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Logistics · Amazon Delivery Service Partner

Amazon Delivery Route (DSP)

An Amazon DSP is a people business wearing a logistics costume. You do not set prices, win customers, or own the routes; Amazon does. You hire drivers, staff vans every morning, and keep routes finishing. The margin is thin, the work is relentless, and the only real path to income is scale.

20-40 vans for a real incomeAmazon sets volume, routes & rateDriver retention is the whole gameThin margin, low startup capital
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The Snapshot

Is this worth your attention?

$1M-$10M
Typical annual revenue
20-40 vans, single station
~6-10%
Net profit margin
thin by design; people-cost driven
$30k-$50k
Cost to start
low; vans are Amazon-financed
2-4 yrs
Typical payback
slow on a thin per-van margin
High
Day-to-day difficulty
driver staffing & dispatch intensive
Low
Absentee potential
turnover demands an on-site operator

A fit if you…

  • Are genuinely good at hiring, scheduling, and keeping drivers
  • Accept that Amazon controls volume, routes, and the rate
  • Will run at scale (20-40 vans), not as a side hustle
  • Can grind through high turnover and daily staffing fires
  • Want a defined operating playbook over building a brand

Probably not if you…

  • Expect pricing power or to own the customer relationship
  • Want high margins or a hands-off, absentee business
  • Dislike managing a large, churning hourly workforce
  • Are uncomfortable with a single customer who can offboard you
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Step Inside the Layout

A live look at one tool inside

This is the actual 3D floor from the full model - drag to explore it. Inside, you configure the space yourself and watch the economics move with every choice.

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This is just the surface

The full model is the complete, interactive deep-dive, and every business here is built to the same standard: a live economics simulator you tune to your own numbers, an interactive 3D walkthrough, a location scorecard, an owner-fit assessment, buy-versus-build guidance, and the full breakdown of how it makes money and what quietly kills margin.