Selling on Amazon

charlies_mum

I have just registered to sell on Amazon, but when I try to list an item it asks me to check if there is something similar already listed.

There is, but not in the size I want to list. I can't find the option to edit the title of the item. How do I bypass this and list ?

Sorry if it is a really stupid question

JethroUK

I've been using Amazon for 23400000000000 years and as far as I know, unlike Ebay, you can only sell items already listed on Amazon

I could be wrong

soolin

JethroUK wrote: »

I've been using Amazon for 23400000000000 years and as far as I know, unlike Ebay, you can only sell items already listed on Amazon

I could be wrong

You are correct. Unless OP is a pro seller they can only sell what is already in catalogue or what another seller has added to the catalogue.

charlies_mum

soolin wrote: »

You are correct. Unless OP is a pro seller they can only sell what is already in catalogue or what another seller has added to the catalogue.

Thanks, how do you get to be a pro seller ?

soolin

charlies_mum wrote: »

Thanks, how do you get to be a pro seller ?

You can upgrade at any time, it costs around £30 a month including VAT and you don't pay quite as much in selling fees when you sell something.

I only know the cut off for books, but the tip point for upgrading used to be 30 books a month, 30+ meant your overall fees were lower, fewer than 30 meant you paid more taking into account the membership.

soolin

Although this mainly relates to books and is a bit out of date, read the first few posts on this thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2171713

charlies_mum

Thanks Soolin, I've saved that for info.

Will I get an email notification when I sell something, or do I need to keep checking my Amazon account ?

soolin

charlies_mum wrote: »

Thanks Soolin, I've saved that for info.

Will I get an email notification when I sell something, or do I need to keep checking my Amazon account ?

You *should* get an email, but when I sold a lot on there I made a habit of checking twice a day just in case.

With Amazon always just double check the net proceeds you will get before you click 'confirm' to list and remember the new postage costs from RM.

charlies_mum

I want to offer free postage on an item, but Amazon is automatically charging postage. Is it possible to override this ?

JethroUK

charlies_mum wrote: »

I want to offer free postage on an item, but Amazon is automatically charging postage. Is it possible to override this ?

Nope - Often why you see items on sale for £0.01

I also think Amazon sellers have to adhere to distance selling regs (7 day return for whatevcer reason)

That said I sold loads stuff on Amazon and apart from getting better price than Ebay, always got an email when I sold something

marie-20

You can set your own postage fees once you upgrade to a pro-seller.

For me personally I have been on Amazon since October and my Amazon are around 3-4 times my eBay sales, this week for example we had 656 eBay sales and 2669 Amazon sales (and still more INR's etc on eBay than Amazon but that is a completey separate discussion)