ANY HELP FOR BEGINNERS-HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT PRODUCTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Hello,
I am new to this and going through all the informative videos of how to start a sellers acct. Its a ton of information and i just need some tips and guidance on how others started. I want to start off with selling one product and see the growth from there before adding multiple products. How do you know which items to choose as your first?
Thank you
ANY HELP FOR BEGINNERS-HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT PRODUCTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Hello,
I am new to this and going through all the informative videos of how to start a sellers acct. Its a ton of information and i just need some tips and guidance on how others started. I want to start off with selling one product and see the growth from there before adding multiple products. How do you know which items to choose as your first?
Thank you
5 replies
Seller_NbYSGJ8Tehgbv
Youtube will tell you to use websites such as helium 10 and junglescout to find a product with a high amount of volume and little competition.
I disagree. I do whatever product is the funnest. Otherwise, I will bore myself to death checking Seller Central every 2 hours.
Seller_0rXAME9V4LQSx
Here is a few hints.
Don't buy anything retail and think you can resell it. Many name brands are now whitelisting distributors. If you are not on that list you can't sell their products here.
Don't buy from alibaba type websites. You will have too much competition and the sellers in china have prices you can't beat.
If you buy from a distributor please remember that even if they are selling wholesale that does not give you permission from the brand to sell it on amazon. Those products are meant for brick and motor sales.
Michelle_Amazon
Hello @Seller_yopwVKo7MxoT3,
Michelle at Amazon here. First off, welcome to Amazon, we are glad you are here.
While I can't tell you which items are the best to start selling as that is totally up to you, I wanted to share this thread which will help provide you with information Amazon looks for when a seller is applying to sell a brand. I would also recommend that you review this help page that explains invoice requirements.
I am also providing a link from one of our seasoned sellers @Seller_kIukTwdhvntAp who has provided some great information to other sellers in thisthread. As always, thank you Neverlast!
You may also want to join our New Seller Community, which you can find here.
I wish you the best!
Michelle
Seller_kIukTwdhvntAp
In addition to all the warnings that are needed to keep new sellers from getting suspended immediately, here are some thoughts after two decades of selling on the internet --
As to the sourcing I go back 20+ years for my first products and I ended up with them because I could not find supplies for one of my hobbies (since gone dormant).
I looked around and found one of my old packages and called up the company. Found out they DID/DO sell wholesale and only required something like $500 initial order and a tax exempt number.
Filed with the state for maybe $10 and put an order on plastic for the $500+. Took about six months to pay off the card balance.
Kept adding suppliers and it became easier since they all ask for trade references and I had ONE. Found another small company that didn't have a large footprint and they let me in and again a small opening order.
NOW with TWO references it got easier for larger companies in the same or similar industries -- competitors of company #1 or #2 since competitors LOVE to compete for your business!
Find local or regional businesses looking to expand distribution, new companies just starting out ( I have had a few that I bought from and they failed.)
Something that you know about or WANT to know about that doesn't have 10,000 offers on Amazon.
The possibilities are endless but it is VERY hard if you start with the 'big boys' in any industry. Those guys want some large orders. I had one manufacturer of products that I was sourcing from hobby supplier #1 but I wanted to go direct to save about 20%. They wanted $5,000 minimum and a pallet full of two or three SKUs as a starter. Did NOT happen.
