amazon offers you the opportunity to sit
back while you wait for your customers
to order your services online it is an
amazing opportunity for professionals
such as assemblers home cleaners handy
men and electricians to offer their
services to local customers by only
listing their services in the
marketplace one really cool thing about
selling services on Amazon is that you
can manage your job postings directly
from the online platform or from a smart
device and only choose those jobs that
neatly fit your schedule this is a way
more organized way to manage your
business because you can easily fill up
your schedule at your own convenience
without having to accept orders you can
schedule them for later
something that often leads to an
overcrowded schedule and rush jobs the
benefits no upfront costs so what are
some of the benefits of this Amazon
program let's start by saying there are
no upfront costs to sell your services
in the amazon marketplace unlike
traditional job posting channels that
require you to pay in advance for
posting paying for advertising costs or
risk working in an unregulated
environment amazon does not require you
to pay startup fees monthly subscription
fees or advertising fees all you have to
do is apply which we will talk about in
a minute real jobs another benefit is
that you will be getting real jobs from
real people long pasture the days of
catching whatever call or visit that
could potentially lead you to a job it
is invite only one cool benefit of the
selling services on Amazon platform is
that the company handpicks its service
providers so you only share space with
the best no more dealing with sketchy
experts leverage the trust of Amazon
lastly you have the benefit of working
nowhere else other than the Amazon
platform which is a trusting environment
full of pre-existing loyal Amazon
customers then help your business to
continue growing that will in turn help
you to fine-tune your professional
skills how does it work it's pretty
simple indeed after entering the
marketplace you get discovered by
customers interested in the type of
service that you offer Amazon
facilitates this because your customers
don't need to be looking for your
services in order to find you
they just need to be shopping on Amazon
for products related to your service to
stumble upon your offer people looking
for tools to make home repairs on their
own can stumble upon your job ad and
decide if they would rather have the
repair done by a professional boom you
get an order does that sound good
yes indeed Amazon will also send you
jobs when customers place an order for
certain prepackaged
services sometimes said customers will
need a custom service so you'll have to
give them an estimate finally you get
paid for every completed job and every
satisfied customer all under Amazon's
wing what are the costs as we said there
are no upfront costs to join the
platform and sell your services there
are fees in the form of shared revenue
for every completed job these fees are a
percentage of the final price paid by
customers for your service that will be
deducted from your final payment
depending on how you offer your services
these services and they're tied fees are
as follows prepackaged services these
are services that have a defined scope
and results such as TV wall mounting
moving services and housecleaning for
services costing up to one thousand
dollars there's a 20 percent fee and for
services costing from $1,500 upwards
there is a 15% fee custom services
custom services are those that require
detailed input from the customer these
are projects that do not have a defined
scope such as electrical wiring and weed
control for services costing up to
$1,000 there is a 15% fee and for
services costing from $1,500 upwards
there is a 10% fee recurring services
these are services that are set for a
recurring schedule such as standard lawn
maintenance and regular pool cleaning
services fees for recurring services are
fixed at 10% over the final price
getting started getting started is easy
enough you first need to apply with an
application which needs to be approved
by Amazon you'll be sent an activation
link to activate your service account
once your account is approved and
registered Amazon will run a background
check on your business and on your track
record as a technician the
is because Amazon only wants the best
and most dependable professionals
offering their services in the
marketplace so you're off to a good
start
after your background check is complete
you'll have to complete your account
setup by specifying your coverage
locations and the type of services that
you offer then you'll start getting jobs
to apply just head to the make money
with us section on the Amazon home page
and click on sell your services on
Amazon then click on the apply Now
button once there scroll all the way
down to reach the apply to selling
services on Amazon form when you click
on the select a service category you can
see the many categories under which you
can list your services then you get to
select your primary profession and a
secondary profession related to your
services
then select a business type and a
service type lastly you'll have to enter
your business name as well as your
personal info click on submit and wait
for approval now you're ready to start
your service-oriented business journey
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