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It all started in 1994 when Jeff Bezos, who left his job as VP of a Wall Street firm, read an article about Internet commerce and its enormous projected growth. That, my friend, was the impetus for Amazon, and here’s how it all went down… As the story goes, Bezos made a list of 20 products that he felt would …

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When you are selling a product on Amazon, is it better to ship your items directly to your customers yourself or is it better to just let Amazon handle it for you? The answer is pretty simple. It entirely depends on what works best for you.  For instance, if you feel that you can easily handle shipping directly to your …

Amazon, a pioneer in its industry, offers a host of incredible shipping options and innovations of which you may not be aware (I certainly wasn’t!)… First, let’s address the Secure Delivery with a One-time Password option. This Amazon delivery choice ensures that customers receive a one-time password via email after an item has shipped, adding yet another layer of security …

There’s fulfillment of your dreams, a sense of fulfillment in life and then there is the fulfillment of your orders when you sell items on Amazon. Here’s a good question. When you sell products on Amazon, is it better to self-ship your products or let Amazon handle your product fulfillment?  Amazon offers both options to sellers because, although Fulfillment by …

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When you sell on Amazon, is it better to ship your product/s yourself or let Amazon handle your product fulfillment? That’s a good question, and the answer is that it entirely depends on what works best for you. Let’s give you some information that may help you make that decision. If you are already set up to conveniently handle your …

Pictures are worth a thousand words, and that especially holds true in advertising and marketing. So if you are planning on selling on Amazon, top-quality product photos that generate appeal will help to facilitate and expedite sales. To get those great shots, you need to keep several things in mind. First, you want to make certain that you have the …

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Okay, so you’ve decided you would like to sell on Amazon. Now it’s time for the bigger decision. What should you sell? You know that you want to sell something that is profitable and reach a large enough audience to stimulate enough sales to make it worth your while. With Amazon, you’ve already mastered the “large market” part of your …

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