Dropshipping on Amazon.
If you’re considering dropshipping on Amazon, you should be aware of their policies around using this method of fulfillment on their marketplace.
In fact, Amazon specifically states:
“Drop shipping, or allowing third parties to fulfill orders to customers on your behalf, is generally acceptable. If you intend to fulfill orders using a drop shipper, you must always:
- Be the seller of record for your products;
- Identify yourself as the seller of your products on all packing slips and other information included or provided in connection with them;
- Be responsible for accepting and processing customer returns of your products and;
- Comply with all other terms of your seller agreement and applicable Amazon policies.
Examples of drop shipping that is not permitted:
- Purchasing products from another online retailer and having that retailer ship directly to customers or;
- Shipping orders with packing slips, invoices, or other information indicating a seller name or contact information other than your own.
Failure to comply with these requirements may result in the suspension or removal of your selling privileges”.
This means that dropshipping in the traditional sense – that is, “purchasing products from another online retailer and having that retailer ship directly to customers” – is not allowed on Amazon. That said, you can do the same thing with Amazon’s FBA program.