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Podcast Episode 226 – Why We Avoid Stickerless Commingled Inventory at Amazon FBA

February 2, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Have you received an email from Amazon inviting you to become a “Stickerless Seller”? If so, or if you’re curious what in the world a “Stickerless Seller” is, then you’ll want to check out today’s episode before signing up for this not-so-new program! Amazon touts the benefits of going stickerless, but do those benefits apply

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Troubleshooting, Warning

Podcast Episode 225 – Are “Done For You” Automated Amazon Agencies a Scam?

January 26, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Have you heard of the so-called “done for you” automated Amazon agencies claiming to give you a fast-and-easy return on your investment? These all-in-one services make big promises that all you have to do is pay thousands of dollars, and you’ll have all the work of opening and running an Amazon business done for you.

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business Growth, Finding Inventory, Mistakes, Outsourcing, Podcast, Sourcing, Warning

Podcast Episode 212 – Overcoming Failure in your Amazon FBA Business

October 27, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

No one likes to fail! But the truth is, as Amazon FBA business owners, we’re all going to fail occasionally. This episode is dedicated to how you can improve your mindset about the failures you might experience, how to best respond to your failures, and how to lower the chances of failure in the future.

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business Growth, Mindset, Mistakes, Podcast, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 194 – The Biggest Threats to your Amazon FBA Success

June 23, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

When it comes to running a successful Amazon FBA business, we usually emphasize the importance of maintaining a positive growth mindset and focusing on opportunities for improvement — but we also believe it’s important to be aware of some of the big threats and potential challenges you might face. In this episode, we discuss how

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Beginner, Mindset, Outsourcing, Podcast, Troubleshooting

Your Account is at Risk of Deactivation Unless You Comply With the INFORM Consumers Act

May 26, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 22 Comments

It was 8:51 pm last night, and my wife Rebecca and I were just about to start closing things down for the night when she opened up the Amazon Seller App to check on our sales. Her jaw dropped. She looked at me, showed me the screen of her phone, and said, “What is going

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Breaking News, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 182 – Dealing with Counterfeit or Intellectual Property (IP) Claims on Amazon (Part 2)

March 31, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Today we continue with our two-part series on dealing with counterfeit and intellectual property (IP) claims on Amazon. Our focus for this week’s episode is what the best course of action would be if a brand reaches out to you and asks you to stop selling an item, or what to do if you get

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Copyright Infringement, Counterfeit, IP Infringement, Podcast, Seller Metrics

Handling IP/Copyright Infringement and Counterfeit Claims

March 30, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 19 Comments

“Retail arbitrage is dead! No one can sustain an FBA business with the possibility of all the IP claims out there!” Have you heard this alarm ringing in the FBA communities, particularly Facebook groups? It tends to come in waves, sometimes more intense than others. Intellectual property (IP) or copyright infringement claims, along with claims

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Copyright Infringement, Counterfeit, IP Infringement, Seller Metrics

Why We’ll Never Teach You The Fastest Way To Grow Your Amazon FBA Business

November 16, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 28 Comments

Unethical shortcuts may help you earn money fast in any business, and Amazon FBA is no exception. If you want to know the quickest, easiest, possibly most questionable ways to make a quick buck on Amazon, there are plenty of folks out there to give you advice. Full-Time FBA is just not the place for

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Why We Don’t Recommend Drop Shipping as an Amazon Reseller Strategy

June 8, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 4 Comments

Fulfilled by Amazon. Fulfilled by Merchant. Multi-channel fulfillment. Drop shipping. These are a few reselling methods you may have heard tossed around by Amazon sellers. Hopefully it’s pretty obvious by the name of our website that we here at Full-Time FBA lean very heavily towards keeping 100% of our sales in the Fulfilled by Amazon

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Beginner, Drop Shipping, Mistakes, Seller Metrics

Does Amazon Accept Receipts?

March 1, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 8 Comments

A common question we see in our Facebook group for Amazon FBA sellers is this one: “Does Amazon accept receipts?” Actually, if I’m being more accurate, it’s not always posed as a question, but often as this statement: “I heard Amazon doesn’t accept receipts.” Fact or Rumor? Before we get into the meat of this

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Copyright Infringement, Counterfeit, Inauthentic Claims, Restrictions, Troubleshooting

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