Category: General
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Amazon FBA Tools: SellerAmp
Just 3 months into my journey, I can see that success in Amazon FBA arbitrage is all about analyzing products quickly and accurately to determine if a product can be resold on Amazon at a profit. There are plenty of distractions. Cash management, ungating, prepping, packaging, shipping, polybags, label printers, courses and on and on. […]
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Amazon FBA Secret Sauce: The Power of Networking
Selling on Amazon through online arbitrage can sometimes feel like a lonely endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be. One of the key common denominators to most of the successful resellers I’ve observed is Networking. Having a relationship with a close group of other sellers is one of the most effective ways to grow your […]
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Sending Inventory to Amazon
As an Amazon FBA reseller, “sourcing” is the critical activity to determine your success. No question about that. But there are many other time consuming activities to running an Online Arbitrage business that have to be dealt with, and getting your products shipped to Amazon is one of them. The sooner you get your product […]
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FBA / FBM: Pros and Cons
Amazon has two ways to sell your products: FBA: Fulfilled by Amazon. You send the product to Amazon, and they inventory it, pick it, pack it and ship it to the customer when it is purchased FBM: Fulfilled by Merchant (i.e. you). You list the product on Amazon, but when an order somes in you […]
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Making Data Driven Decisions with Keepa
Main Lessons This Week: Details We know this is largely an analytical activity. As a CPA and engineer, that was one of the appeals to me about the ecommerce arbitrage business. Getting our analytics right is critical because picking the wrong products to try to resell is easy to do, and it has many pitfalls […]
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Ungating (Getting Approved)
This is a big subject and there’s a ton of information about it on the web so I’m just going to make a few key points that I wish I had know when I started Ungating is the process of getting Amazon’s approval to resell a product on their platform. You can’t just purchase […]
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Coaching, part 2
Just a couple of more comments about the idea of hiring a coach or mentor this week: First I highly recommend getting a coach or mentor. The main premise that supports the idea is this: Time Is Money! It’s so much easier to learn from those who have gone before us than to try to […]
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January 7, 2025: Coaches/Mentors
Just a quick update as things are moving quickly now. After giving it a lot of thought and worrying about making the wrong move, I decided to proceed to switch mentor/coaching programs and I just want to declare my conclusion about that decision. This was a good move! Why do I say that? I’ve spent […]