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May 19th, 2008, 01:43 PM
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Success with Amazon DVD sales?
Anyone have any success selling dvds on Amazon? Anywhere else better to sell?
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May 19th, 2008, 03:14 PM
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I sell instructional dvds on amazon. I had to get a barcode, and get a "store" for a month to be able to upload the UPC code data.
I burn and ship the DVD's myself. I do not sell a lot of them there, but I am happy with whatever I can make. I list the dvd for 19.99, amazon gets about 3 dollars as a fee, and they give me 3 dollars to ship it. so I get 20 dollars minus shipping cost. Shipping costs about 2 dollars via first class mail in a yellow bubble mailer. I also sell from a website and ebay, and looking to expand to as many places as possible.
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May 19th, 2008, 04:05 PM
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Great, thanks for the info. Thats kind of an odd deal for Amazon huh? I thought they would take a larger cut than that.
I'm planning to shoot a documentary this summer with the intent to sell DVDs on Amazon as well as a dedicated website. So, I'm trying to get a feel for how many I could actually sell before I consider a budget. |
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May 19th, 2008, 11:13 PM
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I've got... uh... 8? DVDs for sale on Amazon (through Createspace.com)
Let me tell you this... ...they don't promote themselves. Simply getting on Amazon doesn't guarantee you a single sale, you still need to be able to promote the hell out of them to make a penny. I sell about 10x more off the website than Amazon.
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May 20th, 2008, 09:17 AM
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Advertising on other sites, etc? |
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May 21st, 2008, 03:37 PM
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Well, totally depends on your market and budget. Different products need to be backed up by advertising that delievers the tightest market range to them.
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June 11th, 2008, 02:57 AM
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I've sold a few through createspace (distro through Amazon)
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January 25th, 2012, 08:03 AM
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Re: Success with Amazon DVD sales?
I've never used Amazon to sell/try to sell anything, but I just learned of a newcomer to the market...movielocker.com.
Their fee seems a bit steep: 20% of each sale. Free accounts are/seem to be available; Terms of Use are governed by laws of Switzerland. I haven't signed up yet, but am considering it. I want to do a bit more research before then...like why Switzerland? Best of luck.
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January 26th, 2012, 11:49 PM
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Re: Success with Amazon DVD sales?
Brick+mortar retail sales have an idealistic 30% margin on their sales, so 20% is pretty good in that respect.
Better still, if it wasn't obvious as to how they would make a suitable incomes as a business and thus prosper, then I for one would be concerned about engaging in business with them. Having to set up a new partner all over again (for that sort of thing) would be a definite disruption to your own business. Andrew |
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