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Send us Fan Mail Client of My Amazon Guy 1.5 Years. Wayne: 'Lowered ACOS and “saved my business.”' Lens Swap is a sunglasses lens replacement company.  Started on eBay.  Read a book Rich Dad Poor Dad (Endorsed by MAG too!) I was on a sales call, customer said “Like a Lens Swap?” And that’s how business was made. What makes you a serial entrepreneur? My kids screaming Misconception of mon...

Send us Fan Mail Link to setup NARF . Video on setting up Remote Fulfillment .  September 29, 2020 Selling in Canada and Mexico just got easier To simplify cross-border selling, we’ve created a Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program that lets you fulfill orders in Canada and Mexico with your US FBA inventory. Remote Fulfillment with FBA saves you the trouble of managing multi-country inventory, cross...

Send us Fan Mail Kickfurther talks about financing best practices and is giving away $250,000 in no-cost financing this month. https://grow.kickfurther.com/2020-giveaway What is Kickfurther?  Get fast funding for up to $2M in inventory for a cost up to 30% cheaper than other financing options. Kickurther funds are available when you need to pay your suppliers.  How did you come up with the idea fo...

Send us Fan Mail My Amazon Guy is proud to announce we have upgraded our advertising management service offering. Within the next two weeks all MAG clients we manage advertising for will start to use our newly developed proprietary advertising system we are calling MAGADS.    MAGADS is a series of techniques combined with advanced macros to optimize current advertising efforts. With the new techno...

Send us Fan Mail Steven Pope talks about why you shouldn't give away your margins when everybody is going to stock out this year. An internal Amazon email seen by The Verge confirms that its Prime Day shopping event will take place October 13th and 14th, and that the company will make an official announcement September 27th.  https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21450957/amazon-prime-day-octobe...

Send us Fan Mail Amazing Exits launches today as a company and podcast. What does it take to sell your business? In today’s podcast I speak to Paul Miller and Kellianne Fedio of Amazing Exits. We talk about goal setting, planning, mistakes and best practices so you can get an Amazing Exit when you sell your Amazon business. How to Exit  Kellianne's background/experience as a successful Amazon...

Send us Fan Mail Fake review news story from CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/06/amazon-reviews-thousands-are-fake-heres-how-to-spot-them.html Customers are reading reviews online-review-statistics-2019 Nearly 95% of shoppers read online reviews before making a purchase (Spiegel Research Center, 2017)  94% of customers read online reviews (Fan and Fuel, 2016) 93% of local consumers use reviews to...

Send us Fan Mail Amazon.com Inc. plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs all over the U.S., according to people familiar with the plans. The facilities, which will eventually number about 1,500, will bring products closer to customers, making shopping online about as fast as a quick run to the store. It will also help the world’s largest e-commerce company take on a resurgent...

Send us Fan Mail Get new images at POW . My Amazon Guy photo guide .  Creating an Amazon Listing that generates sales and builds a brand takes a lot of work. You have to have titles optimized, copy in place for title and descriptions, backend keywords added, clear photos, and much more. Today, we’re going to talk about optimizing our photos to ensure that we catch the eyes of customers and convert...

Send us Fan Mail Full policy update here: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/rainier/help/legal/Communication_Guidelines_English_US_090820.pdf Watch the CNBC story on fake reviews https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/09/06/fake-reviews-are-all-over-amazon-and-its-getting-harder-to-spot-them.html Communication Guidelines As part of selling on the Amazon store, sellers communicate with buyers both di...

Send us Fan Mail Bradley Sutton - Director of Training, Chief Evangelist sits down with us to talk about overlooked keyword product strategies, how to handle Q4 inventory issues, and some PPC tips to grow your Amazon sales. Be sure to subscribe to Bradley's podcast the Serious Sellers Podcast. https://www.helium10.com/podcast/ Keyword Research Strategies Buyer’s viewpoint Look at pinterest, e...

Send us Fan Mail Good companies get bigger, or evolve. Great companies do both. Examples of companies that did not evolve Blockbuster, Kodak. Examples of companies that did not get bigger. our neighbor’s startup you never heard of.  It should be obvious why a company needs to both evolve and get bigger, but this isn’t practiced by many. Amazon is probably the greatest example of a company that suc...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first time Mitchell has been on a podcast, so you're getting an exclusive look at what it takes to run a large publicly traded company in eCommerce. We discuss Etail's journey, their new brand name, and how to compete with Amazon. Steven Pope also went onto the etailz podcast with  CEO Kunal Chopra. Discuss etailz's journey Mitchell has been with etailz...

Send us Fan Mail What's going with Amazon operations ahead of Q4? Today, we attended a virtual presentation by Amazon’s head of worldwide supply chain Devesh Mishra, who is a 15-year Amazon veteran, and provided perspective and information on how Amazon is managing operations ahead of the Q4 peak season, new investments in supply chains and operations, and support of FBA/3P sellers. Key highl...

Send us Fan Mail Paul's technology and Amazon app background is impressive. Not only did he start the first automated email software for Amazon called Feedback Genius, he spun off Snagshout and Massview. We sit down and talk about technology, external traffic on Amazon, Walmart, and his own fitness business he sells on Amazon. How are you launching Amazon products right now? Look at the highe...

Send us Fan Mail So, one of Steven's clients sells sporting goods rope and tie-downs for like boats and kayaks BUT someone decided to use the rope for Japanese sexual bondage and then included a photo on their five-star Amazon review and because of this one review Amazon changed the product category from sporting goods to "Adult" and Steven's client is now freaking out 😅 He&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Gilliam, Owner of Coletti Coffee, who is Army Chaplain in Germany selling on Amazon.com in the US sits down to talk about his experiences and how religions and business go together. So you are an army chaplain... Why did you go into business? What has religion taught you that you apply to business? Does moving around a lot in the army affect running your ecom business? Sizing...

Send us Fan Mail This list of questions comes from Quiet Light Brokerage to help their audience learn how to better sell on Amazon. 1. What you need to start an Amazon FBA business? (This is obviously pretty broad; I think it could be useful to break this down into different subsections — time commitment, business experience, etc.) 2. How to find profitable Amazon FBA business ideas/products that...

Send us Fan Mail Adam Wilkens owner of Dotcomreps and author of Selling on Amazon: How to Sell on Amazon for Beginners . He has 12 years of experience selling on Amazon. Current Events with Data Bugs: Case issues Catalog team not accessible Hard to find a webcam in USA Brand Registry fragmented Seller support hanging up on you - going to voicemail after 20 min hold times. Trademarks and brand regi...

Send us Fan Mail What are the secrets to sourcing products? Today we talk to an expert who will reveal his 7 secrets. Norman Farrar is a entrepreneur who provides online marketing and managed eCommerce solutions for brands. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz and 20th Century Fox. Since the early 1990s, Norman has focused on helping entrepreneurs optimize thei...

Send us Fan Mail Virtual Bundles - Out. Recommend ignoring. Video advertising - In, hottest thing to do right now. NARF - remote fulfillment, may be coming out of beta in next 2 weeks. Keep an eye out if you haven’t gotten access yet, you might soon. This is shipping out of USA FBA into Canada and Mexico for an easy 3% sales growth. Custom Brand Headline ads - still under tapped. Display ads - cat...

Send us Fan Mail Ola Gambari is a co-owner of a million dollar empire Fresher Products with brands Hungry Fan, Arctic Chill, Grillhogs, and more. Today we talk to Ola about his journey. What went right, what went wrong, and how he built his 7-figure business. www.hungryfan.com Ola as I understand it you’re an actual Nigerian Prince?  Is Amazon passive income for you? Tell me your Amazon journey. S...

Send us Fan Mail Your inbox should be at 0 unread each day. This podcast talks about the organizational strategy behind a zero unread inbox. Organization Won’t miss anything Create templates for copy and paste Intro Calendar setups - calendly Filters Mark as read and dump into a label Auto spam  Don’t use email folders to retrieve information. Fast Company: “REFRAME THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR IN...

Send us Fan Mail We did a podcast with Welcome to Growth with Jonathan Lyman and Dillon Carter and these guys were a blast to talk to. So we invited them onto the My Amazon Guy podcast to talk about how they are launching a coffee brand.  How to go live See Amazon as an acquisition channel. See high life time value from repeat orders. Just getting started in Amazon.  Found source for roaster local...