Guides, playbooks, and operator notes from the floor.
Written by Trevor Lee under his own name. Numbers-forward, operator voice, no definitional 101 content. If a piece does not help you make a better decision this week, we do not publish it.
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Oregon vs California FBA Prep — Side-by-Side Cost Comparison (2026)
Real dollar comparison of an Amazon FBA prep center in Oregon versus California on sales tax, storage rates, FC drive time, and nexus. With a $1M per year seller worked example.
Best Oregon FBA Prep for Small Sellers (Under $100K Revenue) in 2026
How to pick an Oregon FBA prep center if you ship under a thousand units per month. What to ask. What to watch for. What "no minimums" actually means on a real invoice.
The Amazon 2026 FBA Prep Compliance Playbook
Every Amazon rule change that hit in 2026, what it actually costs you, and what to do before Q4 onboarding windows close. Written from the floor of a working prep center.
Oregon FBA Prep: Real Tax Savings Math
The narrow and honest version of the Oregon no-sales-tax pitch. What the state actually saves you on prep services, inbound inventory, and supplies. What it does not change about Amazon FBA nexus.
Switching FBA Prep Centers Without a Stockout
Day-by-day 14-day migration plan. Exact email templates, handoff checklists, and the coordination moves we have used to move sellers off their old provider in three to five business days without a BSR drop.
The $1,800 FNSKU Mistake We Caught on Monday
A reseller sent 600 units with manufacturer UPC labels that looked fine but were not FNSKU. After March 31 that shipment would have been rejected at the FC. Here is exactly what we caught and the 90-minute fix.
Four content types. Each serves a different job.
We split the Field Guide by the job you are trying to do: reference a standard, execute a migration, react to a policy shift, or cite a number in a quarterly review.
Guides
Cornerstone long-form references. Updated quarterly. Written to be the piece your CPA bookmarks and your COO cites in the quarterly review.
Browse GuidesPlaybooks
How-to procedures with downloadable templates. Day-by-day migration plans, onboarding SOPs, RFQ templates, MSA clauses.
Browse PlaybooksField Notes
Dated, operator-voice posts from the floor. What we caught last week. What a rule change actually means. Shorter, more frequent.
Browse Field NotesReports
Original research. Prep center pricing benchmarks, seller surveys, freight-cost analyses. Annual cadence.
Browse ReportsEvery piece is signed.
Trevor Lee owns KL Productions and writes the Field Guide himself. No ghostwriter marketing content, no AI-smoothed blog posts, no definitional 101 pages. If he did not work through it on the floor, it does not go out under his byline.
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