Amazon has announced that it is predicting that UK based businesses selling on Amazon Marketplace will see their best ever sales this Christmas season. Record-breaking sales are expected as a result of third party Marketplace sellers offering more products than ever before, participating in Amazon Christmas deal events for the first time, selling across more of Amazon’s international websites,and using Fulfilment by Amazon so their products are included as part of Amazon’s Prime and Free Super Saver delivery programmes.
Last quarter, 46 per cent of items purchased by customers on Amazon’s websites around the world were sold by third-party sellers, predominantly SMEs. Tens of thousands of these businesses sell on Amazon, ranging from entrepreneurs selling from their homes to larger businesses, many of which turn over millions in revenue. In Britain alone the number of sellers who generate over £1 million in annual sales increased 28 per cent in the past year.
Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Sajid Javid, commented ” We should be very proud of the British companies manufacturing and selling British products all over the world; they all play an important part in driving our economy forward.”
“We are thrilled to see our Marketplace sellers experiencing such rapid growth, creating jobs and playing an integral part in delighting customers,” said Simon Johnson, director of UK Seller Services at Amazon. “We anticipate the biggest Christmas ever for our third party businesses.”
Amazon.co.uk customers can find 150 million distinct products on the site and Amazon has made it easier for UK companies to sell their products overseas. Once a product is uploaded it can be made available of all of Amazon’s 11 websites in 7 languages around the world providing instant exposure to some 294 million worldwide customers. Since last Christmas the number of UK based sellers exporting to countries outside of Britain has increased by 54 per cent and UK based sellers are expected to reach nearly £1.4 billion for all of 2015 – and deliver over 100 million items.
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