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The Riskiest Strategies for Amazon FBA – and Why We Don’t Teach Them

July 1, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 17 Comments

Not every Amazon FBA business is the same. Numerous business models abound, and FBA sellers use a myriad of ways to make money through selling on Amazon. Here at Full-Time FBA, we teach you the proven strategies we have used to make a full-time income selling via Amazon FBA, using only part-time hours. But you

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business, Business Growth, Seller Metrics

6 Steps to Take When an Item is Returned to Amazon

June 27, 2019 By Stephen Smotherman 49 Comments

One of the most annoying emails for FBA sellers to receive from Amazon starts with “Refund initiated for order #102-12345-67890.” Getting a return notification is not only annoying, but it can sometimes spark a few fearful questions.  Is this return one of the high priced items I just sold? Is the buyer going to say that

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Inventory, Returns, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips, Seller Metrics

How to Improve Your IPI Score for Amazon FBA

June 4, 2019 By Rebecca Smotherman 15 Comments

Stephen and I had the opportunity to talk with Amazon employees at the Seattle headquarters in mid-2019, and the IPI score was the number one topic I wanted to ask them about. There seems to be a lot of confusion and frustration among FBA sellers over the IPI score and its ramifications, and the Amazonians

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Filed Under: Business, How To, Inventory Performance Index, Seller Central, Seller Central Tips, Seller Metrics, Tips & Tricks

How to Handle California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Warning in Your Amazon Listings

November 29, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 34 Comments

Recently Amazon sent out an email to many Amazon sellers telling them they have inventory that does not have an updated California Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”) warning. In this blog post, I’ll share with you what Prop 65 is, how it impacts your Amazon business, how you can find which items are impacted by this

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Filed Under: Business, How To, Seller Central, Seller Metrics, Troubleshooting

Amazon FBA Storage Changes 2018 — LTSF and Storage Space

March 5, 2018 By Stephen Smotherman 37 Comments

Hopefully by now you have seen the email from Amazon about upcoming changes related to storage at FBA warehouses. As with all of your seller emails from Amazon, I hope you took note of the email and read it thoroughly to familiarize yourself with Amazon’s policy changes. In this post I want to break down

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Filed Under: Long-Term Storage Fees, Seller Metrics

Blunders & Benefits of Having Unique Review Request Emails

April 26, 2017 By Stephen Smotherman 15 Comments

By now I hope you know just how important it is to follow all of Amazon’s rules. Breaking too many Amazon guidelines could easily get your seller account suspended. Recently Amazon has updated how sellers can communicate with their customers, and I want to make sure you know about how to correctly go about these

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Feedback, Guest Post, Interviews, Product Reviews, Seller Metrics

Amazon FBA Changes – Retail Arbitrage Receipts & Brand Restrictions

August 29, 2016 By Stephen Smotherman 26 Comments

How have you been handling all the recent changes and rumors of changes in Amazon FBA selling? That’s not a rhetorical question. I really want to know. How have you been handling all the news about FBA changes? Have you been freaking out? Have you been paralyzed with uncertainty? Have you kept doing business as

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Filed Under: Account Suspension, Business, Retail Arbitrage, Seller Metrics

How To Keep a 100% Feedback Rating (even if you get negative feedbacks)

August 9, 2015 By Stephen Smotherman 54 Comments

A few months ago, I was out sourcing retail and thrift stores with my wife. It was lunch time, so we took a break and went to one of our favorite local Mexican food restaurants. While we were waiting for our lunch to come, I received a text about a negative feedback that was just posted to my Amazon seller account.

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Filed Under: Feedback, How To, Seller Metrics, Tips & Tricks

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

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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