{"id":879111,"date":"2026-10-15T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=879111"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:05:12","slug":"could-selling-on-amazon-co-za-be-the-next-step-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/879111\/could-selling-on-amazon-co-za-be-the-next-step-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Could selling on Amazon.co.za be the next step for your business?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amazon.co.za has removed up to 80% of its marketplace selling fees, making now the best time to start selling your products on its marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offer is so good that prominent media personality Somizi has listed his own products on Amazon.co.za.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sellercentral.amazon.co.za\/welcome?ld=SOA_ZA_PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sellercentral.amazon.co.za\/welcome?ld=SOA_ZA_PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about selling on Amazon.co.za.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s what I want you to do: List your products, prepare your stock, and run your deals,\u201d said Somizi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGet ready for more, get ready for growth \u2013 start selling with Amazon South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can list your own products just like Somizi \u2013 watch the video below to find out more about Somizi\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hear that? That&#039;s the sound of your next sale | Sell on Amazon South Africa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQn2TC8bQVA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Affordable fees on Amazon South Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than charging sellers to find out whether the channel works, Amazon.co.za prefers to invest alongside its sellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor sellers, the question shouldn&#8217;t be whether they can afford to sell on Amazon. It should be whether they can afford not to,\u201d said Suzelle Abe, the Head of Amazon Marketplace in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve deliberately lowered the barriers so entrepreneurs can test, learn and grow. We invest alongside our sellers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current fee structure is extremely affordable. It includes a R1 per month Professional selling fee (usually R400 per month&nbsp;&#8211; until 31 March 2027), a flat 5% referral fee, zero pick, pack and storage fees with Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA) until 31 March 2027, and up to 90% of your inbound shipping to FBA covered when using 2Ship (until 31 December 2026).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, sellers can now list a catalogue, ship it into Amazon&#8217;s fulfilment network, and sell through Prime with close to no fixed cost until March 2027, paying only 5% on what actually sells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBuilt for South African entrepreneurs, our fee structure is designed so you can test, learn and grow &#8211; without the financial risk,\u201d said Abe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve removed up to 80%&nbsp;of our selling fees, because your success on our marketplace is our success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Product discovery and registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With FBA, sales and delivery become extremely easy for South African sellers \u2013 all you must do is send your stock to Amazon.co.za, and it will handle the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes the storage, picking, packing, delivery, returns, and any associated customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These listings are also eligible for Amazon Prime, giving sellers an average of 3x more sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best performing sellers use FBA, because it provides consumers with faster delivery, easier returns for the seller, and access to Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon\u2019s top-performing sellers also have disciplined inventory management, list their full catalogue, and run sponsored ads for visibility and deal conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the six steps to start selling on Amazon.co.za:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose a selling plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get your documents in order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create an Amazon seller account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download the Amazon Seller app<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add your products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grow your business<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon.co.za even offers a proudly South African storefront for your local products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sellercentral.amazon.co.za\/welcome?ld=SOA_ZA_PR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about selling on Amazon.co.za.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon.co.za has removed up to 80% of its marketplace selling fees, making now the best time to start selling your products on its marketplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":879112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2110598057418993935","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2237691600384572","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[657,26758],"class_list":["post-879111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-amazon","tag-seller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879111"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879858,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879111\/revisions\/879858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}