Amazon Opens Doors to Sellers From Nearly 100 More Countries
Amazon has expanded the list of countries accepted to register for selling on Amazon to 188 countries. The company added 85 new countries, mainly in Central Asia, Middle East, South America, and Africa.
Notable countries to be newly included are Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. Sellers from practically all countries in the world are now accepted to sell on Amazon. The few missing are heavily sanctioned nations like Cuba, Iran, and North Korea.
Previously sellers from countries not on the accepted list used middlemen companies or established business entities in neighboring countries to get their products listed on Amazon. “Since 2015, Fiza Muhammad, a linen exporter from Pakistan, has been selling towels, bed sheets, and pillows to Amazon customers in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. But in order to run her business, she was forced to rely on a partner in Dubai,” wrote Louise Matsakis at Rest of World.