Can ordinary people do Amazon? What are the conditions?

On the Amazon platform, companies usually enter as enterprises, which makes it easier to do business. After all, companies have already established their own brands, which have a certain degree of popularity. Can ordinary people do this on Amazon?

Can ordinary people do Amazon?

1. Do you have enough time?

To be honest, for ordinary people, it is too risky to work on Amazon full-time before you are sure.

It is recommended that novices start with a side job on Amazon. If you can spare 3 hours a day, you can give it a try.

2. Is there enough capital turnover?

Amazon is a serious business, and making money out of nothing is clearly a thing of the past.

Note: Investment is risky, please be cautious when entering the industry

The specific amount of funds required depends on your expectations and how much money you want to earn in a month.

If you want to earn 100,000 yuan a month, you need to prepare at least 500,000 yuan.

If you only need to earn one or two thousand yuan in the beginning, then you should prepare at least 20,000 yuan in the beginning, which will be enough to cope with basic turnover.

After a user places an order, the money will not be transferred to your account immediately. Amazon's payment cycle is 14 days. During these 14 days, the seller needs to advance the purchase, logistics and other costs.

When you first start selling on Amazon, it is recommended that you start with FBM. This way you don’t need to stock up on inventory, which can reduce risks.

But the order quantity will be relatively small. In the early stage, we will mainly accumulate experience through small steps of trial and error. After we have a certain amount of experience, we can do FBA in small batches.

For some basic knowledge: FBM means the seller ships the goods themselves, and usually the seller purchases and ships the goods after the order is placed. FBA requires stocking up in advance and sending it to Amazon's overseas warehouses. Once the order is placed, Amazon will help you deliver the goods.

3. Do you have enough understanding of Amazon operations?

The scope of operation is quite broad, and it is difficult to explain it in a few words. We need to study it systematically.

Simply put, there are two core issues: "What products to sell" and "How to sell them"

What products to sell:

This is the old saying about product selection. Everyone has different resources and can choose different directions, but you must analyze the products that are suitable for you based on the market, degree of competition, and profit margin.

How to sell

Simply put, it involves two aspects: Listing optimization and promotion

Listing optimization is to improve your product information (pictures, titles, descriptions, prices, styles, etc.)

Promotion means letting more people see your products (keyword ranking, paid advertising, participating in activities, etc.)

If you do the above three points well, you can also do well on Amazon.

Ordinary people can also do business on Amazon, and cross-border e-commerce has also lowered the threshold of its platform. Individuals can also join in cross-border e-commerce. However, cross-border e-commerce is much more difficult than domestic e-commerce, and few ordinary people can do it.

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