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"So not so bad for either company.. and unless Amazon opens it up to other companies to use, they aren't going to rival UPS or even FedEx in revenue." Seems th

"So not so bad for either company.. and unless Amazon opens it up to other companies to use, they aren't going to rival UPS or even FedEx in revenue." Seems they will at some point in the future. They already allow any packages to be delivered to their lockers [0]. So it's not too far-fetched they'll soon allow any shipper to use their "delivery" service. 0. https://thehub.amazon.com/ https://thehub.amazon.com/

mcny 9y ago
I imagine ideally Amazon.com would prefer merchants use "fulfilled by Amazon" and leave the logistics of shipping from Amazon to the customer up to Amazon.
- TorKlingberg 9y ago
  I think it will start with special items, like printed business cards. They're custom made so you can't leave a stock with Amazon to fulfil, but they still want to capture that market and offer Prime delivery. So it makes sense to let a third party manufacturer-seller ship through Amazon Logistics.
astronautjones 9y ago
In my anecdotal evidence, the lockers and storefront are a tire fire. Been to my local store five times and every time there's one guy working with ten people yelling at him like he's the devil himself and most of the terminals not working, heaps of returns just sitting on the counter and floor out of reach of the lone floor employee
- insickness 9y ago
  In NYC the lockers in central locations are always full.
ant6n 9y ago
The hub service seems to be for buildings, adding their locker technologies. I don't think there's a way for people to send non-amazon packages to an amazon locker.
- kennethologist 9y ago
  Not yet. I suspect Hub is a pre-cursor to this an experiment of sorts while they also get some useful data in the process.
voltagex_ 9y ago
I hope they manage it better than they manage the "ParcelPoint" locations in Australia - at least two of three in the CBD near me have closed down but were still listed on the site. Cue parcels going missing - Amazon just refunded me. Their own tracking didn't specify what happened. It's going to be both interesting and frustrating when they open in Australia properly. They should just pay AusPost and use those lockers but I bet they'll open their own.
beauzero 9y ago
If you are "self fulfilled Prime" i.e. your own warehouse...you must use Amazon negotiated rates and print Amazon labels. We do this. I would expect them to open their shipping service to us for this. It will put mail consolidators like Newgistics out of business. Newgistics picks up from us, sorts, then delivers to the nearest end point (Bulk Mail Processing Center), where USPS takes possession of the mail and delivers it "last mile".
- beauzero 9y ago
  If you need shipping software that allows you to rate shop Amazon (to do self fulfilled Prime)...I would suggest www.desktopshipper.com. They used to be named IBS Northwest but are getting away from that name for obvious reasons.

mcny 9y ago

I imagine ideally Amazon.com would prefer merchants use "fulfilled by Amazon" and leave the logistics of shipping from Amazon to the customer up to Amazon.

TorKlingberg 9y ago
I think it will start with special items, like printed business cards. They're custom made so you can't leave a stock with Amazon to fulfil, but they still want to capture that market and offer Prime delivery. So it makes sense to let a third party manufacturer-seller ship through Amazon Logistics.

astronautjones 9y ago

In my anecdotal evidence, the lockers and storefront are a tire fire. Been to my local store five times and every time there's one guy working with ten people yelling at him like he's the devil himself and most of the terminals not working, heaps of returns just sitting on the counter and floor out of reach of the lone floor employee

insickness 9y ago
In NYC the lockers in central locations are always full.

ant6n 9y ago

The hub service seems to be for buildings, adding their locker technologies. I don't think there's a way for people to send non-amazon packages to an amazon locker.

kennethologist 9y ago
Not yet. I suspect Hub is a pre-cursor to this an experiment of sorts while they also get some useful data in the process.

voltagex_ 9y ago

I hope they manage it better than they manage the "ParcelPoint" locations in Australia - at least two of three in the CBD near me have closed down but were still listed on the site. Cue parcels going missing - Amazon just refunded me. Their own tracking didn't specify what happened. It's going to be both interesting and frustrating when they open in Australia properly. They should just pay AusPost and use those lockers but I bet they'll open their own.

beauzero 9y ago

If you are "self fulfilled Prime" i.e. your own warehouse...you must use Amazon negotiated rates and print Amazon labels. We do this. I would expect them to open their shipping service to us for this. It will put mail consolidators like Newgistics out of business. Newgistics picks up from us, sorts, then delivers to the nearest end point (Bulk Mail Processing Center), where USPS takes possession of the mail and delivers it "last mile".

beauzero 9y ago
If you need shipping software that allows you to rate shop Amazon (to do self fulfilled Prime)...I would suggest www.desktopshipper.com. They used to be named IBS Northwest but are getting away from that name for obvious reasons.