, $0.90 at 2,501 and $0.75 at 8,001, with volumes above 10,000 quoted directly. Shoes are $1.75 and multipacks run $1.50 to $2.25 depending on unit count. There is a one-time $30 registration fee and the operator states pricing is negotiable on product mix and monthly volume. Alongside FBA prep it offers order fulfillment for Walmart, Shopify and eBay, direct-to-consumer shipping at a separate $3.00 per unit, freight forwarding, returns management and warehousing, which is why it is typed multi-service rather than prep-specialist. It publishes no city or street address, so this listing is state-only.
Montana Logistics Pro
Montana Logistics Pro is an Amazon prep center and 3PL warehouse at 5311 13th Street South in Great Falls, MT, a state with no sales tax. The homepage leads with a full per-unit FBA prep card: $1.45 per unit for the first 500 units a month, stepping down to $1.00 per unit above 5,000, with receiving, inspection, poly bagging, FNSKU labels, reused boxes, and dunnage included. Wholesale runs $1.15 down to $0.90 per unit. Storage is free for two weeks, then $2.40 per cubic foot, rising to $4.80 in Q4. Operating since 2020 per archived site captures, with 2023 hiring activity in Great Falls corroborating a physical operation. Disclosure: 3PL warehousing and ecommerce fulfillment are secondary service lines. We found no third-party customer reviews after roughly six years and the published contact is a Gmail address, so do your own diligence on service quality.
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