All you need to know to do Dropshipping with Amazon

Selling products on Amazon using dropshipping providers can be a great solution for anyone who wants to make a living on the Internet.

Today, the American giant has become the e-marketplace par excellence worldwide and the amount of traffic that moves through it every day has unleashed fierce competition to sell products through its portal. If you are interested in the subject and want to know how to do dropshipping with Amazon, keep reading. Getting started on this is easier than you might imagine and in this post we will show you the steps you will need to take in order to do it.

In order to respond to the needs of hundreds of people who want to do dropshipping with Amazon, BigBuy offers products to those customers who want to sell in emarketplaces. All of them, synchronized through Multi-channel Integration Platform, a tool to integrate everything that BigBuy offers with your account in emarketplaces.

The advantages of selling on Amazon

Firstly, let’s talk about the main advantages that Amazon has with respect to other e-marketplaces like eBay, and in what cases it is advisable to prioritise sales in Amazon over other approaches. We ought to emphasise that Amazon today has the perfect ratio between volume of commerce and the number of sellers competing in it. EBay on the other hand, is huge in size but the level of competition within it is unsustainable, especially for those sellers who are just starting and may lack resources. Another advantage of Amazon is the higher average price per product, which is interpreted as a greater purchasing power by Amazon customers.

In short, we can conclude that Amazon is an arena where you can compete head to head with large organisations, even though you may be a beginner in the dropshipping system. Do you want to know how to do dropshipping on Amazon? The following is a short guide with the steps you will need to follow to get your products into this marketplace.

Amazon Selling Guide

1. Amazon registration and plan selection

The first thing you need to do is to complete the Amazon registration process. It is not too different from the registration processes that are usually done on other types of platforms. The only point to keep in mind is, during the registration, you must select a plan. There are currently two:

• Standard seller: This plan is free. You’ll be able to sell a limited number of items through Amazon and you will only be charged a fixed rate per item (€ 0.75) and on a number of other variables depending on the product category and destination where the item in question is to be sent. According to Amazon, this plan is designed for those users who do not intend to sell more than 35 or 40 products per month. If you don’t know a lot about dropshipping on Amazon and are just getting started in the sector, we recommend that you choose this option.
• Pro Seller: This plan has a monthly cost of €39 + VAT and includes the Amazon Logistics service and allows you to make use of the distribution and customer service resources of the company. Furthermore, there are no limitations on the number of items sold and it has many other advantages such as generating valuable data reports, which are tools that will help you manage your inventory optimally or to sell with only one click. However, this plan is not exempt from some variables or commissions from each sale that Amazon will collect.

2. Upload you inventory and publish your products

The next step will be to upload the products you want to sell to the Amazon website. You simply select a product and link your reference to it, or create it from scratch if it is a new product. If you have a Pro Seller account you’ll be able to load files in bulk to the Amazon platforms in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and UK all in one go. With this type of account you should also indicate whether or not you want to use the features of the “Amazon Logistics” service. If you work with BigBuy, you won’t need Amazon logistics! At BigBuy we already take care of the shipments directly to your clients.

A key factor when it comes to publishing products is the work done on the descriptions. Do not make the mistake of duplicating product descriptions. If you have original photographs this would be ideal and it can encourage a customer to select your product.

If you want to automatically synchronise Amazon with BigBuy (catalog, stock, shipping and carriers, orders, prices …), the best way is to do it through Multi-Channel Integration Platform. This tool is perfectly integrated with the emarketplace, and saves you the manual work of using CSV files.

3. Amazon users search for and buy your products

As mentioned above, one of the advantages of dropshipping on Amazon is the large volume of visitors and users who frequent the portal throughout the day. You don’t have to worry about doing any marketing actions to attract traffic to your online store or improve the positioning. At this point it is vital that you choose a good product that will inspire confidence in the buyer and, of course, that is sold at a good price, as this is one of the key factors that clients consider when it is time to buy.

4. Send the order

Once the customer has finished the purchase process, you will be notified and must send the product. Since we are dropshipping the product, the supplier will send it directly to the customer with a white mark.

5. The client receives their purchase

Once the customer has received the purchase, Amazon will deduce the various sums based on the different rates stipulated for each product. Amazon will then pay the appropriate amount into the account that you provided during the registration process.

The key to this system is finding a good dropshipping supplier

As we have seen in this article, anyone can display and sell their products on Amazon. Learning how to dropship on Amazon is very easy. However, the key to success when using this system is to find a good dropshipping provider that offers a good service, especially with regard to these three factors:

Your dropshipping supplier must have attractive products. It is common sense that in order to sell something, that something has to stimulate or satisfy a customer’s need. In accordance with this reasoning, we will have to investigate which products are more likely to be bought and which are not.

Your dropshipping supplier must give you a competitive price so that you can add a worthwhile margin to it and still be able to sell competitively in e-marketplaces. Having a good product is no use if its price is much higher than consumers are willing to pay for it. This is certainly a fundamental factor.

Your dropshipping provider must have a fast and efficient delivery system. In addition to the price, effective and speedy delivery is one of the most valued factors when it comes to buying online. You may have a good product at a good price, but if it takes a long time to reach your customers, it can result in a major loss of sales. A very important point here is to make sure that the shipments are made using your brand name or with anonymous packaging.

As you may have realised, having a good supplier that meets your needs is vital to success with dropshipping on Amazon. This type of system has its own customer service, a massive volume of traffic, a fully-established reputation which you can benefit from, so the only differentiating factor among sellers would then be the product itself. It is therefore vital to find a dropshipping supplier that allows you to satisfy all your potential customers’ needs with attractive products, at a good price and with a good delivery system.

To make your life easier, we recommend that you work with BigBuy’s Multi-channel Integration Platform. With this tool you can automate Amazon and the rest of emarketplaces much more easily. All your online sales channels, in a single tool.

At BigBuy we work with many companies that sell our products through Dropshipping on Amazon. If you are looking for a dropshipping supplier to sell in marketplaces like Amazon or eBay, we encourage you to get in touch with us so we can tell you about this sales model where you do not need to accumulate any stock.