Amazon Selling: Tips, Tricks & Ideas

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Guide to Amazon FBA Accounting and Bookkeeping

Chris Taylor • December 18, 2018

The benefits of using Amazon FBA are evident - with their motto, “you sell it, we ship it” an example of how simple they have made it for you to launch a thriving business using their fulfillment services. But what happens after the sale is made and the product is sold? How do you know your effo...

Amazon Product Reviews and Why You Should Care

Jon Carmen • December 13, 2018

As an Amazon Seller you should be keenly aware that product reviews and ratings from your customers (people who bought your product on Amazon) are extremely important to the success of your business on the Amazon platform. After all, when was the last time you bought something on Amazon with...

How to start an Amazon Business

Chris Taylor • December 06, 2018

$170 million Revenue Today 400% growth Over 3 years $1 Billion Revenue by 2020 These stats may sound like a tech startup, but they actually belong to one of Amazon’s biggest third-party vendors -- Pharapacks. What was once a mom-and-pop retail pharma...

Amazon FBA Acronyms

Chris Taylor • November 21, 2018

FBM? BSR? BOLO? If you’re a new Amazon seller, chances are you’ve already seen a bunch of acronyms and terminology that feels like nonsense. Here’s a few of the most common Amazon terms you’ll see online. AMZ or AZ Amazon API Application Program Interface. A web int...

9 Strategies to Growth-Hack Your FBA Business in 48 hours

Chris Taylor • November 14, 2018

Anyone who has caroused the internet in the past 5 years has heard the buzzword “life hacking. The concept is pretty straightforward — every life strategy you develop should drive growth and efficiency. How can this apply to your Amazon FBA business? A growth hacking mindset takes business ow...

5 Types of Insurance Your Amazon Business Needs

Chris Taylor • October 31, 2018

Do you remember the Hoverboard craze of 2016? They were the hottest “toy” of the year. Parents around the world cringed and ducked as their tweens traveled everywhere by two wheels. Here’s what you probably don’t remember: A number of those hoverboards had faulty batteries, causing them to ca...

FBA vs FBM: Understanding Fulfillment by Amazon & Fulfillment by Merchant

Chris Taylor • October 20, 2018

Last year, Amazon sold more than 600 million products. Most of these items were housed in one of 75 warehouses with 253 million square feet of space. Fun fact: 9 square miles is about seven times as big as Central Park. If you don’t want to do that math, that equates to a whopping 9 s...

Amazon Seller Fees 2019

October 16, 2018

Staying on top of your Amazon seller fees is the starting point to creating and maintaining a successful business. How much does it cost to sell on amazon? What will your profit be be once Amazon takes their cut? 2019 Amazon FBA fees are different from years’ past. These fees can alter your p...

How To Make Money Selling Bundles on Amazon

Marcus Lee • May 24, 2018

Amazon bundles are items sold together in one listing. Anyone with an Amazon account can create a bundle. The items have to be physically packed together. That’s before they’re sent to the Amazon warehouse (or the customer). Here’s a quick example: The seller of this cake decorating stand has...

Product Versus Process: How to Maximize your Seller Feedback on Amazon

Whitney Henderson • March 31, 2018

Recently, I told you about the different ways that Amazon collects input from its customers through reviews. Reviews are the customer’s input on the products sold on Amazon. Reviews by customers are only concerned with the actual product the customer bought - whatever arrives inside that box or enve...