BUSINESS to undertake these in your own warehouse and team for your own company. However, when you sell through Amazon FBA this cost goes down to zero. Once you see this type of logistics centre with your own eyes, you again realize what great an opportunity it is to start selling via Amazon FBA. Coming back to the subject of this article, I would like to continue to give tips on starting your sales on Amazon in 2020, expanding your seller account and planning accordingly. Now that we are entering a new year, it’s a good idea to talk about how you should plan for 2020. Until now, when shopping, the seasons that you had cared about as buyers only become much more important when you are a seller. For example, at the time I wrote this article, I took advantage of Black Friday discounts to buy and meet many of my needs. One hour spent on Amazon in front of my computer was sufficient for my purposes. I didn’t have to make any preparations. On the other hand, as an Amazon FBA seller, I managed a very different process. I had already completed the planning, purchasing and shipping of products to Amazon’s warehouse much earlier, so that my products would be ready for sale on Amazon. When you become an Amazon Seller yourself, the dates and periods you should consider in 2020 are briefly as follows:
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New job opportunities in the new year: Welcome 2020 New beginnings are always exciting. I would like to start this article by wishing all of you success and happiness ‘n 2020. In this month’s article, I will be discussing how you can enter the new year in a planned way. Murat Buyurgann muratbuyurgan.com
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ast month, I took a trip to Amazon’s logistics hub in Tilbury. As the UK’s largest Amazon logistics hub, Tilbury employs 4,000 people. It wouldn’t be very accurate to define these hubs, called Amazon Fulfilment Centres, as warehouses. The whole process, from the bulk entry of products to the delivery to customers, is managed in these hubs. You would need to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds if you wanted
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Due to the busy Black Friday and Christmas shopping in November and December, you may feel a decline in the sales in January. The period of January, February and March will be the right time to consume the remaining products in stock with discounts and to finance the purchasing processes of new products. January 25 Chinese New Year, February 14 Valentine’s Day, 22 March Mother’s Day are among the special days to consider in the first quarter of the year.
April - May - June The month of April is a period to be given special consideration because of Easter. Due to the long holiday period, the number of people going abroad for vacation purposes can affect your sales. You can think of May as the opening of the wedding season. If your products are about newlyweds, May and beyond will be a busy period. Festivals begin in June. Father’s Day will be celebrated on June 21st, the month of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Euro 2020 European Football championship will begin in June. Group D matches, semi-finals and finals will be played in London.
