It’s a question we see all the time among new Amazon FBA sellers: Is Amazon FBA a get-rich-quick plan? When I see that question, I want to ask another question right back: Why are you asking that question? Before we dig deeper into this topic, I want to challenge you to read all the way
The #1 Way to Ruin Your Q4 Sales on Amazon
We see them during all the pivotal dates this time of year. We saw them on Black Friday, we saw them on Cyber Monday, and we’ll see them again over the next couple of weeks. Posts on Facebook groups that include screenshots of huge sales numbers or pictures of 10 shopping carts loaded with toys
How to Handle Unfair Amazon Reimbursements For Damaged or Lost Inventory
When Amazon loses or damages one of your inventory items, it is their policy to either 1) find a replacement for your lost/damaged inventory, or 2) reimburse you the replacement value of your lost inventory (less any applicable FBA and selling on Amazon fees, of course). This is how most people imagine this reimbursement policy
Beginner Lessons For Selling Shoes on Amazon FBA
When it comes to sourcing and selling shoes on Amazon, some of the hardest lessons are learned during the early stages of adding shoes to your Amazon business model. Many of you know that Rebecca and I are a team when it comes to our Amazon FBA business. While I mainly focus on retail arbitrage
Why We’ll Never Teach You The Fastest Way To Grow Your Amazon FBA Business
Unethical shortcuts may help you earn money fast in any business, and Amazon FBA is no exception. If you want to know the quickest, easiest, possibly most questionable ways to make a quick buck on Amazon, there are plenty of folks out there to give you advice. Full-Time FBA is just not the place for
Calculating Amazon FBA Fees – Know Your Numbers and Make Better Buying Decisions
A while back I saw a video of a reseller doing something that really scared me. I still have nightmares when I think about it for too long. I decided to show a short clip of this video to my wife. She actually screamed at the TV: “Nooooooo!!!!!!!!” She was just as terrified as I was. In
Should I Take Out a Loan to Buy Amazon FBA Inventory?
If you’ve been selling on Amazon for any period of time, you’re bound to start getting offers from Amazon to give you a loan for your business. Typically these offers start out small (think $1000 range), and they grow and grow as your sales grow and grow – to the point that Amazon will eventually
Podcast Episode 092 : 8 Things You Need To Start Selling Wholesale Items on Amazon
There are a lot of factors to take into consideration when becoming an Amazon wholesale seller. In today’s episode, Stephen and Rebecca run through the 8 key elements which will ensure that you start this journey on the right foot. Among other things, they explain the importance of setting up an Amazon Pro account and
Podcast Episode 067 : Time vs. Money and How to Get More of Both!
The relationship between time and money is always changing, especially in an Amazon FBA business. In the beginning, time seems to be more expendable than money, but as your business grows and becomes more successful, your end goal becomes finding more time so that you can focus on the most important tasks of growing your
Podcast Episode 064 : Successful Goal Setting for Amazon FBA Sellers with Jo Ann Zimmerman
If you want to create success for your full-time FBA business, then setting goals should be your first step. Today we sit with full-time FBA seller Jo Ann Zimmerman to hear her secrets behind effective goal-setting. We open the show by talking about how Jo Ann sets goals for herself, first by looking at where