All About Prepping Your Inventory

You’ll have to get your products ready for shipment and storage at an Amazon FC (Fulfillment Center). This is called Preparation or Prep. What and how much you will have to do will depend on the product, and how you’ve decided to manage your inventory. You will be labeling, bagging, boxing and generally protecting your … Read more

Amazon’s Virtual Bundle for Brand Registry FBA

A few months ago, Amazon announced a new feature for Brand Registry FBA Sellers: Virtual Bundles. I’ve known about them since then, but only recently took at a look for a client. Virtual Bundles really look useful for those of us with several ASINs in FBA that look to be complimentary. In a typical Bundle … Read more

Test, Test, Test

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

How We Lost $40,000 So Far This Year

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

Gearing Up for Q4

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

What Should I Sell?

“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