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Podcast Episode 291 – How FBA Helps You Make Way More Money Than FBM

May 2, 2025 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

When you’re just starting out as a seller on Amazon, it might seem like Fulfilled by Merchant (FBM) is the cheaper and  smarter way to go. But today, we’re pulling back the curtain and showing you why Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) is the real game-changer if you’re serious about maximizing your income while reducing the

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Filed Under: Amazon Buy Box, Business Growth, FBM, Growth Hacks, Merchant Fulfilled, Podcast, Shipping, Tips & Tricks

Podcast Episode 266 – The Biggest Pricing Mistakes Most Amazon Sellers Make

November 9, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman 1 Comment

Are you ready to tackle one of the biggest challenges for Amazon sellers – finding the right price for maximum profit without losing sales? After securing great inventory, pricing is the next critical step in your Amazon business success. In this episode, we’ll cover the most common pricing mistakes, from newbie pitfalls to experienced seller

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Filed Under: Amazon Buy Box, BQool, Business Growth, Increase Sales, Mistakes, Podcast, Pricing Tips, Repricing, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 245 – How to Source Inventory that Will Sell Within 30 Days

May 30, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

We (Stephen and Rebecca) have been selling on Amazon for over a decade, and our goal is to source inventory that will sell via FBA within 30 days of being active on the Amazon website. In order to meet that goal, we have strategies for sourcing and strategies for after the product is live on

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Filed Under: Advanced, Amazon Buy Box, BQool, Business Growth, Buy Box, Growth Hacks, Keepa, Podcast

Podcast Episode 190 – How Much Reseller Competition is Too Much?

May 28, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 1 Comment

In this episode of The Full-Time FBA Show, we dive into the complex topic of selling on Amazon and competition. The question of how much competition is too much is often on the minds of Amazon sellers, and in this episode, we provide valuable insights to help answer that question. Today, you will learn that

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Filed Under: Amazon Buy Box, Beginner, Buy Box, Competition, Keepa, Podcast, Pricing Tips

Podcast Episode 081 : How Sellers Can Compete Against Amazon and Win the Buy Box!

April 23, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Competing with Amazon as a third party seller can be a daunting task. It’s easy to feel that the odds are stacked against you. After all, it’s a huge company with tremendous resources and control over crucial elements, like who gets awarded the buy box. While it’s often wise to avoid competing with Amazon, it’s

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Filed Under: Amazon Buy Box, Buy Box, Podcast

Understanding the Suppressed Buy Box on Amazon (And How to Regain It)

October 9, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

It’s not the most fun topic, I know, but we need to talk about how to handle a suppressed buy box in your Amazon FBA inventory. My goal is to help you understand how or why the suppressed buy box happens – and then know how to regain that buy box and start selling your

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Filed Under: Amazon Buy Box, Buy Box, Seller Metrics, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized

How to Compete against Amazon and Win

March 26, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

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

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Filed Under: Advanced, Amazon Buy Box, How To, Sourcing

6 Things You Need to Know about the Amazon Buy Box

December 11, 2017 By Stephen Smotherman 13 Comments

Perhaps the most important goal of any Amazon FBA seller is getting more sales, so today I want to cover a topic directly tied to the majority of sales on Amazon – the Amazon buy box. If you look on an Amazon product page, the buy box is the little box in the top right

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Filed Under: Amazon Buy Box, Beginner, Getting Started, Pricing Tips

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