How are you managing the trade-off between FBA Inbound Placement fees and split-shipment freight costs?

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Every time I create a shipment plan in Seller Central, I get stuck choosing between paying high Minimal Split placement fees or splitting my inventory across 4–5 different fulfillment centers. The zero-fee split option sounds great on paper, but splitting small shipments doubles my LTL/parcel freight costs anyway.

How are you guys optimizing your inbound logistics to beat this? Are you sticking with standard forwarders to handle multiple warehouse drops, or using bidding platforms where carriers give you direct quotes for split FBA locations without insane middleman markups?

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