Amazon KDP And Merch By Amazon – The 6 Key Similarities Between Them

 

In my previous blog post, I have shown you the 4 key differences between Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon.

If you wish to know the differences but haven’t read it yet, you can go read that post.

Since I already mentioned the differences, it would be incomplete if I don’t mention the similarities.

Therefore, I am going to dedicate today blog post to show you the 6 key similarities between Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon.

So, stay with me until the end and you’ll gain a better understanding about these 2 business models.

Without further ado, let’s get straight to the main points of today’s topic.

 

Similarity #1: No Copyright Infringement

 

 

Both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon have a very firm stand on copyright infringement policy.

They don’t allow any contents that have copyright violation to exist on their listings.

So, if you try to upload something that you don’t have the rights, Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon would reject your item.

Not only that, they might suspend your account indefinitely if you keep repeating the violations.

To keep your account safe, make sure your masterpiece doesn’t contain anything that has copyright infringement.

 

Similarity #2: Free Traffic

 

 

This could be your best reason why you want to have a business in either Amazon KDP or Merch by Amazon.

Both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon are having a really insane amount of free traffic to tap on.

If you have a great masterpiece to submit into either Amazon KDP or Merch by Amazon, you definitely can get a lot of eyeballs to it.

And not forget to mention…the possible sales you can make even without you paying for ads.

So, the more items you upload, the more free traffic you can enjoy and more sales you can generate.

 

Similarity #3: Accept Payoneer As Payout Method

 

 

Both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon do allow you to use Payoneer as your commission/royalty payout method.

Payoneer is available for application in most of the countries in the world.

This means you can receive your payout from Amazon KDP or Merch by Amazon even if you’re not in the US.

Having the ability to receive payout with Payoneer is a real blessings.

It allows you to cash out the money you received to your local bank in your country.

You can also request a Payoneer Mastercard where you’re able to use it for paying the purchases you made or withdrawing money out of it from ATM.

 

Similarity #4: No Duplicate Accounts

 

 

Both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon don’t allow any individual to have more than 1 account in each platform.

Anyone found having duplicate accounts are going to face the risk of suspension to all their accounts.

Even if you’re registering a secondary account with different email address, Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon still can detect it comes from the same individual.

Because you still have to enter your real name, address, tax details to eligible for payout.

If the matches of those details are found in another account already, this would raise the alarm to them.

The process is made possible with the help of AI and big data technology they have.

So, don’t ever try to create duplicate account in either Amazon KDP or Merch by Amazon.

 

Similarity #5: Just Need To Be Content Creator

 

 

With both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon, your only role is to be a content creator.

You just need to create your masterpieces and upload them to the platforms, then they would handle the rest for you.

Whenever there is a sale on your item, they are going to do fulfillment automatically for you.

If it is a printable item, they would print out your item, pack and ship it directly to your customers.

If it is a digital version item such as ebook, the customers would be granted the access automatically.

In either case, you don’t have to lift even a single finger on the fulfillment part.

This is really a good news because you can free yourself from messing those tedious and repetitive tasks.

 

Similarity #6: Worlwide Opportunities

 

 

Both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon are not restricting the opportunities to those from US or staying in US only.

They have opened up the opportunities to most parts of the world.

This means you can tap into these 2 powerful platforms to build an online business for yourself even if you’re not located in the US.

On the payment wise, you don’t have to worry that you could not withdraw your earnings out.

Because, as mentioned in the third points above, both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon do accept Payoneer as the payout method.

So you definitely can access the earnings that you have made with the platforms.

 

Conclusion

 

As you can see, both Amazon KDP and Merch by Amazon are sharing a number of similarities.

They both are definitely great platforms which many of the advantages you can leverage on.

However, you must always stay compliance with their policies so that you can stay in business and continue enjoy their benefits 🙂