Amazon has always been a great model to follow when it comes to online retail. If you’ve shopped there often enough you’ve probably noticed that they’ve opened things up a lot to the online entrepreneur by offering such services as their Associates program, for those who want to simply sell Amazon products from their own website, as well as an “auction-like” system where you can sell your new and used items to compete with Amazon’s listings.
Well there is an even more-powerful service being offered now that you may be interested in if you’ve given up on your dream of selling online because of the somewhat overwhelming notion that entrepreneurs are faced with in this arena - inventory tracking, payment processing and web development. Does that sound familiar to you?
Amazon webstore is a great way to limit your own exposure to the nightmares of getting a fully integrated product inventory and payment processing system online by letting the proven Amazon engine work for you. You can use your own domain name and build your site using a variety of fully customizable templates and set up your site inventory completely from a user friendly web interface. What’s more is that you can add some powerful tools to your site such as reviews, top selling items, etc - all powered by the familiar Amazon backend. And if you want to fill in your inventory offerings with products that you don’t sell, you can do that to - and get commissions for it by simply adding in Amazon products where you see fit. That is a great feature for anyone who wants a complete inventory but who doesn’t necessarily have all the products on their own.
By now you’re probably wondering what the cost is. Well it’s not as bad as you might think. It’s $59.99 monthly plus 7% commission on your sales. I think you’ll find that it is actually quite cost effective if you look at what it would take you to set up a fully integrated site with payment processing and inventory tracking built in. And you’d be surprised by some of the big name companies out there who are taking advantage of this: Soloflex, Jelly Belly and more.
Of course, if you have the skills to do this yourself, then by all means, have at it. But if you’ve been holding back on getting your web store opened due to being overwhelmed by all the work, and expense, involved then this is a great way to just go ahead and get it going today!
Here’s a link to get you started (http://webstore.amazon.com). Good Luck and be sure to drop us a line so we can all visit your new store!
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