Selling Amazon bought items as new question

We buy a few fairly generic products on Amazon via a personal account from other Amazon sellers mainly for the convenience of prime shipping. We then sell those items as part of a package, as new. Are we going to get pinged for buying retail and selling as new, when in Amazon’s eyes they should be sold as used? I also read Amazon dont accept their own invoices as part of the supply chain, does this also apply with amz sellers?

Is the way around this to only buy outside amazon and keep hold of invoices if asked for them, or would this still be classed as should be sold as used?

You can only sell it second-hand. Amazon will not accept invoices. Second-hand sales may also lead to audits, requiring you to provide invoices. Invoices are a small problem. You can ask your friend’s company or others to issue you an invoice. The amount does not matter. Then you can sell it as a new one and attach your brand. (Also note that most products have patents or appearance copyrights.)

My advice is “Behave like a proper business, follow policy without trying to find loopholes and you will be fine”.

Again, lazy and unhelpful. Well done.

Actually, if you are ordering items using Amazon Prime for resale on Amazon, it is considered a significant violation that can lead to account closure due to violation of seller code of conduct.

Amazon is losing money on the Prime program, which purpose is to maintain loyal customers, rather than enable resellers to benefit from the ease to purchase inventory.

Although, if you are purchasing generic items from third parties and not Amazon, and not reselling them under their original brands and as a part of a bundle, then it is unlikely you would be caught.

As previously mentioned, using Amazon Prime for sourcing is wholly unacceptable and invoice submission is out of question.

However, in terms of used / new items, in general, invoices would be required regardless in cases of authenticity issues.

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@Kika Thank you, that is useful, explanatory and inciteful information that I can actually utilise.

I’ve been trying for some time to set up an amazon business buying account, still waiting forthe relevant support to get over some technical email address based hurdle to help me set that up. I assume this is exactly what that is there for? However I did read that they don’t accept amazon invoices so not sure if that’s the case in this scenario?. If it is, I guess the only option is buying from the wholesaler’s website, retaining invoices, paying / negotiating postage. I have used amazon prime not for any loopholes but for free delivery (your point taken) and strongly, for it’s sheer convenience for re-ordering may differnt goods from one place.

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Not sure what you mean by this.

An Amazon business account is for businesses to purchase goods of the company’s use.

It is against the T&Cs to buy them for reselling and you will be caught and deactivated the first time an invoice is requested for proof of authenticity.

I hope this helps. Regarding your comment about me being lazy and unhelpful, don’t forget that this advice is given to you free in my own time. You may choose to disagree or ignore but insulting people is a quick way to get ignored by everyone. So if you want help to continue, do be careful with your snide replies.

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Amazon Business account’s primary purpose is to purchase supplies for your own business, such as paper, cartridges, tape, boxes, wrapping, office supplies etc, but not to source for later resale.

Although, sellers were reporting that Amazon accepts these invoices as long as more than 50 units are bought. Just don’t use Prime to buy items for resale. And never use a personal non-business Amazon buyer account to source from Amazon for resale, even without Prime.

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Thank you for making me aware of this, I genuinely didn’t know that. I guess there is little I can do to protect myself (is there?) regards to past purchases for resale I’ve made through amazon, just not do it again going forward, and only buy anything I intend to resell from wholesale external sites.

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I am perhaps playing devil’s advocate here, but where do we stand when buying envelopes and other packaging supplies, purchased specifically for posting customer orders. We’re not reselling them exactly, but they are included as part of a paid order. Is that also a problem? I ask as want to take this seriously and follow the rules.

Also can I confirm that we are within our rights to buy unbranded products in bulk from external-to-amazon UK websites and resell as new, fbm? Or do I need to purchase and have a written agreement with a wholesaler to resell, to stay within amazon’s rules?

This is exactly the kind of business Amazon wants from sellers to be facilitated through their website.

You can obviously purchase business supplies, just not discounted items sold by Amazon and then resold under the same listing. This is what many sellers do and Amazon doesn’t like it.

Yes, you can resell unbranded items, just don’t provide those invoices to Amazon as the proof of authenticity.

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Confused by this. If Amazon contacted us and said they want to see the supply chain (seems unlikely for unbranded accessories, but still,) wouldn’t invoices from our supplier be exactly what we’d need to supply? Dont understand why you say not to provide those invoices.

Nutshell question: How can we tell if an online product supplier is a retail, or wholesale supplier (in Amazon’s eyes)? What is the difference?

Usually, wholesale suppliers are behind a login page and without logging in, you can’t see prices. You often need a credit account to purchase. But there is no hard and fast rule.

Don’t forget that just being wholesale does not mean they are accepted as being a suitable supply chain.

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If you are selling repackaged / rebundled generic products under your own brand, then I am assuming you have a trademark and Amazon Brand Registry.

When you are asked to provide invoices for a product under your own brand, then you don’t provide invoices, you just give them your trademark registry certificate.

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Yes trademark and brand registered. Thanks Kika.