How to Start DropShipping on Amazon?

One of the companies that has managed to position itself in e-commerce is Amazon, which offers a wide variety of products and, best of all, delivers them to your home. This company has managed to embrace the retail business, where it buys products and sells them under its brand name and also offers a marketplace on its website, so that companies can market their products directly. A great success!

Now, if you are an entrepreneur and you want to get started in the online world, this article will interest you because here we explain how to start dropshipping on Amazon.

And, ¿What is dropshipping?

Dropshipping is an online retail strategy, where no stock is held and therefore no large investment is required. This business model involves: the seller (which could be you) of products from a wholesaler, the wholesaler stocks and ships them directly to your customer; with this scenario, you would have contact with the end customer but not with the product. Sounds good, right?

But, ¿Why Amazon?

The reason is very simple, dropshipping on Amazon will make things much easier for you, as you don’t need to develop your own e-commerce; finally, Amazon takes care of making aspects such as usability, payment methods and of course, generating a good experience for your customers. On the other hand, you would have assured traffic, this is due to the good positioning and reputation that Amazon has worldwide. Interesting, isn’t it?

Then, how to start dropshipping on Amazon

Once you have defined your star product and its price, the first thing to do, is to create a seller account on Amazon and fill in the information requested there. Once this is done, the next step is to synchronise the catalogue with all the information from your supplier (it must be reliable, select it very well) with Amazon marketplace, so that your future customers can see the corresponding data.

With this you will be able to sell your products and when a customer buys them, your supplier will prepare and ship them (standard or express delivery) directly to the end customer. You have your business up and running, ¡hooray!

Finally, it is important to clarify that Amazon will charge you for selling on its marketplace, for this it offers two plans: Pro Seller (fixed cost and is recommended for those who sell more than 40 items per month) or Individual Seller (you pay a fee for each sale, you can start with this option). In addition to this, you have to pay an extra commission and it will depend on the category of your product.

As you can see, this business model is viable as long as you make a good analysis of the products to offer, the suppliers to work with and, of course, that you consider all the costs to make the business profitable, in the end, that’s what it’s all about, it’s a win-win situation and what better way to take advantage of these online tools.

Don’t miss the opportunity for entrepreneurship, ¡go ahead!