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title: "Getting started on Amazon Marketplace"
description: "If you’re a new eCommerce business, then selling on Amazon is always an option worth considering. Last year Amazon sold £24bn worth of goods in the UK, and is projected to overtake Tesco by 2025. And don’t forget all those Amazon Prime subscribers – there are almost 13 million households in the UK with a Prime subscription!"
url: "https://anna.money/blog/guides/get-started-on-amazon-marketplace/"
datePublished: "2022-05-25T12:00:00Z"
dateModified: "2023-11-27T12:00:00Z"
authors: ["Talib Qayyum"]
reviewers: []
publisher: "ANNA Money"
publisherUrl: "https://anna.money/"
category: "Guides"
tags: ["E-commerce"]
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---

# Getting started on Amazon Marketplace

If you’re a new eCommerce business, then selling on Amazon is always an option worth considering. Last year Amazon sold £24bn worth of goods in the UK, and is projected to overtake Tesco by 2025. And don’t forget all those Amazon Prime subscribers – there are almost 13 million households in the UK with a Prime subscription!

## What is Amazon marketplace?

It’s pretty simple. Amazon permits third party sellers to sell on amazon.co.uk for a cut of the profits. Amazon marketplace is this community of third party sellers.

## How do I set up?

Just sign up for an account on [Amazon Seller Central](https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/) and choose your plan.

## How much does it cost?

You can start selling with no monthly fee. However, each listing costs 75p per item – which is a good option if you sell fewer than 35 items in a month. If you sell more than 35 items per month Amazon recommends a subscription as a professional seller, which costs £25 (excl. VAT) per month.

You can choose to ship items yourself and Amazon will add a calculated shipping fee to your price, or you could allow Amazon to manage the inventory and fulfil the order for you.

## Sounds good. But what about other platforms?

There are loads of places to sell your wares. If Amazon doesn’t sound like the right platform for you, take a look at the alternatives. [We've already written](https://anna.money/blog/reviews/promoting-your-ecommerce-business-beyond-amazon-ebay/) all about them.