Over the last five years as an Amazon seller, I’ve shared my journey, both the successes and the mistakes, every step of the way. I believe hearing someone else’s journey as they make their way in business can be a huge motivator and source of knowledge. This week I want to highlight a fellow Amazon seller who is doing just
Returns are part of running any kind of retail business. Since we run our businesses on Amazon’s platform, we need to adhere to the Amazon FBA return policy and process. At first, it’s confusing to know what to do when people return Amazon FBA products. As long as you’re responsive and know the process, you’ll be able to handle returns
The key to succeeding in retail arbitrage is making profitable purchases. That’s why Keepa is my number one Amazon FBA tool for evaluating a product. Looking at Keepa graphs can be a bit confusing when you start. In this Keepa tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to use Keepa for Amazon FBA, explain the benefits of the premium plan, and
It’s important to follow Amazon FBA packing requirements, including Amazon poly bag requirements. When retail arbitrage sellers start out, they have a lot of questions about how to pack for Amazon FBA, and when it’s required to use a poly bag. If you follow a few simple rules, Amazon poly bag requirements are relatively straightforward. Using poly bags makes both
IP complaints on Amazon seller accounts are a common Amazon FBA concern. In this post, I’ll teach you how to identify a brand that might send an Amazon IP complaint, tools you can use to avoid them, and how to reply if you ever receive one. To be honest, I do not worry much about IP complaints. So far, I
How does Amazon FBA work? Getting started can be overwhelming for beginners. I break down Amazon FBA step by step to get your retail arbitrage business started.
A benefit of being an FBA seller is you don’t actually need many retail arbitrage tools and supplies. Start-up costs are low, and you can easily start out with one or two inexpensive retail arbitrage apps and shipping supplies. However, as you grow and scale your Amazon FBA business, there are some amazing retail arbitrage software and resources that will
Year-End Tax Reports and Documents for Amazon Sellers Today we are talking about everyone’s favorite business topic, taxes! If you have sold over $600 dollars on Amazon, then you would need to add your Amazon business to your personal tax returns. In this post, I am walking you through what to gather for your CPA or tax professional. Note: I
As a Retail Arbitrage seller on Amazon, you probably have questions about sales tax. See which states Amazon collects sales tax in and how it affects you.
If you’ve been selling on Amazon for awhile you probably know what sales ranks are and that they matter. But did you know you can use the rank to calculate how many of an item you should purchase for your FBA business? Today I am going to walk you through the Amazon Best Seller rankings and show you how you
