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We're based in the UK so we've had fun and games jumping through Amazon's hoops to sell in the US. We manufacture in the States (we sell worship instructional DVDs) and warehouse and fulfill in the US so we were all set up with logistics for an efficient operation. However, Amazon insists on a US bank card to verify your business as well as a US phone number. The first we achieved via HSBC and the second via Skype.
Anyhow, enough of the UK / US stuff. There are a few options with selling on Amazon. Firstly (and you pay the most commission - 45% - for this), you can get amazon to carry your product. A customer buys off Amazon and they ship to the customer from stock they hold in their warehouse. You get paid once the customer has paid. You need an Amazon Advantage account for this. Obviously Amazon is only likely to buy from you if you are the only supplier of the product. If you are a reseller yourself you will need to try another way....see below:
Secondly you can register to sell stuff in their "used and new" listings. Generally people selling here undercut Amazon's standard price. When you get a sale here the customer's address is sent to you and you send the goods out directly.
There are other ways - they are explained on the Amazon website. We've worked with them for years and its been a good way of getting our (unique) product out there. Do remember that its only one of many channels though.
We've been selling on Amazon for many years, primarily through dropship vendors. Started out in the Marketplace area, and moved to the Seller Central platform about 1-1/2 years ago - which required us to start all over (with feedback, sales, etc) ...
The commissions are high, but it beats having to pay a listing fee. I used to sell on the PriceGrabber Storefront as well, but quit when they introduced listing fees.
I have only used Amazon to sell used items, I use Half.com too, but I have an affiliate account with Amazon and that works some. I don't have the best of traffic to my personal blog so I don't get many sales, but it's nice when I get the occasional one!
Good luck selling your DVDs! I'll have to check them out!
It's called being an associate and you use their special link to link to individual products or their home page or to other pages on their website. It's very simple. I've been doing it for about nine years now. I don't make a living from it, but I'm sure others do. It helps out at times and sometimes it's fun! HTH!
Thanks for the information, and I have a question:
How many DVDs or in the case I'm thinking of, CDs would Amazon receive to stock in their warehouse at one time? I'm thinking if it's anywhere near the hundreds, this would be good information to have before ordering a bunch manufactured, if you were selling them by other means as well.
In my experience they are very cautious with their first order just ordering one or two to see if they sell. I rarely send more than a handful to Amazon at a time
In my experience they are very cautious with their first order just ordering one or two to see if they sell. I rarely send more than a handful to Amazon at a time
Thanks for the info. I know someone who plans to market music, and I suspect much of his business will be in digital downloads.
Am I correct in assuming that you don't offer your product as a digital download?
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