How To Open a Store on Amazon (And Start Selling)

Why should you open an Amazon storefront?

Before you dive into how to open an Amazon storefront, let’s discuss why you should.

There are plenty of reasons for your company or brand to use a storefront. Here are the main benefits of selling through Amazon:

• Limited ads: The Amazon search results, are overwhelmed with competitor ads. When they come to your storefront, though, they will only see your brand. You can promote your products without worrying about competing listings.
• Creative branding: You can get creative with how you structure your store and what you show users. Selling on Amazon makes for a convenient user experience that matches your brand.
• Branding education: You can educate users about your brand while showing off your products at the same time. Your Store will be an extension of your website that speaks to your company as a whole.
• Upsell and cross-sell options: On Amazon, you can guide users to other, related products and encourage more purchases. You can build their trust by showing products they might find valuable, all while growing your sales.

These are just a few benefits, not including the customizeable URLs, Amazon Posts, traffic tracking, and more!

Setting up a Store on Amazon is free, accessible, and helpful for ecommerce businesses like yours. If you want to see higher returns on your Amazon sales, opening a Store on Amazon is ideal, especially if you have a limited budget.

How to create a Store on Amazon (in 9 steps!)

We break down how to create a Store on Amazon for your brand in nine steps. Here’s what you will learn:

How To Open an Amazon Store

1. Enroll in the Amazon Brand Registry program
2. Create your store on Amazon
3. Add your brand name and brand logo
4. Pick a pre-created design for your homepage
5. Elect your Amazon store design
6. Add your products
7. Expand your storefront on Amazon with pages
8. Preview your storefront on Amazon
9. Launch your Amazon store

Prefer to watch a video? We’ve got you covered! Check out our video guide to learn how to open an Amazon storefront, and then follow along with the points below as needed.

1. Enroll in the Amazon Brand Registry program

Companies that want to open an Amazon storefront must enroll in Amazon Brand Registry.

Amazon Brand Registry is a program that helps protect your brand and products from copycats on Amazon. Becoming a part of the system gives you access to search and reporting tools to find knock-off products. Plus, Amazon proactively monitors its website for copycat versions of your goods.

Applying for Amazon Brand Registry requires a registered and active text or image-based trademark. Amazon will only accept trademarks issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the following countries:

• United States
• Brazil
• Canada
• Mexico
• Australia
• India
• Japan
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Singapore
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• European Union
• United Arab Emirates

If you’re eligible for the Amazon Brand Registry program, complete the following application steps:

1. Sign in to your Amazon Seller Central or Amazon Vendor Central account
2. Supply your brand name (the brand name that owns the active registered trademark)
3. Provide your government-registered trademark number
4. List the product categories that apply to your brand
5. List the countries that manufacture and distribute your brand’s products

After you submit your application, Amazon will review it.

During the application process, Amazon will contact the person associated with the registered trademark. That contact will answer some questions, and then Amazon will determine if your brand meets its Amazon Brand Registry requirements.

Approval times for Amazon Brand Registry can range from 24 hours to over a month.

Upon approval, Amazon will send a verification code that you can use to enroll in the program.

Get Help: Brand Registry Consulting Services

2. Create your Store on Amazon

Once you join Amazon Brand Registry, you can move forward with opening your storefront on Amazon.

Get started by following these steps to set up your Amazon Store:

1. Log into your Amazon Seller Central or Amazon Vendor Central account
2. Click “Storefront” from the main navigation bar
3. Select “Create Store” on the following page
4. Choose your brand’s name from the pop-up box
5. Click “Create Store”

If you don’t see your brand’s name listed in the pop-up, make sure you’ve completed the enrollment process for Amazon Brand Registry. Only approved brands (associated with your Amazon account) will appear when creating an Amazon storefront.

Get Help: Amazon Storefront Setup Services

3. Add your brand name and brand logo

Next, Amazon will take you to its builder for Amazon Stores.

Before moving onto the next step, Amazon will require the following information:

1. Brand display name: Your brand display name will appear on your storefront, so choose a name associated with your brand that shoppers will recognize. For example, if your name is “Acme Inc.,” you may use “Acme” as your brand display name.
2. Brand logo: Your brand logo also displays on your Amazon Store. Upload an image (or choose from an existing uploaded image) that is at least 400 x 400 pixels. While you can change your settings to hide your brand logo, it’s useful and recognizable for your audience.

After setting your brand logo and brand display name, click “Next” to continue starting your Amazon Store.

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4. Pick a pre-created design for your homepage

In the next step of launching your Amazon Store, you will choose a layout for your homepage.

Amazon makes it relatively easy to open an Amazon storefront because it uses pre-created designs. The program works similar to website builders like Wix, which means it’s easy to customize your Amazon Store by dragging and dropping elements.

You don’t need a developer background (though some design experience may help) to create a Store.

Your homepage design options include:

1. Marquee: Use big images to highlight several products from your brand.
2. Product highlight: Focus on your best-selling products with a bold image or video.
3. Product grid: Showcase all your products from your catalog.

Amazon also offers a blank design for businesses with a web design team.

Before choosing a homepage design, you will need to add a page meta description. Keep your description short and simple. Use it as a tagline to summarize your business, products, and how you help shoppers on Amazon.

When you’re ready, select the template you would like to work with and click, “Save.”

Keep Reading: How to Do CRO for Amazon

5. Elect your Amazon Store design

Now that you have your design picked, you can start customizing your Amazon Store.

Since Amazon’s storefront builder uses a drag-and-drop approach, it’s easy to tailor your Store to your brand. When you enter the builder, you will see a series of “tiles.” Their arrangement will depend on the design you selected.

Click these tiles, and you can customize them with products, text, videos, or images.

If you add a text tile to your Amazon Store, you can bold, italicize, and align your text. You can use links in these tiles too. Link to a product, for example, or link to a page on your Store, like for a product category.

In addition to tiles, you will also have a pre-set box at the top of the page for a hero image. Upload an image that is at least 3000 x 600 pixels. Choose an image that captures your brand, like a lifestyle image, or showcases your best-selling product.

Keep Reading: Amazon Storefront Inspiration Examples

6. Add your products

Products are essential to your Amazon Store, and you can add them via tiles.

Before filling your Store with goods, however, you will need to upload your products to your Amazon Seller account. You can add products in bulk or one-by-one. For the fastest and smoothest experience, upload your products in bulk.

Follow these steps to add products to your Amazon Seller account.

1. Log into your Amazon Seller Account
2. Select “Inventory” from the navigation menu
3. Click “Add a Product” for a single product or “Add Products via Upload” for multiple products

Once you finish creating your product listings, you can complete your Amazon Store.

Go to your in-progress Amazon store and select “Product” when clicking on a tile.

Next, search for your product by keyword or ASIN.

You can also click “Search,” and Amazon will load your entire product catalog. Once you have the products you want listed, click “Add,” and they’ll appear in that tile slot. If you need to replace a product, click its tile and then select “Replace product.”

The tile will display your product’s primary image and price.

Keep Reading: Marketing Your Products on Amazon

7. Expand your storefront on Amazon with pages

Adding pages to your storefront on Amazon can help shoppers navigate your Store. With straightforward navigation, people can find the products they need, which makes them more likely to place an order. That’s why (if you have a decent-sized product catalog) it’s worth adding pages.

For inspiration, look at how Anker customized their Amazon Store with pages:

The company organizes its storefront into several sections, including:

1. New releases
2. Deals
3. Power strips

Anker goes a step further, too, creating pages within its pages. The page, “Portable chargers,” for instance, features sub-pages that include “Colorful Surprises,” “Ultra-High Capacity: 20,000mAh+,” and “Featured Innovations.”

This level of organization makes it easy for shoppers to find what they need.

If you want to expand your Amazon Store with another page, follow these steps:

1. Click “Add page” from the left-hand menu while in the Store builder main menu
2. Add your page navigation title (your title will appear on your Store’s navigation bar)
3. Enter your page meta description or what your page is about
4. Select your page template: Marquee, Product highlight, or Product grid

Your new page will then appear, and you can start the process of customizing it.

8. Preview your storefront on Amazon

Before launching your Amazon Store, preview your storefront:

Click “Preview” from the navigation bar (above the Store builder), and you can see what your Store will look like on Amazon. You can also interact with your storefront to make sure that every element, like links, works.

If you can, get other people to preview and look at your Store for feedback.

9. Launch your Amazon Store

Once you’ve finished creating your Amazon Store, you can launch it.

Select “Submit for publishing” from the navigation bar. Amazon will then review and approve your Amazon storefront, generally within 72 hours. Watch for any alerts or notifications from Amazon so that you can fix any issues fast and get your Store live.

That’s it! You now know how to create an Amazon storefront!

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Resources for setting up an Amazon store

Now that you know how to open an Amazon storefront, all that’s left is running your business and earning sales. If you want even more help creating your storefront, you have access to tons of resources from the company.

Here are just a few options you can use:

• Amazon Seller University: A platform full of videos, articles, case studies, and other resources on how to sell successfully.
• Amazon Seller Central: A platform full of tools for sellers to help them manage and optimize their stores.
• Amazon Seller Forums: A platform for sellers to discuss and exchange tips on selling.
• Amazon Seller Support: A support team available to help you with your selling experience.

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Even though you know how to create an Amazon storefront, that’s only the beginning when it comes to selling on Amazon. If you want your brand to succeed on Amazon, you need to embrace marketing and advertising on the platform, which is a full-time job.

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