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If you discover a product that sells for ten times more on Amazon than AliExpress, your first instinct should be to arbitrage the opportunity by ordering the product and selling it on Amazon (and letting Amazon handle the fulfillment: http://services.amazon.com/fulfillment-by-amazon/benefits.ht...).

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No, don't. When I go to Amazon, it's not for goods dropshipped from China. It's for things I want delivered quick and from reputable manufacturers and sellers.

We already have this problem in Poland with Allegro (local eBay equivalent), where people automate this at a large scale. You and up scrolling past tons of these items, because a) you don't want to wait 20 or so days for it to arrive from China b) you know you can get it cheaper from Aliexpress anyway.

Different sites, different targets.

I think the op was referencing buying a bunch, shipping them to Amazon, and then selling them via FBA, so people can buy it with prime shipping.

Ali has already beat you to that and has Amazon fulfill some of their larger items.

You would be surprised though how fast thing can arrive, assuming they are aiming for fast delivery.

Amazon also allows you not to specify a shipping location, for things being forwarded into USPS the customer often won't even notice it originated on the other side of the world.

> No, don't. When I go to Amazon, it's not for goods dropshipped from China. It's for things I want delivered quick and from reputable manufacturers and sellers.

Which they do that anyways. Last few items that I got from amazon... now shipping from China. Even an American flag.

Some users want that specialization, many users don't. Does the Amazon search interface not allow you to filter by shipping time? That seems like the correct way to solve your problem.

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