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The Power of Selling Replenishable Inventory on Amazon

June 15, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 2 Comments

When I first started selling on Amazon, I mainly focused on buying items from garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales, and the clearance aisles in my local retail stores. I loved how I could buy something for $1 to $5 that I could sell on Amazon for $15 to $20. I was making amazing ROI

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Filed Under: Advanced, Business Growth, Finding Inventory, Inventory, Replenishables, Replens, Sourcing

Podcast Episode 088 : How Replens Boost Your Sales and Profits in Your Amazon FBA Business

June 10, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

In today’s episode of the Full-Time FBA Show, we talk about how replenishables (or “replens” for short), can boost your sales and your profits in your Amazon FBA business. We kick off our episode by defining the term “replens” and unpacking what constitutes a good replen. Next, we talk about our 2020 top sellers and

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Filed Under: Business Growth, Finding Inventory, Growth Hacks, Increase Sales, Podcast, Replenishables, Replens, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

Why Clearance Items Tank in Price on Amazon (and What to Do About It)

November 2, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 1 Comment

Chances are, if you like to do retail arbitrage as a sourcing strategy for your Amazon FBA business, you love a good clearance sale. There’s nothing like finding items marked down 50% or more on a retail shelf that you can then sell for an awesome ROI (return on investment) via Amazon FBA. But if

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Filed Under: Clearance Sourcing, Finding Inventory, Inventory, Keepa, Pricing Tips, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

How to Find More Inventory to Resell via Amazon FBA

October 27, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 18 Comments

As Amazon FBA sellers, we are always looking for more items to add to our inventory to sell on Amazon. But sometimes we just can’t seem to find those profitable items fast enough. This can be discouraging, but it doesn’t always have to be this way. Usually, Amazon sellers start off selling items that are

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business Growth, Finding Inventory, How To, Mindset, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

The Most Harmful Amazon FBA Sourcing Decision You Could Ever Make

October 12, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 11 Comments

Did you know that a book on Amazon ranked 10 million yesterday could be ranked 500,000 today? All it takes is one sale. Just one. One sale of that book on Amazon could change the sales rank drastically overnight. Would you buy a book ranked 10 million on Amazon to resell? Would you buy a

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Keepa, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing

Online Arbitrage: How to Know Which Items to Buy for Amazon FBA

May 15, 2020 By Rebecca Smotherman 3 Comments

You’re ready to try sourcing via online arbitrage (OA) for your Amazon FBA business – but what you should buy? That’s the question we all want to answer, right? If we can find great items to buy and resell on Amazon, we can build a sustainable FBA business and steadily grow our profits so that

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Inventory, Online Arbitrage, Sourcing

Online Arbitrage: How it Can Help Your Amazon FBA Business

May 5, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 11 Comments

Simply put: We love online arbitrage. If you’re not sure what we’re talking about, online arbitrage is the practice of searching for inventory from online retail store websites in order to sell on Amazon for a profit. While Rebecca (my lovely bride) has been solely focused on online arbitrage since around 2015, I (Stephen) usually

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Online Arbitrage, Sourcing

How to Find Amazon FBA Inventory for Little to No Money

October 29, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 1 Comment

“I need to buy more inventory, but I don’t have very much money to spend on my business!” We’ve all been there, right? Most of us started out as Amazon FBA sellers with very little capital to spend on inventory. Some folks might start out with a significant chunk of change they want to invest,

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Filed Under: Beginner, Finances, Finding Inventory, Getting Started, How To, Inventory, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

Sourcing Strategies For Selling Shoes on Amazon FBA

March 31, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 4 Comments

You might be convinced that selling shoes on Amazon can be a profitable addition to your Amazon business model, but you may still be asking, “What are the best strategies and methods for sourcing profitable shoes?” Since my last two interview videos (here and here) with Rebecca were so well received, I decided to sit

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Increase Sales, Q&A, Shoes, Sourcing

Top Features of the Scoutify App for Amazon FBA Sourcing

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

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