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
Top Benefits of Using Rakuten (formerly Ebates) in Your Amazon FBA Business
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)
8 Tips for Making the Most of Amazon Prime Day
Prime Day for 2022 has been officially announced! This year, Prime Day is going to be a 48-hour event held July 12-13, 2022. This is going to be 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
How to Know What to Do Next in Your Amazon FBA Business
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
Top 6 Tips for Amazon FBA Sourcing in November
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
How to Find Which Items are Out of Stock on Amazon
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, but sometimes the 3rd party sellers also go out of stock. When nobody is in stock for a product, Amazon suppresses (hides) that product page from customer search results. Amazon is
Why I Bought a Toy Ranked 1.2 Million for Resale on Amazon
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
An Insider’s Look at the Full-Time FBA Processing Desk
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
What Does a Sales Rank of Zero (or “Not Available”) Mean?
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
Spring Cleaning for a Profitable FBA Business
It’s almost spring! This is the perfect time of year to do a little spring cleaning of your Amazon FBA inventory. Let me ask you a question. How often do you look at your inventory at Amazon? For most sellers, we don’t take a look all that often. Sure, we might look at our inventory
