How do I actually get started selling on Amazon India, account, GST, documents?
Head to sell.amazon.in and register as a Professional seller with your GSTIN, PAN, a business bank account and a cancelled cheque, GST is mandatory regardless of turnover once you're an e-commerce operator seller. Pick your launch categories and 3-5 hero SKUs rather than uploading your whole catalogue on day one; category approvals and barcode/UPC checks are what usually slow first-timers down. Signup itself takes minutes, but budget a few days for document and account verification before you can go live.
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The actual front door, register-now button, fee structure, category list. Everything else in this pool is commentary on what happens after you land here.
The official step-by-step for the registration flow itself, OTP verification, business-type selection, store name, useful to have open in a second tab while you actually sign up.
GST is the single most common blocker for first-time Amazon India sellers; this is the official walk-through of getting a GSTIN and adding it to your seller account under Settings > Account Info > Tax Information.
Free, official, on-demand training straight from Amazon, covers listing creation, advertising basics and account health without needing to log into Seller Central first. Good default first stop before paying for any third-party course.
