In this video, I’ll share with you the Pros and Cons of selling in Amazon and eBay and answer the question of where should you sell online.

I’ve been selling online since I quit my corporate job over 6 years ago and specifically, one of these platforms actually changed my life. Here are the Pros and Cons of each:

Amazon

Pros
1. Most E-commerce Sales Go Through Amazon – The last time I checked, over 50% of all sales made online are made on Amazon which is mind-blowing. That only means that if you sell on Amazon, a huge percentage of the US population is able to see your product.
2. Fulfilled by Amazon – You can give the products that you want to sell to Amazon and they will ship it to the customers for you.

Cons
1. Amazon competes against you – Amazon may compete against you when they see that your product is making a lot of sales which can happen when you do private label. They can sell the same product as yours through Amazon Basics.
2. Higher Fee – Amazon 15% vs. eBay 10%
3. They can kick you off anytime. – They can kick you off anytime if you break a rule but eBay can do the same thing so this is also a con for eBay.

eBay

Pros
1. Great for Used items and Collectibles – People don’t go to Amazon for used and collectible items.
2. Auction System
3. Low Fees – eBay’s fee is just 10% while Amazon’s fee is 15%

Cons
1. Trending down – The amount of traffic and sales they get is going downhill while Amazon is going uphill. If you really want to get invested in a platform, I personally would want to get invested into the one that is going uphill.
2. Least used platform – If you buy from eBay all the time and your demographics buy from them all the time then maybe it makes sense for you, but the average consumers don’t buy from eBay anymore.
3. You need to take care of all the Logistics such as shipping, storage, distribution, and packaging.

So which platform should you use to sell online?
The answer for me is pretty obvious: If you are selling used goods or collectibles then eBay is the winner for you but if you are starting a real business or company and you want to make a lot of money online, then selling on Amazon is the way to go!

A lot of people talk about private Labeling on Amazon which I’m personally not a fan of. What I think is a much better way to make money online is creating a passion product. Creating my passion product which is Performance Nut Butter completely changed my life. I created this product, launch it on Amazon and I started making passive income in just a few months. What is cool about creating a passion product is that it’s not just boring private labeling, it’s creating something unique that you want to exist in the world.