Pakistan Becomes One of the Fastest Growing Markets on Amazon
Amazon had allowed Pakistan to enter its marketplace in May 2021 a year after the talks began in 2020 following the implementation of Pakistan’s first e-commerce policy.
In just a year after joining the sellers’ list of Amazon, Pakistan has become the third fastest-growing market on the global marketplace of the American retail giant in 2022. According to Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce intelligence firm, thousands of Pakistani sellers have joined Amazon’s marketplace within one year after Amazon added the country to its official list of sellers.
Thousands of sellers from Pakistan joined the Amazon marketplace just one year after Amazon opened it to merchants from Pakistan. That’s more sellers than from India, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, or Canada.
Amazon added Pakistan to the countries allowed to sell on its marketplace in May 2021. According to local media reports, talks between Amazon, Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce, and the National e-Commerce Council began in 2020. A year after Pakistan’s first e-commerce policy included adding Pakistan to Amazon’s list.
Pakistan as compared to India, Vietnam, UK, and Canada. It is noteworthy to mention Pakistan is home to the world’s three largest Amazon seller groups: “eCommerce by Enablers” with over 1.2 million members, “Extreme Commerce by Sunny Ali” has 1.1 million members, and “Ecommerce Success Pakistan” has nearly 200,000. These groups started long ago before Pakistani sellers were officially allowed to sell on Amazon.
