Is Amazon FBA worth it? And are there other options?

I am fairly certain that Amazon is the largest online retailer/marketplace that exists. Of course a lot of people sell on ebay as well and that is also a very well established marketplace although it is somewhat different than Amazon.

Remember that having an FBA business is much more than having a "fullfillment option". It amounts to having your inventory in front of a HUGE amount of buyer traffic on a customer friendly and highly trusted sight along with their excellent customer service. You get all that for the price of what IMO amounts to small fees and commissions to them.

I have been working online for several years and setting up my FBA business was by far the best thing that I have done.

nothing else gets your product the exposure it needs to fly off the shelves. go with FBA if you plan to list on amazon. if not, maybe you can find something else out there thats cheaper and has less rules . efulfillment has good reviews.

Fba is good, you just have to understand the insane rules amazon has and their tendancy to copy your success and steal your views

Thanks, everyone,

Yes I understand about the Amazon platform.
However, let's say I have a major way to attract buyers that is NOT Amazon or eBay.

Let's say I magically can generate 1000 orders a day or even a week by this magical
formula.

What are some other good fulfillment options. I'm not really wondering about Amazon's
platform. I have been studying everything for a month and taking every course about
Amazon and selling, importing, wholesale selling, drop shipping, and many others.

I have a master plan that I am working on that requires nearly instant shipping. This is
why I'm asking about fulfillment.

Thanks,

Robert C.

Like I said, if its a sweet idea and is successful amazon.will jump all over it and do it themselves

But, it is hard to beat the eyes they get so in terms of fulfillment, amazon is the number 1 beast out there

Another that generally comes up as amazon competitor is shipwire, which ive looked into and they seem really good, beyond them two I havent seen anything inpressive

If you can fit your products into the Amazon requirements Amazon fulfillment for your 3rd party site is a good option as it is very reasonable cost wise. For a large amount of products you probably won't find cheaper fulfillment elsewhere. Even the other cheapest fullfillment services advertised online are not cheaper under many circumstances. Just be aware any inventory you keep with amazon must turn over within a year or else the storage fees increase 25x. If your inventory is going to sit there more then a year don't use Amazon.

I have used shipwire before and found they had a very high error rate, picking the wrong products (I had 4 skus btw) or shipping to the wrong addresses. I have not used Amazon fulfillment before but I would believe it would be much lower due to their systems.

If you have very light items ( only a few ounces ) that can be shipped first class mail other fulfillment services will be cheaper. Other items will end up being cheaper when shipped out by Amazon compared to other fulfillment companies.

If you need any custom requirements you should look at local fulfillment companies. When I used shipwire before they charged an arm and a leg for simple tasks. For example they were going to charge me about $600 to take 500 very small items and pack them into 50 10 packs.

So if Amazon appears to be a good fit it probably is your best option. If not check out local fulfillment companies. I don't recommend Shipwire as I had a very bad experience with them.

Yeah, I know that shipping is a bass turd red headed step child.
I used to ship phones from China to my house, sell them on ebay,
and ship them all around the world. (You know what tho, I used
to double my money no matter how much I spent.) What was I thinking
to quit that! Anyway, I've grown to become lazy (haha, not really) I just love
to automate processes. I want to do as little work as humanly possible! Why not?

So that's why I am asking this question. To find the best, cheapest and most effective
way to ship product with my lazy ass doing as little as possible. Sue me.

Isn't this why we are all in this "online" business stuff anyway?
To make money doing nothing? And I know what you're thinking,, this guy must be
lazy, looking for the magic push button that spews money down on you. Well hell yeah!

However, that is because I have an offline biz that allows me to be afford modern
automation systems, software, and what have you. I'm an entrepreneur that built
a great system to allow me to search and seek the holy grail of the online world.

Thanks everyone. I hope you enjoy my B. S.

Robert C.

Google 'till you turn blue, I doubt you'll find a resource better than FBA for the services they provide.

Many of our customers benefit from Amazon FBA. They enjoy being being able to tap into Amazon's huge customer base, super-fast shipping and their excellent customer support. Sellers joining FBA should closely examine their prices and maintain good quantities of stock.

FBA is still HOT! You can still put up a item and sell out in a day if you do your product research correctly. I have friends who are making 1-60k a day on Amazon using FBA.