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Hi guys,
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your Amazon experiment. About a year ago I thought you might shift over to more Amazon selling. And then I thought a lot about whether I’m selling on the right platform.
I hate to say “I’m glad it failed” — but it’s really helped confirm that eBay is the right thing for me. I’m not AT ALL jealous of Amazon sellers. It may be great for others but it sounds… boring and frustrating and totally impersonal.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
B in T
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It was a fun experiment. I’m glad we learned how to pack and ship items for FBA. Got to see what all the hub-bub is about around Amazon.
Unfortunately our style of scavenging just didn’t match the Amazon lifestyle.
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I wanted to say thank you, too! As a part-time seller I started to put some serious effort into Amazon just before you started with them. Following your journey I found myself going through or having just gone through the same things you were. Because you knew what was important as a seller you were finding things I hadn’t, like where to look for returns. Last October when the major changes came I could see you likely weren’t going to stay with it, and I had to do some serious thought about my business model. I did stay, glad I did, but I’m doing things a lot differently now. Anyway, I’ve got into a groove with it, and now I’ll be turning my main attention back to eBay and the local game. Thanks for all you do, especially your experimentation! — Jim Comeau
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I hope we brought some transparency to Amazon FBA. We were curious ourselves with all the Youtube dudes raving about how they made so much money. Obviously someone’s making money there.
How and what are you selling on Amazon now?
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Kitchen and household stuff, very boring except the high competition keeps me interested chasing prices. About half my books made it through the purge, large format books are not usually worthwhile anymore. There are a few small cookbooks that I sell over and over, and keep my eye out for any that get put up by ebay or Amazon Merchant Fulfilled sellers. My real love is music, for which I am approved but no new sellers are allowed now. I had another huge purge in that category recently when Sony had Amazon kick off the third party sellers. I have 700 vinyl LPs to go through, and about 1/3 of it is FBA-worthy. I expect slow sales, priced at $20 per I might be able to keep them on a full year before pulling them to eBay. Also we’ll be making a stab a putting up vintage cookware, though that will take a lot of care and research. Cheers!
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I did my experiment along side you all as well. I had intended to send in more stuff after the LTSF this last time, but I never did. Stuff is still selling that I have sent into them, but I have lost all drive to send in more. My time is much better spent getting my ebay store up to speed.
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I’m approved to sell music right now, but Amazon has been sending me emails asking for me to send invoices for music items or I will lose most (all?) of my selling privileges in that category. All my inventory is scavenged, so I won’t be able to provide any invoices.
Last year, I sold a ton on Amazon, but with the new rules, long-term storage fees, and high return rate, I’ve been redirecting most of my efforts to eBay. I’m mostly giving up on sending “stuff” to Amazon and I’m only sending them books at this point. Amazon is just not a very friendly marketplace for scavenger sellers like myself.
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