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7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Launching on Amazon (Infographic) Your brand cannot afford to not be where shoppers are.

By Tracey Wallace Edited by Dan Bova

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There is no longer a distinct line between brick-and-mortar and online store, between Facebook checkout and marketplace presence.

Sure, each of these channels may boast of their prowess, but it is the customer who is speaking loud and clear -- make products easy to find and buy, absolutely anywhere. Welcome to the omnichannel reality, where commerce has no clear boundaries between sales channels. This means that your brand cannot afford to not be where shoppers are.

And one major channel many business still lack is Amazon.

Related: How Amazon's Recent Changes Could Affect Your Business

Get this: 44 percent of online product searches begin on Amazon (not Google). If you don't have a presence on Amazon, or if your products aren't optimized for Amazon's search engine, you're missing on loads of potential revenue.

Multiple retailers have already found this to be the case. The Dairy Fairy, a patent-pending nursing bra company out of L.A., doubled sales in less than a year by launching on Amazon. Kap7, a water polo company owned by two former Olympians, was able to increase profits enough to find niche markets in areas they'd never yet spent, eventually finding tons of customers in the Alaskan tundra thanks to online ads.

Related: 5 Myths About Selling on Amazon

Amazon isn't, then, just a strategy to grow individual channel profits. The profits you see coming in from Amazon can help you to expand your business and grow your brand presence, awareness and overall sales across the board.

Of course, getting started on Amazon and turning it isn't a multi-million dollar sales channel are two very different things. So, before you begin, be sure you have everything you need -- and be aware of the differences between webstore and marketplace selling.

Related: 10 Steps to Selling Your Product on Amazon (Infographic)

Use the infographic below to avoid the most common Amazon selling pitfalls even the savviest of Amazon sellers often find themselves in.

Selling on Amazon Pitfalls

Tracey Wallace

Managing Editor of Bigcommerce

Tracey Wallace is the managing editor at commerce platform Bigcommerce, where she covers topics concerning fast-growing online businesses. In a previous life, she wrote about small business and boutique success at Mashable, ELLE and Time Out New York. Her work has been featured on Bustle, PolicyMic and Refinery29. Wallace writes from Bigcommerce's headquarters in Austin, Texas. 

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