Amazon FBA vs. eBay |Listing

This is the third installment in my series about the differences between the eBay and Amazon selling platforms. For each of the next seven 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 vs. Product Page

Lets face it, we all know the amount of work that goes into creating a listing on eBay. First we must inspect, clean, and photograph the product. Then edit the photos, research selling price, craft a title that works with SEO to fit with Cassini (in 80 characters or less) and create a description that gives the pertinent details of the item with a little sales pitch thrown in. That's a lot of work! On Amazon if the item you want to add already has a product page all you need to do is add your offer to that page! Enter a few pieces of information and your item is listed for sale. This keeps Amazon's catalog much cleaner by having only one page per product with all sellers listed there. 

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