New seller on Amazon, the first launch product
Hello everyone!
Dear community,
As a new seller on Amazon I would like to ask all of you about how to be with the first product, I mean where should I buy from as the best choice and which kind of product should I choose for the first?
Thank you very much for your advices!
New seller on Amazon, the first launch product
Hello everyone!
Dear community,
As a new seller on Amazon I would like to ask all of you about how to be with the first product, I mean where should I buy from as the best choice and which kind of product should I choose for the first?
Thank you very much for your advices!
6 replies
Seller_rI7BZIczK8iAC
Things like this we learn and do a research BEFORE creating a seller account!!!
Do NOT buy in stores. Do NOT buy from liquidations. Do NOT buy on websites. Do NOT buy from Amazon (if you laugh - there are people thinking that this is allowed).
90% of the new sellers loose money, products and seller account because they don't LEARN how selling on Amazon works. Once anything lost, Amazon will charge their credit card eternally with storage fees.
Your problem is NOT what you buy and from where. Your problem is that you have no idea how the platform works. It's a self service platform where the seller has to put the buttons and set the settings according to his needs.
Take 4-5 weeks of intense learning here:
Seller_kIukTwdhvntAp
" Thank you very much for your advices!"
Pay attention to what @Seller_rI7BZIczK8iAC has told you so you don't get suspended before you even get any sales.
An expanded version of what all sellers face here --
More and more frequently Amazon is taking a TWO STEP approach and you may get caught with not doing one of the steps (or either one!)
You may be confusing AMAZON allowing you to list (or at least "ungate") an item or category and actually being APPROVED to sell a product. Amazon might ungate you for a CATEGORY, but there can be 100's of brands in the category and they ALL have their own restrictions.
AMAZON is only interested in FEES. They will allow a chimpanzee to list if it means they collect $$$$$.
Additionally, brands that you COULD sell yesterday may be restricted today or next week. Amazon is a moving target to deal with.
DO YOU have an LOA from the brand allowing you to sell on here?
If not, get one BEFORE you try to list an ASIN. There have been scattered posts by sellers suspended for just applying to sell but not having an LOA before they applied.
If you have an LOA that specifically says you can sell on Amazon you MIGHT survive listing items.
More and more brands are providing a "whitelist" of their approved sellers and if YOU are NOT on the list you will be stopped in your tracks and probably hit with an IP violation.
DID YOU source from AUTHORIZED wholesale sources that your rep at the brand says are OK? You DO have a sales rep at the brand, don't you?
NOTE the verification is required from the brand that the source is legitimate and authorized, NOT from one of those touted on TikTok and YouTube as having "thousands of brands and products" that assures you that they are authorized.
If you have watched any YouTube or TikTok videos FORGET everything you saw there.
Spend hours/days on Seller U and read the Forum to see all the really creative ways rookies and experienced sellers find to get suspended by ignoring the advice above!
https://sell.amazon.com/learn
If you don't already have the above requirements in place you are probably going to have stranded inventory (if you do FBA) and a suspended account.
ALSO SEE THIS POST ON GETTING APPROVALS FROM AMAZON
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/b559e6e2-3935-43d1-942e-f9ac8d963394
Seller_kIukTwdhvntAp
"As a new seller on Amazon"
As a new seller, IF you are in the Pro plan and paying $40/month, DOWNGRADE to save the money until you actually have a plan in place to sell something. Right now there is no use in wasting money and paying Amazon for nothing.
ALSO, if you have paid anything you can ask for a refund IF you have not used any of their 'services' to look for ideas.
See the comments from an answer by @Connor_Amazon about account fees here --
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/ca287378-1c18-46d3-a37f-ed4f81e6d419?postId=57262b55-916a-4c93-996e-6f0a8347b2cb
"You can request for a refund by contacting seller support via this link:
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/cu/contact-us
But first, you will need to downgrade to the individual plan, follow the steps on this page: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/G201710030
Once you do that, contact support and they will look into refund for you.
-Connor "
