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Amazon FBA allows many products to be sold on the Amazon Store using the Fulfillment By Amazon program. Amazon FBA is a tremendous ecommerce sites that allows selling on Amazon an easy and profitable business opportunity. Products How to Sell on Amazon FBA:

Baby Products, Beauty, Camera & Photo, Cell Phones & Accessories, Consumer Electronics, Grocery & Gourmet Food, Health & Personal Care, Home & Garden, Kitchen, Musical Instruments, Office Products, Person Computer, Sports & Outdoors, Tools & Home Improvement, Toys & Games, Unlocked Cell Phones.

"Restricted Categories" require Amazon approval prior to selling these types of products:

Automotive Parts & Accessories, Clothing, Accessories & Luggage, Jewelry, Kindle Accessories, Motorcycles, …show more content…

Don't try to fudge your way into a category. It is not going to work. It is best to be straight forward with your approach, and have an open approval process. If you are initially denied, Amazon will clearly explain what you need to do to get approved.

Items such as collectibles, rare items, unique listings and similar are not a great venue for Amazon. Amazon is trying to sell products in high volume, therefore their catalog search results show the items that many buyers are interested in purchasing. Unique items will not be easily discovered on the catalog and most buyers look for these types of items on eBay.

Before, we get into the details, let's use common sense, you cannot send dangerous materials, expired products, counterfeit goods, knockoffs, live animals and similar. It may seem obvious for some people but others may think it ok to send these novelties. It is not ok, and Amazon will ban you.

Here are more specifics of what is prohibited according to their policy:

-Products that state "Not for Resale" or "International Edition" cannot be sold on …show more content…

-List Products to Amazon FBA: This step covers determining where you will list your product in the Amazon catalog. Next you will add the product to you seller account and designate it as an FBA item.

-Label Products: Once you add a product, that product will be assigned a FNSKU (ie. A unique barcode identifier). You will label your product with this barcode using a sticky label. Unique barcodes are provided by Amazon.

-Pack & Ship Products: Once all your products are properly labeled, and their final destination (which Amazon Fulfillment Center) is determined, you will have to box these items, place a packing slip inside as to identify the shipment, tape up the box, and place exterior shipping labels. Packing slips and shipping labels are provided by Amazon.

-Amazon Fulfills Orders: You send out your shipment and it arrives at Amazon. Amazon unpacks your goods and your sales listings become active. When a customer orders one of your items, Amazon will ship it to them and your account will reflect the

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