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How to Get “Free” Money to Use For Sourcing

July 19, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 22 Comments

All resellers have the same goal. We want to buy as many profitable items as our business account will allow. Today’s blog post will help you find ways to come up with “free” money that you can spend on more sourcing! 1. Rewards Programs Many stores that you regularly shop at have some sort of

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

The 3 Keys to Growing Your FBA Business Into a Full-Time Income Generating Machine

June 23, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 19 Comments

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is this: Is it really possible to make a full-time income from selling on Amazon? And my answer is always an enthusiastic “YES!” If you’re not familiar with my story, here is a really quick summary. In 2011 I was recently divorced, unemployed, and clueless about where my

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Filed Under: Advanced, Business, Finding Inventory, How To, Mindset, Next Level

How to Decide if You Should Lower Your Price (or Hold Your Price)

May 12, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 8 Comments

Sometimes it’s inevitable. You’re not always going to get the price you want for an item you’re selling. This happens all the time online and in retail stores. Even brick and mortar stores understand it’s a good idea to lower their prices in order to move inventory. Most retail stores lower their prices because they

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Filed Under: BQool, How To, Pricing Tips, Repricing

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

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

How to Handle Unfair Amazon Reimbursements For Damaged or Lost Inventory

March 23, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 30 Comments

When Amazon loses or damages one of your inventory items, it is their policy to either 1) find a replacement for your lost/damaged inventory, or 2) reimburse you the replacement value of your lost inventory (less any applicable FBA and selling on Amazon fees, of course). This is how most people imagine this reimbursement policy

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Filed Under: How To, Reimbursements, Seller Central

How to Successfully Land Wholesale Accounts for Amazon FBA Sellers

March 8, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 42 Comments

If you have spent any time in the past trying to land wholesale accounts for your Amazon business, you know how frustrating it can be to only hear “NO” answers to your requests for accounts. It can feel like you are having a door slammed in your face over and over again, and it can

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Filed Under: Advanced, How To, Wholesale

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

How To Use An Impulse Sealer to Poly Bag and Shrink-Wrap Your Inventory

January 26, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 32 Comments

When I first started selling on Amazon, I stayed away from any item that possibly needed to be poly bagged or shrink-wrapped, simply because I didn’t have an impulse sealer. I kick myself when I think about how many profitable items I just left on the store shelves because of this. Ever since I got

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Filed Under: Beginner, How To, Resources, Tools

Podcast Episode 110 – Understanding the Suppressed Amazon Buy Box (And How to Restore It)

November 12, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

What is the Amazon Buy Box, and what does it mean if it’s suppressed? In this episode, we walk you through all things Buy Box — from the three main reasons Amazon suppresses the Buy Box and the implications it may have for you as the seller, to what you can do to restore a

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Filed Under: Buy Box, How To, Podcast, Troubleshooting

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