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8 Tips for Making the Most of Amazon Prime Day

June 29, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 14 Comments

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

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Top 7 Garage Sale & Thrift Store Sourcing Mistakes for Amazon Sellers to Avoid

April 25, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 3 Comments

When sourcing for inventory at garage sales and thrift stores, most people make some seriously costly mistakes. Not only do they leave profits behind on items they skip over, but sometimes they also make some mistakes that leads to bad feedback, returns, and other time wasters that cost both time and money. For over a

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Garage Sale Tips, Garage Sales, Inventory, Thrift Stores, Troubleshooting

The Biggest Mistakes I Made With My First Wholesale Order

March 6, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 28 Comments

I’ll never forget when my very first wholesale order was delivered to my house… Of course, I had to take a picture – that’s me to the right standing in my garage with my first wholesale pallet order. It was the summer of 2015 and I was super excited about receiving my first wholesale order.

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The 8 Things You Need to Start Selling Wholesale on Amazon

February 24, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 8 Comments

One of the best ways to grow an Amazon business that will be set up for long-term success is to source profitable wholesale inventory. The list of reasons wholesale is the safest and most profitable way to go is very solid. But what exactly does someone need to actually get started selling wholesale items on

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Filed Under: Beginner, Finding Inventory, Inventory, Wholesale

How to Find Profitable Wholesale Accounts For Amazon FBA

February 20, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 45 Comments

Finding profitable wholesale accounts is not as hard as you think it is. Most people make that assumption because they first focus on trying to secure wholesale relationships with super big name brands (like Lego, Apple, Nike, etc.), which is almost impossible for normal Amazon sellers. While landing a wholesale account with a big name

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Inventory, Sourcing, Wholesale

9 Reasons Why You Should Add Wholesale to Your Amazon FBA Business

February 16, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 43 Comments

The more you talk with Amazon FBA sellers from all walks of life, the more you understand why each seller prefers the sourcing model used in their business. Some folks love the thrill of the hunt, and they thrive on getting out there and scanning to their heart’s content at garage sales and thrift stores.

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Filed Under: Advanced, Business, Inventory, Replenishables, Restrictions, Sourcing, Wholesale

Selling Shoes through Amazon FBA: Buying Decisions

February 3, 2022 By Rebecca Smotherman 33 Comments

Let’s get down to the nitty gritty details of sourcing shoes for FBA, shall we? As I (Rebecca) mentioned in a previous post of this series, I personally don’t source for shoes using retail arbitrage (RA). I tried it and came up dry. I use 100% online arbitrage (OA) for my shoe sourcing strategy. The

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Selling Shoes through Amazon FBA: Why We Added Shoes to Our Sourcing Strategy

February 2, 2022 By Rebecca Smotherman 60 Comments

Back in 2015, Stephen and I (Rebecca) decided to add shoes to our Amazon FBA inventory. Since our initial experiment with shoes, we have learned so much about how to source and sell shoes on Amazon. In fact, over the past 6 years, shoe are our second most item on Amazon (the first being toys).

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Inventory, Shoes, Sourcing

Amazon FBA IPI Score 2022 – What We Know So Far

January 6, 2022 By Rebecca Smotherman 10 Comments

While many aspects of the IPI (inventory performance index) remain a mystery for Amazon FBA sellers, in this blog post we want to compile what information we do know about how the IPI works and what it means for us as Amazon sellers moving forward. What is IPI and why should I care? The IPI

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Filed Under: Advanced, Inventory, Inventory Performance Index, Restrictions, Seller Central, Seller Metrics

Podcast Episode 113 – Should You Take Out a Loan For Inventory to Sell on Amazon?

December 4, 2021 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

The topic of whether or not to take out a loan to buy inventory for your Amazon FBA business is one that comes up pretty regularly, especially for some newer sellers. Discerning if that loan offer is a good idea, from Amazon or any other source, needs some careful consideration, so we’re here to help

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Filed Under: Beginner, Inventory, Podcast

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