Many people start FBA businesses part-time, hoping they’ll make enough money to give up the day job. And they make the money, and they give up the day job, and they grow the FBA business… and three or four years down the line, they wake up one morning and realize that in fact, they’ve just got themselves another job.
Continue reading “More money, less work – making your FBA business more efficient”
One of Amazon’s newest developments is live shopping – Amazon Live (https://advertising.amazon.com/en-us/solutions/products/amazon-live?ref_=a20m_us_blg_amzninfl_b_lv). Amazon has recruited – and is still recruiting – influencers to host livestreams.
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FBA is an easy business to get started in – for some people, too easy. While we’re firmly of the mind that you should get started right now, you do need to do some thinking and planning before you take action.
Continue reading ““Don’t ask me how I know that” – FBA rookie mistakes”
Amazon regulates its marketplace to protect buyers. Obviously, it doesn’t want anyone buying a counterfeit product or one that could be harmful to customers. That’s why it prohibits some activities.
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Home decor has traditionally been a bricks-and-mortar sell. Buy a big sectional, and USPS isn’t going to want to deliver it.
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Supply chains all over the world have been disrupted, and it’s costing more to ship products, too. It’s hurt most businesses over the last year, and according to research group IHS Markit, it’s likely to continue this year.
But there are a lot of things you can do to help your business. So let’s look at ways around the supply chain issue.
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There are plenty of people who can’t be bothered to work out their own business model or product – they just want to cream the profit out of someone else’s. Unfortunately, they flourish on Amazon, as some honest sellers have found to their cost.
Continue reading “Beating the Black Hats on Amazon”
Social media content is a great way to promote your FBA products and business. But it’s not something you can do once and then walk away. You have to keep doing it.
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Shipping costs have been rocketing, and supply chains have been disrupted, as growing demand and increased global trade hits pandemic-created problems of quarantine and workforce absences, as well as, in some places, lack of investment in ports and other infrastructure.
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Although the pandemic is certainly not over, we seem to have entered a new phase, with many people vaccinated and boosted, and life is becoming a bit more “normal” day by day. Emotionally, 2020-2021 were years of fear and grief when people turned in on themselves and wanted a safe cocoon. Now, people are beginning to want to pamper themselves; they’re starting to travel again, and they want to buy products that will help them get the most out of life.
Continue reading “Help your customers pamper themselves”