To start selling on Amazon, you'll need to conduct thorough research to identify a product that aligns with market demand and offers potential for profitability. The best tools to use to find products is Helium 10’s BlackBox, Xray and Cerebro. Helium 10’s BlackBox allows you to filter through the billions of products on Amazon based on the type of product that you are looking for. Xray will help you to validate whether or not this product would be a good product to sell based on the overall price, revenue, review ratings and competition. Cerebro allows you to find what keyword opportunities that you can seize in order to get visibility for your product. Once you've settled on a product, create an Amazon Seller account, providing the necessary details about yourself and your business. Source your products through manufacturing (Alibaba), wholesale, or retail arbitrage. Craft compelling product listings with high-quality images, detailed descriptions, and competitive pricing, optimizing them with relevant keywords using Cerebro to enhance visibility in Amazon's search results. Choose between fulfilling orders yourself (FBM) or utilizing Amazon's FBA service for streamlined logistics. Upon launching your products, employ various marketing tactics such as Amazon PPC advertising, social media promotion, and influencer collaborations to drive traffic to your listings. Continuously monitor sales performance, customer feedback, and market trends to refine your strategies and optimize your business operations. With dedication and adaptability, you can scale your Amazon business over time, expanding your product offerings and exploring new opportunities for growth within the platform.
Hi Carrie,
I'm in the process of selling children's products on Amazon FBA, and I'm interested in selling in the US, Canada, and Mexico, but always shipping from US warehouses. My question is about the certification and requirements for selling these products in these countries. Specifically, if I have a US safety certification, will it be valid for the other countries? Also, should the packaging label specify the material, and should this be mentioned in the certification? Are there any other requirements I might be missing?
I hope this can help me and others who might have the same questions.
@daniela If you are using the remote fba, then it will be automatic to allow you to set up those listings IF there is not those requirements about certification. If it gives you an error, then youll know what certification you have to use. Some of my products are blocked in canada and mexico for that reason