Friday, July 25, 2014

Where Can I See My Amazon FBA Sales?

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I've seen this question over and over again, "How do I know if I've sold something?" So here goes...

When a buyer clicks to buy your product, you're sale goes into pending until it's filled and shipped.
Go to Orders>Manage Orders

What you see on this page are actual orders that have already been filled and shipped. To see pending orders, click on Advanced Search. A new page will come up. Make sure the radio button for Pending Orders is checked. Click on Search. The orders that are greyed out are pending orders. Once they are shipped, they will go to black and you will receive an email.

Next question: "Why is an item in pending orders for so long (even days)?"
There are multiple reasons for this. Perhaps the buyer needs to add a new credit card, but hasn't noticed the message yet. The buyer might have ordered multiple items, so the warehouse has to gather them all first. Prime orders will go out faster than regular shipping. Most of the time an order will eventually get shipped and go into the black, but sometimes a buyer cancels the order before it gets shipped out, and it will disappear.

And, "Where do I see how much money I've made?"
When you log in, you will land on your main dashboard page. Look to the right-hand side of the page. There is a box that says, "Payment Summary". Inside the box, you will see your balance. That is how much money you've earned! Beware that before Amazon releases your payout to your bank account, they will subtract any fees that you own from your balance. It will show a negative balance if you've earned less than your fees. If payout day comes around, and you're still in the hole, they will take the money out of your credit / bank account on file.

One more, "When do I get paid?
If you're new to Amazon, you will get paid every two weeks. If you've had an account for a long time, you can request payouts daily. If you sold something on Amazon years ago (I sold books through merchant fulfilling before FBA was created), and you're just now coming back to Amazon, you will discover that you've been grandfathered into daily payouts! You can click on you balance to see when you will receive your next payout.

There you go. I hope this helps you find your sales!

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