{"id":16120,"date":"2026-02-25T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernbid.com\/%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%b7-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d1%96%d1%97\/services-of-the-pre-center\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T01:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T01:55:49","slug":"prep-center-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernbid.com\/en\/knowledge-base\/prep-center-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep Center Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Western Bid offers Prep Center services in the USA. This service significantly expands sellers’ capabilities in preparing goods for sale on global marketplaces. You can manage the warehouse from your personal account.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The staff of the Prep Center will help you purchase goods on selected wholesale supplier sites, correctly label and repack them, and then ship them to the required address, for example, to Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) or to your customers. The shipping cost can be calculated on our shipping calculator<\/a>.<\/p>

The Prep Center service will help you purchase goods from wholesale bases and expand the number of marketplaces for your sales; for this you can use not only your marketplaces, and our American stores<\/strong> on eBay (everything allowed by the marketplace for selling), Mercari (mobile apps for selling used items), and also list the product in our free store on Lavky.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How to buy goods from wholesale warehouses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Using the Prep Center’s services includes the ability to purchase goods from wholesale bases. You can place orders both on U.S. sites and on other international platforms, provided that the site supports payment with US-issued cards and offers delivery to the United States. After receiving a payment request for the goods, the final decision regarding the possibility of paying on foreign sites is made by our staff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You need to go to the wholesale base website, assemble a shopping cart of items, and send us a link to it (must be accompanied by the login and password under which you are registered on the base’s website).<\/p>

The data must be sent in the Western Bid client account: the menu section “Orders” \u2013 “Place a new order”. Please, in the product description indicate that this product is specifically for the Prep Center, leave the sender’s name blank, in the comment provide access to the site where the order is placed.<\/p>

Our company’s employees will perform the final calculation of the amount, pay for the order, and specify the delivery address as the address of our Prep Center in Miami. The cost of one order (color and size variations possible) $5.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Storage, management and dispatch of goods from the warehouse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Important:\u00a0<\/strong>the Prep Center accepts only goods paid for by our staff.<\/blockquote>

When sending to our warehouse, in the Personal Account you need to select “Manual shipment of a batch to the warehouse”. Here you need to specify the order number from the Personal Account and the shipment number from the site on which the goods were purchased. If the goods need to be sent to FBA, then in your request to ship the goods to the customer you need to create a ticket, attaching the necessary labels to this ticket.<\/p>

\u200dIf you place an order with the Prep Center, and the package arrives without batch labeling, then upon its receipt our employee will perform additional work on labeling the goods. Therefore, payment for his work will be charged at $50 per hour (minimum half an hour).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Storage of goods in the warehouse: on one American pallet (40 \u00d7 48 \u00d7 70 in or 1016 \u00d7 1219 \u00d7 1778 mm)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The quantity of product units is taken at the time of settlement every 30 days.<\/p>

For example, 50 units of goods were received in a batch on January 1. After 30 days, on January 31, this batch had 20 units left; the rest were sold and shipped to customers, so the subscription fee is calculated based on 20 units. If 30 units of goods arrived and all of them were sold within 30 days, storage will be free.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Weight range, kg<\/th>\n Storage cost, USD<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
up to 0.050<\/td>\n $0.04<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
0.051 \u2013 0.100<\/td>\n $0.08<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
0.101 \u2013 0.200<\/td>\n $0.10<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
0.201 \u2013 0.300<\/td>\n $0.13<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
0.301 \u2013 0.500<\/td>\n $0.16<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
0.501 \u2013 0.750<\/td>\n $0.18<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
0.751 \u2013 1.000<\/td>\n $0.26<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.001 \u2013 1.500<\/td>\n $0.39<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.501 \u2013 2.000<\/td>\n $0.50<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.001 \u2013 3.000<\/td>\n $0.60<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.001 \u2013 4.000<\/td>\n $1.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
4.001 \u2013 5.000<\/td>\n $2.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
5.001 \u2013 6.000<\/td>\n $2.40<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
6.001 \u2013 7.000<\/td>\n $2.80<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
7.001 \u2013 8.000<\/td>\n $3.20<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
8.001 \u2013 9.000<\/td>\n $3.60<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
9.001 \u2013 10.000<\/td>\n $4.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10.001 \u2013 12.000<\/td>\n $5.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12.001 \u2013 15.000<\/td>\n $6.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15.001 \u2013 17.000<\/td>\n $7.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17.001 \u2013 20.000<\/td>\n $8.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
20.001 \u2013 23.000<\/td>\n $10.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
23.001 \u2013 26.000<\/td>\n $12.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
26.001 \u2013 30.000<\/td>\n $14.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
30.001 \u2013 35.000<\/td>\n $16.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
35.001 \u2013 45.000<\/td>\n $20.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
over 45.001<\/td>\n $45.00<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Warehouse handling fee for dispatched parcels<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Charged at the moment the shipment is created for dispatch.<\/p>

For orders with up to 2 items (+$0.25 for each additional unit):<\/p>

up to 0.5 kg \u2013 $2.00;
from 0.501 kg to 1.000 kg – $2.50;
from 1.001 kg to 2.000 kg – $3.00;
from 2.001 kg to 4.500 kg – $4.00;
from 4.501 kg to 6.000 kg – $5.00;
from 6.001 kg to 10.000 kg – $6.00;
over 10.000 kg \u2013 $7.00<\/p>

Prices are shown per shipment excluding boxes and shipping costs (volumetric or actual weight \u2013 calculation is based on the greater value).<\/p>

You can calculate the cost of shipping from the Prep Center using a convenient calculator.\u00a0Go to calculator.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>

\u200dAttention!<\/strong>\u00a0We inform about price increases for sending certain parcels via SurePost from our Prep Center. Today, 29.03.2023, it was announced that, starting from March 25, 2023, UPS SurePost has introduced additional surcharges on bulky shipments.\u200d<\/p>

  1. Additional charge for non-standard cube:
    Any parcel with dimensions D x W x H exceeding 2 cubic feet (3456 cubic inches).
    Note: 1 cubic foot equals approximately 0.0283 cubic meters. \u2013<\/em>$15.00 per box<\/em><\/strong>.
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  2. Additional charge for non-standard length:
    Any parcel with the largest side more than 76 cm and not exceeding 122 cm. \u2013$5.00 per box
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  3. Additional charge for non-machinable handling.
    The following conditions apply to the additional charge per parcel:

    – Any parcel with one dimension measuring more than 27 inches (68.58 cm) and not exceeding 30 inches (76.2 cm).
    – Any parcel with two dimensions, each measuring more than 17 inches (43.18 cm) and not exceeding 30 inches (76.2 cm).
    – Any parcel weighing over 35 pounds (approximately 15.88 kg). \u2013\u00a0$4.20 per box
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  4. Additional charge for non-standard length:
    Any parcel with the largest side measured more than 22 inches (55.88 cm) and not exceeding 27 inches (68.58 cm). \u2013\u00a0$2.00 per box<\/strong>\u200d<\/li><\/ol>

    Attention!<\/strong>\u00a0We inform about price increases for sending certain parcels via Mail Innovations from our Prep Center.\u200d<\/p>

    1. Additional charge for non-standard cube:
      Any parcel with dimensions D x W x H exceeding 56.6 cm\u00b3.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/em>$4.00 per box<\/em><\/strong>.
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      How to manage warehouse stock<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      After connecting the Prep Center service in your Personal Account, we will provide a detailed instruction on how to work with this service.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Product returns<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      In online commerce there is a certain percentage of returns for various reasons. It is necessary to take this aspect into account in your work as well. If, for example, a complaint about a product is filed, the product did not fit, or for some other reason the buyer requests a refund, then the funds are debited from the seller’s account. The procedure takes place within the framework of the refunds process.<\/p>

      Returns of goods are accepted at the address of our warehouse in the United States. Storage of goods for 30 days is free of charge. Learn more about handling returns here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      If desired, we offer additional services that the customer may request. One of these services is free gift wrapping – a polyethylene bag with a themed design.<\/p>

      It can also be a letter with a grateful message to the customer. You provide the text for the message yourself. We can print such text or the phrase “Thank you for your purchase!” for free.<\/p>

      If desired, a greeting card can be arranged, at a cost of $0.50 per piece. It can also bear either the text you send, or the phrase “Thank you!” or “Thank you for your purchase!”.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      We can list your product from our US accounts on the world’s most famous marketplaces:<\/p>