Tips for Selling on Amazon Online Selling Coach（小贴士网上销售在亚马逊销售教练）.pdf

Twenty Tips for Selling on A By: Skip McGrath Amazon is the world’s largest online retail selling site. When most people buy something on Amazon they think they are buying from Amazon. But, third party sellers sell over 33% of all items sold on Amazon. I started my online selling career on eBay in 1999. In 2006 I became a seller on Amazon. Our Amazon business never really took off until 2010 when I joined the Amazon FBA program (I will explain this below). Now our Amazon business dwarfs our eBay business. We are selling approximately 6 to 7 items on Amazon for each one sold on eBay. It is very easy to register on Amazon. Scroll to the bottom of the Amazon home page and you will see a list that looks like this: Click on the link that says Sell on Amazon and you will go to a page that looks like this: Click on either the link to Sell as a Professional (recommended – for why see below) or Sell as an individual. Amazon will walk you through the steps to get started. They are very simple and you can start selling your first items within about 5 minutes. So lets get started with our tips for selling on Amazon: 1. Register as a professional seller - There are three big reasons to do this: 1. As an individual seller Amazon charges you 15% Selling commission plus 99¢ per sale. The fee to become a professional seller is $39.95 per month, but as a pro seller you are only charged 15% --and not the extra 99¢. So if you sell 40 items per month or more, you will actually save money on fees. 2. As a professional seller you are allowed to create listings for products that are not currently being sold on Amazon. You