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8 Tips for Making the Most of Amazon Prime Day

June 24, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman 15 Comments

Prime Day for 2024 has been officially announced as a 48-hour event to be held July 16-17, 2023. Prime Day is usually two days where Amazon will do everything in their marketing power to get tons of traffic to come to Amazon in order to buy. This is good news for third party sellers (like

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Filed Under: Business, How To, Ideas, Inventory

Podcast Episode 216 – Top Gift Giving Ideas for Amazon Resellers

November 15, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 2 Comments

If you’re wondering what gifts to buy for the Amazon reseller in your life (or for yourself), then this episode is for you! Today’s conversation is a great resource for resellers who want to give a wink and a nudge to their nearest and dearest on what to gift them these holidays. Join us today

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How to Know What to Do Next in Your Amazon FBA Business

September 27, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

Information about selling on Amazon is everywhere… Blogs, Facebook groups, Podcasts, YouTube, eBooks, video courses, webinars, and so on. There is such a vast amount of information available, both free and paid, how can you ever filter through all the noise and decide on your best course of action? I wish I could just tell

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Filed Under: Business, Goals, How To, Ideas, Mindset, Next Level, Tips & Tricks

My Top 8 Holiday Season Pricing & Sourcing Strategies for FBA Sellers

November 3, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 24 Comments

Q4. It’s one of the best letter/number combinations for an FBA seller. Q4 stands for the Fourth Quarter of sales for the year. In the business world, Q4 indicates the months of October, November, and December, but for the Amazon world our biggest sales can actually come in November, December, and January. What you do

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Filed Under: Black Friday, Holiday, Ideas, Pricing Tips, Q4, Seasonal, Sourcing

Top Benefits of Using Rakuten (formerly Ebates) in Your Amazon FBA Business

October 18, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

Did you know that you could get paid to buy stuff online? This includes online arbitrage sourcing too! In this post, we’ll talk about earning money via online buying through Rakuten (formerly Ebates). But first I want to give you a hypothetical sourcing scenario. Let’s say you have a BOLO (Be On the Look Out)

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Ideas, Inventory, Online Arbitrage, Resources, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks, Tools

Top 6 Tips for Amazon FBA Sourcing in November

November 2, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 17 Comments

Wow! I can’t believe it’s already November. While the weather may be getting cooler, the opportunities to make big profits via Amazon FBA are getting hotter and hotter. You probably noticed a slight increase in sales in October, and this month the numbers of sales will continue to rise. This is an exciting time. To

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Filed Under: Beginner, Black Friday, Holiday, Ideas, International, Inventory, Q4, Retail Arbitrage, Seasonal, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

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

Why I Bought a Toy Ranked 1.2 Million for Resale on Amazon

May 4, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman 19 Comments

When it comes to sales rank, every Amazon seller has their own idea of what a “good” sales rank is. For me, I’ll almost always buy a toy that is consistently ranked under 150,000. I’ll even buy a toy that is ranked much higher, as long as the number of competing sellers is low and

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Filed Under: Ideas, Pricing Tips, Sales Rank, Sourcing, Thrift Stores, 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

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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