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                                                       Courtesy  of  FBAtoday.com  

 

 

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 The  process  of  getting  approved  in  grocery,  beauty  and  health  and  personal  care  involves  sending  in  receipts  showing  that  you  can  purchase  items  that  qualify  for  sale  on  the  Amazon  marketplace.  You  only  need  to  submit  three  receipts,  but  they  oftentimes  ask  for  more  if  they  are  not  satisfied  with  the  first  submission  quantities.  This,  unfortunately,  has  much  more  to  do  with  the  particular  representative  you  get  assigned  to  your  case  than  it  does  with  your  actual  submissions.    

   

You  will  gather  items  in  each  of  the  three  categories  and  take  them  to  the  self-­‐checkout  and  make  separate  transactions  on  the  same  card  (the  one  listed  on  your  Amazon  account  if  possible).  Each  receipt  will  have  only  one  type  of  item,  but  multiples  (5-­‐10)  of  them.    HOT  Tip:  Some  items  will  work  for  beauty  and  health  and  personal  care.  You  can  possibly  get  approved  in  both  of  these  categories  with  only  two  total  receipts  and  one  additional  document,  because  you  can  use  the  same  two  receipts  on  both  applications.    All  of  these  purchases  can  be  made  at  any  of  the  following  stores  (just  to  mention  a  few):    

 

 

 

           

   

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Requirements  to  Sell  in  These  Categories  Can  you  sell  in  the  grocery,  beauty  and  health  and  personal  care  categories?  You  have  to  meet  the  following  criteria:  

• You  must  be  registered  as  a  seller  on  the  Professional  Selling  plan.  • You  must  meet  the  following  seller  performance  targets:  

o Order  defect  rate:  <  1%  o Pre-­‐fulfillment  cancel  rate:  <  2.5%  o Late  shipment  rate:  <  4%  

• You  must  provide  us  with  acceptable  documentation  and  other  information  we  request  about  the  products  you  intend  to  sell.  

• You  are  not  required  to  have  your  own  company  website,  but  if  you  have  one  it  will  be  helpful  to  us  to  review  it  during  the  application  process.  

• Items  must  be  new.  

Gathering  your  Receipts    

These  are  only  examples.  As  long  as  the  items  can  be  sold  and  are  in  the  category  in  which  you  are  seeking  approval,  you  will  be  fine.    For  acceptable  items,  check  Amazon  in  the  categories  of  beauty,  health  and  personal  care  and  grocery  for  ideas  of  what  to  purchase  at  the  retail  stores  listed.    

• Grocery  under  $1    • Grocery  top  100  on  Amazon  • Beauty  under  $1  • Beauty  top  100  on  Amazon  

• Health  and  Personal  Care  under  $3  • Health  and  Personal  Care  top  100  

on  Amazon  

 There  are  multiple  ways  to  go  about  getting  approved  in  this  category.  I  recommend  getting  three  receipts  (but  as  I  mentioned  above,  you  may  only  need  two)  as  well  as  providing  one  of  the  additional  documents  (if  possible):    

• Company  website  • Business  address  of  the  manufacturing  plant  you  own  • Business  address  of  the  store  or  office  you  own  • Business  license  document  • Sales  tax  license  document  • Home  occupation  permit  document  

 By  having  three  receipts  on  hand,  you  can  first  select  the  document  submission  option:    

   

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Now,  if  Amazon  wants  you  to  provide  more  items  (which  they  frequently  do),  you  can  submit  your  third  receipt.  Also  with  three  receipts,  you  can  choose  to  use  the  document  submission  option:    

   You  can  do  this  in  case  the  additional  documents  you  send  aren’t  accepted  or  you  simply  chose  to  not  submit  any  of  them  in  lieu  of  receipts.      Grocery  Items  List    Receipt  #1  &  #2    Example:  Receipt  #1  (5x  Spaghetti  &  Meatballs)  and  Receipt  #2  (5x  Beefaroni)  ($0.70-­‐$2.00  per  item)  each  receipt  has  only  one  type  of  product  on  it.    

#1                                        #2      Receipt  #3  &  #4  (if  necessary)    Example:  Receipt  #3  (10x  Strawberry  Jell-­‐O)  and  Receipt  #4  (10x  Watermelon  Jell-­‐O)      

   #3                              #4      Grocery  restricted  brands:    Dunkin  Donuts    Wedderspoon  Organic  Honey    Williams-­‐Sonoma    

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Beauty/Health  and  Personal  Care    Receipt  #1  &  #2      Example:  Five  oral  care  items  per  receipt  ($0.70-­‐$2.00  per  item);  each  receipt  has  only  one  type  of  product.    Note:  Many  popular  items  are  in  the  Health  and  Personal  Care  and  Beauty.  You  can  use  the  same  receipts  for  approval  if  you  are  willing  to  try.  There  is  no  rule  against  this.    

   #1                                                                                                                        #2  

 Do  NOT  use  any  of  these  restricted  brands  for  your  samples:      Ahava,  ANSR,  AVON,  Bare  Essentials  Cosmetics,  Benefiber,  Billy  Jealousy,  Bliss,  BORGHESE,  Butter  London,  Burberry,  Buxom  Buxom,  Cane  +  Austin,  Cargo,  CAUDALIE,  Chanel,  CHI,  Comtrex,  Crabtree  &  Evelyn,  Cult  Cosmetics,  DDF,  Dr  Brandt,  DR.  DENESE  (aka  SkinScience),  Dr  Dennis  Gross  Skin  Care,  Deborah  Lippmann,  Dolce  &  Gabbana,  Escada,  Essie,  Excedrin  Sinus  Headache,  Eyeko,  Georgio  Armani,  Gianna  Rose  Atelelier,  Gillette,  Goldfaden  MD,  InStyler,  Jack  

Black,  Japonesque,  Jouer,  Juice  Beauty,  Kiehl’s,  L’  Occitane,  La  Bella  Donna,  Lancome,  Lorac,  MAC  Cosmetics,  Mario  Badescu,  Mary  Kay,  Molton  Brown,  Nars,  Nature’s  Sunshine,  Norelco,  Nuxe,  Orlane  Oral  B,  Oscar  Blandi,  Perfume  samples,  Perfume  testers,  Perricone,  Peter  Thomas  Roth,  Phyto  Ralph  Lauren  perfume,  Sachajuan,  Sensa,  Skyn  Iceland,  Somme  Institute  St.  Tropez,  Stila,  StriVectin,  The  Art  of  Shaving,  Theraflu  Caplets,  Tinosorb,  Urban  Decay,  Vincent  Longo,  Zir

 Capturing  and  Submitting  Your  Receipt  Images    After  you  have  gathered  all  of  your  receipts,  you  will  need  to  take  an  image  of  each.  A  smartphone  works  best  for  this.  It  may  be  easiest  to  take  the  images  and  email  them  to  yourself,  then  download  these  to  your  desktop  for  you  to  easily  access  when  filling  out  your  application.    

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Tips:    • Make  sure  that  the  images  are  flat  on  the  surface,  legible  and  neat.    • You  can  add  information  onto  the  receipts  in  pen  if  you’d  like  (like  ASIN)  but  it  is  not  

necessary.  If  you  do  this,  make  sure  that  it  looks  neat  and  professional.  • You  can  remove  prices,  but  you  don’t  have  to.  Many  people  think  you  have  to,  but  

that  isn’t  the  case.    • These  items  are  only  examples;  you  can  buy  items  that  you  will  actually  resell  or  

items  that  you  will  eat  yourself  anyway.    Review  the  images  below  (do  not  use  them!).  They  are  also  not  in  the  same  format  as  mentioned  above.  This  way  would  work,  but  is  more  extensive  and  requires  more  work.  Notice  how  they  are  legible,  and  cropped  tightly.    http://i.imgur.com/5ABqGvb.png      http://i.imgur.com/5WL8VWa.png  

Submitting  Your  Images    You  will  save  the  images  to  your  computer  (you  may  want  to  do  this  by  emailing  them  from  your  smartphone  to  your  own  email  address  and  then  downloading  them  to  your  desktop).    They  should  be  in  .pdf  or  .jpg  format  preferably.        

 Receipt  Requirements    

• Must  be  dated  on  or  after  three  months  from  date  of  submission  • Must  have  document  issuer’s  name,  address,  phone  number,  email  or  website  (this  

is  not  currently  a  firm  rule  and  receipts  do  not  generally  have  these  items  on  them)  • POs  must  have  your  name  or  issuing  business  name  • POs  must  have  contact  information  for  your  business  (e.g.  address,  phone  number,  

email  or  website)  • Obscure  pricing  (optional)  

   

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First  Steps  for  Beauty,  Grocery  and  Health  and  Personal  Care  Approval  

1. Log  in  to  your  seller  central  account.    2. Open  the  link  below  and  scroll  down  to  the  category  in  which  you  are  seeking  

approval,  in  this  case  it  is  “Beauty”,  ”Grocery”  or  “Health  and  Personal  Care”:    

3. https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/200333160/ref=ag_200333160_cont_200164430  

4. Scroll  down  that  page  and  click  on    5. Go  through  the  questions  and  answer  them  appropriately.  The  following  responses  

are  aligned  with  what  they  want.  

 

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6. On  the  final  page,  provide  your  email,  phone  number,  anticipated  revenue  and  business  statement.    

Anticipated  revenue  =  Aim  for  something  reasonable,  at  least  a  few  thousand  dollars.  You  don’t  want  to  put  a  number  that  is  too  large  or  too  small.  Too  large  makes  them  want  to  really  over-­‐analyze  the  application  and  too  small  makes  you  seem  unprofessional.  Be  as  honest  as  you  can  but  also  somewhere  between  the  extremes.    

o Give  a  good,  2-­‐3  sentence  description  of  your  business  like  the  example  below  (please  don’t  copy  the  text  below  verbatim).  

   “Satisfying  the  Amazon  customer  is  our  top  priority  and  we  aim  to  bring  them  hard-­‐to-­‐find  products  at  impossible-­‐to-­‐match  prices  while  maintaining  the  highest  levels  of  customer  service  and  ethical  business  practices.”    

 o Submit  ….  You  will  now  receive  a  confirmation  email.      

   

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     Note:  Amazon  will  most  likely  counter  with  some  changes  that  they  would  like  to  see  made.  Do  not  panic,  this  is  all  part  of  the  process.  They  are  testing  your  ability  to  create  the  best  listings  possible,  as  well  as  your  flexibility  and  commitment  to  the  process.  Serious  sellers  don’t  give  up  at  this  part;  so  that’s  what  they  are  looking  for  here.      What  if  I  don’t  want  to  provide  receipts?      You  can  provide  some  of  the  following  items.    

     

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 Thanks  for  reading!  I  hope  that  this  helps  you  get  approved.    If  you’d  like  to  learn  more  about  other  ungating  services  we  offer,  please  go  to  the  link  here.    

   

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Happy  Selling!  

                     

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 Disclaimer  

 This  guide  is  NOT  in  anyway  affiliated  with  or  approved  by  Amazon.com  or  any  of  the  companies  mentioned  here  within.  This  guide  does  NOT  guarantee  approval  and  the  reader  takes  on  any  risks  financially  or  other  of  purchasing  any  of  the  items  mentioned.  These  practices  have  worked  for  the  writer  and  many  others,  but  it  is  up  to  you  to  ensure  that  they  are  current  at  the  time  of  reading.  The  Amazon  ungating  process  is  constantly  changing  so  you  should  act  fast  to  get  approval  before  the  process  becomes  even  more  restrictive  (in  the  authors  own  opinion).  Good  luck!    Last  updated  April  4,  2015.