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How to Sell on Amazon for Beginners: Your All-In-One Guide to Success

Everything you need to know to make money selling on Amazon for beginners. From Amazon fees, what to sell on Amazon for the most profit, how to ship products to Amazon, the best Amazon course if you’re serious about making money, and more. This is your all-in-one guide on how to sell on Amazon for beginners. Let’s dig in!

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How to Sell on Amazon for Beginners

Hey there Amazon sellers or beginners who want to become Amazon sellers!

Selling on Amazon is a really fun and flexible side hustle, and one that has the potential to be very lucrative!

(For other ideas on work-from-home jobs that pay well, please see this post.)

But…

It’s not just about packing up a bunch of products, sending boxes to an Amazon warehouse, making listings for your products, and getting sales.

It would be GREAT if it was that simple, but it’s not.

And that’s why not everyone is doing it.

And why not every Amazon seller will be successful.

Womp, womp.

But it’s not all doom-and-gloom.

You are here, my friend!

You are already committed to learning all you can about how to sell on Amazon so you can BE a future success story. Kudos!

Without further ado, here are the top resources for how to sell on Amazon for beginners:

How to Sell on Amazon for Beginners

Everything you need to know to make money selling on Amazon for beginners. From Amazon fees, what to sell on Amazon for the most profit, how to ship products to Amazon, the best Amazon course if you're serious about making money, and more. This is your all-in-one guide on how to sell on Amazon for beginners. Let's dig in!

Selling on Amazon for Beginners: FAQs

I get questions all the time from beginners who want to sell on Amazon.

Here are some of the top questions, answered! (Feel free to write other questions you have in the comments below.)

1. Is it worth it to start selling on Amazon?

Does $100,000+ dollars a year seem worth it to you?

Though that income is by no means guaranteed or even average when you sell on Amazon, there are many 6-figure Amazon sellers (here’s an interview with one).

Like other legitimate work-from-home businesses, you have to work hard.

Just like blogging, many people give up WAY too soon.

Before they see the income they desire.

If you know you will stay committed, learn from others who are further along, and won’t give up, then yes it’s worth it to start selling on Amazon.

Ultimately, only you can decide that.

2. What is the most profitable way to sell on Amazon?

For beginners, the best way to sell on Amazon is through Amazon FBA.

Amazon FBA means fulfilled by Amazon, and for a small fee they will take care of a lot of the steps.

The other main way to sell is Amazon fulfilled by merchant (Amazon FBM).

Even though there is a fee with FBA, using Amazon FBA will eliminate a lot of the beginner’s mistakes that are so easy to make.

This will make the whole selling on Amazon as a beginner process smoother for you and your customers.

Which can mean repeat customers and good reviews!

For beginners, retail arbitrage is the simplest method to learn.

From there you can add private label, online arbitrage, or dropshipping, which can be more profitable ways to sell on Amazon.

But I wouldn’t recommend beginners start there.

3. How do I prepare to sell on Amazon?

You are already taking a good first step here.

Gather all the resources you can and learn, learn, learn!

Like I said, there is a method and technique to selling on Amazon.

You want to learn from people who have gone before you.

Otherwise you will be making so many beginners’ mistakes and wasting lots of time (not to mention money.)

So here is the scoop:

My favorite course for Amazon sellers was discontinued. At first I was bummed, because I loved the course and was comfortable recommending it.

I don’t like recommending just any old thing when it comes to Amazon courses or anything I recommend on The Curious Frugal. I do a TON of research and wanted to find something I liked at least as much to recommend to you.

And now I’m so happy to share Jungle Scout with you – it’s an amazing resource that I believe all Amazon sellers should invest in if they want to be successful.

It’s a no-brainer and affordable for everyone at only $29/month for the basic plan. And even the basic plan includes their Academy Training, which is a comprehensive Amazon seller course.

To your success selling on Amazon!

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