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Sell Grocery Online on Amazon

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Grocery is the fastest growing category on Amazon.in. If you are a supplier or a manufacturer of grocery* products, here's how you can sell them on Amazon.in and reach crores of customers across India. If you are able to deliver grocery products to customers in nearby pincodes, you may be interested in Local Shops on Amazon.

*Please note that in this page only refers to Food and Beverage products which can be stored/transported at ambient temperature and with shelf life>=3months and is intended to be listed under the ‘Grocery & Gourmet Foods’ category on amazon.in.

60000+

Units of grocery products are sold per day on Amazon.in

+75%

Year-on-year potential growth in this category on Amazon.in

2x+

Increase in sales that grocery sellers have seen during festive sales

Step-wise Guide to Selling Grocery Online

Step 1

Register as an Amazon Seller

You need the following details create your seller account on Amazon

Your GST Number & PAN information

An active bank account for payments

Click here to register and provide the details mentioned above to create your Seller Central account

Step 2

Listing your products

To display your products on Amazon.in for customers to purchase, you need to list them from your Seller Central account by either:

Adding a new offer by matching or scan the product barcode or ISBN using the Seller App

(if the grocery is available on Amazon)

Create a new listing by uploading product images and fill in the details

(for new brands of grocery not currently listed on Amazon)

*Please note that in order to list your product, you will be required to provide the following details, and your listing will be reviwed before they can be taken live:

You will be required to provide your FSSAI license details as well as a declaration that you are compliant with the food safety standards prescribed by FSSAI.
If you intend to list any organic food products, you need to have a valid 'National Programme for Organic Production' (NPOP) Certificate or 'Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS-India) Certificate. In the case of imported organic food products, a certificate from an approved organic certification body of that country/region of origin is required.

Products listed in the 'Grocery and Gourmet Foods' category should follow prescribed Food Safety And Standard Act and Regulations and shall have a minimum shelf life of 3 months, and can be stored/transported at ambient temperature.

The scope of the license should include all food products and/or food product categories that you intend to list.

Products & product categories included in the "Negative List" should not be listed.

You may be subject to additional guidelines while listing your products.

Types of grocery you can sell on Amazon

Step 3

Deliver to customer

Once your product receives an order, you will need to deliver it to the customer. There are many ways to do this:

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)

Amazon stores, packs & delivers your products. Products on FBA are Prime eligible.

Easy Ship (ES)

You store & pack your products, Amazon delivers

Self-Ship (SS)

You store, pack & deliver your products

Step 4

Get paid every 7 days

You will get paid for your delivered orders in 7-day payment cycles after deducting the Amazon fees, with funds deposited directly into your bank account.

Example

Here is the fees charged for a sell price of ₹ 300, assuming package weight is 750gms, shipped regionally by Easy Ship

Fees Charged

Closing Fee

₹ 9

Referral Fee at 4%*

₹ 13.5

Easy Ship Delivery fees

₹ 68

GST on total Amazon Fees

₹ 16.29

Total Amazon Fees including GST

₹ 106.79

Earnings sent to your account

₹ 193.21

Calculate the potential profit you can earn with Grocery

*4.0% for item price <=500; 5.5% for item price >500 and <=1000; 9.5% for item price > 1000

Initially we did not want to go through the hardships of having to brand ourselves. With Amazon's presence we've been able to see a rise in sales.
IbansharaFood brand Zizira