It’s happened to all of us at one time or another. You find a great product to list for amazing profits via Amazon FBA, but there’s one not-so-tiny catch: You’re restricted from selling the item on Amazon. Restrictions for selling on Amazon are one of the biggest annoyances for FBA sellers, regardless of whether you’ve
How to Handle Rolling Long-Term Storage Fees
Recently, Amazon made a very significant fee change… and most Amazon sellers are clueless how it will impact their Amazon business. But whether you are paying attention to this fee or not, there are things you can do right now to not only best handle this fee, but also find ways to avoid this fee
Amazon FBA IPI Score 2019 – What We Know So Far
While many aspects of the IPI (inventory performance index) remain a mystery for Amazon FBA sellers, in this blog post we want to compile what information we do know about how the IPI works and what it means for us as Amazon sellers moving forward. What is IPI and why should I care? The IPI
Time vs Money – How to Get More of Both
One of the key components of moving forward to greater success in your Amazon FBA business is rightly understanding the relationship between time and money. When it comes to running a business, you must understand the finite nature of your resources. Your time and energy are limited. Once you spend them, you can’t get them
Amazon FBA Growth Hacks – The Power of Focus
We all want to get more things done in our Amazon FBA business, right? I mean the more we get done the more we can achieve and the more profits we can make, right? Not always. In fact, “busy” almost never equals high productivity. It can be frustrating for an Amazon seller to put hours
How to use Scoutify to Find Profits in Amazon Restricted Items
It’s so frustrating. You’re out sourcing for inventory and finally find a profitable item, only to discover you’re restricted from selling that item on Amazon. Seriously?! When this happens to me, I usually just put the item back on the shelf and keep sourcing. I try to forget about that restricted item and move on with
How to Compete against Amazon and Win
I’ve heard it before and thought it was true. Well meaning people have said, “If Amazon is selling the item, then run away as fast as you can. You can never win against Amazon.” I followed this advice for many years thinking if I were to compete against Amazon, I’d always lose. It turns out they
How to Use Inventory Lab to Track Supplier Profitability
Let’s talk profitability, shall we? You’ve likely heard us mention that we use the Inventory Lab software package to streamline our process of listing inventory on Amazon FBA and for sourcing inventory through the Scoutify app. Today we want to share with you another feature of Inventory Lab that we’ve come to depend on: