Using Amazon FBA to Create a Business for Your Freedom
John Larson The secret to FBA (and any online ecommerce endeavor) is Find It List It Ship It Repeat You have to have something to sell. Finding that ONE item seems like the ultimate goal, but it’s not. Products come and go. Styles, interests, fads, new technology, celebrities, even companies, all change over time. There isn’t a … Read more
Sandi & I are here in our 29th floor room at the Encore in Las Vegas, relaxing after finishing our buying exercise for the year. It has been a fabulous show. We’ve been coming to this show for since 2002, and it keeps getting better and better for us. (You can find this twice-a-year show … Read more
I don’t know how Amazon picked its name. But. they are the largest online retailer in the world, just like the Amazon River is the largest in the world. How did they get so big? Not overnight, that’s for sure. They started small and grew. That’s how any home-based business starts — small. In the … Read more
Our Amazon business sure makes it easy for us to be successful. It’s an easy process to find and replenish profitable products. But, there can be hazards. One of our students had the ultimate in hazards happen. Amazon suspended them. And after spending a month working with Seller Support, got the “you’re-finished-don’t-call-again” email. This seems … Read more
To give some perspective to some of the big sales numbers you might be seeing that might discourage you. Sandi and I started selling on eBay in 2002. We did a few hundred $ the first couple years – total, then sales grew. We were unemployed and close to retirement. The earliest year I have … Read more
“What should I sell?” or “How do you find something to sell?” This is pretty much the first question anyone asks when thinking about selling online. It’s the same for selling on Amazon. “What should I sell and how do I find it?” I recently did a quick “count” and found that there are MORE … Read more
We’ve been dong this FBA business since 2013. We’ve been successful, and made a fair bit of money. But, as with anything, it all soon becomes routine and seems like work. That’s why getting someone new up and running is so important to us. It re-invigorates us and gets us back on track to success. … Read more
I’ve had several businesses. I’ve failed, and I’ve succeeded. Turns out that the difference between success and failure is just some small details. Details that often get overlooked in the crush of daily activities.
You either move towards success, or you move towards failure. You get to choose.
I spent 10 years on the road as a management consultant. I wasn’t with a big company, but we had clients all over the US and Canada. I was pretty good at my job. My job was to identify and break apart any bottle-necks or log-jams that got in the way of success for my … Read more