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

Turn Part-Time Hours into a Full-Time Income via Amazon FBA

How to Find Out Exactly Which Items Will Be Charged Long Term Storage Fees

July 8, 2015 By Stephen Smotherman 45 Comments

UPDATE: Amazon has recently updated their Inventory Age report, and this post is now outdated. What I teach below still works, but there is now a much easier way to find what you’re looking for.  Click here see my latest training report on how to find out exactly which items will be charged a Long Term

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Filed Under: Advanced, Business, CamelCamelCamel, How To, Inventory, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips, Tips & Tricks

How To Find Out How Much Inventory Your Competition Has in Stock

August 25, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 61 Comments

When you’re out sourcing, one of the things you need to consider is your competition. Say you’re out sourcing at Big Lots and come across an item with a great ROI. You research the item with your favorite scouting app and see that there are other FBA sellers selling this item. Do you join them?

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Filed Under: Exercises, How To, Ideas, Inventory, Tips & Tricks

FBA Aged Inventory Notification (or How to Avoid Long-Term Storage Fees)

July 14, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 44 Comments

If you’ve been selling on Amazon at least 6 months, then it’s possible you will receive a FBA Aged Inventory Notification email from Amazon. Twice a year, (February 15th and August 15th), Amazon charges a long-term storage fee for all items that have been stored in a FBA warehouse for 6 months or longer. UPDATE: Starting

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Filed Under: How To, Inventory

How to Make the Most of Amazon FBA Split Shipments

July 2, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 80 Comments

Last time, we talked about Amazon Split Shipments and the options you have between Distributed Inventory Placement (DIP) or Inventory Placement Service (ISP). Today, we’re going to take the conversation to the next level and talk about how to make the most of whatever placement decision you make. For most of us, this decision should

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Filed Under: Business, Getting Started, How To, Ideas, Seller Metrics, Shipping, Split Shipments, Tips & Tricks

Tips for Working with a Partner or Spouse at Amazon FBA

May 8, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

Perhaps you came to the Full-Time FBA blog because you’re wanting to grow your Amazon business into your full-time income. Or maybe you’re wanting to take it from a hobby to a good source of side income. Regardless, it’s one thing if you decide you’re ready to get further into selling on Amazon, but how does your

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Filed Under: Beginner, Business, Family Involvement, How To, Ideas, Sourcing, Spouse, Tips & Tricks

Seller Central Tip #4 – How to Check for Reimbursable Lost Items

March 12, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 31 Comments

Recently we’ve been running a blog series called Seller Central Tips, including posts on the following topics: Tip #1: How to Check if “Returned” Items are Actually Returned to FBA Tip #2: How to Get Reimbursed for Unfulfillable Inventory Tip #3: How to Handle FBA Inbound Shipment Problems Today we’ll look at Tip #4: How to Check

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Filed Under: How To, Seller Central Tips, Shipping

Seller Central Tip #3 – How to Handle FBA Inbound Shipment Problems

February 17, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 28 Comments

Does this look familiar? Hello (AMAZON USER NAME),       We discovered a problem while we were receiving your inbound shipment (SHIPMENT ID). We are taking the necessary steps to remedy the situation and receive your inventory.       Please note that select problems may result in an unplanned service fee. The problem

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Filed Under: How To, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips, Seller Metrics, Uncategorized

Seller Central Tip #2 – How to Get Reimbursed for Unfulfillable Inventory

January 30, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 43 Comments

This post comes from Stephen’s wife, Rebecca, who helps him make full-time selling on FBA a reality. The further you get into selling through FBA, the more you’ll see that Amazon’s inventory system doesn’t always, um, work just like expected. When I started working with Stephen on his FBA business, I would look at our

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Filed Under: How To, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips

To Share or Not to Share a BOLO

November 18, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 9 Comments

In our last blog post, we talked about how to capitalize on a BOLO. We shared many ideas of how to make the most out of both your time and your money when it comes to a BOLO.  Note: In today’s blog, we’ll be discussing retail store BOLOs (not garage sale, thrift store, or other

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Filed Under: BOLO, How To, Ideas, Retail Arbitrage, Sales Rank, Social, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

How to Capitalize on a BOLO (Be On the Lookout)

November 12, 2013 By Stephen Smotherman 6 Comments

Last week we talked about how to have a highly profitable Q4, and this week we’ll talk about another timely topic: how to capitalize on a BOLO. What is a BOLO? It’s an acronym for “Be On the Look Out” and generally refers to a product that a reseller should be looking for to buy

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Filed Under: BOLO, How To, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

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