amazon - selling on market place shipping prices?

goldndelicious

Hi all,

I have a small business which i sell a small product that i make myself for about £3.

On my website, i charge £1 postage which seems fair to me.

I'd like to start selling on amazon too, however, they seem insistent on charging the buyer £4 for delivery -this is a rip off and will no doubt turn people off.

I find amazon really confusing - do i have any control over setting the shipping price myself?

thanks in advance

Kite2010

It depends on the type of product as some areas (mainly media product) have set postage rates. Some areas will allow you to change the postage rate if you a premium seller.

If you can't change the postage rate, lower the item price to cover the extra the buyer pays in postage.

martindow

Kite2010 wrote: »

If you can't change the postage rate, lower the item price to cover the extra the buyer pays in postage.

If you search for books many are on sale for a penny plus standard postage rate which works if books able to go at large letter rate.

yoyoegg

OP, I'd look at Fulfilment By Amazon. Their Prime members get free shipping and everyone else can opt for free super-saver delivery. I now look for FBA as 1st choice when buying.

cestlavie

it's a standard rate for different items. they are a huge organization and buyers and sellers have to comply to those standard rates. as an earlier poster has suggested, if you sell your item for 1p and factor in the postage cost you will automatically be given of £4.00 from amazon for your item if sold - which if you post at £1, cost to you means you get approx £3 profit. amazon will then take say, £0.005p, as their cut from the cost price 1p of your sold item.

Kite2010

cestlavie wrote: »

it's a standard rate for different items. they are a huge organization and buyers and sellers have to comply to those standard rates. as an earlier poster has suggested, if you sell your item for 1p and factor in the postage cost you will automatically be given of £4.00 from amazon for your item if sold - which if you post at £1, cost to you means you get approx £3 profit. amazon will then take say, £0.005p, as their cut from the cost price 1p of your sold item.

Amazon will take their money from the £4 postage credit as well