Using Amazon FBA to Create a Business for Your Freedom
John Larson One of the most confusing things about starting anything new is all the jargon that gets tossed around like everybody knows what everything means. I mean… Who provided the Mind Meld to transfer all that knowledge? I have spent a few hours collecting and spiffing up a list of common terms found and used around … Read more
Being impulsive, or spontaneous, or flying by the seat of your pants has its place. Just rarely in business. Reason, analysis, decision leads to better, more secure business. It won’t be as susceptible to falling off the rails or of sustaining major losses. Sure, intuition has a place. But intuition that is based on knowledge … Read more
What do all those numbers and codes mean, anyway? Let’s find out. Sandi & I have been in retail since – well, I don’t know when. We had our own shop from 1971 to 1989. Sandi managed card shops all along the West Coast from 1985 until 2002. We both worked for retailers while in … Read more
Our Q4 (4th Quarter) is moving right along. We’re ahead of last year for December, the Quarter, and finally for the year. We’ve sold in new Categories, with new SKUs (Stock Keeping Units), and old stand-bys. Some of our new stuff hasn’t done much. That’s the risk we take trying to expand business. How to … Read more
Since our hosting troubles, we have not been able to do much of anything in the way of Content. No new posts. No new Tips. No news. Nothing. But, we can now resume. I’ll try to do plenty of updating over the next few weeks. New Content. New Tips. News. So, here is News. Our … Read more
WHEW! We’re Back Online! We’ve had some Hosting troubles for nearly a year. Our Hosting Account was suspended. Our sites have been unavailable since at least Februaary. We’re mostly back up and running — Finally — by changing Hosting Companies. “What happened?” you ask. Well, we got hacked. Somebody (many somebodies?) got into our sites … Read more
Here’s what’s happening with our Amazon sales right now. So far in 2018, we are about 33% DOWN from last year. This is about $40,000 less than the same time a year ago. What happened? Long ago, when we were getting our eBay business up and running, we found a niche product that started doing … Read more
Q4 – 4th Quarter – The Big Party – Saving the Year… Whatever you call it, the final 3 months of a calendar year are the best part of selling. You’ll Sell a Ton! Retailers have long relied on this final quarter to bolster their sales, and provide profits that might have been scarce earlier. … Read more
There are the 2 aspects of a business. 1. The structure and surrounding support processes – accounting, finance, and the like. and 2. The operations part – what and how are you going to do every day to make money. You can make money without much of a formal business structure. A Sole Proprietorship is … Read more
From the 3 “Success” rules, we’ve covered Finding It. Now, it’s time to List It! If the product is already available on Amazon, Listing it is a simple matter of adding your products to the existing Catalog listing. You can do this from inside the Amazon Seller free app on your phone. For example, I … Read more