Fulfillment by Amazon – Mommy Income

Amazon FBA Prep Guidelines – Temperature-sensitive Inventory

This is another post in my series discussing Amazon FBA prep guidelines. Over the past few weeks we’ve been discussing the ins and outs of inventory prep including Amazon’s guidelines, tools you can … Read more…

Amazon FBA vs. eBay | Control

This is the eighth installment in my series about the differences between the eBay and Amazon selling platforms. For each of the next six weeks I will continue to discuss these areas and … Read more…

Back to Basics – Using Yard Sales to Source for Amazon FBA

Friday from April through October is one of my favorite days because I get to scope out the yard sales for the weekend. Here in Southeastern PA most of our yard sales take place on Saturdays with infrequent ones occurring on Friday or Sunday. Friday is when I sit down and scour Craigslist, local newspapers, etc to see where the sales are happening the coming day.

Here is a list of the resources I use to find yard sales in my area:

GSALR.com
Craigslist.org
Local Newspapers (I prefer their online websites to print versions)
Signs (some people don't post their sale online!)

I've been selling online since 2011 and garage sales have always been a great source of inventory for my eBay business. I've gotten away from garage sales as I've focused on switching over from an eBay focused business to an FBA-centric business. This weekend I'm going back to basics and using my yard sale adventures to source for Amazon FBA inventory.

Amazon FBA vs. eBay | Getting Paid

This is the sixth installment in my series about the differences between the eBay and Amazon selling platforms. For each of the next six weeks I will continue to discuss these areas and … Read more…

Feed the Beast!

“My sales are so slow. I don’t know why. What can I do?” I often see Facebook group posts similar to this in both eBay and Amazon forums. Most of the … Read more…

Amazon FBA vs. eBay | Fees

This is the fourth installment in my series about the differences between the eBay and Amazon selling platforms. For each of the next six weeks I will continue to discuss these areas and try to dispel some of the myths that surround selling on Amazon.com

I asked veteran Amazon sellers via Facebook what differences they found between selling on eBay and Amazon FBA. There were ten areas identified as noticeably different between the two platforms:

Listing on Amazon is FREE

The fee structures between eBay and Amazon are quite different. The main difference between the two platforms, regarding fees, is that on eBay you pay an insertion fee every time you list an item and every seven to 30 days, depending on listing type, after that until it sells or you decide not to relist the item. Depending on your level (no store, basic, premium or anchor store) this fee varies. You can list on Amazon for FREE. There is no fee until your product sells.