Lost in the FBA/AWD/AFC Decision Tree

Long story short, I run an automotive liquidation business and we’ve been around for ~20yrs at this point and our traditional resale methods are drastically changing, especially in the last 3-4mo. This has me looking towards other avenues and it’s hard to think about merchandise sales without thinking of Amazon.

I have a number of items that sell in 300-1000pcs/mo on Amazon and I can guarantee that no one could come close to the prices I could offer. Not interested in a race to the bottom but I could pretty easily corner some markets. That being said, Im getting ready to send my first shipment and am kind of lost on what the best option for me is. I have a large warehouse, so storage is really not the problem, but I don’t really want to deal with the process of handling single pieces myself, so I think FBA is my best choice.

Okay great, now for shipping. I am looking to consolidate 5-6 SKUs to a single pallet (~500pcs/SKU) to test the waters. SPD comes out to $408, LTL $615, AWD $207. This is where it gets muddy for me, trying to understand what other costs I might face with AWD vs not.