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Selling Shoes through Amazon FBA: Why We Added Shoes to Our Sourcing Strategy

March 18, 2019 By Rebecca Smotherman 56 Comments

Back in 2015, Stephen and I (Rebecca) decided to add shoes to our Amazon FBA inventory. Since our initial experiment with shoes, we have learned so much about how to source and sell shoes on Amazon. In fact, right now, shoe sales are accounting for  over 65% of our Amazon sales this year. Since we’re

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Inventory, Shoes, Sourcing

Top Features of the Scoutify App for Amazon FBA Sourcing – 2019

January 16, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 4 Comments

Retail arbitrage sourcing for your Amazon FBA business is only possible if you use a high-quality scouting app. For several years, we at Full-Time FBA have depended on the Scoutify app from the makers of Inventory Lab. We’ve published numerous blog posts and videos on the topic of how great Scoutify is, and we’re excited now

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Filed Under: App Reviews, Finding Inventory, Inventory Lab, Resources, Retail Arbitrage, Scoutify, Sourcing, Tools

Top Benefits of Using Rakuten (formerly Ebates) in Your Amazon FBA Business

December 18, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 9 Comments

Did you know that you could get paid to do online arbitrage? In this post, we’ll talk about earning money via online arbitrage through Rakuten (formerly Ebates). But first I want to give you a hypothetical sourcing scenario. Let’s say you have a BOLO (Be On the Look Out) list of great items to buy

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Ideas, Inventory, Online Arbitrage, Resources, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks, Tools

Review: Tactical Arbitrage Academy

October 2, 2018 By Rebecca Smotherman 8 Comments

Raise your hand if you’ve ever paid for a gym membership, used it once or twice, and then stopped going because it was a lot of effort for not a lot of results (at least not a lot of results right away). It’s ok to admit it; we’ve all been there. The people who get

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Filed Under: Advanced, Finding Inventory, Online Arbitrage, Resources, Reviews, Tactical Arbitrage, Tools

Top 7 Garage Sale & Thrift Store Sourcing Mistakes for Amazon Sellers to Avoid

September 3, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

When sourcing for inventory at garage sales and thrift stores, most people make some seriously costly mistakes. Not only do they leave profits behind on items they skip over, but sometimes they also make some mistakes that leads to bad feedback, returns, and other time wasters that cost both time and money. For over a

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Garage Sale Tips, Garage Sales, Inventory, Thrift Stores, Troubleshooting

How to use Scoutify to Find Profits in Amazon Restricted Items

April 9, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

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

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Filed Under: Advanced, Finding Inventory, How To, Inventory Lab, Restrictions, Scoutify, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting

5 Retail Arbitrage Sourcing Tips for Amazon FBA Success

February 15, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 5 Comments

Although my FBA business has transitioned to become more focused on wholesale over the past couple of years, retail arbitrage (RA) is still one of my top methods of sourcing. I’ve shared some of my favorite RA sourcing strategies with you in blog posts in the past: The 2 Best Retail Arbitrage Sourcing Strategies How

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Ideas, Inventory, Retail Arbitrage

Review of Tactical Arbitrage and OAXray

October 10, 2017 By Rebecca Smotherman 24 Comments

It has been a while on the blog since we have taken a dive into strategies for online arbitrage (OA), so I want to spend some time today talking about two products we use for finding profitable inventory from online stores to resell on Amazon: OAXray and Tactical Arbitrage. This article will include reviews of

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Filed Under: App Reviews, Finding Inventory, Online Arbitrage, Resources, Sourcing, Tools

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