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  "headline": "Partnership scaled A-Premium from $45M to $50M run rate in one quarter.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Last-mile distribution acceleration · CarParts.com\n\nPartnership scaled A-Premium from $45M to $50M run rate in one quarter.\n\nThis is the unglamorous part most founders skip: the fulfillment partner who's already there, already paid for, already trusted. CarParts didn't invent anything. They just noticed A-Premium was sitting on idle capacity and fed it work. That's not exciting. It's better — it's margin.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/carpartscom-2026-08-20t12-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/carpartscom-2026-08-20t12-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/carpartscom-2026-08-20t12-1",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Last-mile distribution acceleration · CarParts.com\n\nPartnership scaled A-Premium from $45M to $50M run rate in one quarter.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/carpartscom-2026-08-20t12-1",
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      "title": "Partnership scaled A-Premium from $45M to $50M run rate in one quarter.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nCarParts.com reported A-Premium partnership growth quarter over quarter, moving from an $45 million run rate in Q1 to approaching the $50 million mark in Q2 2026, while targeting a 300,000-package last-mile delivery goal to reach cash-flow positive status in 2026.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): don't build last-mile; rent it. Find a partner whose network already touches your buyers' zip codes, then feed them volume until the per-unit cost drops and your unit economics flip. CarParts didn't hire drivers — they added SKUs to an existing delivery backbone and watched the quarterly number climb. Run the same move this week: audit your current carriers' hit-rate in your top 10 metros, then bundle your repeat buyers into a small weekly batch and pitch a partner-rate test.\nWhat that means for you: This is the unglamorous part most founders skip: the fulfillment partner who's already there, already paid for, already trusted. CarParts didn't invent anything. They just noticed A-Premium was sitting on idle capacity and fed it work. That's not exciting. It's better — it's margin.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Seeking Alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/news/4628661-carparts-com-targets-free-cash-flow-positive-in-2026-with-a-premium-near-50m-run-rate-and.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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