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1P (First Party) Glossary
1P (First Party) is the wholesale route onto Amazon: you sell your inventory to Amazon itself through Vendor Central, and Amazon becomes the retailer.
3P (Third-Party Seller) Glossary
3P (Third-Party Seller) is you, the independent merchant, selling directly to shoppers on the Amazon marketplace through Seller Central.
3PL (Third-Party Logistics) Glossary
A 3PL (Third-Party Logistics provider) is an external warehousing and fulfilment partner: the company that receives your freight, stores it, picks, packs, and ships it — whether the destination is a customer’s door or an Amazon fulfilment centre.
3-Year Joint Business Plan (3Y JBP) Glossary
A 3Y JBP — a 3-Year Joint Business Plan — is a 36-month wholesale agreement between a 1P vendor and Amazon’s retail division.
3PS (Third-Party Service) Glossary
A 3PS (Third-Party Service) is any external provider doing operational work for your Amazon business outside Amazon’s own ecosystem: logistics partners, software tools, tax compliance firms, reimbursement services, ad agencies.
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