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Reselling Board Games on Amazon for Massive Profits

April 20, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

Back when I first started selling on Amazon, I was looking for a new niche to add to my online selling business. I needed something that was both profitable and abundant. I needed something I could buy for $1 to $5… and sell for $20-$80. The niche I discovered ended up being better than I

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

How to Find Profitable Wholesale Accounts For Amazon FBA

February 20, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 49 Comments

Finding profitable wholesale accounts is not as hard as you think it is. Most people make that assumption because they first focus on trying to secure wholesale relationships with super big name brands (like Lego, Apple, Nike, etc.), which is almost impossible for normal Amazon sellers. While landing a wholesale account with a big name

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Inventory, Sourcing, Wholesale

Beginner Lessons For Selling Shoes on Amazon FBA

February 5, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 19 Comments

When it comes to sourcing and selling shoes on Amazon, some of the hardest lessons are learned during the early stages of adding shoes to your Amazon business model. Many of you know that Rebecca and I are a team when it comes to our Amazon FBA business. While I mainly focus on retail arbitrage

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Interviews, Shoes, Sourcing

Selling Shoes through Amazon FBA: Buying Decisions

February 3, 2022 By Rebecca Smotherman 35 Comments

Let’s get down to the nitty gritty details of sourcing shoes for FBA, shall we? As I (Rebecca) mentioned in a previous post of this series, I personally don’t source for shoes using retail arbitrage (RA). I tried it and came up dry. I use 100% online arbitrage (OA) for my shoe sourcing strategy. The

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Inventory, Shoes, Sourcing

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

February 2, 2022 By Rebecca Smotherman 61 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, over the past 6 years, shoe are our second most item on Amazon (the first being toys).

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How to Find Profitable Inventory for Amazon FBA Sourcing

January 31, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 30 Comments

In the course of just one week (or even a day!), it is possible to come across thousands of items you could potentially resell on Amazon. Obviously, not all of those items are going to make the cut and end up in your shopping cart. Some items are a no-brainer purchase. Some are definitely NOT

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Filed Under: CamelCamelCamel, Finding Inventory, How To, Inventory, Keepa, Retail Arbitrage, Sales Rank, Sourcing

Podcast Episode 105 – Overcoming Your Fear of an Empty Cart

October 9, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Welcome to the second installment of our October Fears Series! This week, we’ll be talking about a fear that many of us are all too familiar with: the fear of leaving a sourcing expedition with an empty cart. It’s easy to think that this fear only applies to physical retail shopping, but it’s actually relevant

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Filed Under: Fears, Finding Inventory, Inventory, Mistakes, Podcast, Sourcing, Troubleshooting

Ways to Save Money So You Can Spend More on Inventory

August 30, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 13 Comments

Who doesn’t love to save a little time and money? I would prefer to save a lot of time and money, but hey, every little bit counts when we’re trying to make a profit at Amazon FBA. Any time I can save money on shipping supplies or other areas of my business, I can use

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Filed Under: Beginner, Finding Inventory, Getting Started, Inventory, Tips & Tricks

Podcast Episode 097 : 7 Ways to Find More Inventory to Sell on Amazon

August 15, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

If you feel like you are in a rut when it comes to sourcing inventory, then this episode is especially for you. While it’s good to get into a routine of what you buy and where you source goods, it can limit your options and cause you to lose out on potential selling opportunities. In

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Growth Hacks, Podcast, Sourcing

How to Find Which Items are Out of Stock on Amazon

June 29, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 52 Comments

Unfortunately it looks like, as of July 2024, Amazon has removed this feature. If it ever comes back, let me know and I’ll update this blog post. Thanks! ———————- It really happens. Amazon, from time to time, goes completely out of stock on items that sell often. Not only does Amazon go out of stock,

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