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Handling IP/Copyright Infringement and Counterfeit Claims

March 30, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 18 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 4 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

Podcast Episode 055 : Overcoming Your Fear of Amazon Account Suspension with Lesley Hensell

October 23, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 2 Comments

An Amazon account suspension is the number one thing that most Amazon sellers fear. Today Stephen interviews Lesley Hensell from Riverbend Consulting to help clear up some of the grey areas that could lead to account or ASIN suspensions. Lesley starts off the podcast interview by giving us some tips to help you manage risk when

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

The Riskiest Strategies for Amazon FBA – and Why We Don’t Teach Them

July 1, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 17 Comments

Not every Amazon FBA business is the same. Numerous business models abound, and FBA sellers use a myriad of ways to make money through selling on Amazon. Here at Full-Time FBA, we teach you the proven strategies we have used to make a full-time income selling via Amazon FBA, using only part-time hours. But you

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business, Business Growth, Seller Metrics

6 Steps to Take When an Item is Returned to Amazon

June 27, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 49 Comments

One of the most annoying emails for FBA sellers to receive from Amazon starts with “Refund initiated for order #102-12345-67890.” Getting a return notification is not only annoying, but it can sometimes spark a few fearful questions.  Is this return one of the high priced items I just sold? Is the buyer going to say that

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Inventory, Returns, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips, Seller Metrics

Blunders & Benefits of Having Unique Review Request Emails

April 26, 2017 By Stephen Smotherman 15 Comments

By now I hope you know just how important it is to follow all of Amazon’s rules. Breaking too many Amazon guidelines could easily get your seller account suspended. Recently Amazon has updated how sellers can communicate with their customers, and I want to make sure you know about how to correctly go about these

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Feedback, Guest Post, Interviews, Product Reviews, Seller Metrics

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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