| 1. Buyers will know that your item is in stock. | | | | during the holiday season. Prime customers love |
| When a buyer sees an FBA listing, they know the | | | | the free shipping! When you use FBA, you have |
| item is in stock and it will be shipped directly from | | | | an advantage over other sellers who do not use |
| Amazon's warehouse. Non-FBA sellers may cancel | | | | it, since a buyer who has the Prime service will |
| an order for many reasons, but with FBA, the | | | | often choose your item over you non-FBA |
| buyer can be sure that this will not happen. This is | | | | competition. They can get your item with free |
| particularly important during the holiday season | | | | two day shipping, which they cannot get from |
| when buyers count on receiving their order in a | | | | you non-FBA competition. |
| timely manner. There is nothing worse than a | | | | 3. You spend less time on customer service. FBA |
| buyer who is upset because they did not receive | | | | handles all customer service for you buyers. This |
| their item in time for the holidays. By using | | | | means that if your buyer has any problem with |
| Amazon fulfillment, buyers know that the item will | | | | their order, they can contact Amazon Customer |
| be professionally packed and will arrive in a timely | | | | Service directly. You will save a tremendous |
| manner. | | | | amount of time and aggravation when you do not |
| 2. FBA items are eligible for Amazon Prime. Prime | | | | need to handle your own customer service. |
| is a service that allows unlimited free two day | | | | If you are a third party seller on Amazon, using |
| shipping on all Amazon purchases and costs $79 | | | | FBA will give you more time to spend on the |
| dollars per year. In addition to Amazon's own | | | | most important aspect of your business: finding |
| items, FBA items from third party sellers are also | | | | new inventory. With more time to find good |
| eligible for Prime. This means that your business | | | | inventory, your business profit should greatly |
| has access to some of Amazon's best customers. | | | | increase! |
| Prime customers buy a lot of items, particularly | | | | |