[KyleJune]

You might still be getting products from the same inventory pool in an Amazon warehouse when ordering directly if the company uses Amazon's Multi-Channel Fulfillment offering. They sell on their site, tell Amazon about the sale, then Amazon ships it to the customer. They even offer the option to ship it in unbranded boxes so that customers don't know the order is being fulfilled by Amazon.

[hotnfresh]

Ew, gross. I’m pretty sure the couple companies I order from regularly that also have an Amazon presence don’t do that, since they have direct-order products not listed on Amazon and often include little touches like a bonus sample or handwritten note that you don’t get if you order their stuff on Amazon, but good to know to watch out for that.

[pests]

> since they have direct-order products not listed on Amazon

This is still at-risk because you are not required to list on Amazon to use FBA.

The handwritten note is a better indicator for sure.

[datavirtue]

So tired of being on the shit-end of a drop-ship.