Comments on: Amazon FBA vs FBM Comparison Guide

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 07:57:29 +0000

Very helpful… Thank you. I was confused about choosing FBA or FBM, you’re Cleared With Example Thank you so much..

By: Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:34:14 +0000

In reply to phil g.

Hi Phil,

If your FBM offer is out of stock, it will not be available on Amazon — It will be listed as inactive in your seller account. Though if you are out of stock for a while, your listing will lose ranking and may take some time to get that ranking back. When you add inventory, it will be live again on Amazon.

By: phil g

phil g — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 03:09:40 +0000

Excellent article. One thing I’m not clear on about FBM is available inventory… can the seller be out of stock, indicate so, and not be penalized for it, derated or discredited? On Ebay, you could just have 0 items available, and Ebay would just keep collecting listing fees, but nothing else. And the seller could add info to the listing to apprise customers of the situation and please check back etc.

By: Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:32:16 +0000

In reply to Nam Nguyen. HI Nam, That question isnt easy to answer without knowing the exact size, weight, and price of your item. If you sell it at a high enough price to profit after Amazon's fee and storage fees, then do FBA. If it is more profitable to ship yourself, then do FBM. You can also do both and see which is more beneficial to your business.

By: Nam Nguyen

Nam Nguyen — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:32:45 +0000

Hi Dave, thanks so much for the information. Such an exceptional article! I have a question, hopefully you can help me sort it out. I’m planning to sell a few products on Amazon. However, some of them isn’t small size (think of it similar to the size of a 24-pack of water but slightly smaller) and I’m thinking how to best benefit from fba vs fbm. What size of the product do you think above which I should definitely use fbm?

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:28 +0000

it is a useful article, thanks

By: Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:26:05 +0000

In reply to Lynne Fisk.

Hi Lynne,

In your Handmade account, you’re not able to go into Shipping settings and update the pricing? Alternatively, you can offer “free shipping” while upping the price of your products to be sure you can cover the increased costs to ship.

By: Lynne Fisk

Lynne Fisk — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:26:44 +0000

Hey Dave! We have been selling on Handmade for years now. However the shipping prices are soaring and we are beginning to lose our profit. We cannot get any answers from Amazon on how to up our shipping prices. HELP!
Lynne from Smoky Mountain Aquaponics.
Thanking you in advance

By: sk

sk — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:31:31 +0000

thank you Dave…very helpful information here …in great detail too..appreciate your hard work in putting this together

By: Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:18:54 +0000

In reply to jacques. Hi Jacques, If you are both in the same household, I would advise against opening separate seller accounts. You would need to get approval from Amazon to open a second seller account. Open one account then contact seller support with your case about opening a second account and explain your situation.