How to sell your stuff on Amazon.com

Amazon.com has a great feature where you can enter your stuff into their seller’s marketplace allowing you to post your books/clothes/toys/whatever into their virtual marketplace and while buyers are scrolling through the products they want to buy they can choose your item if the price is right. It's a great way to get some money out of items you don't need or want anymore and you can usually make more than you would at a yard sale or reseller's shop.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• A computer with an internet connection.
• an Amazon.com (they are easy to set up and you will be prompted through setting one up during the posting of your items if you do not already have one.
• Something to sell

1. Go to Amazon.com and on their home page, look to the bottom left side where you’ll find “Selling on Amazon”. Click on the link “Sell Your Stuff”
2. You will then be taken to the “Sell Your Stuff and make money – it’s that easy” page. This is where they tell you that you can “Earn cash by selling your pre-owned items on Amazon.com. It’s easy, it’s fast, and it doesn’t cost you a penny until your item sells”.
3. Just below the welcome, there will be a box where you will list the item you would like to sell. Amazon has 18 categories from books, sporting goods, automotive, and more categories including one called “everything else”.
4. Search by title or keyword to find your exact item in their marketplace. Once you have don’t this, click on the “Start Selling” button.
5. You will then be taken to the page which shows all items that are relevant to your keyword or title. Depending on your item, you may see one or multiple items to choose from. Once you have found your item, click to the right on the “Sell Yours Here” button.
6. You will next verify the item you are selling, select the item’s condition and then if you would like add comments about the condition of your item. Once you are ready, click on the “continue” button at the bottom of the page.
7. On this next page you will enter the price for your item, the quantity o you have to sell, your location, and select your shipping methods. OK what about the shipping? Amazon.com will credit you for the cost of shipping. There are preset credits for each shipping method so you are not out the money of shipping.
8. Once you have completed this you will be taken to the sign-in page. If you have an Amazon.com account, you will sign into it here, or you can create one. Follow the prompts.
9. Once you are ready, click on the “Submit your Listing” button at the bottom of the page and your item will be listed in the Amazon.com Marketplace.
10. Once your item sells, Amazon.com will immediately send you an email alerting you of the sale. You can follow their easy-to-understand and follow instructions. You need to send your item within two business days and after the buyer confirms to Amazon that they’ve received your item—Amazon will transfer the money to your account. You will receive the price of your item + a credit for shipping – Amazon’s small commission.

Tips & Warnings

• Pricing your item well will help it sell. Be realistic about what it's worth. Amazon will provide you information about other similar items to guide you in pricing yours.
• Be sure to ship your item in the time frame and with the shipping method chosen by the buyer. Amazon closely watches its sellers to ensure that their clients are getting what they pay for so follow through with your end of the deal to get your money.