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Seller Central Tip #2 – How to Get Reimbursed for Unfulfillable Inventory

January 30, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 40 Comments

This post comes from Stephen’s wife, Rebecca, who helps him make full-time selling on FBA a reality. The further you get into selling through FBA, the more you’ll see that Amazon’s inventory system doesn’t always, um, work just like expected. When I started working with Stephen on his FBA business, I would look at our

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App Review: Shopkick

January 14, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 25 Comments

Today’s post comes from Stephen’s wife, Rebecca, who works alongside Stephen in their full-time FBA business. We’ve posted in the past about ways to get “free money” to use for sourcing, and I’ve also posted about how I incorporate sourcing into my day-to-day schedule running a household with four kids. Today I want to share

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Filed Under: App Reviews, Resources, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

To Share or Not to Share a BOLO

November 18, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 9 Comments

In our last blog post, we talked about how to capitalize on a BOLO. We shared many ideas of how to make the most out of both your time and your money when it comes to a BOLO.  Note: In today’s blog, we’ll be discussing retail store BOLOs (not garage sale, thrift store, or other

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Filed Under: BOLO, How To, Ideas, Retail Arbitrage, Sales Rank, Social, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

How to Capitalize on a BOLO (Be On the Lookout)

November 12, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 6 Comments

Last week we talked about how to have a highly profitable Q4, and this week we’ll talk about another timely topic: how to capitalize on a BOLO. What is a BOLO? It’s an acronym for “Be On the Look Out” and generally refers to a product that a reseller should be looking for to buy

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Filed Under: BOLO, How To, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

A Case Study in Sales Rank

October 17, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Today we’re going to look at the sales rank history of a specific book I’ve been following for over seven months. I first found The Boy Captives at a thrift store near my home and quickly bought it. The book had a rank of about 1 million and was being sold as used on Amazon

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Filed Under: Advanced, How To, Pricing Tips, Resources, Sales Rank, Tips & Tricks

Garage Sale Tip #3 – Turn $2.50 into $20 Over and Over

October 7, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

Almost every time I go out to source at garage sales, I see a certain item that I can buy for next to nothing and easily use to turn a few quarters into $20. What am I talking about? Expired printer ink cartridges. If you have a Staples office store nearby, then you can take advantage

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Filed Under: Garage Sale Tips, Garage Sales, How To, Ideas, Sourcing, Thrift Stores, Tips & Tricks

Lowering Prices vs. Pulling Items From Amazon Inventory

September 17, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

I have totally updated my views on this topic. Back in 2013, this was a good strategy, but now it’s totally outdated. Here my my most up to date teaching on this topic: How to Decide if You Should Lower Your Price (or Hold Your Price) Sometimes it’s inevitable. You’re not going to get the

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Filed Under: Beginner, Holiday, Ideas, Pricing Tips, Seasonal, Tips & Tricks

Patience vs. The Race To The Bottom

September 10, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 46 Comments

I have totally updated my views on this topic. Back in 2013, this was a good strategy, but now it’s totally outdated. Here my my most up to date teaching on this topic: How to Decide if You Should Lower Your Price (or Hold Your Price) The life of a reseller has its highs and

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How to Fit FBA Sourcing into Your Busy Schedule

August 19, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 21 Comments

Today’s post comes from my wife, Rebecca, who will write on this blog from time to time. Her post is full of great tips for all of us busy entrepreneurs. Part of the way we’re able to make full-time FBA a possibility for our family is by strategically planning our time each week. One way I

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Filed Under: Beginner, Family Involvement, How To, Ideas, Sourcing, Thrift Stores, Tips & Tricks, Travel, Uncategorized

FBA Pricing Tips on “Out of Season” Products

August 14, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 4 Comments

Earlier this week, we talked about selling seasonal items via FBA. Seasonal items don’t just sell during their “proper” season; they sell year round. Getting seasonal items to an FBA warehouse as soon as possible is the smart (and profitable) thing to do. You don’t make any money with products sitting at your house. With

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