For selling used items, eBay has managed to get commerce. But the giant eCommerce marketplace, Amazon is also not stood behind. However, Amazon Renewed has a lot of potentials that is yet to be tapped. In other words, there is a huge opportunity for the sellers of this platform, dealing in used items.
So, let’s get to know, What is Amazon Renewed?
Products on Amazon Renewed are either used or unused products that are refurbished to like new working conditions by qualified suppliers.
Amazon Renewed program basically allows the trade of used items on the platform. You can only sell refurbished, open-box, pre-owned, fixed-up, tested, and certified products that look and act like new products, under this Amazon Renewed program. However, Amazon Renewed doesn’t work like the majority of used items marketplaces, where quality assurance is not always up to the mark.
What Is Amazon Renewed and Refurbished?
Please note that Amazon doesn’t have separate “Renewed” and “Refurbished” programs. There is only 1 Amazon Renewed program, via which you can sell refurbished products (besides open-box items).
Any pre-owned product that has been fixed up to work and looks like a new item can either be named after “renewed” or “refurbished”.
Do you Know Which Items Can be Sold as Amazon Renewed?
Through Amazon Renewed program you can’t sell every product category that you can sell on the platform otherwise. Amazon maintains that you can only sell those products through this program, that possess “repair/refurbish capacity”.
In another word, you can sell items featuring mechanical or electrical components that can be refurbished, repaired, replaced, or upgraded to their optimal state.
Amazon has made 12 product categories that can fulfill the criteria mentioned above.
- Smartphones, Computers, Home & Kitchen, Tools
- Smartwatches, Gaming, Tablets, Cameras
- Lawn & Garden, Office Products, Home Entertainment, Headphones
Under these 12 categories, you can sell the below-mentioned products on Amazon as Renewed and Refurbished.
- Air conditioners
- Audio receivers and amplifiers
- Audio-video selectors
- Blu-ray and DVD players
- Cameras
- Car stereos, security, video, and radar detectors
- Chain saws, pole saws, and log splitters
- Computer internal hard drives
- Connected home modules
- Dehumidifiers
- Digital antennas and musical instruments
- Electric ceiling fans
- Electrical floor cleaning devices
- Embroidery machines
- External hard drives
- External solid-state drives
- Fitness machines and watches
- Generators
- GPS devices
- Graphing and scientific calculators
- Headphones, Headsets
- Space heaters
- Home stereo equipment
- Home theater systems
- Irons
- Electric kitchen appliances
- Powered lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, and edgers
- Media players
- Microphones
- Monitors
- Outdoor blowers and vacs
- Personal computers (PC)
- PC graphics cards
- PC keyboards, mice, gamepads, and webcams
- PC motherboards
- PC digital internal power supply
- PC processors
- PC servers
- PC monitors
- Routers
- Modems
- Cell phone devices
- Pneumatic tools
- Portable media players
- Power tools, power drills, and power saws
- Pressure washers
- Printers
- Projectors
- Refrigerators
- Scanners
- Security cameras and systems
- Sewing machines
- Shredders
- Smartwatches
- Snowthrowers
- Sound and recording equipment
- Soundbars
- Speakers
- Tablets
- Televisions
- Thermostats
- Universal remote controls
- Vacuums
- Video cameras
- Video game consoles and controllers
Start Selling on Amazon Renewed:
Though you are already an Amazon seller, still you won’t be automatically qualified to sell on Amazon Renewed. Instead, Amazon has established a multifaceted qualification process for those, who want to sell renewed and pre-owned products on Amazon.
At first, you need to qualify for the program by fulfilling certain conditions. Then, you need to move with a list of requirements, on an ongoing basis to stay in the program.
Steps to Qualify as a Seller for Amazon Renewed:
You need to fulfill the following requirements, to sell your renewed and refurbished products on Amazon.
1. Become an Amazon seller
2. Meet the criteria for Amazon Renewed
3. Apply for Amazon Renewed
4. Start selling!
Now let’s know the process of Qualify As a Seller for Amazon Renewed:
By following the below requirements, anyone can sell renewed and refurbished products on Amazon.
Step 1: Firstly, you need to submit the supply invoices showing that you have bought $50,000 worth of qualified refurbished products in the previous 90 days. The purchase date can be considered to be the last 180 days for a few product categories (Lawn & Garden, Home, Tools, and Kitchen).
Step 2: You must have an Order Defect Rate (ODR) of 0.8% or less in the last 90 days.
Step 3: You need to submit 8 images of a sample unit for review, which you need to list as renewed/refurbished. These images will show the product from all four sides as well as from top and bottom. The shipping box and inside packaging and padding should also show via these images.
Step 4: Then you have to back all your listed renewed products with an Amazon Renewed guarantee. You will be responsible to entertain all the claims made under that guarantee as well.
So, we are at the stage, where we now need to know about creating Amazon Renewed Listing. Let’s get to know about it.
You can list Amazon renewed items in the same way you do regular product listing on Amazon ensuring the following points.
1. List the product under the original brand/manufacturer without including any reference to the seller’s name or brand on the listing page.
2. Don’t list in bundles (e.g. a hoddie with a jogger).
3. Must include the term “Renewed” in parentheses at the beginning of the product title when creating a new renewed ASIN.
Final Thoughts:
Selling on the Amazon Renewed Program can be a great success if you can make a large upfront investment and maintain good seller performance. The program gives you access to a huge number of consumers looking to buy original products and brands at a fair price.
