So, you love interiors and enjoy filling your home with beautiful items? Are you always looking for the latest interior trends and beautiful interior décor for your home? A logical next step for someone passionate about home interiors might be to start selling their home interior products or set up their own ecommerce business.
Believe it or not, this isn’t just a pipe dream but quite achievable. For starters, selling interior products on Amazon is relatively simple, and to access the best interior décor products, it’s also a simple process to import your stock. Here’s how.
Setting Up An Interiors e-Commerce Business
When you are looking for products to sell on Amazon, you should keep a few things in mind…
How many others are selling the same items? You need to look for products that are different from what everyone else is selling, or if they are similar items, why will your business be unique? What can you bring to the table?
It’s best to look for items you already know and are passionate about – as an interior lover, why not sell items you love and would have in your own home?
You could also sell your range of products – many sellers choose to white-label home décor pieces they import. So the items are usually manufactured in a different country, and you can put your branding and logo on the products!
Importing Interior Products
For the widest range of interior items, China and India can be great sources of products. Both countries sell a wide range of home décor items that are on trend and, in some cases, handcrafted. India, in particular, offers a wide range of unique hand-finished items.
And importing products isn’t that difficult either. Even if you want to import relatively small numbers of items at first. The two most usual methods for selling items are sea freight and airline. Importing goods from China to sell on Amazon, especially home goods, is one of the top ways to make money on Amazon now.
Sea freight is the most cost-effective, especially with Less than Container Load (LCL) shipping. This is where you share shipping containers with other importers to save money on import costs.
Selling On Amazon
If you’ve decided to import your interior products to sell, getting the goods to you is only part of the story. You need to be able to store the goods you’ve ordered and have the time and ability to process orders, ship them out, and deal with customer queries. Many people do this without issues, but Amazon’s Pick & Pack service could be an option if you want to save time.
The Amazon Pick & Pack service essentially means Amazon fulfills your orders – your products are imported directly to Amazon, and they pack and ship your orders.
The beauty of this method is you don’t have to store any stock yourself, and you don’t have to process orders. You can successfully run an interior goods e-commerce business without ever having to handle the products yourself!
The downside is that this service has fees, so you need to consider whether it’s a cost-effective option. If you are starting up, it might not be.
What do you think? Does setting up your own interior business and importing products to sell sound like something you could do? We wish you the best of luck!
