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Podcast Episode 162 – Q4 Sourcing Strategies for the Busy Amazon Seller

November 11, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Are you struggling to find the time to balance family, friends, health, and an extremely busy Amazon Q4 season? Today’s episode is made especially for you! We are sharing Q4 sourcing strategies that will put more time back into your day to help you focus on other important aspects of the festive season. We discuss

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Filed Under: Black Friday, Inventory, Podcast, Sourcing, Tips & Tricks

Podcast Episode 161 – The Top Five Toys to Resell on Amazon Every Q4

November 5, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 1 Comment

Are you wondering how you can find profitable toys to resell on Amazon during Q4? Well then, this episode is for you! We all know that toys sell very well during the Q4 holiday buying season, and today on The Full-Time FBA Show, we’ll be discussing all things reselling toys during Q4. Listening today, you’ll

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Filed Under: Inventory, Q4, Retail Arbitrage, Sourcing, 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

Podcast Episode 157 – The 2nd Most Expensive Sourcing Mistake You Could Ever Make

October 10, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 2 Comments

On today’s episode we follow up on last week’s episode, the most expensive sourcing mistake you can make with the second most expensive sourcing mistake as an Amazon seller. We go through a quick summary about last week’s episode and then quickly pivot to talking about the second most expensive sourcing mistake. This huge mistake revolves around the

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Filed Under: Finding Inventory, Keepa, Mistakes, Podcast, Sourcing

How Much Inventory Do I Need to Make a Full-Time Income via Amazon FBA?

October 10, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is this: “Stephen, you’ve made a full-time income on Amazon since 2012. How much inventory do I need to have in stock in order to make a full-time income with Amazon FBA?” This is a great question because it really gives me an opportunity to share

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10 Keepa Mistakes that Amazon FBA Sellers Make

October 3, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 12 Comments

Keepa is an amazing tool.. as long as you’re using it the right way. Most Amazon sellers know that to make the best sourcing or pricing decision, they need to consult Keepa. But too many people are using Keepa the wrong way and making the wrong decisions in their Amazon FBA business. The core of

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Podcast Episode 156 – The Most Expensive Sourcing Mistake You Could Ever Make

September 30, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Today we’re talking about the most expensive sourcing mistake you could ever make. It is all about the Amazon sales rank: what it is, why it’s important to you and your FBA business, and how it can be deceiving. We talk about some of the key attributes of a sales rank and the ones you

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Filed Under: Keepa, Mistakes, Podcast, Sales Rank, Sourcing

Why I Don’t Private Label (and What I Do Instead for Long-Term Amazon FBA Success)

September 28, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman 6 Comments

Selling private label items via Amazon FBA has the potential to be very lucrative. I want to say that right off the bat in this blog post. I’m not sure how you ended up here, whether you’re a regular reader or you ended up here because you did a Google search for “private label Amazon”

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Filed Under: Private Label, Sourcing

What is a Good ROI for Amazon FBA Sellers?

September 20, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

This blog post goes out to all you wonderful Amazon FBA sellers, at all levels, who are working through the realities of trying to get a good ROI (return on investment) in your FBA business. That should be all of you, right? You’re all trying to get a good ROI and make money, right? Maybe

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Filed Under: Beginner, Growth Hacks, Increase Sales, ROI, Sourcing

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