Amazon is attempting to better meet the growth of its e-commerce business with a last-mile delivery service called Delivery Service Partners, in which eager entrepreneurs are tasked to run their own local delivery networks. Each will rely on up to 40 vans to pick up packages from one of 75 Amazon delivery stations. A $10,000 investment will be required to enter the program, however.



Amazon said shipping costs — including sorting, delivery center and transportation expenses — ballooned from $11.5 billion in 2015 to $21.7 billion in 2017, and its shipping costs are expected to continue to increase. The new program brings more of the costs and customer service under its control, while letting entrepreneurs run the operations under the behemoth’s name.

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