hello amazing entrepreneurs and welcome
to today's video where I will be showing
how you can start selling on a Walmart
marketplace now I already have a video
here on the Channel showing the entire
application process however Walmart has
literally just changed and updated the
entire process so I'm super excited to
share with you this new tutorial because
it is not only quicker but I also
personally believe that this new way to
create your seller center account will
make it much easier for new sellers to
be approved now I'm not certain because
as I said they literally just changed
this process but for what I've seen and
what I'm going to show you in the
tutorial you're going to see that at
least the steps and everything that you
have to fill out is a lot shorter so if
you were dreading that old application
now is your time and if you're an
e-commerce seller who's still wondering
if you should start investing your time
on Walmart is it even worth it I have
three reasons to why you should open
your seller center account today number
one is diversification now I know this
can sound super cliche you shouldn't put
all of your eggs into one basket but
really you do not want to depend on just
one platform
you'd never know what could happen you
never know maybe your account gets shut
it down for example if you only sell on
what Amazon even if it's a mistake if
it's a misunderstanding but you're not
able to sell for a few days you're
missing out on sales and if Amazon
decides to increase the fees and your
margins get really low or if you get you
know a flux of negative reviews because
of something that happened during your
product production then you'll be left
with nothing else to rely on everything
is just in one place so I definitely
think you should consider start
diversifying your platforms number two
is scalability now if you think about
your favorite Brands I bet you can find
their products in multiple places
probably multiple platforms like Amazon
and Walmart their own website on
physical stores on social media so why
can't that be you honestly you can
definitely be the top seller in your
product category I truly believe that
also if you ordered the effort to
develop an amazing product beautiful
images and craft a really compelling
listing copy then why not double down on
your efforts and offer that same product
on other marketplaces that just have
more sales number three is opportunity
seriously Walmart is growing and growing
fast if you ask any Amazon Seller today
if they wish they got started on Amazon
back in 2015 or 2016 when things were a
lot easier there were a lot less rules
less competition I would bet that most
if not all of them would say absolutely
and this is your chance to be that type
of seller on Walmart right now there are
so many incentives for new sellers
there's a lot less competition not to
mention the Walmart app is already the
second largest in the United States with
86 million users so calling it a miss
this opportunity would be an
understatement so trust me you're going
to thank me later for telling you that
you should definitely apply to become a
Walmart seller today and with that being
said let's get to the tutorial before we
get to the sign up page let's just
quickly cover some of the requirements
so first you need a U.S business tax ID
number so if you're an American you
cannot use your social security number
you need to sign up for a business tax
ID number and you can be an
international seller however you also
need to have your us business tax ID
also you're going to need a W9 for those
of you who are from the United States or
a W8 and you don't need that right away
you don't need to upload that for when
you're signing up for your account but
later on they're going to request and
you need to upload it as a PDF also a
EIN or tax ID number verification letter
so when you request from the IRS your
EIN number they're going to send you a
letter that is going it's almost like a
mail it's going to have your business
name address and it's going to have your
EIN number so make sure you save that
letter because you may be required to
upload it later to verify your business
you are not going to need it for this
tutorial but when you receive it make
sure you keep it you will need for this
tutorial a US business address so if you
don't have one let's say you're an
international seller you probably needed
an address to establish a business here
maybe it's a virtual address that's fine
but you are going to need a US business
address and it could be your home if
you're living in the United States as
long as it's within the us as of right
now
you also need a US contact number it
cannot be from another country so there
are several ways that you can get one
online so you can look into that if you
don't have one you also need to have all
rights to sell the product so make sure
that you are not selling anything that
infringes on trademarks or patents or
anything like that and lastly just as a
reminder before you even create your
account all of your products must have a
gs1 certified UPC barcode so if you've
been selling on Amazon for example and
you have requested gtin exemption and
you don't have UPC codes for your
products just know that for Walmart they
do not offer that option you need to
have gs1 certified UPC codes once you
have everything you're ready to sign up
for your account so just go to
marketplace.walmart.com and once you're
here all you have to do is Click at this
top top right button that says join
Marketplace okay here on the right there
are several articles or videos that you
can look into it there's more
information about selling on Walmart or
you can jump straight into creating your
account and if you're familiar with the
old application you're gonna see how
much easier and quicker this is all you
have to do is input your first and last
name your legal business name so make
sure that for example let's say you
created your EIN under let's say Hobart
Products LLC but my brain name is
different do not put your brand name put
your legal business name the one that is
going to match your tax ID number next
your business email address so this is
going to be the email that you're going
to use to sign in for your account but
Walmart is also going to be sending you
emails regarding your seller account
later on you know about payments about
everything so make sure you have have
everything organized and you if you know
don't have it yet get a business email
address as well as a business phone
number now for this option right here
you can select another country but once
we get into seller center you're going
to see that you will need a Us phone
number as well
lastly choose your password make sure to
go through the terms and agreements and
if you agree make sure you click on the
check mark and click on create account
it is literally that easy now what's
going to happen is you're going to
receive an email just to verify your
email you're going to click verify email
and you're going to be brought in to the
seller center account once you're here
you're going to see your business name
which I just used one of our dummy
business names and you're going to see
right now on boarding active that means
that you're not fully active yet you
need to complete these three steps to be
able to start selling on a Walmart
marketplace you could definitely start
adding items if you'd like before you
start the verification process but
they're only going to be saved as drafts
they're not going to be published and
you're not going to be able to sell them
until you have completed all three of
these Steps step number one is the
business verification if you click right
here you're going to say that you're
going to need a W9 if it's another
country let's say for example Brazil and
it's you're going to need a W8 so it's a
different document but as next do you
have a U.S tax ID if you say yes you can
put the US tax ID and keep going if you
say no they're simply going to say to
become a seller you need tax ID number
from the US so as of right now this is
the process unfortunately so you would
need to sign up for a business account
in the US so let's go back for example
to United States just to keep going you
put your tax ID then you put your legal
business name again the legal business
name now your brand name your business
address as you can see right here the
country region is United States it's
grayed out you cannot select anything
else even if you selected another
country here it needs to be in address
within the US select the state City
postal ZIP code and here you need a
primary contact number that needs to be
from the US so this is where you would
put it you would also need a website URL
now this is optional but I highly highly
recommend that you put a website URL
here even if it's a simple one even if
you quickly create one on Shopify or Wix
or anything like that I do believe that
is going to help you with your
verification process it certainly dead
in the old application process with
Walmart that was one of the key ways to
get approved was putting a website URL
so I highly recommend that you do next
you're going to put the yearly gross
merchandise value that you have Walmart
wants to see that you can actually you
know be a significant seller on Walmart
now don't lie about this you're going to
select one of these don't lie about this
but be realistic you can be really
holistic optimistic you know but select
what best fits your case but I will say
that Walmart is looking for established
Ecom sellers at least they were in the
old application process I think they
still are even though it is my opinion
that they're going to make it easier for
sellers to get approved and next you're
going to have the highest performing
categories so select one of these
categories to be your main one so maybe
let's say you have lots of products but
your best seller is within apparel then
select apparel or if you have several
different products and it's all divided
just choose one to be your highest
performing category and lastly the
customer service contact number the
email address and phone number so this
is going to show up on your storefront
so whenever someone sees your product if
they want a contact seller this number
is going to show up and this email
address is going to show up so don't do
anything personal if they don't want
them calling you and if you don't want
your number be being publicly displayed
once you're done all you have to do is
click on submit and you're gonna be good
to go now Walmart is going to verify all
of that information and as I said they
may request some of those documents for
you to upload your W-9 and your EIN
verification letter as well as other
documents they let's say have the right
to ask you like maybe a bank letter
showing you know like your business
account uh your business name linked to
a certain address anything of proof of
address so just be prepared next we're
going to go to payments once you're
actually successfully submit everything
you're going to see right here on the
corner I think it's submitted or success
you're going to see a green check mark
you just have to select your preferred
payment method you can choose payoneer
hyper wallet or ping pong and just so
you know you can only do steps two and
three after you have actually completed
and been approved for step number one
but I'm just showing you the two other
steps that you're going to need to be
able to start selling on Walmart so you
have payoneer hyper wallard and ping
pong and we use ping pong payments and
if you're interested in also using them
we've never had an issue really like it
I'll be leaving the link in the
description below so if you already have
an account you can just sign in to your
account or you can even just create an
account for any of these by clicking on
the link right here and then you're
going to be able to integrate and that's
how you're going to be get paid okay
step number three final step is going to
be shipping you just have to create and
select how you want to fulfill your
orders on Walmart so first of all there
is the value shipping the regular one
that everyone needs to offer by default
so that's going to be grayed out but you
also have the option to offer faster
shipping and if you want to go to the
advanced setup you can click here and
here you can create different types of
customized shipping options so if you
want to offer free shipping for just the
us or just continental US you can do
here and you can add a shipping rule
maybe if only if they buy two or more or
depends on the weight of the the total
order for example you can go through
this advanced process save and close to
go back to that window or in this case
I'm just going to hit cancel okay going
back here next you're going to have to
agree to Walmart return shipping policy
so just make sure to review this the
rates the default way that they are
going to print labels and everything and
you have to agree next the return center
so you return a warehouse or maybe it's
your home so you can put here the
display name it could be your business
name whatever it is for the return
labels it's going to be showing on the
return labels next the return center
Alias so this is going to be for you
only if you have several warehouses or
if this is home you can put anything
here it could be a code like letters and
numbers or just like a word for you to
quickly recognize next you're going to
need the address and again it needs to
be within the United States so again it
could be your home it could be a
warehouse and once you selected
everything you can go ahead and click
submit and that's it this is literally
the process and if you see my face it's
because I was familiar with the old
application process that it's not
because it was that long but a lot of
people were having issues and they were
confused with certain questions or it
took too long for a Walmart to get back
to them where they were not approved but
I am so excited about this new way and I
hope you are too I hope I convinced you
to really create your Walmart account
because you would be missing out if you
didn't in my opinion and I hope that you
found this video valuable if you did
you're also going to love this other
video showing on the screen right here
where you can apply for Walmart ads and
really start expanding in this new
Marketplace and as always thank you so
much for watching and I look forward to
seeing you in future videos