Labels, Barcodes, Numbers, and Codes — What They Are and Where and Why You Need Them

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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

Q4 Update – 2019

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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

Now, to Get Back on Track – Read Our Book

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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! After Nearly a Year, We're Back Online!

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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

How We Lost $40,000 So Far This Year

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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

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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

Doing Business as a Business

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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

List It! Get Your Purchase “On the Shelf”!

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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

Find It! Find Profitable Products to Sell.

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Profitable. That’s the primary characteristic of a successful FBA product. You make your profit when you buy it. Then, it has to sell. DUH! You can make all sorts of buys of products, but if there is no profit in it, then it is worthless, or a drag on your bank account. Now, it’s OK … Read more

Find It, List It, Ship It, Repeat!

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I was thinking about success with Amazon’s FBA (Fulfilled By Amazon). It boils down to the 3 topics in this blog Title. Find It! Find Profitable items to sell. List It! Get it “on the shelf”. Ship It! Get it to Amazon’s warehouses. Repeat! Do it again — and again — and again — and… … Read more