How to Sell Products on Amazon FBA

Amazon has grown to become the primary marketplace for eCommerce in the majority of the entire world. To give you a rough idea Amazon made 232 billion dollars in revenue. eBay only made $10 billion.

Amazon has grown in popularity due to a variety of reasons.

• An enormous customer base that includes more than 100 million Amazon Prime members
• Amazon handles all the fulfillment and shipping for you, through the Amazon FBA program.
• Amazon makes it simple to list and sell items

In 2021 there were more than 200 000 sellers on Amazon making more than 100,000 dollars in annual revenue thanks to the vast number of customers Amazon has.

It is possible that never before was it this simple to reach such a large number of customers.

Third-party sellers transport all their products to Amazon warehouses, and Amazon sends them out to customers via their fleet of drones, vans, and robots using Prime Shipping. This is at the core of Fulfillment By Amazon also known as FBA.

As the seller, are responsible for all shipping costs to Amazon warehouses, as well as the delivery from those warehouses to your customers.

However, due to the huge discounts, Amazon can offer shipping at a lower cost, and handling costs can turn out to be between 50 and 80% less than if you had shipped directly from your warehouse/home to your customers.

What Do You Need to Sell On Amazon?

The Amazon Seller Central account is the primary thing you’ll need to be able to sell on Amazon. It will cost you about $39.99 per month, and thereafter 15% of the items you sell.

If you open the opening of a Seller Central account, you must, naturally, require some kind of product to sell. You can buy the items through China or via retail arbitrage or drop shipping these items.

The benefit of selling your products on Amazon is the fact that it does not require a processor for payments like Stripe or PayPal because Amazon manages all payment processing.

Another advantage of selling your products on Amazon is the simple fact that you do not have to physically deliver your products to individuals.

However, you’ll have to send your goods in large quantities to Amazon warehouses. This usually involves dropping your items off at the UPC or FedEx depot.

Whatever the source of your goods, using an online tool for research like SellerApp(use ECOMCREW 50 to get 50 percent off the first month) will make market research much easier.

What Can You Sell on Amazon?

There are three kinds of items that Amazon sellers are able to sell through Amazon:

Drop-shipped items: 

Purchase items from other brands, then sell them to other individuals and let the brand deliver the product directly to your client.

Retail arbitrage products: 

Look for other brands’ items that are priced lower at retailers such as Walmart which you can purchase little and sell at a high price on Amazon.

Private label:

Search for items in China through Alibaba Create your own brand around them, and then market them through Amazon.

Recommended Guide: Amazon listing optimization checklist.