Listing Walmart products on Amazon

[Hank]

Originally Posted by agent006140

He said he will go to WMT,buy the goods,come home and package it his way with his return address and ship it to you,nothing wrong with that,if he is willing to do the work.
Retail arbitrage definition is taking customer money and ask another Retailer to ship the item to your customer.

Wrong.

It is still retail arbitrage if you hold no stock, make a sale on Amazon and then go down to the retail store and pay retail price for it. The clue is in the name - 'arbitrage', taking advantage of differing marketplace prices, 'retail', using retail stores to purchase at retail price. How it gets to the secondary owner is of no consequence.

If Amazon ask for a suppliers invoice you are stuffed because all you have is a retailers receipt.

There's also the question of if the goods are truly 'new', given the Amazon buyer is not the first owner and whether any warranty would be valid - again, some only apply to first owner and even require proof of purchase if you register online or make a claim.

Anyway, if Amazon discover/suspect you hold no stock and are buying goods from retail stores to fulfil sales you've already made then it matters not whether you ship it or the store does, you're getting suspended.

[VWR32]

What if you listed products from Costco etc, they are technically a wholesaler.

Only ask as I’ve sold some products so wondering in case I have to send the Costco inv/receipts

[SaiJin]

Hmmm that doesn't sound like a bad idea.

I'd talk to Costco and see if you can get a business invoice / receipt instead of just those small receipts though.

[Hank]

Originally Posted by VWR32

What if you listed products from Costco etc, they are technically a wholesaler.

Only ask as I’ve sold some products so wondering in case I have to send the Costco inv/receipts

If you have a business account with them and they issue you with a business invoice it might work, but Amazon, for whatever reason, aren't fans and certaily won't accept purchase receipts.

You also need to remember that they want to see that you had the stock in hand to ship before the sale was made, using Costco as a 'supply on demand' service definitely wont work.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

Hmmm that doesn't sound like a bad idea.

I'd talk to Costco and see if you can get a business invoice / receipt instead of just those small receipts though.

Not difficult to do - just keep in mind the membership fee involved