With an Amazon FBA business, nobody likes to waste money on something that isn’t going to eventually make money. But we all do it. We all spend money on inventory that we think will bring back a return on our investment (ROI), only to have it sit in the FBA warehouse without a sale. And it
7 Tips for Navigating the April Sales Tax Perfect Storm
Today we have a guest post from our friends at TaxJar. We hope you find the information as helpful as we have. April is what we here at TaxJar call a “sales tax perfect storm.” Because quarterly and monthly sales tax deadlines converge this month, nearly every online seller will have at least one sales
Responding To The Latest Changes In Amazon Selling
Updated for March 2016. First posted May 2014. The past few days have seen many Amazon sellers freaking out about the latest Amazon policy update. I’ve even heard of people saying they are going to quit selling on Amazon because of this change. In all honesty, I think that most people are just overreacting and
The Best Items to Buy on Craigslist and Sell via Amazon FBA
If you’re like me, you get tired of chasing the next clearance sale at the big national retail chains, only to have your retail arbitrage finds “tank” in price before you even get your inventory sent in to the Amazon FBA warehouse. Sure, there are times when you can beat other sellers to the punch
Why I’m Not Worried About the Post-Christmas Amazon Price Drops
A quick question: Did you sell out of your entire inventory before Christmas? Neither did I. During Q4, many Amazon sellers get used to the abundance of sales that come with the Christmas season. Actually, we get spoiled with so many sales per day that when January arrives, we get scared. All of a sudden the
How to Find Out Which Items Will Be Charged Long-Term Storage Fees
*The blog post text has been updated, but the content on the video below is somewhat out of date. It’s on our schedule to be updated soon. If you’ve been selling on Amazon at least 12 months, then it’s possible you will receive a FBA Aged Inventory Notification email from Amazon (if you have not, you
Overcoming Your Fear of an Amazon Account Suspension
It’s the one email that Amazon sellers fear the most: “Hello from Amazon. We are writing to let you know we have removed your selling privileges, canceled your listings, and placed a temporary hold on any funds in your seller account.” Amazon goes on to state some vague reasons why the account was suspended, but
Overcoming Your Fear of Missing Out
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,” – A Tale of Two Cities. One of the greatest opening lines of any piece of literature still accurately portrays the world that we live in today over 150 years after
Overcoming Your Fear of Negotiating a Better Deal
Have you ever found yourself frustrated after you go into a store, find a lot of items with great sales ranks, only to find the clearance or sale prices are just not low enough to make it worth reselling? Or maybe you’ve been at a garage sale, and the seller has their items priced way too high. If only you could get an additional
Overcoming Your Fear of “Tanking” Prices
It seems to happen far too frequently. You buy an item (or multiples of an item), price it just right, send it to Amazon… and your competition starts to lower their prices. What once was selling for $29.99 is now selling for $15.99 only a week or so later. What happened? Why would someone want
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