Is it reliable to open a store on Amazon without any source of goods? Is it profitable?

Some friends have adopted the no-source store model on Taobao Tmall platform before, and the operation effect was good in the end, and they made a lot of money. Now they want to use the no-source model on Amazon platform, but they don’t know if it is reliable to open a store without source on Amazon?

First, let’s look at the source of the project. The Amazon platform itself allows for the distribution of goods. As long as there is no infringement or inferior quality, there is no problem with the distribution of goods. Amazon itself has no so-called upper limit on the number of SKUs in a store.

Moreover, China is now ahead of most countries and regions in the world in terms of product variety, cost-effectiveness and technological content. Amazon also hopes that Chinese products can be uploaded to Amazon to enrich Amazon's SKU library. In Amazon's eyes, a full range of products is also a disguised way to improve user experience. Therefore, this is feasible.

Secondly, let's take a look at Amazon's distribution in China. In fact, it started quite early. It was widely circulated in Shenzhen, Guangdong a long time ago, because they have the resources, cross-border logistics, ports, foreign trade genes, etc., which not only have geographical advantages but also policy support. Then several leading companies also started with distribution in this way in the early years. The so-called high-quality products.

In fact, they also discovered them from the small hits of the distribution. Of course, some companies once used the distribution as the basis, and then incubated boutiques, thinking that they were more high-end and more profitable. As a result, they found that the difficulty of boutiques was great. FBA, CPC, off-site traffic, celebrity promotion, all kinds of pitfalls, step by step, the end result is that the distribution department continues to recruit people, and the boutique department slowly lays off employees... Even if some leading companies in Shenzhen have said that they will not do distribution, it cannot cover up the fact that small and medium-sized teams are still working diligently~

On the Amazon platform, all sellers are equal. There is no issue of store weight or bidding. The principle of Amazon's product display volume is to see whether your product is liked by anyone. As long as someone likes it, your product will be displayed. Amazon currently has no upper limit on the number of store products, which means that we can collect a large number of domestic products and distribute them to the Amazon platform.

Amazon's no-source model belongs to the collection and upload model, collecting other platforms and uploading to Amazon. Don't think that this model will not have too high profits, because it is cross-border e-commerce, the customers are foreigners, they don't know much about the products, so the price range is very large, and in our eyes, the US dollar is very valuable, but unlike us, they look at US dollars the same way we look at RMB, that is to say, ten US dollars in their eyes is like ten yuan in our eyes, that is to say, the ten yuan thing you collected, you can mark it as ten US dollars or more.

Amazon's no-source model, in simple terms, is to buy low and sell high, but the low purchase is for domestic products, and the high sale is to foreign countries. When there is an order, we will place the order and send the goods to our warehouse in Shenzhen. There will be a dedicated person to check the goods, and then re-pack them, and then send the goods to foreign countries.

What you earn from Amazon's no-source model is the exchange rate difference. The emergence of Amazon's no-source model provides an opportunity for more people. The opportunity has already appeared. As for whether you can grasp it, it depends on your personal ideas. Whether it is an individual or a studio model, or a company looking for new projects, Amazon will be a good choice!

In fact, regarding cross-border e-commerce, many people are wavering between wanting to and not wanting to. After all, everyone sees the prospects, but dares not try it themselves. Some of them have tried but are not very successful. If they are unsuccessful, they want to ask experts but are afraid of being ripped off. To be honest, there are indeed a lot of people who are ripped off in the e-commerce industry now. I have also encountered them. Most of those who say they can help with operations are not reliable. Selling you a software online for two or three hundred yuan is nothing but rip-off. For this kind of thing, I think it is necessary to conduct on-site inspections, look at the data and the stores to be reliable.

No source means you don't need to prepare the stock. You can use ERP software to collect information from 1688 and other platforms with one click, and upload thousands of product information directly to the Amazon platform. When foreign consumers place an order, the goods will be shipped directly from the 1688 merchants, allowing you to earn a certain price difference.

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