Make money: Starting an Amazon store

King bell

VIP Contributor
Money can be made by selling products on Amazon. If you want to make money off of your product or just see how it will work, there are many ways to start an Amazon store without hassle that don’t require you to be a computer programmer. And even if you can't keep your new business afloat, you have a backup plan in place – Amazon refunds unfulfilled orders.

To get started, you need to set up your Amazon store name and create a new account. You will have to create a user name and password that will be used to log into your Amazon store. Once you are in, you can start selling products on Amazon.

Your store is a virtual shopping cart where people can buy your products, the money you make is attributed to the seller's account, not yours. You are responsible for shipping the product only if you choose this option when listing your product or else it may be left up to the buyer to return it. If that happens, any money earned on the transaction will go back into your account as an unfulfilled purchase refund.

You can sell as many products as you want of your choice. You can also list your store on other third party marketplaces such as e-bay or Etsy. Simply choose which marketplace you want to sell and Amazon sends the orders to that site, not yours. All of your customers will show up in the same account and much like if you sold everything under one name, when a customer buys something on Amazon, they are purchasing all of those items under one name.

You need to set up an account with shipping at no cost to you and most sellers use USPS or UPS. It's the most popular shipping method in the country and has been used by Amazon.com for years. If you choose to use a different shipping service, you will have to pay to ship your products.

When you start an Amazon store, all of your customers are added to that same store if you have chosen not to have separate customer accounts. So if a customer buys something from a store on another marketplace, they are buying that item in that other merchant's name not yours.
 

Mika

VIP Contributor
There are numerous ways to sell on Amazon and one of them is called Fulfilled By Amazon or FBA short. The FBA program is not available worldwide, it is available only in the countries where there are Amazon regional offices with warehouses. FBA program allows you to sell your product under the Amazon brand. In order to use this program, you will first have to be approved by Amazon, once approved, you will have to send your products to the Amazon warehouse and then you can start listing your product on Amazon. When someone buys your product, Amazon will fulfill the order (package your product and ship it to the buyer), that's why it is called Fulfilled By Amazon. Since the products are fulfilled by Amazon you do not have to worry about shipping your products, Amazon will handle everything on your behalf. You will have to pay for warehouse charges, though.
 
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