Comments on: Pharmapacks Ceasing Operations – What Does It Mean for Other Third-Party Sellers?

By: Dave Bryant

Dave Bryant — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:42:48 +0000

In reply to Janeczka Kader. Yes, Amazon charges 15% but there's always a marketing cost involved. Is it lower than the 15% of Amazon? Maybe - but there is A cost if you sell off of Amazon.

By: Janeczka Kader

Janeczka Kader — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:19:29 +0000

In reply to Michael.

Hi,Michael
how about setting a website and resell those items, that you mentioned, is there a chance, like making some extra by paying less 11% (paypal instead of 15% collected by amazon instead.
Brand registry and usually name brands does not authorize small-scale resellers to use their brands and there is another risk here, that is multiple “authorization” might trigger alert and those resellers might end up with lock up for good.
n addition, there’s just been continued competition from other resellers and Amazon price-matching to other retailers and suppressing the Buy Box.
-darn, right, there are placements for the same ASIN but as long as they got access to the item, the competition is kinda tough.
So my question is that what if, I mean what if we can resell those items

By: Robert Louis Pirsic

Robert Louis Pirsic — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:56:05 +0000

Sad to see them go. I was working there as a temp when they announced the merger. Huge amounts of inventory was coming in but slowed down early this year. They also stopped hiring. Now I know why.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:42:28 +0000

I started an Amazon side business about 5 years ago as a reseller. I started in retail arbitrage and moved into purchasing products wholesale from local manufacturers to resell on Amazon. It was always a side hustle and only generated a small monthly profit. I’m now winding that business down as it’s clear Amazon does not want resellers on its platform. So many features on Amazon now require brand registry which resellers typically won’t have access too. In addition, there’s just been continued competition from other resellers and Amazon price-matching to other retailers and suppressing the Buy Box. Without exclusive products or distribution or some edge, there’s always someone out there willing to sell the same product for less – whether because they have lower overhead and lower profit targers, or just a lack of financial sense to realize they’re making no profit.