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Turn part-time hours into a full-time income via Amazon FBA

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Garage Sale Tip #2 – How to Find Profitable Garage Sales

April 13, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

Today’s tip is absolutely essential in making the most money for the time you invest in sourcing at garage sales.  Garage sale tip #2 is basic: How to find ‘em.  The more garage sales you find, the more profits you can make. Some of the methods I use to find garage sales are pretty obvious,

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Filed Under: Beginner, Garage Sale Tips, Garage Sales, Getting Started, How To, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks, Travel

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

An Insider’s Look at the Full-Time FBA Processing Desk

March 30, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 35 Comments

It’s critical when working from home to make sure your work environment is set up in such a way that you can best use your time and energy. In my last blog post, I showed you exactly how my shipping and work station was set up and all the tools I use to process my

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Getting Started, Ideas, Product Listing, Resources, Tools

The Optimized Full-Time FBA Work & Shipping Station

March 23, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 41 Comments

Do you need a warehouse in order to do the kind of volume it takes to make a full-time income from FBA? I’ve seen a few threads on social media and have had a few people ask me that exact question… and my answer to all of them is this: No, you do not need

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Getting Started, Resources, Shipping, Tools

How To Budget for a Profitable FBA Business – Part 2 of 2

September 22, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 9 Comments

In our last blog post, I wrote about why budgets are so important to the success of both your business and personal finances. If you haven’t read that blog post yet, be sure you check it out here. In today’s blog post, I want to move from the “why” to the “how” and show you exactly

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How To Budget for a Profitable FBA Business – Part 1 of 2

September 15, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

“Where, oh where, does all the money go?” It’s the song so many people sing at the end of the month, when the paycheck is running out. Or sometimes in the middle of the month, if things are particularly tight. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We don’t have to wonder where the money

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Filed Under: Business, Family Involvement, Getting Started, How To, Spouse

Podcast Episode 027 : Behind the Scenes of the Full-Time FBA Amazon Business

April 10, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

Today on the show, we give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at The Full-Time FBA Amazon business journey: How we got started doing FBA, how we’ve progressed to working part-time hours with a full-time income, and the key decisions, tools, and systems that have had the biggest impact on getting our business where it is

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Podcast Episode 025 : Gain Confidence and Overcome Imposter Syndrome

March 29, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

How confident do you feel as an Amazon seller? Have you ever felt like you’re just fooling yourself when it comes to actually building and running a successful Amazon FBA business? Do you let the success you see in others make you feel bad about your own minor accomplishments? This is called Imposter Syndrome and it’s

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business Growth, Fears, Getting Started, Growth Hacks, Mindset, Podcast

What Does a Sales Rank of Zero (or “Not Available”) Mean?

March 17, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 11 Comments

Most Amazon resellers use sales rank as a major factor in deciding whether or not to buy an item to resell. But what happens if the sales rank for an item is zero, “N/A” (Not Available), or Rank Unavailable? Are there any other ways to decide if this item is worth reselling on Amazon? For most

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Filed Under: Getting Started, How To, Ideas, Sales Rank

Sales Rank 101 – Understanding Amazon Best Seller’s Rank

March 4, 2020 By Stephen Smotherman 6 Comments

“Well, what’s the sales rank?” You hear this question all the time when Amazon FBA sellers are talking about whether or not to buy an item to resell on Amazon. Understanding Amazon sales rank is one of the most crucial topics for new Amazon sellers. In the rest of this blog post we want to

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Filed Under: Beginner, Getting Started, Sales Rank, Sourcing

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