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Top Retail Arbitrage Tips for Clearance Sourcing for Amazon FBA

February 22, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 7 Comments

In my last post I covered 5 retail arbitrage (RA) sourcing tips for Amazon FBA success. Today I want to narrow the focus a bit to talk specifically about clearance sourcing at retail stores. Clearance sourcing is always a lot of fun because you can find items at super low prices that you can potentially

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Filed Under: Beginner, Clearance Sourcing, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

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

Is There Still Room for New Amazon FBA Sellers?

September 19, 2017 By Stephen Smotherman 19 Comments

  One question I am consistently asked since launching fulltimefba.com back in 2013 is this… “Is there still room for new Amazon FBA sellers?“ Most people ask this question out of two fears they are experiencing: The fear of not finding enough profitable inventory to sell on Amazon. The fear of too many competitors who

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Filed Under: Beginner, Fears, Getting Started, Mindset

Feedback Genius Review – Get More Positive (and Eliminate Negative) Feedback

November 9, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

Most Amazon sellers will agree: It takes a verrrrrry looooooong time to build up your feedback on the Amazon platform. Most Amazon customers aren’t accustomed to leaving seller feedback for FBA purchases, at least not with the same frequency as eBay customers leave seller feedback. It could take 100 sales via FBA to receive one

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Feedback, Resources

How to Provide Box Level Details on Amazon FBA Shipments

October 20, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

If you’ve been reading your seller emails from Amazon, you know that starting November 1, 2016, FBA sellers will be required to provide box level details of the contents of their shipments to FBA warehouses. Failing to provide those details will incur a fee for your shipments of 15 cents per item. Additionally, Amazon has

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Filed Under: Beginner, Exercises, How To, Inventory Processing, Seller Central, Shipping, Split Shipments

If I Had To Start My Amazon FBA Business Over Again With Only $500

July 14, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 33 Comments

* Updated for 2020 Who doesn’t love a do-over? Hindsight is 20/20, and I’m sure all of us can think of ways we would improve our Amazon FBA businesses if we could start over from scratch. I know I can think of plenty of things I wish I had known back in 2011 when I

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Getting Started, Resources

Overcoming Your Fear of Selling via FBA versus Merchant Fulfilled or eBay

June 1, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

The “Overcoming Your Amazon FBA Fears” Series is back on the blog! You may remember that last fall we did a 10-part series on our Amazon fears and how we can combat the myths and fears with the TRUTH. If you haven’t read those posts, you might want to take this opportunity to check them

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Fears, Getting Started

The Best (and Easiest) Way to Remove Price Stickers From Your Inventory

May 18, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 39 Comments

When it comes to retail arbitrage, removing the price tags (or any other stickers) from your products is the most annoying thing you have to do before you can sell them on Amazon. Sure, you could use your fingernail to try and slowly peel the sticker off the box, but that takes a lot of

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Filed Under: Beginner, Getting Started, How To, Resources, Tools

Overcoming Your Amazon FBA Fears

October 14, 2015 By Stephen Smotherman 14 Comments

Fear. It’s not always a bad thing. In fact, it’s a vital, God-given response to both physical or emotional danger. If we didn’t feel fear, we wouldn’t be able properly protect ourselves from legitimate threats. But sometimes we can get to a point in our lives where we fear situations that are far from life

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Filed Under: Beginner, Fears, Getting Started, How To

Tips for Working with a Partner or Spouse at Amazon FBA

May 8, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

Perhaps you came to the Full-Time FBA blog because you’re wanting to grow your Amazon business into your full-time income. Or maybe you’re wanting to take it from a hobby to a good source of side income. Regardless, it’s one thing if you decide you’re ready to get further into selling on Amazon, but how does your

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Family Involvement, How To, Ideas, Sourcing, Spouse, Tips & Tricks

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