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Quick Start

Anxious to start selling your stuff? Follow the steps below.

  1 List your items for sale
Search for the item on Amazon.com and click the Sell Yours Here button. Make sure you have the correct product; one title can have several editions or formats.
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Learn more about fees and pricing.

  2 Get orders
Amazon sends you an e-mail notification when an item sells and posts the order in your seller account. In case you don't get the e-mail (or it is filtered as spam), make sure to check for orders in your seller account regularly.
How to check orders.

  3 Ship items to your buyers
Get the shipping information from the order details in your seller account. Print the packing slip and address label and then purchase postage to mail your item within 2 days of the order date.
How to ship.

  4 Get paid
The buyer pays instantly. We charge his or her credit card and, after deducting fees, credit funds to your Marketplace Payments by Amazon account. If your payment information has been on file for 14 days, Amazon then transfers money directly into your bank account.
Learn more about getting paid.

If you're planning to sell in volume, review our Selling on Amazon program and learn more about our Pro Merchant Services here.

You'll find lots of helpful tools in your Seller Account. Bookmark it now for future use.

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Seller Support

Contact Seller Support by e-mail.
Please use the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.com Seller account.
Talk to Seller Support by phone.
Provide your phone number and Seller Support will call you right away.

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