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Find Better, Faster Selling Amazon FBA Inventory

April 27, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 1 Comment

Has this ever happened to you? You go sourcing for inventory to sell on Amazon and find some good stuff… I mean, the prices are good, the sales rank is good, but once you finally get these items to Amazon, the prices for many have either tanked, or they just never sell. You check in

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, CamelCamelCamel, Finding Inventory, Inventory, Keepa, Online Arbitrage, Resources, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tools

Our Favorite Amazon FBA Sourcing App – Scoutify

April 6, 2016 By Rebecca Smotherman 13 Comments

  Like we said in our last blog post, there seems to be a huge debate among Amazon FBA sellers about whether to use the Amazon Seller app for sourcing inventory or whether to pay for a third-party scanning app. Check out the comments on that post to see that some people feel pretty strongly

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Filed Under: App Reviews, Inventory Lab, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tools

Overcoming Your Fear of Going Deep on Inventory Items

December 1, 2015 By Rebecca Smotherman 1 Comment

“Should I go deep on this item?” “How deep should I go on this item?” “What does it mean to ‘go deep’ on an item?” These are all questions we get on a regular basis, whether in blog comments, in the Full-Time FBA Facebook group, or on our YouTube channel. One of the universal fears

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Filed Under: Exercises, Fears, Finding Inventory, How To, Inventory, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing

Overcoming Your Fear of Selling Oversize

November 5, 2015 By Rebecca Smotherman 4 Comments

Raise your hand if this has happened to you before (don’t worry, none of us can see you sitting there at your computer). You’re out doing some sourcing, and you scan an item with your Amazon Seller app. The rank is good, and the return on investment (ROI) is decent. You buy the item (or

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Filed Under: Add On Items, Business, Fears, Oversized Items, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing

Overcoming Your Fear of Negotiating a Better Deal

November 3, 2015 By Stephen Smotherman 10 Comments

Have you ever found yourself frustrated after you go into a store, find a lot of items with great sales ranks, only to find the clearance or sale prices are just not low enough to make it worth reselling? Or maybe you’ve been at a garage sale, and the seller has their items priced way too high. If only you could get an additional

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Filed Under: Exercises, Fears, Finding Inventory, How To, Retail Arbitrage

Overcoming Your Fear of “Tanking” Prices

October 27, 2015 By Stephen Smotherman 30 Comments

It seems to happen far too frequently. You buy an item (or multiples of an item), price it just right, send it to Amazon… and your competition starts to lower their prices. What once was selling for $29.99 is now selling for $15.99 only a week or so later. What happened? Why would someone want

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Filed Under: Fears, Pricing Tips, Repricing, Retail Arbitrage

Overcoming Your Fear of Selling Used Items on Amazon

October 19, 2015 By Stephen Smotherman 31 Comments

I’ve heard it many times before, both online and in person: “Selling new items on Amazon is easier.” “Selling new items on Amazon is much safer than selling used items.” “Does Amazon even allow me to sell used items?” “Selling used items on Amazon is a pain. It’s not worth my time.” “Isn’t it easier

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Filed Under: Fears, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing

App Review: Shopkick

January 14, 2014 By Stephen Smotherman 25 Comments

Today’s post comes from Stephen’s wife, Rebecca, who works alongside Stephen in their full-time FBA business. We’ve posted in the past about ways to get “free money” to use for sourcing, and I’ve also posted about how I incorporate sourcing into my day-to-day schedule running a household with four kids. Today I want to share

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Filed Under: App Reviews, Resources, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

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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