The Discovery (and Abandonment) of Amazon

[suchona.kani.z]

“In August 2018 I tested my first store but it was a failure. I thought I would ride an existing trend, since many dropshippers, especially on YouTube, recommended that type of product. Unfortunately it didn't go as I hoped, the niche was saturated and there were other problems, and I couldn't scale.”

After all, one of the main challenges for dropshippers is finding the right market niche , and competition from other dropshippers was not the only problem in this niche.

Not only was there very high competition, Mario discovered - too late - that the product he had chosen was also available on Amazon, and at lower prices than his.

After this first failed experience, Mario put dropshipping aside and turned denmark email list his attention to Amazon, the e-commerce giant that had driven him away from his personal store.

After all, what do you do when you think dropshipping doesn’t work, and you’re convinced you’re wrong? You try to continue “the old way”.

And so our young entrepreneur decides to buy a stock of products and starts selling them on Amazon.

“Amazon FBA seemed like the best option to me, but I soon realized that Amazon had control over everything.”

In fact, although Amazon Logistics can be advantageous in certain situations, it also has numerous disadvantages.

Mario realized that he didn’t have access to his customers’ emails, that he couldn’t apply any of the marketing strategies he had studied and loved so much, and that Amazon controlled about 20% of his business.

“Amazon does your marketing. But at a high price.”