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You know that craigs list has taken a beating from the press as well as its huge body of online sellers. eBay's changes in their selling fees and insurance policies has made many vendors eager to explore other online marketplaces to sell their products if you offer products online.Click Here….


Amazon online, however, has quickly become an attractive platform for online sellers because it is increasingly gaining MARKET SHARE not only in its traditional marketplaces of books, DVDs, and CDs, but also electronic devices, toys, and jewellery, among dozens of other product categories.

Luckily, Amazon allows people, or 'merchants', to share their own inventory (of specific product types) for sale on Amazon's web site. So, eBay dealers would be savvy to look into Amazon as an additional selling channel. This selling channel diversity positions the seller facing a larger pool of customers. It also minimizes the seller's risk if (say) eBay powers down the seller's profile, in which he/she could count on his/her Amazon account to sustain sales.

Of note, here are some differences between SELLING ON EBAY and promoting on Amazon.

• eBay charges a listing fee, in which it is free to have an approved merchant to share an item on Amazon online marketplace. EBay's total commission and charges after your item sells is roughly the same in principle as Amazon's commission, even so.

• Listing a specific thing for sale on auction web sites can be cumbersome, requiring you to take photos of an item and thoroughly describing it. Listing an item on the market on Amazon can be done with just a few keystrokes - the item photo(s) and description are already set by Amazon online marketplace. As an Amazon service provider, you are just indicating to Amazon's website visitors that you are selling a selected item. When an Amazon customer views an item on Amazon, he/she will be able to see that you are a vendor who is also selling the item

• craigslist and ebay lets you sell a single-of-a-type items. However, Amazon online marketplace restricts the product types that an individual service provider can sell in. Also, an Amazon individual merchant cannot generate an item on Amazon . com to sell it. Fundamentally, the merchant's items must already appear in the Amazon data base of products. The types that Amazon vendors can sell in are: Music, Video clip, DVD and Textbooks Video Games, Electronic products, OFFICE PRODUCTS, Tools & Hardware, Home & Housewares, Outdoor Living, Sports And Outdoors, Toys (with a bit of restrictions), and Musical Instruments

• eBay can attract buyers for your product who are looking for the lowest possible price. But Amazon . com shoppers tend to be a bit more 'upscale', so Amazon online merchants can often command a higher price level for their products.

• Amazon has rigorous requirements for its vendors, holding them to great standards for customer service and shipping occasions. While I think this can be good practice in any case, a couple unintended faults by a seller can result in a suspension of his/her Amazon selling account.

• Where auction web sites requires its dealers to have a PayPal account to accept payments, Amazon's purchases -- and the transfer of any seller's proceeds to his BANK ACCOUNT - are seamless. Amazon online is in charge of getting the payment through the buyer of the item, and depositing the cash (minus Amazon's commission fees) into the seller's Banking Account.davekettner.com/asm-amazing-selling-machine-bonus-review.html


eBay is still a terrific online venue, but generating an additional income stream by promoting on Amazon.com is possible for you. Good luck!