From one independent store to another

We added Amazon Hub Delivery.  Here’s what we’ve learned.

A firsthand look at how Amazon Hub Delivery fits inside a working independent pack & ship store ... the operation, the opportunity, and what to consider before joining.

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Our experience • Henderson, Nevada

Not an Amazon sales pitch.
A store owner’s perspective.

We launched in July 2026. Packages arrive at our store, a dedicated delivery associate runs the route, and our core pack & ship operation keeps moving. That sounds simple. Making it work well is where the interesting part begins.

60-70

Typical packages daily

1

delivery associates

<1 mile

delivery radius around store

$1671

Gross revenue (august, 2026)

1 hr

prep time in store

Amazon

onboarding delivery assoc.

10:30am

Amazon drop off (avg)

2:09

Avg DA delivery time

It has to fit the business.

We didn’t add Amazon Hub Delivery just to create more activity. It needed to generate meaningful value for SHIP’N PLUS without pulling attention away from the customers already standing at our counter.


For us, the opportunity comes from several places:

The most obvious benefit is the compensation tied to operating the route itself — package volume, daily activity and mileage all contribute to the economics.

We already have a storefront, package-handling space, utilities and operating systems. Hub Delivery gives us another way to generate revenue from that existing footprint.



Rather than having an owner leave the store to make deliveries, we use a dedicated delivery associate. If the route is structured well, the program can create a repeatable revenue stream while protecting the retail operation.

Most of our services depend on a customer walking through the door. Hub Delivery creates revenue outside the normal retail transaction — which gives the business another source of contribution.

Every delivery also puts our operation into the surrounding community. We don't count on that as direct advertising, but increased neighborhood presence can create awareness of SHIP’N PLUS and the services we offer.

“Can we operate reliably and monetize it without letting it interfere with the customer standing at our counter?”

Our basic test for the program

What a Hub day looks like

The operating rhythm is straightforward.

01 Packages

Amazon delivers the day’s packages to our store.  They typically arrive between 10:30am - 11:00am

02 Staging

We receive and organize packages by zones and sequence, an Amazon number system that tends to align with the neighborhood route.

03 Delivery

Our contracted Delivery Associate arrives at his convenience, uses Amazon’s FLEX app to scan each package individually, which imports and populates a mapped route.

04 Close

The route is completed before 8pm each day.  It is recommended each store owner count and track each package each day.  The Amazon Hub app (separate from the FLEX app) tends to be unreliable.

Interested in bringing

Hub Delivery to your store?

See if Amazon Hub Delivery makes sense for your store.

We've been through the process ourselves. Share a few details about your business and we'll make the introduction to the Amazon Hub Delivery team.

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SHIP’N PLUS may receive referral credit if an eligible business joins through our referral link. Program availability, eligibility, compensation and requirements are determined by Amazon and may vary by market.

  • A reliable person who can own the route


  • Enough room to receive and stage packages cleanly


  • A delivery area whose density makes operational sense


  • A store workflow that can absorb package arrival and handoff


  • A clear expectation that this is incremental revenue, not passive income