The Australian Seller

G’day, G’day everybody! This episode please welcome good friend of the show and a great friend of mine, Gary Huang form the 7 Figure Seller Summit which is beginning next week from the 16 th – 20 th August 2021 Gary was pioneering virtual events before the pandemic hit, so he’s the grand master when it comes holding online events! There’s a galaxy of expert speakers over 5 days, covering everythin...

This episode please make welcome Candy Birchill from www.candealonline.com.au . Candy started her journey selling online by visiting Markets in Poland and selling products she found there on eBay Germany before starting on Amazon in Germany as well. After a disastrous failure with her first private label product, she decided to fly to Yiwu China to try and find another product to private label. Th...

This episode please make welcome Verity Sewell from www.smartlittlespace.com . Verity’s super experienced in the Amazon space, she first started selling on Amazon way back in 2012. She’s also helped literally hundreds of brands when she worked at Hamish Conway’s agency, Sell Global . While Verity has immense Amazon experience, she’s super passionate about Brand building and that’s the main focus o...

G’day, G’day everybody! This episode we welcome back to the show Meghla Bhardwaj and Marg Jolly from the India Sourcing Network. They sent me a wonderful sampler package of handmade goodies all crafted in India. Their new venture, India Sourcing Network is open for business where you can find suppliers for Indian Made products. In this episode we learn about the India Sourcing Network and also dis...

This week we’re joined by Regina Peterburgsky from the Women on Amazon Podcast to discuss Amazon’s really surprising move that allows Brand Registered Sellers to contact Amazon’s customers who’ve left a 3 Star (or below) review. In some ways this is quite a controversial development as Amazon has, (up until now), been trigger happy to suspend sellers if they’ve tried to influence reviews on Amazon...

This episode we welcome an Australian Amazon Seller, Jason Hetherington who in 2 short years has built a Million dollar brand selling on Amazon and his own website. Like so many successful sellers, he’s built a raving community fanbase of over 20,000 peeps which has helped with everything from product development, launching new products on Amazon and most importantly the value of his business when...

This week we’re joined by Liz Cassidy from FBA Prep Services Australia whom I previously Interviewed way back in 2019 (episode 61) about the best categories to sell in on Amazon Australia: http://pwb.xts.mybluehost.me/staging/9188/061 Today Liz and I talk about Amazon’s new-ish virtual Bundle feature, as well as Amazon Handmade and we compare Australia’s various Marketplaces. There’s a lot to unpa...

This week you and I are joined by Adrian Johnston from Una-Brands who buy Amazon businesses owned by Australians and Kiwi’s. They’ve got a big pile of cash to spend in the next 6-9 months and are looking to spend it on Amazon and ecommerce businesses! So if you’re thinking of exiting your Amazon business and taking some cash off the table, Adrian walks you through what a company like his is lookin...

This week’s guest is none other than CEO Jon Tilley from Zonguru an Amazon Seller Tool which helps with Product Research, keyword research and lots more. More importantly it’s the first tool to add Amazon Australia to its list of supported marketplaces. Since Jon and I recorded this last week, Helium 10 has also launched in Australia, however, at this stage x-Ray doesn’t work. Anyway, today Jon an...

Welcome back to the show, great to have your company. This week’s guest is Jason Lee from https://www.thefbaflipper.com . Jason’s firm (or brokerage) helps people and businesses who want to buy China-based FBA businesses. FBAFlipper is the ONLY broker who knows the Western FBA space, the Chinese FBA Space and M&A. Jason has looked at over 400 ecommerce businesses for sale and he also sells on...

In today’s episode please make welcome back to the show Phil Leahy – the CEO of Retail Global. Phil and I last chatted on the show back in 2019 about Australia’s Big 4 Marketplaces, eBay, Amazon, Catch and Kogan. We chat today about the effect that the pandemic had on ecommerce here in Australia both for marketplaces and pure-play ecommerce retailers like Lovehoney. Turns out that sex and booze di...

In a bald-faced dose of nepotism, today’s guest is none-other than my very own brother Mike. It didn’t take long for us to forget we were recording and spill the beans on the products he and I sell and partner on in Europe. We go in depth on Our ‘entrepreneurial’ journey working together as siblings what it takes to sell in a post-brexit Amazon Europe, our issues with mislabeled inventory that cos...

Welcome back to the first show for 2021! Today’s guest is Linn, one of my coaching students who I’ve had the privilege to work with over the last year or so. I reckon Linn has all the qualities you need to be successful selling on Amazon; tenacity, persistence, an ability to overcome obstacles and an attention to detail, especially when it comes to customer experience and branding. She’s now sitti...

In today’s episode please make welcome the effervescent Julia Christie. Julia is the proud mum of 3 little-un’s and the inventor of an amazing product called the Nail Snail . As you know, inventing products is a passion of mine. Just coming up with an idea is hard enough, but seeing it all the way through to commercial success is a battle! For Julia, it was an idea which came to her after injuring...

In this episode we welcome back to the show Meghla Bhardwaj from India Sourcing Trip and Steven Selikoff from Product Sourcing academy . On the 10-12 th November 2020 Global Sources Summit is running the Global Sources Virtual Summit which is an event very close to my heart, as it was the first speaking gig I ever had talking about Selling on Amazon in 2015. Meghla’s coordinating the event, Steven...

This week we’re joined by Amazon industry titans, Howard “The Professor of Amazon” Thai and Anthony Lee from Signalytics . I first met Anthony HK way back at GSS 2015 and we did a podcast interview in Feb of 2018 ( episode 015 ): I also met Howard at GSS – in Oct 2018.  Since then they’ve both become partners in their new venture at Signalytics which helps Amazon brands launch their products using...

Thanks for tuning into this, the 100’th episode of the show! I started the podcast in September of 2017 – 3 years ago almost to the day… Since then there have been 70,000 downloads of the podcast which works out to (obviously) 700 listens per episode! The show has a 4.9 star review rating on iTunes (very excited to see my first 1-star review this month – thank you to that person!) I don’t make any...

This week I’m joined by Refael Elbaz CEO of Unicargo.com a dedicated Amazon Freight forwarding company. As you’ll soon hear, there’s nothing Refael doesn’t know about shipping your goods from anywhere in the world to Amazon. We discuss everything from the dramatic impact Covid’s had on the Freight forwarding and Global logistics industry through to the tariffs and how you can save a lot of money s...

This week please welcome Zack Franklin who amongst other things is a veteran Amazon seller, based in Shenzhen who consulted to 7, 8 and 9 figure Amazon businesses within China. I first met Zack in Hong Kong a few years ago when he spoke about being a ‘One Man Army’ – about the benefits DIY’ing as much as possible instead of outsourcing everything – which was then, and still is now, accepted wisdom...

This week I’m joined by rising star and 7 Figure Amazon seller Sharon Even from Amazon FBA Alphas . Sharon’s a mum, a wife, a coach and runs a big Amazon Business – she’s amazing. We met for the first time when we joined Norm Farrar on Danny McMillan’s seller sessions show where we showed off our failed products . Anyway, today Sharon and I chat about Product research for Covid and Beyond. Then we...

Today I welcome the eBay Queen, Katrina Kail from Reboot Retail and today we explore the differences between selling on Amazon vs. eBay here in Australia! As will soon become clear during our chat, I know virtually NOTHING about selling on eBay so I take the Amazon corner. Kat knows everything about selling on eBay so she explains how things work on Australia’s biggest marketplace. It’s a fun chat...

Delighted to welcome Norman Farrar (AKA, The Beard Guy and frankly, one of the nicest people in the industry) to the show this week to chat through how he uses old fashioned Press Releases to dominate rankings on Google but also for products on Amazon. Then we discuss one of Amazon’s latest new features, Amazon Posts which has been in Beta for around 6-7 months and is now starting to roll out to B...

Today we welcome back to the show Gary Huang, host of the 7 Figure Seller Summit. https://7figuresellersummit.com/  Each year Gary invites around 20, 7 figure sellers onto his Virtual Summit, names such as Tim Jordan, Brandon Dupsky, Chris Davey, Michael Michelini, Mike Jackness and many, many others who share their secrets to 7 figure Amazon success. These aren’t a bunch of Guru’s trying to sell...

Today I welcome Singapore-based Global Amazon and eCommerce seller, Jason Tay! So Jason’s journey started after he left his History Teaching job to create a business. Eventually discovering Amazon via a packet of noodles, he tried private label in 2013 and hasn’t looked back. Interestingly, in spite of his enormous success, he still places little bets; after all these years, the most he’s ever inv...

Today I welcome Meghla back to the show; you might remember her from The India Sourcing Trip , The Asian Seller Podcast and works at Global Sources. Meghla, Marg Jolly and Kevin Oldham have been running virtual sourcing webinars out of India, speaking to suppliers, manufacturers and Factory owners about the businesses, the products they make and how they’re manufactured. This model of virtual sour...