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AMAZON FBA
Amazon seller account
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PRODUCT TREND RESEARCH
https://www.wordtracker.com/blog/content/how-to-spot-trends
https://www.rapportrix.com/how-to-find-trending-products-to-sell-online-ecommerce-tips
https://trends24.in/united-states/
https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=US
http://www.alltop.com/
https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending
https://www.buzzfeed.com/
Missguided
has a shop by trend section on their website which allows
you to see the season’s hottest fashion trends.
Suzy Shier is a great example of a brand who divides
their products into trends.
Ecomhunt is a popular product curation website. They’re
in the know about the latest trending products.
Trend Hunter
is a popular website that lists trends for various niches.
Instant Product Evaluator
Tool is a tool to
help you evaluate whether or not you’re planning to sell a
good product.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers/zgbs
http://www.ebay.com/ctg
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/alibaba-best-sellers.html
https://www.sears.com/search=best%20sellers
https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=best%20sellers
https://www.etsy.com/in-en/search?q=best%20seller
https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=best+seller
AliExpress best seller – it is an online retail
service based in China. Website:
https://bit.ly/2CSeP2E
Some of the alternatives for JungleScout are-
Some of the best online tools to uncover the influencers online for a niche are as under:
Canopy – It curates the most durable products from
Amazon marketplace.Visit the website:
http://marketplace.canopyplanet.org/products
Thieve.co –
It provides a curated list of products
which can be bought from AliExpress. These are hand selected
and filtered, so saves a lot of your time without browsing
through junk products
After you reach an apt Shopify store, add “/collections/all?sort_by=best-selling” at the end of the URL. This will help you get the trending products for any niche by utilizing the technique for any store you wish to create in future.
Here is an example:
To search for hot selling products you can go to google.com and type com along with your product niche.
Influencers can also be a great way to get a heads up on trending products
early in the game. Pay attention to influencers and thought leaders within your
niche, and see what products they stand behind and support in their social media
efforts. With their large followings and social pull, they often are the ones
causing the shifts and trends that lead to
For finding trending products for your
store I recommend the plugin
DropshipMe
VENDORS
Supplier sites
https://www.alibaba.com/
Pros: has the most products, will customize packages with large orders. Cons:
larger minimum orders…..could create bundles for you putting them in poly bags
so they are very. Alibaba not AliExpress can also do this for you if you
purchase large quantities they'll even send it to the Amazon FBA Warehouse with
the design Packaging. So if you want to use AliExpress which has a lower minimum
you can send it to that third party inspection place and they will take care of
these options for you.
https://www.aliexpress.com/
Advantages: usually smaller minimum orders hey also do not get the money you
send until the product is delivered on time and there's no problems. And in many
cases the shipping is free or very cheap for multiple units
www.Zentrada.com
Advantages low shipping charges for Europe
www.Koleimports.com
Pros: has the smallest minimum units. Cons: not as much products
www.Alltimetrading.com
www.closeoutfortune.com
Uk wholesale sites
www.mxwholesale.co.uk
www.wholesaler.co.uk
https://www.thomasnet.com/suppliers/
https://www.dhgate.com/
TOOLS LEARNED IN COURSE
Setting up you account and where to sell.
Download the handout (resource) attached and refer to it when you have questions about registering as a seller.
It will answer most of your questions and save you a ton of time!
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Creating-Your-Amazon-Seller-Account.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Preparation.pdf
Which Amazon marketplace to sell on?
Amazon has marketplaces in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, India, Mexico, and Australia
I don't want to make this complicated, or a difficult decision for you. However, I still think you should know the facts about each Amazon marketplace around the world.
Amazon.com is the biggest marketplace by far and dwarfs all other marketplaces.
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de are the second biggest and each do around 30% of the sales of Amazon.com. In other words they are around one third the size of Amazon.com.
Amazon.jp is the next largest at around 20% of Amazon.com. So it is about one fifth the size of Amazon.com.
Amazon.it is not too far behind Japan and is growing fast.
Amazon.fr is smaller, BUT online retail is growing in France and Amazon is taking a large share of that growth. It's estimated that around 38% of Internet users in France, visit Amazon.fr at least once a month.
Amazon.ca does around 10% of the volume of Amazon.com. In other words it is one tenth the size of Amazon.com. Like France, Canada has lagged behind when it come to online retail.
Amazon.in is also relatively small at this time, but Amazon is putting a lot of resources in to expanding the market in India.
Amazon.com.au only opened early 2018 and is still very new. There is no data to compare it to other marketplaces yet.
Amazon.es, Amazon.mx, Amazon.cn, Amazon.nl, are the smallest Amazon marketplaces (we can't compare Amazon.com.au at this time). One reason for this is due to these countries being slower to catch up with the growth in online retail. Another reason is that in some cases, other big online retailers are still taking the lion's share of online sales.
Amazon.com.br (Brazil) only sells Kindle and books at this time, so you can ignore this marketplace.
Some Exciting Facts about Amazon that Directly Impact Our Potential Earnings
Don’t worry if there’s any terminology here that you don’t understand. By the time you’ve completed the course, you will be fully versed!
There are now more Amazon sellers breaking the $1,000,000 a year mark than EVER before
1) Amazon Prime customer membership is exploding with more than 60 million Prime members in the US alone.
It's estimated that 44% of US households are now signed up as Prime customers on Amazon. To us as sellers this is GREAT. Prime customers spend more and buy more items.
If you are following the lessons in this course, you will be a ‘Prime seller’ and be able to take advantage of the Prime growth. Therefore all those 10's of millions of Prime customers will favor YOUR listings over the listings of non-Prime sellers.
2) A recent survey has shown that 40% of adults always or almost always search Amazon when shopping online.
3) 50% of online shoppers who visit the Amazon website end up making a purchase. That's a 50% conversion rate. The industry wide average for online retail is 3%. If you have a website that converts at 3%, you can still make a living out of that. A website that converts at say 10%, is doing really, really well. So imagine 50%. Heck, nobody can beat that!
4) Amazon.com now has 300 million+ active registered customers
5) Amazon has now dwarfed other large online retailers, such as Walmart.com. Analysts are labelling Amazon as being 'in a league of its own'
6) Amazon UK is Britain’s most influential retailer
I'm sure you'll agree that you are in the right place at the right time. In fact there's nowhere else you could be right now that has this much potential.
Sure, there will be the new sellers coming
along in their droves. And the sellers who don't
last 5 minutes on Amazon because they think they
can break the rules or have no idea that the
rules even exist.
But all of that doesn't matter when you have the right knowledge to always be several steps ahead.
What's next?...
It's time to start the 'over-the-shoulder' lessons, and we begin with choosing your first product to sell on Amazon
www.yourstatistics.net/am-What-is-FBA-and-Why-Should-You-Use-it.pdf
Product Selection.
Watch the second video on the playlist above.
This sections starts at the 5 minute mark in the
2nd video.
Download the handout (resource) attached and
refer to it when you have questions about the
product selection process.
It will answer most of your questions and
save you a ton of time!
BE SURE TO LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PDF. IT HAS A
LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT WOULD MAKE GREAT FIRST
LISTINGS.
http://www.yourstatistics.net/am-Amazon-Niches-Researched.pdf
Which products are restricted
https://services.amazon.com/services/soa-approval-category.htm
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-choosing-a-product-to-sell-V2.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/www.yourstatistics.net/am-Amazon-Niches-Researched.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/www.yourstatistics.net/www.yourstatistics.net/am-Amazon-Niches-Researched.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Selling-Electronics-on-Amazon.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Researched-Products.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Cheat-Sheet-v3.pdf
Branding/Packaging.
Private labeling.
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Private-Labelling.pdf
Private Labeling does not need to be complicated or costly because we have a
number options open to us.
Option 1-Affix a unique UPC code over the existing UPC. This is the simplest
option.
Option 2–Stick a logo on the packaging, providing the packaging is plain.
Option 3–Create a bundle or multipack. By doing so we can create a ‘unique’
product.
Option 4–have our own package design created
Option 5–have a logo on the actual product itself.
Packaging options.
Option 1. Have your own custom packaging with your own design and
logo on the packaging.
A. Get the package template from the supplier on alibaba. Send
the template file to someone over at fiver. Find a fiver seller with good
reviews and good price, design the style and colors you want to use and ask the
fiver freelancer to make it. You can also add your upc code to the design. Once
you get the design send it back to the supplier. The only downfall is that the
supplier will require a larger order to do this.
B. So
there is another way to do this because you want to try and
start out with a small quantity if you possibly can. This is
really the best way to go. So rather than purchase a larger
quantity than you want to you could get custom printed boxes and
then box the products yourself so box the items yourself. Now
this way you can do the same thing you can get the same result
same end result but the MOQ can be
as low as you want and you can either order from somewhere like
Ali express if you prefer because you
will have no minimum
order quantity if you're going to do it yourself.
You can get custom packaging at
https://packlane.com/ . For 50 of the smaller mailer boxes
the price would be $2.44 per box, but could varry depending on
the design.
https://packlane.com/products/mailer-box
Option 2. Same custom package as option 1 but also having a logo printed
or embossed on the product.
Same as (A) above but also send the logo as well. The supplier can put the logo
on the products. Usually the MOQ has to be 500 to 1000 units to do this.
You can also choose to have logo stickers made and you can have the supplier
stick them on the products. Not as professional looking as having the logo
embossed on the product but it is a lot cheaper. (1.37inches ) 35MM
Printing Custom Self Adhesive Logo Stickers Lables Personalized stickers labels
500pcs/lot $28 for them all Click
Here. Or you can get 1,000 custom stickers in the USA for only $30
here.
Option 2. Same custom package as option 1 and 2, but also trade
marketing the brand name and logo.
This will be expensive and you should get a trademark attorney. For 1 trademark
name it is around $700. You would have to pay another $500 or so to trademark a
logo.
https://onlinetrademarkattorneys.com/
DIY BRANDING
Like I mentioned above you can have stickers printed of your brand/logo
Here ,
Here and
Here. You can also get gift tags with hemp string to tie around a ploy bag
or place in a box you can put the logo sticker on the tags or just put the logo
sticker on the box or even the product. Look
here for tags. They are about $1.70 for 100 of them. Or you can pay around
$50 for 1,000 custom tags
here.
Bubblefast -
http://www.bubblefast.com/store/pc/FB... [use code mommyincome to get 10%
FBA supplies]
FAQs about branding
Q. If I brand my product, do I need to enroll in Amazon’s Brand Registry and if I do, will in increase sales
A. No, Brand Registry is optional. It requires you to trademark your brand name and simply having your product enrolled in Brand Registry does not increase sales
Q. Can I start off without branding my product, then brand it later and still use the original listing?
A. Yes. If you create a listing of an unbranded or generic brand product, do not enter any brand name in the title, bullet points or description of the listing. Later, when you do brand your product, simply change the images and edit the title to reflect the brand name
Q. Can I have multiple brands under one seller account?
A. Yes, it’s the individual products that are branded, not the account. Therefore you can have as many as you like
Shipping/Labeling.
Always best to get the fulfillment network stock keeping unit (FNSKU code) and send it to the supplier to put on instead of a upc code, because Amazon will put an FNSKU code on over the cpu code and charge you for it.
http://www.your-statistics.com/am-Labeling-and-shipping.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-UPC-Codes-and-More.pdf
UPC Codes, Barcode Graphics and the FNSKU Labels
All these codes and labels can be mega confusing! So I’ve put together a guide so that you can get it all clear in your head. Once you know it, it’s really simple
UPC code. This is the long number that you see on products that you buy retail. It’s always accompanied by a graphic and this is what gets scanned at the checkout in a store.A UPC code will cost around $5-$10 and every product has its own unique UPC code. Note: It’s every PRODUCT, not every unit. For example, if you sell ‘blue widgets’ you only need one UPC code, even if you sell a million of them. However, if you then decide to also sell ‘green widgets’, you will need another UPC code because it’s a different product
Barcode graphic.This is the graphic above the UPC code. Sometimes when you buy a UPC code you get the graphic as well, but sometimes not. However, the graphics are free and you can usually download them from the website where yyou purchased the UPC.
FNSKU. This is Amazon’s own FBA identifying code. If you are not using FBA, then you won’t need this code. However, if you ARE using FBA (as recommended), then every item you sell will need to have an FNSKU code on it.
Amazon will do this for you at a cost of20 cents per unit. This cost has been included in the lecture on ‘Calculating Profits’. Amazon will actually stick the FNSKU label on top of the UPC code, so you might wonder why you even NEED a UPC code in the first place.
Well you will ALWAYS need a UPC code because it’s required for creating a new listing on Amazon. However, if you want to save yourself 20 cents per unit, you can affix the FNSKU label yourself, before you send your items to Amazon.
Just to be totally clear, your items MUST have either a UPC code label or an FNSKU code label on them when they arrive at the FBA warehouse. If they do not, they will be rejected.
Later on in this course (when we get to the relevant part), you will learn more about FNSKU’s and how to get Amazon to affix them for you. For now, you just need to understand what they are.
Where to buy UPC codes: There are dozens of websites where you can buy UPC codes, but not all are /span> authentic. To be authentic, a UPC code must be ‘GS1’ compliant and that means buying from a genuine reseller of GS1 compliant UPC codes. https://ezupc.com/
How to get the barcode graphic: If your UPC code does not come with the graphic, you can generate it for free here: https://barcoding.com/resources/barcode-generator/
How to get the FNSKU labels/span>
In order to explain this, I need to jump ahead a bit and right now, the screenshot below will be totally unfamiliar to you. However, later on you can refer back to this handout.
If you decide to affix the FNSKU labels yourself in order to save 20 cents per unit, you can download the labels from within your seller account. There’s is no point trying to do this yet, because at this time you don’t have a listing set up.
Under ‘Inventory’ select ‘Manage Inventory’ To the right of your listing in the drop down box under ‘Edit’, select ‘Print labels’
Okay let’s just summarize this to be totally clear:
You will aalways need a UPC code for your product because it’s required as part of the product listing set up./span>
Please read the below text in red carefully because it’s really important, but I get tons of questions indicating that students have not absorbed this information. That’s why it’s now in red!
Your items do not necessarily need to have the UPC code affixed to them. If you affix the FNSKU labels to the items before sending your stock to FBA, then you don’t need to have the UPC code on the items.
However, if you don’t affix the FNSKU labels yourself and instead opt to let Amazon affix them at the warehouse, then you DO need the UPC code on the items.
So, to repeat-your items MUST have either a UPC code label OR an FNSKU code label on them when they arrive at the FBA warehouse. If they do not, they will be rejected.
If you are sending to a 3rd party inspection company to check the quality and
put the labels on you can choose
https://fbainspection.com
Here is the companies pricing.
Labeling & Shipping
When
shipping to Amazon, you have 3 options:
1.
Shipping directly to Amazon
2.
Shipping to your home and then forwarding to Amazon
3.
Shipping to a 3rd
party intermediary
Option 1
–Shipping
directly to Amazon
From overseas:
•Cannot ship
directly to Amazon in
Europe
•Cannot ship
directly to
Amazon in Canada
•CAN ship
directly to Amazon in the
US
•Shipping
should be arranged via your
supplier
•Air
express using FEDEX/DHL/UPS
only
•Supplier
needs to affix the barcode to each unit (UPC or
FNSKU)
•Create
the incoming shipment in order to get the FBA Shipping Labels
•Supplier
needs to put the FBA Shipping Labels on the box/s
NOTE:
You cannot ship directly to Amazon from
Aliexpress
or Zentrada because
none of the prep work will have been done.You
can only ship directly to
Amazon from Alibaba, or from suppliers who DO prep for Amazon.
Domestic shipping:
•CAN
ship directly to any Amazon
•Shipping
should be arranged through
seller central (select Amazons
partnered carrier when creating the incoming shipment)
•Supplier
needs to affix the barcode to each unit (UPC or
FNSKU)
•Supplier
needs
to
put the FBA Shipping Labels on the box/s
Option 2
-Shipping
to your home and then forwarding to Amazon
From overseas:
•Shipping
to your home should be arranged via your supplier
•Air
express
using FEDEX/DHL/UPS only
•Affix
the FNSKU over the top of any existing bar code on the units
•Create
the incoming shipment in order to get the shipping labels
•Put
the FBA shipping labels on the box/s
Domestic shipping:
•Shipping
to your home should be arranged via your supplier
•Affix
the FNSKU over the top of any existing bar code on the units
•Create
the incoming shipment
in
order to get the shipping labels
•Put
the FBA shipping labels on the box/s
Option 3 -Shipping to a 3rd party intermediary
From
overseas:
•Shipping
should be arranged via your supplier
•Air
express using FEDEX/DHL/UPS
only
•FBA Inspection
is the most popular service for the
US
•Once
your inventory is ready, you will use Amazon’s partnered carrier to
have it shipped to Amazon
Domestic shipping:
•Shipping
should be arranged via your supplier
•FBA Inspection
is the most popular service for
the
US
•Once
your inventory is ready, you will use Amazon’s partnered carrier to
have it shipped to Amazon
When using a 3rdparty intermediary to prep and forward your inventory to FBA, follow their guidelines/tutorials. They will have a process in place for you to follow. If you are looking for a 3rdparty service anywhere else than the US, do your research on Google to find out what’s available for your chosen country. If there are multiple companies to choose from, compare prices and look online for reviews. See more in the lecture on using a 3rdparty prep company.
Getting the FNSKU labels
You can download the FNSKU labels when creating the incoming shipment, or you can simply go to ‘Manage Inventory’ and select ‘Print Labels’ from the drop down ‘Edit’ function.
Choose a label size appropriate for your product and enter the number
of
FNSKU
labels you want.
Choose a label size appropriate for your product and enter the number
of
FNSKU labels you want.
After clicking
‘print item labels’,
the A4 sheet of labels will
download as a PDF
which
you can email to your supplier, to a 3rdparty
intermediary company, or
print
off for your
own use
Remember that you always need to affix the FNSKU labels over the top of any
existing barcode that may be present on your units.
Getting the FBA Shipping Labels
Once you have
set up your incoming shipment, you
can
click
‘work on shipment’
to get your shipping labels for the outside of the shipping box/s.
Choose
‘small parcel delivery’
and for the carrier, choose
‘other’
if you are
shipping from overseas, or choose one of Amazon’s
partnered carriers if you
are
shipping domestically.
In
the next step choose
‘use
web form’
to enter information about your boxes.
Finally, in the next step you can click
‘print box labels’
to download the shipping
labels as a PDF. You can email
the
PDF
to
your supplier, to a 3rdparty
intermediary company, or print off for your
own use.
You
can
ignore any
message that says
‘you
have requested to change the number of boxes’.
There
is a label
for each box, but each label has a different number on it.
Therefore you cannot duplicate one label for multiple boxes. If your supplier is
going
to be putting the shipping labels on the boxes, make sure he knows that
each
label is unique.
Finding Supplier
Watch the second video on the playlist above. This sections starts at the 50 minute mark.
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-suppliers-and-shipping-from-overseas-V2.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Finding-a-Supplier-on-Alibaba-V3.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Finding-a-Supplier-on-AliExpress.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Finding-a-Supplier-on-Zentrada.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Finding-a-Domestic-Supplier.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Product-Listings-Images.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Product-Listing-Titles-Part-1.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Product-Listing-Titles-Part-2.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Product-Listing-Bullet-Points.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Product-Listing-Descriptions.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Using-Fiverr-for-All-Your-Design-Work.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Third-Party-Inspection-Companies.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-listing-creation.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Creating-a-Listing-Part-1-What-You-Will-Need.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Setting-up-a-Listing-in-Seller-Central-Part-1.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Infographics.pdf
Keywords
To watch a video on this section. Go to the video screen on this page
and click to bring up the playlist. Choose the 3rd video on the playlist and
fast forward to the 1 hours and 46 minute mark. In the keyword section
you're only allowed to use 250 bytes for keywords. Bytes do not include spaces
or punctuation. It is very important to keep it under 250 bites because it is
believed by some that if you go over none of the other key words will work. If
you're not selling much sometimes you could go back in your search terms and you
can tweak some of your keywords and you'll see sometimes even overnight that it
boost your rankings.
When entering keywords be sure to exclude any of the keywords that have been
used in the title.
When entering separate your keywords and keyword phrases with a space not a
comma and be sure to use all of the input fields.
Setting up your incoming Shipment
Scheduling Your Incoming Product Shipment (Sending Your Items to FBA)
Once you have a listing created, you can go ahead and schedule your product's incoming shipment. This is what we do before we send our items to FBA. You can set this up in advance if you wish.
On the dashboard of your seller central account, hover your mouse over 'Inventory' and select 'Manage Inventory'. You will see your listing there but it will not be 'active' because you don't have any stock at Amazon yet.
To create your shipment:
Click the drop down arrow beside 'Edit' and select 'Send/replenish Inventory'
Select 'Create a new shipping plan'
Enter the 'Ship from' address*
For packing type select
[*The ship from address is the address where the products are being sent from]
On the next page, enter the number of units per case and the number of cases. So if you have one box containing 40 units, you would enter 40 for 'units per case' and 1 for 'number of cases’.
Click 'Continue'
On the next page you will be able to choose
from 'Prep Required' or 'Prep may be required' Select 'Prep may
be required' and select ‘Amazon’ under ‘Who Preps’, then click
Continue
The next page is about labeling. Remember we discussed the FNSKU code label? If you need a refresher on this subject, go back the lecture ‘UPC Codes and More’.
Decide who is going to affix the FNSKU label. You? A third party company such as FBA Inspection? Or Amazon?
If it’s Amazon, select Amazon under ‘Who Labels’. Otherwise select ‘Merchant’
Click Continue.
On the next page you will see a summary of
your shipment, with the Ship from address, packing type
You may also see this message:
"The inventory you send to Amazon may be split at the Merchant SKU (MSKU) level into multiple shipments. We will assign each shipment to a specific fulfillment center based on several factors including the size and category of the product, your address, and other fulfillment network factors"
We discussed this in the lecture on calculating your profits. If you only have one case, it will not apply to you. If you have multiple cases, it might apply to you. There’s nothing you need to do. Amazon is merely informing you that they might send some of your cases to different FBA warehouses.
If everything is okay, click on 'Approve Shipment'
On the next page, if you scroll down, you will now have the option to print the shipping labels for the boxes.
Before you do this, check the number of cases in the Print Labels box. Sometimes the number of cases reverts to 1, even if you have set your shipment for more than 1 case. Just change the number in the ‘Print Labels’ box if you need to. Don't worry, this does not affect your shipment.
Download the PDF with the shipping labels and save to your computer. You will need to attach these labels to your boxes before sending them to FBA. Or, if you are using a third party company such as FBA Inspection to do this for you, then you will be sending the labels to them. Or, if your supplier is sending your items directly to FBA, you will send the shipping labels to your supplier.
NOTE: Every case has its own individual label. If you have 5 cases, you will have 5 labels. These are NOT duplicate labels, they all have a different identifying number on them.
That's it, you have created a shipping plan and scheduled your first incoming shipment to FBA!
Once your products are actually on the way to FBA, you can go back in and mark them as shipped under 'Manage shipments', which you will find by hovering your mouse over 'Inventory' and selecting 'Manage FBA shipments'
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Scheduling-Your-Incoming-Product-Shipment.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-setting-up-an-Incoming-Shipment.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Labeling-and-shipping.pdf
Marketing and Promotion
Kick Starting your Sales, the Right Way
Amazon sponsored ads can be a great way to start getting some sales and help you to move up the rankings.
But before we go into how that works, there’s something else we can and should do. We can use a strategy to get some initial sales and reviews, before even touching sponsored ads.
There are two ways to do this:
1. Ask friends and family to purchase your product
(at full price) and then write a review. You can send them the funds up front, or reimburse them afterwards. It's against Amazon's Terms & Conditions to solicit a positive review. However, we ARE allowed to ask for an unbiased review and in fact Amazon themselves email our customers and ask them to leave a review. Important – do not have anyone who lives at your address leave a review. If there is anywhere else where you regularly log in to your account, such as your work place, do not have anyone there leave a review either.NOTE: Amazon will also filter out or remove reviews where they detect a connection between your seller account and the reviewer’s customer account. Example of that would be using the same IP address to log in. Or, if reviewers share the same IP address, this is another reason why reviews may be flagged. An example of that would be asking your co- workers to help you out by purchasing and reviewing your product. If some of them do this from the same location (work), this would also be seen as suspicious.
2. Run a sale.
Sales are set up from within your seller account and I’m going to show you how to promote your sale in Part 2 of this lecture. Many of these buyers will leave a review because they are happy to get a good product at such a great price.NOTE: Amazon does not permit sellers to sell products at a discount, or give away products, in exchange for a review. This rule was put in place several months ago and in my opinion it was a welcome move on Amazon’s part. It prevents ‘heavy hitters’ from gaming the system and giving themselves an advantage over others.
This does NOT mean that you cannot offer products at a discount, or even give products away. You are perfectly entitled to do either or both of these things and if those customers wish to leave a review, great! That is not the same as ‘in exchange for a review’. Make sense?
Aim for
Setting up a Sale
Log into Seller Central. Go up to ‘Inventory’ on the menu and select ‘Manage Inventory’. To the far right of your listing, click on ‘Edit’
Under ‘Offer’ enter a sale price, a start date and an end date. I recommend you run your sale for one week to start off with. You can always extend it if necessary. I also recommend that you make your sale price very attractive. At least 50% off. In the below example, I have reduced the price by 70%.
Click ‘Save and Finish’
Promoting Your Sale
Once you have your sale set up, it’s time to promote it. The plan is to get as much exposure as possible and as quickly as possible.
Step 1 –
this is only for Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com or Amazon.in. If you are selling on a different Amazon marketplace, skip this step – update, Amazon.ca has also now been added.Go to ‘Retail Me Not’ https://www.retailmenot.com
Scroll down the footer and click on ‘Submit a Coupon’
Start typing ‘amazon’ into the box and select the relevant Amazon marketplace
Select ‘Online Sale or Tip’ and enter a description beginning with the % off. The best description to use is the actual title of the listing. Enter your end date and Submit.
It can take a few days for your offer to be approved and go live on the website. However, as long as your sale is for no less that one week, there will still be time for your offer to run on Retail Me Not.
Step 2 – Facebook Groups
Go to Facebook and locate some ‘Amazon discount’ groups by searching for ‘amazon deals’, ‘amazon coupon codes’, ‘amazon discounts’. This can be very effective because these groups are frequented by users who are looking for great deals and coupons for Amazon products.
Visit the groups and join the ones that have the most members. If the group has rules, be sure to follow them. Look at other posts in the group to see what people are doing and follow suit.
Step 3 – Online Classifieds
Advertise your sale in some of the bigger free online classified websites.
http://www.craigslist.org (mostly only applicable to US residents because you need a US phone number)
https://www.gumtree.com (for the UK)
https://www.donedeal.ie (for Ireland because a lot of residents in Ireland order from Amazon.co.uk, however you must be a resident of Ireland to use this website)
http://www.kijiji.ca
(for Canada)
More ad sites.
classified ads
https://www.gumtree.com
https://www.oodle.com
https://www.olx.com
https://www.adpost.com
https://www.kijiji.ca
https://www.classifiedads.com/
https://www.findermaster.com/
https://www.classifiedsfactor.com/
http://geebo.com/
http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/
http://www.usfreeads.com/
http://www.classifiedsgiant.com/
https://krrb.com/
https://www.domesticsale.com/
https://offerup.com/
https://www.bedpage.com/
http://www.hoobly.com/
www.close5.com
www.locanto.com
www.usfreeads.com
www.pennysaverusa.com
www.adlandpro.com
classifieds.usatoday.com
www.adsglobe.com
www.citynews.com
www.10dayads.com
www.adtoad.com
www.vast.com
www.trovit.com
www.freeadstime.org
https://us.letgo.com/en
http://www.bookoo.com/
https://www.usetrove.com/
http://www.hoobly.com/
https://www.peerhub.com/
http://www.recycler.com/
This is not a full list by any means, but start with these bigger classified sites and if you have time, go to Google and get some more!
NOTE, creating and promoting coupon codes is no longer included in this section of the course and here’s why:
It has become more and more difficult to get your coupon codes accepted on the ‘deal’ sites. Retail Me Not will still accept them, however, in my experience sales have always worked better than coupons on Retail Me Not.
Secondly, a sale will give you more exposure because it’s not limited to only the people who have a coupon code.
Thirdly, you cannot create coupon codes with the Individual seller account and right now it’s not necessary for you to upgrade and pay a monthly subscription for the Pro account.
If you DO wish to learn how to create a coupon, please look in the ‘Important Lessons and Resources’ section of the course!
Coming up… How to protect your inventory
while running a sale
How to Protect Your Inventory While Running a
Sale
When you have a sale going on, if it’s a 40% or more off sale, you should protect your inventory to prevent all your units being purchased by one customer, or your offer going viral and potentially all your units getting purchased at the sale price.
Step 1 – Preventing a single customer from buying all your stock
Until recently there was no way to do this, but fortunately Amazon realised the need for this option and added it to the ‘Offer’ tab.
Go to ‘Manage Inventory’, click ‘Edit’ and click on the ‘Offer’ tab.
In the ‘Max Order Quantity’ box, use the up/down arrows to enter 1 or 2. I usually like to set it at ‘2’ because sometimes customers like to purchase one for a friend or family member as well as one for themselves.
Step 2 – Preventing all your units from being purchased at the sale price
When you are running a sale with a big discount, it’s possible that your offer may get shared a lot and this could result in far more units being sold than you anticipated.
To make sure this doesn’t happen, you can reserve a certain amount of units for two weeks. This allows you to allocate a certain number of units to the sale and once they are gone, no more units can be purchased until you release the reserved units.
Go to ‘Manage Inventory’ and under ‘Edit’, select ‘Create Fulfillment Order’
Create a
This order will never ship because even if you forget to go in and cancel it, it will cancel automatically after 2 weeks.
However, you will want to cancel the fulfillment order once your sale is over, so that you can release the reserved units and make them available for sale again.
To do this, simply go to ‘Orders’, ‘Manage Orders’ and click on ‘Advanced Search’
Sort by ‘pending orders’ and choose the last 14 days for the date range.
Click ‘Search’ and a list of your pending orders will come up. Find the fulfillment order that you created, click on the order number and then click ‘Cancel’
Within
A word of caution. Don’t create and cancel fulfillment orders repeatedly. Do it only when you really need to. In other words only do it when you run a sale with a big discount, which normally you would only do as part of a strategy to kick start a new listing.
Amazon Sponsored Ads Training
Live Webinars (should always be up to date with the latest developments and new features)
https://advertising.amazon.com/learn/webinars
Videos inside Seller Central (may not always be up to date with the latest developments and new features)
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/learn/courses?ref_=su_courses_c61e0c4df-
Using Kindle
This is another little trick
that hardly anyone uses and it's so simple.
Although admittedly there is a little work
involved. You will need either the ability to
write a decent
List your
The purpose of
the
So
what should the
Well that
obviously depends on the
category and niche you are
selling in. If you are selling
in multiple niches, you will
need to create an
Here are a few examples:
Cycle Accessories: The 50 Most Spectacular Cycling Routes in the US
Maternity Accessories: How to Look Great Throughout Your Pregnancy
Cat/Dog Toys: 10 Fun & Easy Tricks to Teach Your Cat/Dog
Wall Decor: Bring Your Room to Life With These Wall Decor Tips
Party Supplies: How to Throw the Best Kids Party Ever
Lighting:
How to Turn a Bedroom
into a
Office Supplies: Get More Done With These Office Organization Tips
Cleaning Supplies: Little Known Cleaning Tips to Save You Time and Money
You get the idea? There is nothing and I mean NOTHING that you can't write a related e- book about and make it interesting!
It’s usually
better if you can write your own
You will also need an
Inside the
You could also ask the reader to subscribe to your email list to get access to new product discounts and offers (however, you would need a website in order to do this).
You also need an autoresponder in order to collect email addresses and send can spam compliant emails to your list.
Mailchimp (autoresponder) is free until you hit a certain volume. I don't use Mailchimp, but I know others who do. Personally I have always used Aweber which starts at $19.99 a month with the first month at $1.
This allows you to collect email addresses OUTSIDE of the Amazon platform – allowing you to send them permission based emails.
Building up a list of email subscribers is very valuable because it means that whenever you launch a new product, you can use your email list to get the first sales and reviews on your listing.
If you don’t feel quite ready to start building an
email list, you can leave that part out and simply
create your
When it comes to getting downloads of your free
Type 'places to give away free kindle
books' in Google to get tons of information on this subject!
Make SURE your
and reads well. Typically, when you
pay somebody on Fiverr to write an
You may also need to get somebody on Fiverr to format your
Your
NOTE: To get a lot of downloads of your free
There are many other ways but they are beyond the scope of this course. However, you should be able to find some useful tips and information by spending some time researching the subject on Google.
www.yourstatistics.net/am-How-to-Maximize-Sales-Potential-for-1000-per-Week-Net-Profit.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-promoting-a-listing.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Kick-Starting-your-sales-Part-1.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Kick-Starting-Your-Sales-Part-2-Promoting-Your-Sale-Revised.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-How-to-Protect-Your-Inventory-While-Running-a-Sale.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Amazon-Sponsored-Ads-Training.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Creating-Coupon-Codes.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Using-Kindle-Ebooks-to-Get-More-Sales.pdf
http://www.passiveincomemmgroup.com/Influencer.pdf
Advanced learning
How to Get Accepted into a Restricted Category - Even as a Brand New Seller
Even new sellers with zero selling history can apply and get accepted to sell in restricted categories such as Health & Beauty or Grocery
Why would you want to bother?
Because some of these categories have massive volume and the opportunities are endless. Yes, there is also more competition, but because there are so many opportunities, you can still do incredibly well in these categories.
For example, Vitamin C Serum is a high volume product. There
are a ton of sellers for this type of product, but even so, many of them are
selling a lot of units every day. Packaging and presentation are
When selling something like Vitamin C Serum (there are tons of other possibilities, I just picked this one as an example), you absolutely need to brand your product right from the start, otherwise you will not be able to stand out.
In a category such as Health or Beauty, even with a big advantage, you will still need to work hard to get your listing established and you will probably need to run several sales and promotions with at least 50 units allocated to each promotion.
However, there is no need to actually LOSE money on your promotions. Work it out that so that you at least break even. Even a 50% discount coupon will get plenty of takers for a popular product like Vitamin C Serum. Note, I am NOT suggesting or recommending Vitamin C serum as a product to sell. I am merely using it to demonstrate an example.
**You CANNOT source a product of this nature from China. If it goes on the body or in the body, it needs to be sourced either domestically, or from a country that has all the correct regulations in place regarding the manufacture of this type of product. Never, ever be tempted to source an edible or topical product from China and that includes products for animals.**
Before you apply for approval…
Check the requirements for the restricted category you want to sell in
To find the Amazon page relevant to the marketplace you want to sell in, either search the Help pages from within seller central, or simple go to Google and type in:
‘Amazon (country) categories and products requiring approval’
Below is the list for Amazon US
Click on ‘View requirements’
Please note that recently, Amazon has removed some categories from the list. Health & Beauty has been removed, as has Clothing and as has Industrial & Scientific.
However, you still need approval. Now, the way it works is that you need approval for the individual products you want to sell in those categories, as opposed to getting approval for the actual category as a whole.
There will be some products in these categories that you are able to sell without approval. For example, nail scissors would fall in the Health & Beauty category, but it’s unlikely that you would need approval to sell them. It’s just a pair of scissors. However, if you wanted to
sell skin cream for example (which also falls in the Health & Beauty category), you would definitely need approval.
Things you will need before you start the approval process
A website – although it’s not mandatory to have a website, your application will be looked upon more favourably if you have one.
Therefore you should set up a website specifically for your new product/s. Just a basic site on WordPress is all you need. Get some good images of your product, your logo, and write some content. If you don't want to set up the website yourself, get somebody Upwork.com to do it for you.
Even a basic site needs certain things. You will need a Home page, an About page, legal pages in the footer, contact details including a physical address. On top of that you should have enough content on the site so that it doesn’t look as if you have set it up for the sole purpose of getting approval!
3 invoices
for the product you initially want to sell. To
do this, ask your supplier to create 3 invoices instead of 1 for
your first order. Explain to them why you need this and that
it's only a
The downside is that you need to buy some stock even before you have gained approval. However, if it were me, I wouldn’t consider that to be a deal breaker because I would simply sell the stock somewhere else, such as a local classifieds website.
Once you have these two things, apply to Amazon for approval. You can do this from your Seller Central account. After applying, Amazon will come back to you and ask you for
invoices. Depending on the type of product, you may also be asked for other documentation.
If you DO get turned down, it is most likely because you ARE brand new. In this case, wait until you have two months (or so) selling history, and apply again.
Caveat - There may be some categories where Amazon will have further requirements. Such as Jewelry, which is more difficult to get in to. In fact it’s not possible for a new seller to get accepted into the Jewelry category.
Occasionally Amazon closes a category to new sellers, although this is never permanent and the closed category will always reopen again at some point.
Also note that the Toys category becomes a restricted category during the holiday (Christmas) selling period. The rest of the year it is not restricted. If you want to sell in Toys, the best way is to start selling while it’s not restricted. That way you will not have a problem getting approved when the holiday season comes around.
What is an infographic?
It’s simply an image with some information on it. Look at the example below:
The above infographic has a lot of text on it. Too much text for an
Amazon listing image. Instead you could do something simpler, such as the
example below:
Here’s another example. This one was taken from Alibaba, so it has a
watermark on it, but it’s just for the purpose of showing you another example:
Why not create an infographic for your own Amazon listing? You could either do it yourself using a free image program, such as Paint dot net, or Gimp.
For the past 2 years I’ve been using Photoshop, but for many years before that, I used Paint dot net. (Windows machines only)
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
Of course, as with any program, there’s a learning curve and you might not feel it would be worth it to spend time on this sort of thing.
So, instead go to Fiverr and get one made for $5
You cannot use an infographic for your main listing image. It
must be one of the supplementary images.
Scaling Up
The Next Stage - Scaling up to $5000+ per Week
When you're ready to scale up and take your Amazon business to the next level, it's simply case of adding more product listings until you reach your goals.
When is the best time to do this?
Usually when you're getting a steady stream of organic sales. Why? Because by that time you will have learned a LOT about selling successfully on Amazon. Adding more products will be much, MUCH easier.
Advantages of selling multiple products aside from the obvious one of increased earnings!
∙Not having all your eggs in one basket. This is a biggie because if your supply is suddenly cut off, or delayed for whatever reason, you have just left yourself with no Amazon income until you launch another product or get more stock in. Whereas if you have, say, three products and something goes wrong with one of them, you still have the other two.
∙Allows you to sell seasonal products (which can often sell like crazy while in season) and still have an income from other products when the seasonal products are out of season.
Wholesaling
Many sellers, once they have a product that's
ranking well and selling well, will be approached by potential
distributors with a request to purchase the product at
wholesale. This can be a good thing because it gives you
However, there are a couple of pitfalls to be aware of…
The person who contacts you may not be genuine. An easy way to check this is to call the company they claim to represent and ask to speak with them. I've had many contacts from would be distributors asking to purchase wholesale from me, but not all of those have become my wholesale customers. First I would want to know their website address, where they intend to sell and what sort of quantity they are interested in buying.
It may be a competitor looking to purchase from you at wholesale, to resell on Amazon. Therefore you need to stipulate that your product cannot be resold on Amazon and have an agreement signed to this effect.
Wholesaler expectations
Some wholesalers will expect you to have
stock on tap whenever they want to order. As a new seller, just
getting established and maybe working with limited cash flow,
it's not always possible to fulfill the demands of wholesale
customers. It's better to be upfront about this. Tell your
wholesalers from the offset that they may need to
Once your product is consistently selling well, you may want to brand it properly by having your own logo printed on it and redesigning the packaging to include a website and company address etc.
By doing these extra things, you can begin to look for larger wholesalers who may be interested in buying your product/s. This is one of the great things about selling your own product as opposed to the 'me too' method of selling on Amazon. You can make a serious income with only a small handful of products.
50 fully researched niches that you can delve into right now.
These niches have medium competition on Amazon.com while still having good enough sales volume.
Model toys
Room thermometers/Humidity readers
Personal humidifiers
Cycle accessories
Maternity accessories
Cat/dog toys
Wall decor
Wedding gifts
Wedding favors
Party supplies
Novelty lighting
Office basics
School supplies
Golf accessories
Golf training equipment
Outdoor decor
Wind and weather decor
Picnics
Craft supplies
Nursery decor
Nursery accessories
Stroller accessories
Baby keepsakes
'Baby Shower' gifts & favors
Gifts for babies
Kids musical instruments
Bathroom hardware
Sewing kits and supplies
Paintbrushes (Home Improvement)
Paint prep materials
Lighting accessories
Kids and pets wearable technology
Tracking devices
Martial arts
Swimming
Pilates
Sports/Fitness Pads/Support
Water sports accessories
Winter sports accessories
Climbing accessories
Hobby tools
Bath and shower accessories
Air fresheners
Canning supplies
Cake and cookie decorating
Beer and wine making
Softball
Lacrosse
Protective gear and pads (Sports)
Cheerleading
Researched Products
Please read these notes first:
Every item on this list has been researched on Amazon.com and for availability on Aliexpress so that you don’t need to worry about MOQ’s.
They will also be available on Alibaba and some you will be able to find from other supplier sources too. – However, the research was done using Aliexpress.
None are ‘restricted category’ items, so all are able to be listed in open categories.
Some of these
items are suitable for creating
bundles,
This is barely scratching the surface, even so, it does take time to compile a list like this. I compiled it myself and these are not ‘rejects’ from my own list! Every product on this list is one that I would sell myself. I did the research for them exactly as I would do if it were my own list.
You can source the items from the list, or use them as a starting point for discovering other suitable related products.
If you want to sell on another Amazon marketplace, there is usually a correlation between what sells well on Amazon.com and what sells well elsewhere, but it would still make sense to check first.
Please do not come to me with questions about these items, such as ‘which supplier on Aliexpress do you recommend for x item’ or ‘do you recommend I bundle x item with x’, etc. That part is up to you.
$3 or under
Decorative/novelty Silicone coasters
Cushion covers for sofa
Wall canvases (kids room/ nursery)
Wall and ceiling stickers (kids room/ nursery)
Mini bluetooth speaker
HMDI to VGA adaptor
DP to VGA adaptor
Mini USB port hub for computers and laptops
Circular saw blades
Rotary tool cutting disks
Rotary tool drill bits
Rotary cutter for quilting and sewing
Craft knife set
Wood carving chisel set
Icing/fondant/cake decorating kits and tools
Cordless motion sensor led wardrobe/night light
Wireless mouse
Wireless window/door alarm
On/Off switches
Plug in adapter with on/off switch
Cycling bandanas
Cycling headbands
Cycling cap/headscarf
Tactical/military gloves - half finger or full finger (these can be listed in the Sports & Outdoors category)
Cycling gloves
Dust filtering cycling/running mask
Paracord/survival wristband/bracelet
Paracord/tactical keychain
3D eye masks
Wireless key finder/phone finder/find anything
Wireless sports earphones/headphones
Wireless laser pointer/presenter for powerpoint/keynote presentations and similar
LED TV backlighting strip
Masonry drill bit set
Screwdriver sets
Scroll saw blades
Laptop cooler pad
Swim goggles and hat (bundle)
Large lightweight dry bag for kayaking, canoeing etc
Airsoft mask/goggles
Polarized cycling/sports sunglasses
Tactical
pocket
Battery free
Solar powered DIY robots/boats/cars etc, kits (toys)
Mermaid
doll/doll set
Running out of Stock can be Very Frustrating- Learn How to Keep Getting Sales Even When You are Out of Stock and How to Recover Your Rankings FAST When Your New Stock Arrives at Amazon.
Almost everyone runs out of stock occasionally. If we could avoid it completely we would, because from the moment you are out of stock, your rankings and BSR will start to drop. This can be very disheartening when you've just spent weeks getting your listing up the rankings and to the point where it's making some good sales every day.
However, don't despair :) I'm going to show you how to do some damage limitation and then, when you get more stock in, how to quickly get back to where you were before you ran out. It’s worth noting that once you have an established listing, occasionally running out of stock for a few days will not harm your rankings overall and your rankings will automatically return to normal within a few days of your item being back in stock. So the only time you should consider the below method, is if you run out of stock on a relatively new listing that is not yet properly established.
Additionally, only ever use this method if your stock is either on the way to Amazon, OR ready to be shipped. Never use this method if you don’t actually know when your stock is going to be shipped to Amazon. I cannot stress this enough!!
Step 1 -
Go to Manage Inventory and click the drop down box beside 'Edit'. Select 'Change to Fulfilled by Merchant
Wait about 15 minutes and then still on the edit listing page, click on your product image to open up the page for editing.
Click on the 'Offer' tab
You will see a default shipping amount beside 'Your Price'. Subtract that from whatever your current selling price is, and change the price to the new amount.
For example:
Your current selling price is $19.99
The default shipping shows as $4.99
Subtract $4.99 from $19.99 = $15
Enter 15 in the 'Your Price' box
You will also see a new field that was not there before you changed your listing to Fulfilled by Merchant. The new field is 'Quantity'
Enter an amount in there. I usually put 30.
Now scroll down to where it says 'Restock Date' (This field is also a field that is only displayed on Fulfilled by Merchant' listings).
You need to enter a date here and it cannot be more than 30 days in the future. If you are expecting your new stock to be at FBA in say 14 days, put a date in the box that is at least 24
days in the future. This is in case your stock is delayed. I usually like to leave a buffer of about 10 days, just to be on the safe side.
Now click 'Save and finish'
Wait for about an hour and then check to see if your listing is live again (it will have gone inactive the moment you went out of stock). If it's not live, wait another hour or so and check again because sometimes Amazon can be a little slow at reactivating listings.
Once your listing is live, customers will be able to back order your product. You will make less money per sale and you won't get as many sales this way. Your rankings and BSR will still drop, BUT you will still get SOME sales and your rankings and BSR will not drop NEARLY as much as they would if you had simply left your listing inactive until your new stocks arrive at FBA.
If you need to, go back in periodically and update the 'Quantity' to add a few more units.
[Caveat: Do not do this if you don't actually know when your product is expected to be back in stock. Only do it of you either have stock on the way, or stock ready for shipping. If you have any doubts about your stock being ready on time, do not do this! YES, I know I’m repeating myself on this point, but for a very good reason. IF you use this method and your stock does not arrive at Amazon before the date the orders are due to be fulfilled, your seller metrics will be negatively impacted. So please, please, take note of the risk factor involved here and use this strategy wisely.]
Step 2 -
As soon as your new stock arrives at FBA and has been processed, you can switch your listing back over to 'Fulfilled by Amazon'
Now you need to process the back orders manually one at a time.
Click on the drop down box beside 'Edit' under Manage Inventory' and select 'create fulfillment order'.
Now you can enter the back order customer's details and have the product shipped to them.
You will find these details under 'Manage Orders'
After you have created a fulfillment order for each back order, simply click 'Confirm Shipment' for each one under 'Manage Orders'
By taking these steps, very often when your products are back in stock at FBA and you switch back to 'Fulfilled by Amazon', your rankings and BSR will go back up again without any further action on your part. This is especially true if your listing is established.
If, after 5 days your rankings and BSR are still lagging, try dropping your price by one or two dollars temporarily. You can raise it again once you have regained your rankings and BSR, which should not take more than a few days.
If you still need a bit of an extra boost, create a promotion with a sale (don't forget to protect your inventory).
How to Slow Down Sales
Umm, why would you ever want to slow down sales?
For the same reason as above – to prevent running out of stock or to reduce the time your listing is out of stock. Less sales is still better than no sales.
Since the above method of allowing customers
to
The way to do this is by increasing the price. The time to do this is as soon as you realise you are probably going to run out of stock before you are able to get inventory to the warehouse. You might want to start by adding, say $2 to the price. The effect should be immediate, so you will know quite quickly whether or not you need to increase the price further. Sometimes you might need to increase it by as much as $5 or even more because I’ve known a price increase of $2 to have a positive effect on sales as opposed to a negative one. So you will need to test!
When your new stock arrives, you will almost certainly have dropped some rankings, but not as much as you would have if you actually run out. Try setting your price at $1 lower than it was originally until your rankings go back up.
The 5 key things you need to do to ensure success
1.Make a 'to do' list every morning and create that list in order of priority. Highlight the things that MUST be done that day, and make sure they get done!
2.Always inspect the very first order (at least) from your supplier before it gets sent to Amazon. Make sure the items are packaged correctly and make sure the case has the Amazon FBA label on it. If and when you advance to using sea shipping, EVERY order should be inspected before going to Amazon. This is because the outer boxes frequently get damaged during sea freight and often need replacing.
3.Take the time to make sure your listings are the best they can be. Your images, title and bullet points should be RED HOT. Tweak them until you are 100% happy. Make
your images interesting. Don't just have loads of images showing different angles of your product.
4.Reply to your customer messages within 24 hours. This is vital if you are going to maintain a good seller rating and good account health. As you grow, you can outsource a lot of these types of tasks and there are companies who specialize in assisting Amazon sellers with the day to day running of their operations.
5.Start
scaling up as soon as you hit a steady
The Things NOT to waste your time on!
1.Worrying about the small stuff, such as what other sellers are doing. If they are breaking the rules, that’s up to them! Let Amazon do the policing and YOU focus on your own business. Of course, if you see a listing doing really well, you may be able to learn something from that listing, but that’s different. Remember, successful sellers never sweat the small stuff!
2.Press Releases. For some reason, I've seen other courses talking about Press Releases as if they are the ‘holy grail’. Sure, they used to be effective, but times have changed. Nowadays, unless you happen to be a big brand name or announcing something that the news channels would actually want to publish, then the only place your Press Release will appear is on a ton of obscure pages. And yes, I'm talking about paid Press Releases too!
3.Forums (with the exception of the seller central forum when you need to get a question answered.) Successful Amazon sellers rarely have time to lurk in forums. What you get in those places are mainly novices, or people who are not focusing on the things they SHOULD be focusing on.
4.Discounting Your Product to $1 in Order to Kick Start Sales and Rankings. I'm mentioning this because it's taught in some other courses and guides. It's a TERRIBLE idea! Not only will you be losing money, but you are devaluing your product way too much. Your product will have little value to someone who has only paid $1 for it and
because of that, these customers are less likely to bother leaving a review. Additionally, Amazon does not like these kinds of promotions. Stick to 30% - 50% off, or 70% if you really need to, but don’t discount at more than 70%.
I've seen plenty of information about selling on Amazon.com when you are a resident of another country. However, all of it falls short and leaves the reader with unanswered questions. Often the 'advice' is coming from somebody who lives in the US and therefore has never actually done it!
So here's what you need to know:
1.You will need a US address in case your shipping carriers need to send you any correspondence.
I use www.mailboxforwarding.com for $14.95 per month. They will scan and email any incoming mail to you. Be sure to give this address to whoever is arranging shipping for you.
[UPDATE: Clevvermail.com is a relatively new service and for the first 6 months it’s actually free. Thereafter it’s about $1 a month. You only get one piece of incoming mail for that and if you get more, you are charged for it. However, the chances are that you won’t get more than one, if you get any at all. Even if you got 2 or 3, it still works out cheaper!]
2.Since
US based sellers are able to receive stock at their home for the
purposes of checking and/or repackaging, making bundles etc.,
and
At this time, the one I would recommend is www.fbainspection.com
It's not only
3.As of April 2015, Amazon started to withhold VAT (on FBA fees only, not on sales) from sellers who reside in Europe. To prevent this, you need a VAT number, which of course means that you need to be selling as a company, as opposed to an individual. It goes without saying that if you do not have a company yet, at some point you will probably want to get one in order to pay the lesser tax rate for corporations.
Don't let this hold you up. In fact, never let anything like this stop you from getting going and getting going and selling on Amazon.
If you are an EU resident and don't have a VAT number right now, VAT charged on FBA fees will be withheld from your income. But as soon as you DO get one, you can provide Amazon with it and they will immediately stop withholding VAT from you.
4.If you find that you are losing in exchange fees when Amazon send US dollars to your bank account in another country, you can try using World First. They offer a service to Amazon sellers that will (probably) give you a better exchange rate than your bank.
Conclusion
This document along with the course contains all the knowledge you need in order to absolutely KILL IT on Amazon – providing that you are willing to work!
All you need to do now is take action.
Don't delay, don't put things off until the 'time is right'. Start now with a single product and begin scaling as soon as possible. Use the seller forums when you get stuck. Use seller support when you have an issue. But above all keep moving forward.
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-new-listings.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-How-to-Get-Accepted-into-a-Restricted-Category-V2.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Amazons-Small-and-Light-Program.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Scaling-Up.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Extra-Tips-for-Dealing-with-Suppliers-on-Alibaba.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-What-are-Hijackers-and-how-do-You-Get-Rid-of-Them.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQS-V8.zip
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Some-More-European-and-UK-Wholesalers.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-More-Resources.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/Amazon-FBA-Seller-Checklist.docx
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Amazon-FBA-Seller-Checklist.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-Seller-Toolbox-and-Free-Membership-to-the-TTP.pdf
Reviews
How to get 4 x More Reviews
Firstly, although sellers do get the phone number of customers who have placed an order, I do not believe that phoning customers is a good idea. Having tried it myself and listened to others who have also tried it, I don't advise it. Many customers get annoyed because they feel that it's an intrusion.
There's a much better way!
Use a service that links your customers to an automatic email follow up sequence. Providing you don't overdo it and only send 2 or 3 emails, you won't have any problems and you will get a lot more reviews AND better seller feedback!
I advise sending 3 emails spaced out over 2 weeks.
The first goes out immediately the order is shipped and informs them of such. It’s all linked up to your Amazon account and as soon as the order ships, the email is triggered and sent.
The second goes out after one week. It asks them if they received their order and if so, was everything okay. It also asks them to leave seller feedback and includes the link for them to do this.
The third goes out after another week and asks for an unbiased review. The link for them to click on and leave a review is included in the email.
I find this works really well. Even though Amazon themselves send emails to our customers, you get a lot more reviews by adding a few of your own.
There are several services
that can do this job. Feedback Genius is one of
them. All you do is set it up once, connect it
to your Amazon seller account (very easy to do!)
and that's it. You only ever need to set it up
once for each product you are selling. You can
begin using Feedback Genius for free and then
upgrade your plan as orders increase.
WARNING – never ask for
a positive review or
try to influence the customer to leave a
positive review. Additionally, never offer the
customer anything in exchange for a review and
don’t ask more than once. Amazon has clamped
down on these sorts of activities and since May
2018, they have removed 100’s of 1000’s of
reviews from listings. The removed reviews were
deemed to have been gained through improper
practices. As far as is known, no sellers were
suspended, but some listings have had
limitations put on them as far as how many
reviews can be posted on those listings in a
given time period. To avoid your listing have
reviews removed, or having review limits
imposed, do not break or bend any rules
www.yourstatistics.net/am-FAQs-about-reviews.pdf
www.yourstatistics.net/am-How-to-get-4-x-More-Reviews.pdf
TOOLS/SOFTWARE
Green cheapest, Yellow cheapest and best, Blue best but not cheapest. We do not have the most expensive software in the color system. Prices reflect starting prices.
Amazon Product Research Tools Free
unicornsmasher.com
camel.com
amz-seller-browser/ 1 time
amasuite.com $97
asinspector.com $97
junglescout.com $97
Amazon Rank Tracking Tools Cheapest
kibly.com $37
month, good
sellics.com $57
month,
amztracker.com 50 month
blackbirdsuite.com $97 month
Amazon FBA Profit Calculator Tools
fetcher.com $19 month
Amazon PPC Management Tools & Services
Cheapest
zon.tools $9,
Monthly Best
prestozon.com $80 Good
ppcentourage.com $47,
$97, Monthly
Amazon Keywords Tools Free
sonar-tool.com
tracemyip.org
merchantwords.com $30
Amazon Inventory Management Software Free
mysellerpal.com
cheap but good
shopkeeper.com $20
Best
forecast.ly $80
Amazon Product Photography Tools & Services Cheapest
pixelz.com $2 per edit,
amazonshots.com $20
per shot,
gen.video $300 per video
Amazon Feedback Software Tools Cheapest
quantifyninja.com unlimited $35,
feedbackfive.com $0,
feedbackgenius.com $0,
feedbackwhiz.com $15
Amazon Listing Optimization Tools Cheapest
amasuite.com $97
one time
splitly.com $47 month,
sellics.com $57 month,
Amazon Seller Spy Tools
fosterfba.com $200 month
Amazon FBA Repricer Tools cheapest
https://www.repricerexpress.com/pricing/ $55 per month Best
feedvisor.com $1,000 per
month
Amazon Reimbursement Software and Services Cheapest
helium10.com $0
month Best
fbaauditor.com 25%
of what is refunded
Advertise Amazon Products Outside of Amazon Social media promotions.
Cheapest
mysellerpal.com $0
famebit.com $100
one time
Amazon Category Ungating Services getungatednow.com
$125
Amazon Feedback & Review Tracking Tools ,
feedbackfive.com $0,
feedbackgenius.com $0,
feedbackwhiz.com $15
Amazon Listing Hijacker Monitoring Tools Cheapest
listingeagle.com $20
overgrowth.com $79
Amazon Suspension Reinstatement Services
Cheapest
bindwise.com $0 month
sellercare.com price
varries
Amazon Account Management
e-tgw.com $1650
+ % based on revenue Monthly
Amazon FBA Shipping Software
azlabels.com $0
month
Amazon FBA Product Sourcing Services
importdojo.com $169
per product
Amazon FBA Freight Forwarders & Shipping Calculators
freightos.com $0 may have hidden fees for
amazon
Quality Inspection Companies in China
Amazon Seller Loan Services
Amazon Listing Copywriting Services
Amazon Listing Translation Services
Amazon FBA Import Tax and Duty Calculators
Amazon Brand Registry and Gating Tools & Services
Amazon Seller Lawyers
Seller Tools to Sell Products Outside of Amazon
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VA Search Platforms and Training Modules
Courses for New Amazon Sellers
Online Arbitrage Tools - Find products to resell on Amazon
More Resources
Below are some helpful free resources not already mentioned in the course.
FBA Toolkit http://fbatoolkit.com
This tool lets you enter a BSR for a particular category brings back a figure that is supposed to tell you how many sales a day are being made for that BSR. Can be helpful to give you rough comparisons between different categories, but take their actual sales figures with a pinch of salt. They are way too low. I sell in a number of different categories and whenever I enter my BSR into FBA Toolkit, it comes back with a figure of a lot less than I am actually selling. However, as mentioned, it can give you a rough comparison between different categories.
Wunderlist http://www.wunderlist.com
For staying organized
The free version will do the job. Wunderlist allows you to create lists of things you need to do and download them to all your devices.
Wunderlist http://www.wunderlist.com |
https://use.expensify.com/pricing |
Freightos FBA Calculator
https://www.freightos.com/freight resources/amazon-fba-freight-rate-calculator-free-freight-tool/ |
https://viral-launch.com/market-intelligence.html#price-table |
https://startupbros.com/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-find-a-profitable-product-to-sell/#tab-con-4 |
https://fitsmallbusiness.com/how-to-sell-on-amazon/ |
https://blog.linnworks.com/complete-list-of-online-marketplaces |
www.Packhelp.com |
www.Packlane.com |
https://www.bestofonlinebiz.com/l/boost-nine-best-amazon-fba-product-research-software/
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/ mo
https://keepa.com
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https://thesellingfamily.com/top-10-must-tools-amazon-fba-sellers/ |
4. Shipping |
ShipWorks downloads orders from your online stores and makes it easy to get them shipped. You can use ShipWorks for custom invoices, pick lists, monthly reports, promotional emails, and all sorts of great stuff that you need to do after you make a sale. |
Visit the ShipWorks website. |
6. Payments |
Currencies Direct help online retailers like you to receive money from international marketplaces without having to worry about local bank accounts. Compared to online marketplaces, Currencies Direct clients can save up to 3% of the total sales value on exchange rates. |
Visit the Currencies Direct website. |
AMZFinder is an Amazon seller tool which automatically monitors reviews within an Amazon store and matches them with the corresponding order IDs, helping a seller get in direct contact with any buyer who has left a negative review. |
Visit the AMZFinder website |
8. Sourcing |
Finding the right products to sell on Amazon is a crucial part of a sellers’ ecommerce journey. If you need a helping hand with sourcing, ProfitSourcery is an online seller tool that provides you with a list of profitable items to sell on Amazon. |
Visit the ProfitSourcery website. |
Top 10 Tools to Amazon FBA Success |
I’ve never liked Top 10 lists. I’m process-oriented. So, here’s a step-by-step process for Amazon success. This is how Amazon sellers start faster. Enjoy. |
Product Selection |
Nothing trumps this. Pick a loser and you’ll have to restart, pick a winner and the game accelerates. It’s that simple. |
Here’s how I do it, in order! |
1. The Jungle Scout Webapp |
Today, I start here – a database of Amazon success. I have to thank Greg Mercer for this one. He’s a personal friend, a two time guest of FBA ALLSTARS and owns Jungle Scout. But believing bias motivates this selection is foolhardy. The webapp provides a custom filter system for searching Amazon products and a huge database of information. You can choose categories, target BSRs (or Best Seller Rankings), sales, reviews, sizes – the options are vast. |
This makes finding profitable products easier – way easier honestly. It’s almost scary. But I start here searching for my brand. After setting filters, everything fits my criteria for successful private label products. I track these in a Google spreadsheet. |
Then it’s time for Amazon + Jungle Scout. |
MonetizePros Tip! |
Google Keyword Planner does the trick but can be difficult to use. We recommend using SEMRush for everything keyword research related. It also has a lot of other features that’ll come handy with your Amazon FBA business. Spy on your competitors, see where they’re spending their PPC budget, what keywords are bringing them the most traffic and much more. |
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9. Salesbacker |
Salesbacker doesn’t have this feature of feedback triggers. It does however have quite a lot Feedback Genius lacks. Chiefly, improved analytics and testing. It’s also got canned emails which help you get setup. And in case you haven’t got a rank tracker, Salesbacker’s got your back on BSR tracking. |
Product Launches and Reviews |
Sales don’t start themselves. You need to do a blast to build up reviews, boost your rank and get sales going. That’s how the algorithm works. Amazon makes money on sales. That means your product needs to sell to make Amazon succeed. Sell and you’re rewarded, stagnate and your rankings drop. |
It’s not all about sales though. Reviews help too. Reviews are social proof that strengthen conversion rates. A solid base of reviews with spiked sales and your listing will start itself. |
10. Tomoson |
Reviewers love products. Sellers love sales, and reviews. Tomoson’s a way to work together – matching sellers offering with promotions with product testers. It has an awful interface and is challenging to use, but it’s free, it’s easy and it will help you find reviewers faster. Plus Tomoson has a free month trial so time it right and you won’t pay a dime. Play with the site before getting started and then scouting reviewers. It’s time to promote your product with coupon codes and speed those sales. |
The Scaled Success of Your Amazon FBA Business |
Amazon’s a Wild West of profit. And every goldminer has got his tools. Tools don’t make the business, they build the opportunity. You don’t need ANY of the tools we’ve covered. But why handicap yourself? To build a bigger, better, more efficient Amazon business, some things just make sense. |
Product research 1 time
amasuite.com
$97
Amazon Rank tracking
kibly.com
$37 month
Profit Calculator
fetcher.com
$19 month
PPC management Cheapest
zon.tools
$9,
Inventory tool
shopkeeper.com $20
Images
pixelz.com
$2 per edit
Feedback tool
quantifyninja.com
unlimited $35
Listing optimization
amasuite.com
Social media promo tool
mysellerpal.com $0 famebit.com
$100 one time
Review tracking tool
feedbackgenius.com
$0
Total monthly around $135 per month. Scroll up to the video and click on the playlist to find tutorials for each software.
Link tools
https://thesellingfamily.com/common-acronyms-used-by-amazon-fba-sellers/
Paid Plugins
Free plugins
Youtube tool/plugin tutorials
https://www.udemy.com/sell-on-amazon-as-small-start-up/learn/
https://www.udemy.com/amazon-to-ebay-dropshipping-home-business-starter-course/learn/
https://www.udemy.com/dropshipping-guide-to-amazon-fba/learn/
Tutorial links below
Tasks to complete
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FTR | Christine Pioquid | chris.tin.pioquid@gmail.com | chris.tin.pioquid | 639269223084 | Customer Support Specialist. working part time as an eBay lister where I am finding profitable and trending items that I can dropship to eBay from Amazon | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Raymundo Santilla | kaidemizuyo@gmail.com | raymsantillan | 639 451594952 | 1. Software Development / Web Development ( Laravel PHP, Vue.js, Nginx, LAMPP ). 2. Software Architecture. 3. Amazon Web Services Cloud Infrastructure | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Jeanith Llabore | llaboretats@gmail.com | Jeanith Llabore | 639266239383 | eBay Product Researcher and Lister | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Karen Otero | karenotero746@gmail.com | karen otero | 1. data entry Ebay lister dropshipping cold calling | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR | Alyssa Marie Ga | alyssamariega22@gmail.com | alyssamariega22 | data entry, product research. product sourcing with US supplier from like walmart, homedepot, wayfair, amazon, BBB, aliexpress, alibaba, etc. , lead gathering information such as contact number, email address, so on. , product fulfillment using Shopify, odesk, dropified, ECOM etc. product listing using web seller guru, Dropshipbeast, importify, hydra, etc. , make designs for Make-merch platform, uploading designs with gearbubble, send emails for affiliate using aweber | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR | Isabel Gumanid | midgumanid@gmail.com | isabel.gumanid | 639068419321 | E-commerce VA (Shopify, Ebay and Amazon) | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR contacted & responded | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Cathlyn Borata | cathlynborata3696@gmail.com | cathlynborata3696 | 639271717223 | doing data entry, data mining, and Amazon research which I consider to be my specialty | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |
FTR | Richelle Leandicho | sleandicho@gmail.com | live:sleandicho | 09171182989 | Amazon Product Researcher of over 10 years experienced | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Edward Somera | edsomera14@gmail.com | edward.somera | 639434326045 | Creating custom wordpress themes from scratch - Creating e-commerce website using wordpress or integrating to 3rd party APIs - Converting websites into modern and standardized designs - Modifying Wordpress themes - Resolving website issues due to injected lines, etc. - Executing website migration and maintenance - Performing Search Engine Optimization - APIs(shopify, erply, amazon) integrations to wordpress | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Mayzel Genevie Benolirao | ginjiamano052392@gmail.com | banmidou120490@gmail.com | mainly on Customer Service. Customer Service Representative in Amazon | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR contacted & responded | JPCAMZ | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Emmanuel Ever Telewik | everlopeztelewik@gmail.com | live:240a3c2fe9eff0dd | 9484559306 | experience in eCommerce and used to manage the eBay store of dressmydesk.com | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship |
FTR | stephy Maturan | pingmestephy@gmail.com | 639462612767 | eCommerce industry, online platforms such as eBay, amazon, shopify, etsy, bonanza. The key strengths that I possess for success in this position includes but not limited to; successfully built designed, developed, a couple of eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Bonanza and shopify store | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR | Gian Andrie J. Abuel | optionsend@yahoo.com.ph | 639503441288 | Research skills, Amazon FBA, Data entry skills | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR | Ramon Oliver Agustin | roa.jobs@gmail.com | Product research/sourcing | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Jelson Olasiman | jelsonolasiman@gmail.com | Ebay lister, Data entry, Mathematical skills | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | heaven Jacildo | hgjacildo@yahoo.com | General Virtual Assistant skills, Web design, Amazon FBA | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Liezel Nieva | nievaliezel32@gmail.com | liezel.nieva2 | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR | Bjay Dela Cruz | thegreatbj24@gmail.com | FBA product research | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR contacted & responded | JPCAMZ | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Tinette Costan | tinettecostan@gmail.com | tnetwisa | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |
FTR contacted & responded | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Juvelyn Belderol | indefatigablejuvelyn@gmail.com | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||
FTR | Jerome Del Valle | delvalle_jerome@yahoo.com | Amazon FBA | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Tina Tuna | dilisbulilit@gmail.com | listing of Products Amazon eBay | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Reina Andrea Erencio | racderencio@gmail.com | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Rey Vincent Cabili | reyvincentcabili95@gmail.com | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Ramon Oliver Agustin | roa.jobs@gmail.com | Dropshipping skills, research skills, data entry | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Joel Caserial | joelcaserial28@yahoo.com | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | may palahang | maypalahang1992@gmail.com | Amazon, eBay, VA, SEO | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Rhenee Rose Ventura | rheneerose0278@gmail.com | Amazon FBA | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Mary Daryenne | mary@cerebrocloud.net | AMAZON VA | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Prince Sam Fulgencio | f.princesam@gmail.com | live:f.princesam | 639357890964 | General Virtual Assistant skills, Amazon FBA, Data entry skills | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Carol Jane Daguinotas | jane02.dags@gmail.com | caroljane020195 | 9664391484 | General Virtual Assistant, Amazon FBA and Data Entry Skils | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Michelle Lucero | mitch.gillamaclucero@gmail.com | mitch.lucero1 | 0946-666-7540 | Admin Assistant, Photo Editing, Ebay listing | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Anissa C. Guevarra | guevarra_anissa@yahoo.com | nissay2012 | +63 9167 989590 | E-Commerce Specialist, Amazon Seller Central Consultant, General Virtual Assistant | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Gretchen Doydoy | gretchendoydoy@gmail.com | gretchen doydoy | 639101782175 | Sales Representative, Amazon Product Ads, Excel, and can speak english | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Juan Velasco | Juan_Velasco2015@outlook.com | juan.velasco2013 | 639472598745 | General Virtual Assistant, Amazon FBA, Youtube/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram marketing | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Maria Theresa B. Estevez | mtbestevez@gmail.com | mariatheresa_buena | 0917-469-0962 | Amazon FBA, Data entry skills, General Virtual Assistant skills with excellent English | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | esther manulat | esma051988@gmail.com | titing88 | 639051296485 | Detail Oriented Amazon Product Researcher/Admin/Clerical Assistant | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Cristian Dela Rosa | cristiandelarosa0912@gmail.com | General Virtual Assistant skills, Amazon FBA,Dropshipping skills.,Research skills | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Sharon Villacrusis | sharonvillacrusis15@gmail.com | sharonvillacrusis15@gmail.com | Amazon FBA, Data entry skills, Research skills | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | |||||
FTR | Ruem Marie Ortega | ruemortega0323@gmail.com | ruemortega0323 | 639669234066 | Admin Assistant, Amazon FBA, Data Entry, Research and Dropshipping | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR contacted & responded | JPCAMZ | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Bernadeth Segundo | bernadethsegundo123@gmail.com | bernadeth segundo | 639099630342 | General Virtual Assistant Skills, Amazon FBA, Data Entry | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship |
FTR | Rose Mahilum | rose.mahilum1990@gmail.com | tactical Arbitrage | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||||
FTR | Candice Garces | kielcandicegarces@icloud.com | Motivated VA, E-commerce Expert and Customer Service Specialist | Amazon/ebay | ||||||
FTR contacted & responded | JPCAMZ | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Aubrey Laña | aubreylana0428@gmail.com | aubreylana0428 | 639 21310 7796 | Amazon FBA and/or Data entry skills applicant | Amazon/ebay |
FTR contacted & responded | JPCAMZ | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Vernaliza Penales | aiezapenales@gmail.com | aiezapenales | 639754001665 | Data entry skills,Amazon FBA,General Virtual Assistant skills | Amazon/ebay |
FTR contacted & responded | JPCAMZ | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | PRECILLA SALVACION I. INOVEJAS | psvibarra@yahoo.com | precilla_ibarra | 639176829821 | Amazon FBA, Data Entry, Research | Amazon/ebay |
FTR | Jamaica Pasalgon | jamaica.alvez0412@gmail.com | jamaica.alvez0412@gmail.com | product researching and listing on Amazon and eBay also data entry, web search | Amazon/ebay | |||||
FTR | Llewilyn C. Canceran | cllewilyn@gmail.com | llewilyn80 | Data Entry, Virtual Assistant, Amazon Product Research | Amazon/ebay | |||||
FTR contacted & responded | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Vencyr Laurence Amores | kazuhikovencyr18@gmail.com | live:kazuhikovencyr18 | 09264405199 | Rights and Permissions Specialist | Amazon Product Researcher | Data Entry Specialist | Amazon/ebay | |
FTR contacted & responded | 28-May | 28-May | replied to welcome letter | Clydel Jabulin | clydejabulin@gmail.com | live:clydejabulin | 09266030864 | Amazon Product Researcher, Email Marketing Skills, Content Writer | Amazon/ebay | |
FTR | Lady Ave Gail P. Merilles | iamwhoiamlady@gmail.com | iamwhoiamlady@gmail.com | 09202146602 | Amazon FBA,Data entry skills, Research skills,Dropshipping skills,Sale skills | Amazon/ebay | ||||
FTR | Nicole Catherine Fuentebella | nicole.fuentebella@gmail.com | nicole.fuentebella@gmail.com | 09751120532 | Amazon FBA, General Virtual Assistant, Social media marketing | Amazon/ebay | ||||
FTR | Erika Menciano Basco | berikamenciano@yahoo.com | Amazon FBA expert | Amazon/ebay | ||||||
FTR | Ariane S. Armada | arianearmadasoberano@gmail.com | akonixa_akoni | 09771877990 | Amazon FBA, Dropshipping Skill and Lead generation skills | Amazon/Ebay/Dropship | ||||
FTR | Arjay De Guzman | arjayturdovadeguzman@gmail.com | Live:arjayturdovadeguzman | 09497637156 | data entry, Shopify , Amazon vendor central and have a great knowledge in oberlo, spreadsheet, slack and trello, designing T-shirts, Banners, posters and Ebook covers. I can also do video editing tasks such as facebook Ads and youtube videos. | Amazon/ebay | ||||
FTR | Jelson Olasiman | jelsonolasiman@gmail.com | jelsonolasiman@gmail.com | Ebay lister, Data entry | Amazon/ebay |
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Product selection.
Find products on Amazon that will sell well and provide a high profit margin.
Each of the product you select will be from different categories.
List products you feel would be top Amazon sellers. Here is a list of categories
you want to avoid. Which products are restricted
https://services.amazon.com/services/soa-approval-category.htm
Amazon items Fire TV and echo | Entertainment Collectibles | photos and prints on Kindle and the readers and tablets. |
Automotive and Powersports | Fine Art | Sexual Wellness |
books. | Fine Jewelry | Sports Collectibles |
Clothing, Accessories, Shoes, and Luggage | Gift Cards | Textbook Rentals |
Collectible Books | Grocery and Gourmet Foods | Toys & Games (Holiday Guidelines) |
Collectible Coins | Kindle Accessories | Video music apps |
credit and payment products | Major Appliances | Video, DVD, and Blu-ray |
Watches | ||
Wine |
Start by clicking here and then look at
the top left corner of the page for the 3 line drop down menu. From there you
can choose your categories. Here are the categories that you can chose
from:
Electronics/Computers/Office
Smart home
Home, garden and tools
Pet supplies
Toys, Kids and babies
Handmade
Sports and Outdoors
Home services.
Health and beauty is no longer restricted but you have to get approval for many
of the products. So you may want to stay away from here as well.
Best sellers, top rated and hot new releases is another good place to start.
YOUR PRODUCTS MUST BE SPLIT UP BETWEEN 4 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
Step 2.
Download the following spreadsheet and familiarize yourself with the kind of
products you are going to avoid. You can enter all the information of your
products into the spreadsheet. Below you will see the criteria you must follow
when choosing a product (it will also be on the spreadsheet).
1. Product cannot be perishable. It must be non perishable. Meaning it is not
subject to rapid deterioration or decay.
2. BSR (best seller rating) must be between 100 and 3000.
3. The product weight must be lower than 10 ounces.
4. The product size should be from 6 x.5x.5 to 9x3x6. No larger.
5. The product must not contain any glass pieces or be made of glass.
6. The product cannot be put on the skin or ingested into the body.
7 The product price must be between $15.99-$40
In order to see the best seller ranking you may have to click through the
different subcategories within the category you chose. The example below is for
a dog bed and here is the path I took to the product. Pet Supplies/ Dogs/
Beds & Furniture/ Best Sellers
Here is the location to download the spreadsheet.
www.jobpostcentral.net/amazon_product.xlsx If you do not have excel
let me know and you can work on google sheets.
Step 3.
See how many searches are made for your particular product. You can use
https://www.merchantwords.com/ .
Please keep in mind the search term can be different and that is because we want
to know how many times the product not term is searched. For example if your
product was the product in this link
Click here you can enter fire starter rod in
www.merchantwords.com and then you
can enter fire starter flint (since it is the same thing just 2 different ways
to say it). You can add both search volumes into one volume. You must not choose
any products that have less than 40,000 searches. Enter the number of searches
into your spreadsheet.
Step 4.
Find out if you are allowed to sell the product you chose on Amazon. Go to the
product page on amazon scroll down until you find the ASIN number
Copy the ASIN number login to an Amazon sellers account, click on inventory,
then click on add a new product. In the search bar paste the asin number. If the
only limited restrictions says you are not allowed to sell collector quality or
refurbished, it is ok and we can sell that product. We do not plan on selling
refurbished or collectable products.
ADVANCED PRODUCT SELECTION
Vendor Selection.
Step 1.
Step 3.
The image below is what shows up when you click on one of the products. As you can see all of the criteria we have stated above is being shown with a red arrow.
Here is the location to download the spreadsheet.
If you do not have excel
let me know and you can work on google sheets.
Step 3.
Send the supplier an email. Here is the instructions. If you see the image above
there is a link that says get latest prices highlighted in yellow.
Click the link at the top of the page that says 'Get Latest Price' In the
quantity box, enter the quantity that you are interested in buying. Do not go
over 100 units. Next, click the 'Enter More Requirements Here' and enter the
following:
Hello
I'm interested in this product. My company retails on Amazon and we are always
looking for quality products to add to our line up.
Could you please send me the latest price.
We would like to start with a small order and if we are happy, we will place a
larger order afterwards.
Look forward to your response.
Best Regards
(your full name here)
If the supplier replies back and accepts the lower quantity, you will want to
ask what the actual price would be based on the number of units purchase. In
addition ask for the total price with shipping.
Step 4.
Product Listing.
Step 1.
To get the images do 1 of the 3 following steps.
1. Ask the supplier for images of the product and if they have water marks ask
for them to be removed.
2. Take pictures of the product and edit them yourself.
3. Use a content creation vendor (like Fiver). See list below.
4. Send the product to a company that takes pictures and videos of your product.
Here is what we found.
Amazon Product Photography Tools & Services Cheapest
pixelz.com $2 per edit,
amazonshots.com $20
per shot,
gen.video $300 per video
Content Creation Vendors
www.Fiver.com
www.upwork.com
https://www.roberthalf.com/creativegroup
http://www.krop.com/
https://99designs.com/
http://www.designhill.com/
http://www.crowdsource.com/
https://www.ifreelance.com/
http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/
www.fiverup.com
www.freelancer.com
https://www.peopleperhour.com/
https://microworkers.com/
www.guru.com
www.designcrowd.com
www.gigbucks.com Gigbucks is a
Fiverr Alternative.
www.seoclerks.com
www.zeerk.com
http://www.skyword.com
To find other freelancers click
here
Make sure all of your images follow the following guidelines outlined in the
spreadsheet and fill in the cells pertaining to the guidelines on the
spreadsheet. Here are the guidelines.
1. Image must contain product only and no props.
2. Image should be over 1000 pixels
3. Image should take up almost all of the space.
4. Image should be clear and not pixilated.
5. Image should have a pure white background.
Step 3.
Utilize the guidelines above, create your title and enter it into the
spreadsheet. Use the keywords in order of the popularity. Here is an example of
a title for a head mounted light utilizing the guidelines above.
Pinault Premium - head lamp - latest version - super bright - led - rechargeable
- perfect for camping, running or cycling.
Refer to this pdf if you have any questions
http://www.yourstatistics.net/am-Product-Listing-Titles-Part-2.pdf
Step 4.
Step 5.
Step 6.
Step 7.
Within step 7 you will set up your listing on seller central. Follow along with
the video below to enter all the information into the seller central account to
add a listing. Seller account
login here. Sorry about the echo
on the video audio.
www.jobpostcentral.net/amazon_product.xlsx
Question 1.
List 10 products you feel would be top Amazon sellers. And explain why you chose each product. Do not just enter an item. Enter a link for the exact item.
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Tikes-Spiralin-Waterpark-Table/dp/B004INDQWY
https://www.amazon.com/SwimWays-Spring-Activity-Center-Octopus/dp/B000WQZD9U
https://www.amazon.com/L-L-Surprise-Character-Surprises/dp/B07PRZYJHT
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-Stick-with-Alexa-Voice-Remote/dp/B0791TX5P5
https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Echo-Dot-3rd-Gen/dp/B0792KTHKJ
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-Stick-4K-with-Alexa-Voice-Remote/dp/B079QHML21
https://www.amazon.com/Wyze-Indoor-Wireless-Camera-Vision/dp/B076H3SRXG
https://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Instax-Mini-Instant-Value/dp/B01E3QM34W
https://www.amazon.com/Wyze-1080p-Indoor-Camera-Vision/dp/B07DGR98VQ
https://www.amazon.com/GRECERELLE-Womens-Casual-Pocket-Dresses/dp/B071YV88D9
I choose this 10 trending products to sell to set your brand on fire and increase your chance of profit margin expansion.
Question 2.
What are the top 3 hacks/secrets to creating a successful Amazon FBA business
1. Use trending keywords
2. Amazon Sponsored Ads
3. Use the buy box to your advantage
Question 3.
Tell me what Amazon FBA software you have used and how proficient you are with the software.
FBA wizard
This tool is mostly for retail arbitrager. It scans prices in multiple marketplaces online and finds flip deals for you. You can buy on some website cheaply, and resell on Amazon. Calculates your expected profit margin. It also has an option to research Private Label product opportunities, in USA and UK.
Asin hunt
It's a web app, where you enter your keyword, and it presents you a list of results, very similar to JungleScout, with their BSR, number of sellers and Price. What is unique about this tool, is a column with 2nd BSR as well. So in the main category BSR is maybe 452, but in a second category BSR is 11, for example. Could be useful. Other than that, the tool is pretty basic.
Question 4.
What are your top 3 sources of advertising/promoting your amazon products.
1. Run a Competitor Analysis
2. Optimize Your Product Listings
3. Get Your Pricing Right
Question 5.
Tell me why someone would choose your listing opposed to another listing that is selling the same product.
You are going to have to prove to Amazon that their product is not the same as yours. If someone is selling the exact same item as you they are REQUIRED by Amazon to sell on that listing. Once you have created a listing it will remain in Amazon until they delete it.
Question 6.
Tell me the top 3 product suppliers and why you chose them.
Walmart , Hayneedle and Home Depot
These 3 product suppliers are they handle the order process to quickly the items ship out and they follow up with tracking information and an invoice. The quality of the pack job when the item arrives.
Question 7.
There were several other applicants who have knowledge of Amazon and Ebay businesses. Please write a paragraph explaining why we should choose you.
I can do the work and deliver exceptional results. I will fit in beautifully and be a great addition to the team and I have possess a combination of skills and experience in Amazon and Ebay businesses that make you stand out from the crowd.
Question 8.
What was the most difficult thing you have ever encountered working with the Amazon FBA/ebay industry?
Competitors got better at search ranking and Competitors improved their conversion rate.
Question 9.
What is your top 5 strategies/tips in regards to Amazon FBA
1. Manage Inventory Proactively
2. Follow Amazon’s rules
3. Compete using the pricing
4. Customers are the Top Priority
5. Use Amazon Keyword tool
Question 1.
List 10 products you feel would be top Amazon sellers. And explain why you chose each product. Do not just enter an item. Enter a link for the exact item.
All products are chosen because of the following reasons:
· They are not fragile (to avoid it from breaking)
· They are all lightweight (depends on employee, for a higher ROI)
· The shipping fee cost is low (especially if the order is in bulk)
· Low ratings for improvement (depends on employee but some prefer it around 3-4)
· Low reviews (not saturated items)
· JobSite Premium Leather Boot and Shoe Polish Cream – Restores, Conditions and Polishes
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NCFHXN3/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
· JobSite Waxed Boot & Shoe Laces - 45 Inch – Black
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058DCXCW/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
·
JobSite Warm Feet Thermal
Insoles – 3M Thinsulate Insulation - Women 6-11 - 2 Pairs
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NBJRCNM/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&th=1
·
Hefty Red Plastic Party Cups
-18 Ounce, 3 Packages of 50 Cups (150 Total)
Question 2.
What are the top 3 hacks/secrets to creating a successful Amazon FBA business
· Technically I have no idea about it but I think we could also consider having a great team of employees helping each other to improve themselves and also the business.
Question 3.
Tell me what Amazon FBA software you have used and how proficient you are with the software.
· I have used junglescout, keepa and viral launch. I have a pretty decent knowledge in using those softwares aside from keepa that I am still in the process of learning about. And as far as I know I haven’t used all of their functions yet.
Question 4.
What are your top 3 sources of advertising/promoting your amazon products.
· I haven’t done advertising but as I have observed, sellers mostly use social media like youtube, facebook and instagram to showcase their products.
Question 5.
Tell me why someone would choose your listing opposed to another listing that is selling the same product.
· I can say that some people would consider buying my/our listing rather than the other’s as we already improved the item based on the negative feedbacks mostly the products would receive. We improved the products by changing some of the materials, adding colour variations, and the like. Also, they are bundled with items that are relevant with the main product that makes people get more items/freebies compared to the other.
Question 6.
Tell me the top 3 product suppliers and why you chose them.
· My apologies as I don’t remember the suppliers I had contacted before but they are all from Alibaba. The factors I consider to contact first are those who are labelled as “gold supplier” and are already launched years ago. This assessment is for me to be sure the quality of their products and services as they are already tested for years. I would also consider small and new suppliers but it takes much more time and attention.
Question 7.
There were several other applicants who have knowledge of Amazon and Ebay businesses. Please write a paragraph explaining why we should choose you.
· I believe that I am good for one of the position even though I only have basic knowledge regarding Amazon and Ebay. My drive and motivation to be a better employee every day is what I am holding to achieve my goals. I am hardworking and I always strive for the best. I am also, always willing to learn anything to perform the tasks given well. Not only I want myself to be better but also the company or employer I would be working on the future. I am honest and fair in everything I do.
Question 8.
What was the most difficult thing you have ever encountered working with the Amazon FBA/ebay industry?
· Honestly I haven’t tried working on an FBA industry, as my experiences are all regarding private label and dropshipping.
Question 9.
What is your top 5 strategies/tips in regards to Amazon FBA
· Same with question #8
Question 10.
Send the answers to the knowledge
assessment in either a spreadsheet or word document. Please send them to
info@jobpostcentral.net
Bernadeth Segundo
Amazon VA Applicant
June 03, 2019
Part 1. Knowledge Assessment
Question 1.
List 10 products you feel would be top Amazon sellers. And explain why you chose
each product. Do not just enter an item. Enter a link for the exact item.
Please Find
below the link to the products that I feel would be Amazon best sellers. I
selected the products based on the following criteria.
Selling Price:
$15-$50
Weight: 3 lbs.
and below
Review: Not
more than 1,000
Monthly
Revenue: At least 10,000
Net Margin: At
least 30%
Not Patented
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UQDB0UEA0PdIyeo3XILToz2XEtGA39hJ-3oNe3-6HmY/edit?usp=sharing
Question 2.
What are the top 3 hacks/secrets to creating a successful Amazon FBA business?
Finding a
Winning Product
Winning the Buy
Box
Get more
traffic on your product list
Question 3.
Tell me what Amazon FBA software you have used and how proficient you are with
the software.
I used Helium
10 and Jungle Scout for product research. Unicorn Smasher and Helium Xray to
validate sales data and Magnet feature of Helium 10 for keyword search. I used
this software during our on the job training and internship.
Question 4.
What are your top 3 sources of advertising/promoting your amazon products.
ü
Pay Per Click Ads (PPC)
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Listing Optimization
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Sharing your listing on Social Media
Question 5.
Tell me why someone would choose your listing opposed to another listing that is
selling the same product.
The title or
subject matter is keyword rich and traffic grabbing which means it has keywords
that when the customer types in Amazon it will lead to your listing. It has an
uploaded video (ex. Unboxing video). This can be done by asking an influencer to
film a review in exchange for free products.
Question 6.
Tell me the top 3 product suppliers and why you chose them.
The top three
product supplier that I will choose from should possess the following criteria.
ü
Gold Supplier
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Verified
Supplier
ü
Business Type:
Manufacturer
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Transaction
Level; 3 Diamonds
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With good
number of reviews
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At least 3
years as supplier in Alibaba
Examples of Suppliers I would consider
for the product Kraft Label
Question 7.
There were several other applicants who have knowledge of Amazon and Ebay
businesses. Please write a paragraph explaining why we should choose you.
Last year I enrolled in an online course teaching freelancers how
to become an Amazon Seller Virtual Assistant which I believed had equipped me
enough knowledge about Amazon FBA in general including detailed step by step
procedures on how to manage seller central account. This online course is
created by an Amazon VA turned Amazon Seller dubbed as the Philippines Amazon
Queen. It thought us the important
aspects of Amazon FBA from product research, product listing, sponsored ads,
listing optimization and customer service. I cannot say that I am an expert
especially that I don't have much experience except from our on the job training
which is part of the course and I had a month of internship with a Filipino
Amazon Seller. I did product research and listing optimization during the
internship. I hope this knowledge and little experience would make me qualify
for a position in your company.
Question 8.
What was the most difficult thing you have ever encountered working with the
Amazon FBA/ebay industry?
During the on
the job training and internship I had a hard time with product research. It
takes a lot of time and had to consider the criteria before you could say this
one is a winning product.
Question 9.
What is your top 5 strategies/tips in regards to Amazon FBA
My mentors has
always emphasized the following to be noted when doing FBA
-Thorough
product research
-Do not sell
products with selling price of below $15 because it would be hard to compete
with other listings
-Optimize your
listings, listings can be modified everyday
- Haggle with
suppliers
- Get reviews
Question 2.
What are the top 3 hacks/secrets to creating a successful Amazon FBA business
Ans: The top 3 hacks in creating successful Amazon FBA Business is
you need to find someone to create video with your listings. It will surely
attract more shoppers and most of them usually don’t read description but
instead watch videos to learn more about the specs and features of that
particular item. Second, you need to learn how to outsource items and if
possible use any outsourcing tools that can make your work easier. Third,
since the Amazon best seller ranking is relative, another smart way to boost
your rankings and get the bestselling badget within arm’s reach is to reduce
the competition.
Question 3.
Tell me what Amazon FBA software you have used and how proficient you are with
the software.
Ans: I used different kinds of software when listing item like
AutoDSTool, Ecomsolution, or Blacklister. These following tools help me a lot to
quickly source/upload items direct in our store.
Question 4.
What are your top 3 sources of advertising/promoting your amazon products.
Ans: I haven't tried promoting our listing from any social media
since my experience is usually base from listing or fulfilling orders.
Question 5.
Tell me why someone would choose your listing opposed to another listing that is
selling the same product.
Ans: You should always base your listing with seasonal trends to
ensure that the buyers will choose your products. Also, you need to have unique
keywords for your title and much lower price from other sellers so you can
compete with the buybox for the same product.
Question 6.
Tell me the top 3 product suppliers and why you chose them.
Ans: In my previous client, we always source from Walmart, Home
Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond. These 3 suppliers has the lowest price in other
stores and has a lot of items to list too.
Question 7.
There were several other applicants who have knowledge of Amazon and Ebay
businesses. Please write a paragraph explaining why we should choose you.
Ans: I should be chosen among other applicants
because my
passion for this industry and the job I do drives me to deliver high-quality
work every day. I will assure you that I will render my time and effort to give
you a service that you deserve. I am also excited in bringing this same level of
commitment and enthusiasm to this exciting opportunity.
Question 8.
What was the most difficult thing you have ever encountered working with the
Amazon FBA/ebay industry?
Ans: The most difficult thing I ever encountered in working with
Amazon or eBay industry was when we encountered some issue with Walmart before
Christmas Eve. I needed to work overtime in placing orders and add tracking
numbers to ensure every customers is updated with their order since most of it
is already out of stock. I needed to be on the computer all time to check if
they get in stock and purchase it immediately. I also needed to do multi-tasking
in uploading bulk items while handling customer service to ensure that
everything is being assisted with their concern.
Question 9.
What is your top 5 strategies/tips in regards to Amazon FBA
Ans: My top 5 strategies or tips in regards
to Amazon FBA is first, you need to optimize your title to make it more
attractive to the customers when they search items and
make clear to shoppers that it is the one they have been looking for. Second,
always use rich description to seal the deal. Make it accurate, concise, and use
bullet points to make the text more readable. Third, pricing matters at all
times, you should always ensure that your price can always compete with other
sellers or best thing to do use automated pricing engine to ensure that you’re
up to date in any changes. Fourth, if possible, always try to source items that
has free shipping since this is mostly customers looking for when they purchase
items. And lastly, always provide clear images as it is a great way to turn a
reluctant shopper into a customer. You should at least add 5 images or more,
when possible. My client had told me before that listings with better photo
quality are more likely to sell.
Dhgate, viral launch
Feedback whiz, messenger bot sequence on phone
Bundle, perceived value, fix product
Drive external traffic, product launch, click funnel, sales velocity, the sales
funnel could be a pop up the ass for their email address in exchange for a
coupon code for the product
Master ppc
Building an email or messenger bot list
The most professional pics, video and descriptions
Coupon giveaway, with a launch service ppc, Facebook ads. Click funnel to
landing page not just to the listing. Jungle scout, keyword scout pay attention
to the ease of rank section you want to go to the third fourth and fifth rank do
a giveaway to the first keyword which is the top and then a coupon giveaway to
the 3rd or 4th or 5th keyword it's easier to rank, launch gator to launch
For a major discount make sure you're setting a seller limit
Keyword scout spending $100 per month for ppc on the key words. The more money
you spend on PPC the more money you're going to get. PPC might be spent on an
Amazon service. Mini chat an automatic chat bot. It can send a coupon code.
Ecom freedom course
Must have a logo on the project. Negotiate with supplier to bring profit margin
down and improve the project. Get to be friends get them on Skype
Amazon toolbox
Inventory Lab
Step 1.
Watch the training videos below
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmazonPowerSellers/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazingsellerupdates/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/139910663395267/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazon.sellers.group/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/128050864502014/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/324850878062265/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1260229020753608/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheBraxGroup/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecomelite/members/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2013872405359761/members/
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