How I started selling on Amazon

In 2013 I opened my first Seller Central account out of curiosity. I had no business plan, no defined product, no idea what I was doing.

The first product

I started with a simple product. Found it from a local supplier, created the listing following Amazon’s official guides, and put it up for sale. The first week I sold 3 units. It wasn’t much, but it was real.

The mistakes

I made every possible mistake. Listings without keyword research, photos taken with my phone, pricing without considering Amazon fees. But every mistake taught me something.

The turning point

The turning point came when I realized that Amazon isn’t a marketplace where you “list a product and sell”. It’s a platform with precise rules, algorithms to understand, and competition to study. When I started treating it as a real business, the numbers changed.

What I recommend to beginners

• Study Seller Central first. The platform is your main tool.
• Invest in photos. They’re the first thing the customer sees.
• Do serious keyword research. The perfect listing without the right keywords is useless.
• Start with one product, not ten. Learn the process, then scale.