# How Amazon's Super-Complex Shipping System Works | Wendover Productions

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Published: 2026-08-01T17:42:00+00:00
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How Amazon's Super-Complex Shipping System Works Buy your custom domain or email for 10% off at http://Hover.com/wendoverListen to Extremities at http://ExtremitiesPodcast.comBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterSelect footage courtesy the AP Archive and AmazonReferences [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/amazon-is-delivering-nearly-two-thirds-of-its-own-packages.html [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1020046/global-fba-usage-top-amazon-sellers/ [3] https://www.economist.com/special-report/2019/07/11/amazon-and-alibaba-are-pacesetters-of-the-next-supply-chain-revolution [4] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lllYl6lx2tfI0_qObjof1FgiJGttVbXB3Kz0qcNW_zc/edit?usp=sharing [5] https://mwpvl.com/html/amazon_com.html [6] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/05/amazon-buys-boeing-jets-from-delta-westjet-as-aircraft-prices-drop.html [7] https://cargofacts.com/allposts/business/strategy/amazon-and-dhl-reported-to-be-in-hub-partnership-at-cvg/ [8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/04/is-the-post-office-making-or-losing-money-delivering-amazon-packages/ [9] https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/supply-chain-compan…

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