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How to Provide Box Level Details on Amazon FBA Shipments

October 20, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

If you’ve been reading your seller emails from Amazon, you know that starting November 1, 2016, FBA sellers will be required to provide box level details of the contents of their shipments to FBA warehouses. Failing to provide those details will incur a fee for your shipments of 15 cents per item. Additionally, Amazon has

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Filed Under: Beginner, Exercises, How To, Inventory Processing, Seller Central, Shipping, Split Shipments

Amazon FBA Changes – Retail Arbitrage Receipts & Brand Restrictions

August 29, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 26 Comments

How have you been handling all the recent changes and rumors of changes in Amazon FBA selling? That’s not a rhetorical question. I really want to know. How have you been handling all the news about FBA changes? Have you been freaking out? Have you been paralyzed with uncertainty? Have you kept doing business as

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business, Retail Arbitrage, Seller Metrics

Why You Shouldn’t Give Up Your eBay Account

August 23, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 23 Comments

We all know the old saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” If you drop the basket, the basket spills, or Amazon suspends your basket (wait, what?) you risk losing all of your eggs. Spread those eggs out in a few different baskets, and you protect yourself from a number of unforeseen circumstances. One of the

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business, Category Approval

Amazon’s Inventory Liquidation Program – How to Get Paid for Removing Inventory From Amazon

August 8, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 14 Comments

There are multiple situations where it’s in your best interest to remove some of your items from your Amazon FBA inventory. Here are just a few: To remove dead inventory that seems like it will never sell To avoid long term storage fees Because the item has become restricted and you can no longer sell it

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Filed Under: Business, How To, Inventory, Liquidation, Seller Central

The 2 Best Retail Arbitrage Sourcing Strategies

August 2, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 13 Comments

Retail arbitrage can be very profitable. The feeling of anticipation when you walk into a retail store is extremely motivating. I always advise other resellers to grab a shopping cart when they first enter a store because they need to be mentally ready for a big haul. Now, the big haul doesn’t always happen, but

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Filed Under: Inventory, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing

If I Had To Start My Amazon FBA Business Over Again With Only $500

July 14, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 33 Comments

* Updated for 2020 Who doesn’t love a do-over? Hindsight is 20/20, and I’m sure all of us can think of ways we would improve our Amazon FBA businesses if we could start over from scratch. I know I can think of plenty of things I wish I had known back in 2011 when I

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Getting Started, Resources

Overcoming Your Fear of Handling Sales Tax

July 7, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman

Today we have a guest post from Mark Faggiano. Mark is the founder and CEO of TaxJar. We hope you find the information as helpful as we have. I get it. Sales tax can be confusing and intimidating. The rates change from location to location. The laws change from state to state. And don’t get me started

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Filed Under: Business, Fears, Sales Tax, Taxes

Overcoming Your Fear of Leaving with an Empty Shopping Cart

June 23, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 6 Comments

We’re well into our second round of blog posts in our series on Overcoming Your Amazon FBA Fears. If you want to catch up on the previous posts, click here to read through them. Today we’re going to discuss a fear that can strike deep in the heart of anyone who spends time doing retail

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Filed Under: Fears, Finding Inventory, Mindset, Sourcing

Overcoming Your Fear of Buying High Ranked Items

June 20, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 4 Comments

I’m like any other Amazon FBA seller out there – if I could source and sell only low ranking, fast turning items at 100% ROI (return on investment) or higher, I would choose to do that every day, all day. That’s what we all want to do, right? Maximize our ROI and maximize the speed

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Filed Under: Advanced, CamelCamelCamel, Fears, Inventory, Retail Arbitrage, Sales Rank, Sourcing

Overcoming Your Fear of Selling via FBA versus Merchant Fulfilled or eBay

June 1, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

The “Overcoming Your Amazon FBA Fears” Series is back on the blog! You may remember that last fall we did a 10-part series on our Amazon fears and how we can combat the myths and fears with the TRUTH. If you haven’t read those posts, you might want to take this opportunity to check them

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Fears, Getting Started

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