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Podcast Episode 313 – The Silent Killer of Amazon Profits Hiding in Your Inventory

October 13, 2025 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

It’s spooky season—and the scariest thing lurking in your Amazon business isn’t what you think. It’s not a lack of capital, competition, or even sourcing speed. The real silent killer of your profits? Bad inventory decisions. In this episode of The Full-Time FBA Show, Stephen and Rebecca pull back the curtain on how the wrong

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Filed Under: Business Growth, Increase Sales, Inventory, Keepa, Mistakes, Podcast, Q4, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 292 – The 3 Most Common Times Amazon Sellers Get Stuck

May 16, 2025 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

No matter how long you’ve been selling on Amazon, there are moments where you just… get stuck. Whether you’re paralyzed by fear before you even get started, hit a wall after a mistake, or feel stalled out when your profits plateau, you’re not alone—and you’re not out of options! In this episode of The Full-Time

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Filed Under: Business Growth, Coaching, Fears, Growth Hacks, Increase Sales, Mindset, Mistakes, Podcast, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 267 – Another Four Incorrect Assumptions that are Costing You Profits

November 15, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Think you’ve got Amazon selling all figured out? Think again! In this episode of The Full-Time FBA Show, Stephen and Rebecca dig into four sneaky assumptions that could be holding your business back and eating into your profits. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re a more seasoned seller, these insights will challenge what you think

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Filed Under: Advanced, Beginner, Business Growth, Finding Inventory, Getting Started, Growth Hacks, Mistakes, Podcast, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 265 – Overcoming Frustrations Using OA Leads Lists to Source Inventory

November 1, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

In this episode, we dive into one of the most crucial aspects of a successful Amazon reseller business—finding reliable sources of profitable inventory. Online Arbitrage (OA) leads lists, or “deal lists,” offer a way for sellers to get daily leads on profitable products to source online, yet many lists come with significant challenges. Hosts Stephen

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Filed Under: Business Growth, Deal Lists, Finding Inventory, How To, Online Arbitrage, Podcast, Resources, Sourcing, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 249 – How to Increase the Longevity of a Successful Amazon Business

July 12, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

When you start selling on Amazon, most sellers have the dream that Amazon will finally be the answer they’ve been looking for when it comes to working from home, becoming their own boss, getting out of debt, saving for the future, or whatever big financial goal they have. You hear from people like us at

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Filed Under: Advanced, Business Growth, Growth Hacks, Mindset, Podcast, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 228 – When or If It’s Time to Fire Your Wholesale Supplier

February 15, 2024 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

In our previous episode, we looked into the top red flags you should watch out for when signing up for an account with a new wholesale supplier – but what do you do if you’ve been working for a while with a supplier and things start to go sideways? Today we’ll discuss how to decide

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Filed Under: How To, Podcast, Troubleshooting, Wholesale

Top Amazon FBA Mistakes – Why Most People Fail FBA & How to Succeed

September 26, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 13 Comments

This probably isn’t the news you wanted to hear – the reasons why your Amazon FBA business could fail. No one likes to focus on the negative. We would all much rather hear the good parts of any story about running an FBA business – the money you can make, the big house or the

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Filed Under: Business, Increase Sales, Mindset, Next Level, Outsourcing, Sourcing, Troubleshooting

Your Account is at Risk of Deactivation Unless You Comply With the INFORM Consumers Act

May 26, 2023 By Stephen Smotherman 22 Comments

It was 8:51 pm last night, and my wife Rebecca and I were just about to start closing things down for the night when she opened up the Amazon Seller App to check on our sales. Her jaw dropped. She looked at me, showed me the screen of her phone, and said, “What is going

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Filed Under: Account Health, Account Suspension, Breaking News, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 154 – Why You’re Not Finding Any Inventory to Sell on Amazon

September 15, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

Are you struggling to find inventory to sell on Amazon? Our focus today is to answer many of the questions we get via email as to why you might be unsuccessful in finding stock to sell. Join us as we go through the top three reasons why you are not finding inventory. We’ll discuss some

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Filed Under: Inventory, Podcast, Sourcing, Troubleshooting

Podcast Episode 143 – 10 Mistakes Even Smart Amazon Sellers Make

July 1, 2022 By Stephen Smotherman Leave a Comment

We all know that our listeners are smart Amazon sellers purely based on the fact that you want to learn and grow! However, even the best sellers make mistakes sometimes. Today on The Full-Time FBA Show, we are listing 10 mistakes that even smart Amazon sellers make. These mistakes are broken down into two categories;

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Filed Under: Mistakes, Podcast, Troubleshooting

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