How does Amazon distinguish between self-operated and third-party products? What are the techniques for direct mail?

Merchants who have opened stores on Amazon know that the platform has its own self-operated stores, and then there are stores opened by third-party merchants. Different types of stores provide different services. Many people prefer to buy goods in Amazon's self-operated stores. How to distinguish between self-operated and third-party stores?

How does Amazon distinguish between self-operated and third-party products?

1. It is actually very simple to judge whether a product is Amazon-operated. If there is "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com" below the price, it is an Amazon-operated product, such as the 1150 razor we recommend.

2. If the product is sold by other merchants and Amazon is responsible for packaging and shipping, there will be "Fulfilled by Amazon.com" below the price.

3. Sold and shipped by other merchants, such as the Hamilton watch recommended yesterday, there is a message "Ships from and sold by Watchsavings" below the price, which means this watch is sold by Watchsavings.

What are the tips for Amazon direct mail?

1. If you are not good at English, you must remember to use a browser with website translation. I use the Chrome browser, which converts the entire website into Chinese. It is very convenient, just like shopping on Taobao.

2. If you want express delivery, you can choose expedited delivery, which is usually a few dollars more expensive and can be delivered directly from abroad to your home in 7-10 days, which is very convenient.

3. The tariffs collected in advance by Amazon may not be the actual amount collected by the customs in the end, because Amazon may overcharge, so it is very likely that the customs will not collect or collect less. According to the principle of "more refund and less compensation" in Amazon's tariff regulations, if the actual tariffs collected by the customs are higher than the estimate, you do not have to pay more; and if they are less than the estimate, the refunded tariffs will be returned to you within 60 days, and you do not have to worry about it. If this is the case, congratulations, you have made a profit.

4. A credit card is required. You cannot pay at Amazon without a credit card. You can pay with UnionPay single-currency credit cards.

5. After placing an order, you can track the status of your order in "Your orders" in "Your account". If it has been shipped, you can see the courier number, just like Taobao, and Amazon will also send you another shipping email.

6. Some products sent through direct mail from America will not be subject to pre-paid customs duties. If customs duties are not collected, there will be a risk of being taxed. However, the probability of being taxed for direct mail is very low, so there is no need to worry too much.

7. When shopping on Amazon, many items such as bags, shoes, cosmetics, skin care products, clothes, etc. can be shipped directly, which is very convenient.

If you want to know whether your product on Amazon is self-operated or third-party, you can just look at the words below the price on the product homepage. There is a big difference between the words "self-operated" and "third-party merchant". You can determine whether the product is self-operated according to the above method.

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