The Smartest Amazon Seller

How to tell if you are missing out on Brand Storefront, or if it is just a waste of time.

Everyone has challenges getting inventory into Amazon. https://myfbaprep.com/ with Taylor Smits makes this process much easier. Learn how they help!

Come a long as Scott helps define and discover the categories most fit for your selling.

Why would Scott build a company that he didn't want to sell? Come a long to find out!

Follow along as Scott talks about Perfect Competition. What are the requirements for a marketplace to be described as perfect competition, how perfect competition applies to Amazon and how Amazon breaks it down.

Whether or not to give rebates is a heavy debate in the community. I bring in the founder of rebaid and discuss whether it's a viable strategy today. Interview with Brendon Fields of www.rebaid.com

The best way to build your sales off of Amazon is to start building lists. This becomes traffic you own and I talk with Drew Juarez who's done this many times. I've seen him work his magic in person and I'm a big fan of what he does and what he has to share. Get your lists built at www.buildmycustomerlist.com

Ben built an Amazon business which became one of Thrasio's first acquisitions in the EU marketplaces. We talk about what it means to remove yourself from a business and start with selling in mind. This is in jumping hoops on Amazon and protecting your brands with IP. https://www.benleonard.pro/

Mike Reezy, AKA @reezyresells has been a longtime Amazon book seller and has grown several businesses including a media business inside his Amazon story. His story definitely will resonate with those in the early stages of starting their Amazon career. He knows retail arbitrage better than most.

Here's the link to the case study. It's quite well documented and you will see that a very natural approach to making sponsored brands a more compelling advertisement. https://www.reddit.com/r/FulfillmentByAmazon/comments/lfhxyg/with_gds_help_how_we_made_425000_in_6_months_from/

Jason Miles has been on Shopify for quite some time and has been able to share that success with many others. He also is sharing a challenge for those looking to get started in a profitable and growing Amazon business. Check it out at www.replenschallenge.com

Talking with Journalist Paul Armstrong on what it is like to cover the most ambitious company of our generation. Every week Paul gives interesting information regarding the company and helps us have the best of the best. Check it out. https://whatdidamazondothisweek.substack.com/

We bring in the GM of BuyBoxer Services to talk about brand building and what you should consider if you're building a brand or you're building many brands. Dan has been instrumental in many successful ecommerce businesses and so we're thrilled to have him lead our services team. www.buyboxerservices.com to learn more!

James Stein of Elevate Brands has the rags to riches story. From starting a retail arbitrage business and scaling that to heights I haven't heard of into buying other private label businesses. This is one of the most natural conversation podcast episodes. We have similarities but a lot of motivational points that left me very entertained and simply just having fun.

Amazon VAT services are offering something quite unique. Free VAT taxes for a year. Hurry, offer expires at the end of march!!! https://services.amazon.co.uk/services/vat-services-on-amazon.html?ref=UK_header_VATAMZN Then I'm launching my course. My best ideas organized in one place! Check it out for the early bird pricing! https://www.smartestamazonseller.com/webinar-sign-up

Everyone talks about optimizing the primary image, well here's a strategy for focusing on the second image on a product page. These are the best chances to engage with your customer and share your brand.

Excellent episode where we dive in with Amazon SEO Expert Steven Pope on how to get products better attention and love from the Amazon algorithms. Getting products indexed is more important than ever and can help catapult your products to new heights!

I take an deep dive on an electronics seller and how they leveraged existing brands to create better products for shoppers. Wholesaling can act a lot like private label if you have the right creativity. Check out the Amazon Seller Map here: https://app.smartscout.pro/pub/seller-map-preview

Today I talk about the Frequently bought together widget on Amazon product pages. The reason we're covering it, is because SmartScout has brought a new tool to the market that uses this to create a unique discovery tool. The traffic graph is very useful for advertisers, product research and competitor research. You find complementary products. To learn how to redirect Amazon Traffic: https://www.s...

I talk with a long time wholesale expert Dan Meaders who has been a pioneer in teaching other people about the wholesale model of selling on Amazon. His story is uniquely inspiring and I try and figure out what more we can learn. Dan and his business partner Dylan are actually hosting a Free, Live Workshop event coming up this month where they'll be teaching the reverse sourcing wholesale method t...

We are looking to get our business VAT compliant and so I talk with hellotax that specializes in this service for european Amazon sellers. Czech it out!

Chris Mccabe is a former Amazonian on one of the if not the premiere expert on Amazon compliance. When my team is looking for expert advice, we turn to see what Chris has to say. To learn more about how to keep our account up, check out https://www.ecommercechris.com/

Today I talk with seller snap, a premiere repricer and talk about the ideas that go into making sure that repricing is in the best spot possible for your products.

I have personally learned some awesome ideas of advertising on Amazon from Destaney Wishon. That's why I'm pleased to bring her onto the show and figure out how to grow and scale advertising. Her stories about how small brands really take it to the limit against larger brands is inspiring on its own.

Greg Elfrink with the empire flippers team has seen some unexpected growth in 2020. With Covid and the new money that is entering the space it was a delight to hear about the interesting ways that they've seen growth. I personally really enjoyed using empire flippers and learned as much on the show. Enjoy!