- Hi guys, Neil Waterhouse.
This week's video is about how
to list your first product on Amazon.
So let's launch straight on into it.
The first step is to go
to your Amazon Seller Central account.
If you don't already have an Amazon Seller Central account
I'll put a link on the screen to Amazon Seller Central
in the U.S.A. and Australia.
If you live in another country
just google Amazon Seller Central
and Google will show you a link
to Amazon Seller Central in your country.
Okay, once you're logged into Amazon Seller Central account
the next step is to click on Inventory.
Then Add A Product.
Now I'm assuming that you already have an item
to list on Amazon that you sourced at a lower price
than it's selling for on Amazon right now.
If you don't already have a product
then here's a link to a free course
showing you how to find a profitable product
to sell on Amazon.
So, assuming you now have a product
which you can sell on Amazon for a profit
the next part is to find Amazon's unique identifying number
for that product that you wish to list.
Every item on Amazon
has its own unique 10 digit identification number.
This 10 digit number is referred to in the industry
as the ASIN number.
I know ASIN should be just ASIN
but it's just generally most people call it the ASIN number.
Now ASIN stands for Amazon Standard Identification Number
and it's a 10 character alphanumeric number
that's assigned by Amazon for every item listed on Amazon.
So to find the ASIN number for your product
simply just search for your product
in the Amazon search box.
For this example, let's say you have
some inflatable shampoo basins to sell.
Simply type in the keyword phrase
into the search box in Amazon to find your item.
Once you've found your item on Amazon
if you look at the URL at the top of your browser
you'll see a set of 10 numbers that starts with BO.
This is the ASIN number.
Sometimes though this URL can be long, like this one,
but you'll still find the 10 digit number
within all those numbers.
Every product listed on Amazon
has its own unique ASIN number
and this is the ASIN for this inflatable shampoo basin.
Normally you'll find your product already has an ASIN number
as Amazon's catalog has got over 120 million products on it.
However sometimes you may need to create a new listing
or a new product listing from scratch.
Now to do that click on the Create A New Listing hyperlink.
Creating a new product from scratch
is it's a more advanced strategy
as it usually always requires optimization
and additional marketing to promote any new listing.
For this video I'm assuming that the product
that you wish to list is one of the 120 million products
on Amazon's extensive catalog.
And for this example let's use the inflatable shampoo basin.
Oh flies, these flies today are shockers!
It's just rained and it's now above 18 degrees.
As most people know, flies don't wake up 'till 18 degrees
and of course it's now 19
so the rotten little things have just come out.
But anyway, anyway back on track!
Okay, now that you have your ASIN number
the next step is to search for that ASIN number
in the Add Product section.
Next step is to click
on the blue Listing Limitations Apply hyperlink.
Then click on Sell Yours.
Next enter your price, then enter your own SKU.
And the SKU can be anything.
For example, you can put in
purchased these from XYZ Supplier for XYZ dollars
on in XYZ date.
Next, select the condition
then the quantity that you have available.
And then choose who is shipping the item to your customer.
Are you shipping it or is Amazon shipping it?
Are you going to post these items to your customers yourself
or are you going to use Amazon FBA
where you send your inventory to an Amazon warehouse
and Amazon warehouses your product
and then ships it direct to your buyers?
If you want to know more about how to send an item
to Amazon FBA, I'll put a link on the screen and below
to a free video showing you how to do this.
Last step is to click the yellow Save and Finish button
and bingo, you've done it!
Your item is now listed.
Well done!
Now it might, it could go live straight away.
It might take half an hour to go live.
Basically it's all done, well done.
Anyway, that's all for this week.
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Until next week, list more, sell more,
this is Neil Waterhouse.