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Selling on Amazon Marketplace
Brian Smith McCallumArlington Heights Memorial Library
What is Amazon Marketplace?
• “Online garage sale” to sell your wares to millions of customers
• Amazon.com = one of most frequently-visited websites
• Amazon.com had more than 280 million unique visitors in June 2011, according to comScore.
Types of Amazon Marketplace Accounts
1. Professional Seller
2. Individual Seller
*Note: Customers can review and rate your performance!
Professional Seller Account
• Must sell more than 40 items a month
• 1 month = FREE
• Afterwords, $39.99 / month subscription fee (in addition to other fees)
• Sell items in 25 categories
Individual Seller Account
• Sell fewer than 40 items a month
• No subscription fee required
• $.99 fee per sale (in addition to other associated fees -- e.g., referral and closing fees)
• Sell items in 18 categories
What Can You Sell on Amazon?
• What can’t you sell on Amazon?
• Amazon includes 18 product categories for sellers.
• Books, CDs, DVDs, video games = popular items to sell
How to Become Amazon Seller
• Create an Amazon account
• Or use your existing Buyer’s Account
• Register your credit card
• Provide bank information for direct deposit of sales
Sales Process: 4 Steps
1. List items (includes Quantity, Quality, Price)
2. Receive orders
3. Ship items to customers
4. Receive payment (via direct deposit)!
Sales
• Amazon sends email notification for each sale
• You are responsible for packing and shipping item.
• Sell items within 2 business days of sale; confirm shipment with customer.
• Amazon pays for media rate postage (for books, CDs, DVDs, etc.)
• Amazon takes a % of the sale; the rest of $ is yours!
Additional Help
Amazon Seller Videoshttp://amzn.to/JREpF8
Amazon’s Selling Feeshttp://amzn.to/6dfHE
Seller Support Bloghttp://bit.ly/KC2U4I
Getting Started Guide (PDF)http://bit.ly/LoINcf
Amazon Marketplace FAQhttp://amzn.to/KaEZvm