Amazon Sellers - Enjoy A Variety of Features To Support Volume Selling!

Amazon Sellers Take Advantage Of Automation:

Selling on Amazon has become more popular as Amazon expanded into a variety of categories beyond media, and built a variety of features to support volume selling. Unlike eBay / PayPal, if you sell on Amazon, you do not have to maintain separate payment accounts - all payments and payment security are handled by Amazon itself - WebStore.

WebStore by Amazon allows businesses to create e-commerce websites using Amazon technology. Merchants can customize their sites using their own photos and branding. Sellers pay a commission of 7 percent, which includes credit-card processing fees and fraud protection, and a subscription fee of $59.95/month for an unlimited number of web-stores and listings. Amazon reported over 1.3 million sellers sold products through Amazon's worldwide web sites in 2007

Amazon, also has an 'Associate' or 'Affiliate' Program. Amazon was one of the first online businesses to set up an affiliate marketing program. An associate is an independent seller or business that receives a commission for referring customers to the Amazon.com site. Associates do this by placing links on their websites to the Amazon homepage or to specific products. If a referral results in a sale, the Associate receives a commission from Amazon. Worldwide, Amazon has over 900,000 members in its affiliate programs. Associates can access the Amazon catalog directly on their websites by using the Amazon Web Services.

According to the Internet audience measurement website Compete.com, Amazon attracts approximately 50 million U.S. consumers to its website on a monthly basis.