How much does it cost to open an Amazon account? How much does it cost to open a store?

Now everyone knows that the competition in domestic e-commerce is very fierce. Therefore, for most friends, they are more willing to start a cross-border e-commerce platform. However, cross-border e-commerce is difficult to do. How much does it cost to open an Amazon account?

1. How much does it cost to open an Amazon account?

Recently, trademark service providers in the cross-border e-commerce industry have been announcing that the registration rules for U.S. trademarks will change starting August 3, 2019, and that U.S. trademarks will require local lawyers to register. As a result, the registration price will be raised, and the review will become more and more stringent, and all rejections may be charged in the future.

Another issue that has always been hanging over your head is the sales tax in various US states. The California IRS sent mass emails to Amazon sellers in October last year and July this year, respectively, requiring sellers to provide tax numbers, register and declare sales taxes. Once the US policy is enforced like the UK and Germany, a large number of sellers will be in trouble, especially since it is not clear whether the IRS will retroactively collect past taxes and fines.

2. How much does it cost to open a store?

1. Basic expenses for opening a store

There is no charge for registering an account on Amazon, whether it is self-registration or investment channel. Now it is generally chosen to register through investment channel. There are two types of accounts for opening a store on Amazon, one is professional sellers and the other is individual sellers. You can choose according to your individual or company. Of course, the two types also have different charging standards: professional sellers charge: sales commission plus monthly rental fees; and individual sellers charge: sales commission plus the number of items sold.

2. Different sites charge different fees

There are three Amazon sites, namely Europe, North America and Japan, and different sites charge different amounts. Fees for North America: free monthly rent for individual sellers, charged by item, $0.99 per item, and monthly rent for professional sellers is $39.99 per month; Fees for Europe: free monthly rent for individual sellers, charged by item, £0.75 per item, and monthly rent for professional sellers is £2 per month; Fees for Japan: free monthly rent for individual sellers, charged by item, 100 yen per item, and monthly rent for professional sellers is 4,900 yen per month. The sales commissions for both sellers in these three sites are charged 8% to 15% according to different categories.

The fees for individual experts are calculated based on the number of items and sales commissions; while the fees for corporate sellers are calculated based on monthly rent and sales commissions. In addition to normal store opening, how to operate a store is also very important. At the same time, the cost of products, labor, and warehousing expenses all require a lot of manpower and material resources to complete. It is not easy to open a store, but it is even more difficult to keep the store. While working hard to sell, you need to control various costs and ensure a steady growth in profits, so that the store can continue to develop stably.

At present, it does not cost a lot of money to register an Amazon account, but the registration is very strict now, and some basic hard requirements are very high. If a registration is unsuccessful and rejected, a second registration will be charged.

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