The Full-Time FBA Show - Amazon Reseller Strategies & Stories

Today we're going to be talking (rather uncharacteristically) about FBM, Fulfillment By Merchant, and whether you should merchant fulfill some of your inventory via Amazon in Q4. Although FBA is generally a better option than merchant fulfilling, there are times during the year, especially during Q4, where merchant fulfilling might be a good option. In this episode, we discuss the difference betwe...

What is the Amazon Buy Box, and what does it mean if it's suppressed? In this episode, we walk you through all things Buy Box -- from the three main reasons Amazon suppresses the Buy Box and the implications it may have for you as the seller, to what you can do to restore a suppressed Buy Box. For all the insight you need on how to get that Buy Box back in its rightful place on the product page, t...

There's plenty of information out there about what to do in your Amazon FBA business during the lucrative fourth quarter of the financial year, but we're here to tell you about some hugely important things not to do! In this episode, we talk about everything Q4, and hit on the most common mistakes that sellers make during these 3 amazing months. This episode covers 7 major money, energy, and time-...

Today we're talking all about Black Friday and how to get the most out of a day that has so much to offer for Amazon sellers. We kick off the discussion with some helpful retail arbitrage tips that can keep your in-store Black Friday action speedy and efficient. Then we turn to discuss how Black Friday sales are more than just the one big day of the year. Retailers will also be providing other gre...

As a reseller on Amazon, you're predominantly going to be looking for low-ranking inventory items to resell. Generally speaking, the lower the rank, the faster the item will sell. For this reason, many people are afraid of buying inventory with a high sales rank. This week on The Full-Time FBA Show, we bring you the final episode in our October Fear Series, where we discuss the four instances when...

Welcome to the third installment of our 2021 October Fears Series! In today's episode, we'll be discussing a common theme in the world of FBA: the fear of branching out into new categories in the Amazon catalog. Many people, when they first start selling on Amazon, start by selling in only one or two different categories in the Amazon catalog. This could be for a multitude of reasons, but truth be...

This week, we'll be talking about a fear that many of us are all too familiar with: the fear of leaving a sourcing expedition with an empty cart. It's easy to think that this fear only applies to physical retail shopping, but it's actually relevant to any kind of sourcing, whether it's in person or online. Today we want to help you overcome the fear of not finding any inventory, because sometimes...

For many people, fear holds them back from turning their part-time selling into a full-time income. In this episode, we address how you can overcome your fear of going too deep on an inventory item. Stephen and Rebecca take us through what it means to "go too deep" and how it affects your profit margin and turnover time. We break down where your investment should go and why it's important to diver...

Google Chrome, in our opinion, is the best browser for doing online arbitrage or wholesale sourcing because extensions for Chrome are so widely available. Today on the show, we are going to be talking about the top Google Chrome extensions for Amazon sellers. These are going to be some amazing tools that you're going to want to check out and see if they could be helpful for you in your FBA busines...

Burnout, and avoiding it, is an important topic if you are wanting to run your business long-term. Building a long-term business is like running a marathon, not a quick sprint, so it's vital to your business health and personal health to find a way to avoid getting burnt out, and that's exactly what we're going to be talking about on today's show. We'll be speaking from our own experience of burno...

If you're struggling to know what to do next in your Amazon business, you are not alone. We are all at different stages with our business, and sometimes it can be tough knowing what to do next. In this episode, we'll be sharing some of the tips and tricks we've learned over the years, as well as what we wished we'd known when we were first starting out. On today's episode, we unpack five key quest...

This week we celebrate episode number 100 with a jam packed podcast episode! In today's podcast we'll be covering the top Amazon reseller lessons that we've learned over the span of the first 100 episodes. It was hard to narrow down from 100 episodes to come up with our top ten, but that's what we'll discuss today. In today's show we'll cover four sourcing lessons, three sales & profit lessons, tw...

It happens to all of us; we end up with inventory that isn't moving as fast as we would like. That's why, in today's episode of the Full-Time FBA Show, we share five different ways you can increase sales on slow moving inventory! You'll learn more about price adjustment strategies, checking for improvements on the product page, setting up advertising, and something seasoned Amazon sellers call "fe...

One of the questions we get asked a lot is "Is selling on Amazon a saturated business model?" Many people believe that there are just too many sellers for the current demand of items to buy on Amazon. Today we unpack this question. In a saturated marketplace, sellers can only achieve growth by taking the market share away from other competitors and that can be incredibly challenging. Tune in today...

If you feel like you are in a rut when it comes to sourcing inventory, then this episode is especially for you. While it's good to get into a routine of what you buy and where you source goods, it can limit your options and cause you to lose out on potential selling opportunities. In today's episode, we talk about seven ways to find more inventory to sell on Amazon. From expanding the categories o...

Here at The Full-Time FBA Show, we do retail arbitrage, online arbitrage, and wholesale, and one of the questions we get asked a lot is, "When are you going to start doing private labeling?" Well, we're not. Many people believe that the real money to be made on Amazon is found in private labeling, but this is not necessarily the case. Today we define the two different types of private labeling, wh...

Due to legislative changes in the US, Amazon has had to send out a bevy of compliance requests to sellers for a seemingly unrelated series of product types, ranging from pesticides to towels to toys. In today's episode, Stephen and Rebecca look at what exactly is causing Amazon to send these compliance requests, why particular products are being affected, and what sellers can do upon receiving com...

On today's episode, we give you a full rundown of what the The Wholesale Formula course entails, how it compares to others that cover the same topic, and how each of us has benefited from doing it to help you make an informed decision. We kick off our episode by sharing our personal experiences with the course and letting you know when it is next available for you to enroll. We also share three ma...

"How can I make a profit while adding value to the brand whose products I am selling?" This is the question you need to ask yourself when starting an Amazon wholesale business, according to Dylan Frost, co-founder of The Wholesale Formula, who has sold over 30 million dollars worth of products on Amazon! Dylan joins us on the show today to share some of the knowledge he has accumulated over many y...

There are a lot of factors to take into consideration when becoming an Amazon wholesale seller. In today's episode, Stephen and Rebecca run through the 8 key elements which will ensure that you start this journey on the right foot. Among other things, they explain the importance of setting up an Amazon Pro account and selling wholesale items via FBA (rather than FBM), the benefits of creating an o...

When it comes to learning how to sell on Amazon, how to learn any particular Amazon reseller related skill, or how to improve your business, there is a ton of free information online. There is also a lot of paid information out there, which is why, in today's episode, we are going to help you sort through the noise. Having our own Amazon FBA business means that we have waded through our fair share...

Whether you've just started selling on Amazon or you've been doing so for a few years, you are likely to have some questions about how the Amazon landscape has changed in recent times. In today's episode, we go deep on that topic and give you some valuable tips to navigate the changed selling environment to get the most out of it. We confirm that things are, in fact, both easier and harder than th...

Today on The Full-Time FBA Show, we follow up on last week's discussion on the topic of replens: items you can source and send to Amazon which sell so quickly that they continuously need replenishing. In this episode, we're going to talk about four types of replens that you should be selling on Amazon; not specific items, but the types of items. You'll hear how we came up with these four different...

In today's episode of the Full-Time FBA Show, we talk about how replenishables (or "replens" for short), can boost your sales and your profits in your Amazon FBA business. We kick off our episode by defining the term "replens" and unpacking what constitutes a good replen. Next, we talk about our 2020 top sellers and tell you why we think that Amazon sellers should consider adjusting their sourcing...

Here at The Full-Time FBA Show, we get lots of questions from the Full-Time FBA community. What we have found is that often those questions are based on misunderstandings. In today's episode, we'll address the three most common wrong questions that Amazon sellers ask, explain why they are wrong, and tell you what questions you should be asking instead. We'll also provide you with some helpful reso...