👻**OFFICIAL Amazon FBA Thread**- AmazonBrah

[Insanity247]

I seem to have hit a wall at 5k per month in sales though...

[KidSchutty]

No clue, I ship everything air. Is your order the size of school bus or the size of a microwave? Obviously this will dramatically change the cost of shipping.

You really can't be sure about quality control when using a new supplier for the first time. Say the item doesn't match the samples, or they ship the wrong order, or you bought red and they shipped blue, or anything that might make a customer unsatisfied. It would cause you a total chitstorm. A wave of returns would damage your seller rating. A wave of bad reviews would completely kill the listing. A full order will ship to a distro center and then be broken up into shipments to 15 different states. So then if you want to get the item back to China, you have to pay $0.50/item plus shipping from all over the country just to get it back to you. Or it may end up being in your best interest to pay $0.15/item to have Amazon destroy them.

Even though it may be unlikely, it could completely fuk you if it goes badly.

You make a compelling argument! I will have my first order shipped to me first then. Unfortunately I'm going to be missing out on the holiday season regardless.

[RICKY_BOBBY]

Sourcing RA is tiring as hell. Walmart just seems to have the most laziest workers in the world.

I seem to have hit a wall at 5k per month in sales though...

Why? 5k all day.

[McDoubles]

anyone know if sites like liquidation.com and other bulk actions work for them?
Bout to spend $1000+ on a site please help I have no experience in buying from those sites but the deals are good

[Who?]

Anyone buy from Alibaba and just ship it straight to Amazon? From some of the posts ITT it seems like some people go around to retail stores, buy their product, and then resell it. That doesn't seem viable because the margins would be so tight.

[RICKY_BOBBY]

What inventory tracker are you guys using?

Anyone buy from Alibaba and just ship it straight to Amazon? From some of the posts ITT it seems like some people go around to retail stores, buy their product, and then resell it. That doesn't seem viable because the margins would be so tight.

Arbitrate man. I'm a sourcing machine right now. I sell everything.

I would sell my tight margin asscheeks if needed... meet me in the back in 5 mins.

[playsintrafficc]

Anyone buy from Alibaba and just ship it straight to Amazon? From some of the posts ITT it seems like some people go around to retail stores, buy their product, and then resell it. That doesn't seem viable because the margins would be so tight.

Things aren't always as they seem young padawan. Earning 50-300% on an investment isn't tight margins by any standard.

[HankScorp1o]

Why? 5k all day.

Das it

[Polaris]

Das it

Sheeeiit. I need to take the plunge. I have over 30k put away too, so I certainly have some money to get the ball rolling if need be.

[KidSchutty]

Who typically deals with customs when you import products from china? Your manufacturer or your freight forwarder?

[mike.hunt]

Who typically deals with customs when you import products from china? Your manufacturer or your freight forwarder?

FF should handle that

[RICKY_BOBBY]

das it

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jizzz.. in my pants.

[0p3rator]

how much are you investing upfront to get started? 2K or so?

[Renegade83]

Made my first sale today boys. A few hickups getting everything in the right place but here we go!

[HankScorp1o]

Sheeeiit. I need to take the plunge. I have over 30k put away too, so I certainly have some money to get the ball rolling if need be.

Roll that ball breh.

how much are you investing upfront to get started? 2K or so?

That would be on the very low end. You're better off starting with 5-10k if at all possible, and scaling from there

[Tosma]

What's up with Amazon artificially high price ? I understand how third party sellers could do it but
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RDIO93G
http://www.amazon.com/Invicta-19708S...SIN=B0157BVFBE

[HankScorp1o]

What's up with Amazon artificially high price ? I understand how third party sellers could do it but
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RDIO93G
http://www.amazon.com/Invicta-19708S...SIN=B0157BVFBE

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Both of those were clearly edited by third party sellers and the first one is being sold by a third party seller. You can change the MSRP for a listing in seller central, and it's very easy. They're doing that because part of what Amazon's a9 keyword ranking algorithm takes into consideration is the amount off of MSRP that the item is selling at. Supposedly it only works up to a certain percentage off but you'll still see idiots listing things that sell for $10 with a false MSRP of $500 and whatnot.

[mike.hunt]

Both of those were clearly edited by third party sellers and the first one is being sold by a third party seller. You can change the MSRP for a listing in seller central, and it's very easy. They're doing that because part of what Amazon's a9 keyword ranking algorithm takes into consideration is the amount off of MSRP that the item is selling at. Supposedly it only works up to a certain percentage off but you'll still see idiots listing things that sell for $10 with a false MSRP of $500 and whatnot.

Intredesting, I didn't know percent off effected ranking.

[RICKY_BOBBY]

Made my first sale today boys. A few hickups getting everything in the right place but here we go!

FBA or merch?

[mike.hunt]

Dunno how you bros make it with OAXRAY. I checked Walmart, Target, Kohls, Hasbro, Lego barely anything with 30%+ ROI and then you gotta factor in tax and shipping to AZ, not to mention all the bottom chasers that will probably jump on those items too.

This is my best month ever with RA but I'm about burnt out because its so hard to scale. I'm sold out of all my good inventory and gonna have to bust ass all over again this month to meet goal. I know it would be better doing PL and growing a real business, but for some reason I can't stop RA'ing. I like the thrill of the hunt and that feeling when you find items with 3x return.

[playsintrafficc]

Dunno how you bros make it with OAXRAY. I checked Walmart, Target, Kohls, Hasbro, Lego barely anything with 30%+ ROI and then you gotta factor in tax and shipping to AZ, not to mention all the bottom chasers that will probably jump on those items too.

This is my best month ever with RA but I'm about burnt out because its so hard to scale. I'm sold out of all my good inventory and gonna have to bust ass all over again this month to meet goal. I know it would be better doing PL and growing a real business, but for some reason I can't stop RA'ing. I like the thrill of the hunt and that feeling when you find items with 3x return.

try disney, fisher price and macys, make sure you're looking at no match found items too. surprised you didn't find any RA items in walmart and target, when i looked i found tons of stuff, but very little was available for shipping. also the best items aren't in sale or clearance.

[playsintrafficc]

Anyone doing OA, watch your ass with searsoutlet. I made an order 10/13 for two different items, they contacted me and said they had to cancel all of one of them. So I just reordered it the next day, and that went fine. But not only did they never credit me back for the cancelled order, they never shipped the other items on the order. I just called them and they said they processed me refund as "cash". On an online order. I'm on hold trying to sort it out right now, but that is some seriously shady dealings. Also every time they ship something the email says "tracking #:" and the field is blank so it makes it even harder to trace what the fuk is going on.

I'm finding the hardest part of OA is keeping track of how much of what I buy actually gets shipped and what I'm charged for. I've made purchases that just don't show up, no cancellation emails, and I have to go through all the transactions on my statement to see I wasn't charged. Or items show up in lesser quantities, and again I have to find the transaction, do the math to see whether or not the actual charges make sense.

[amazonbrah]

Anyone doing OA, watch your ass with searsoutlet. I made an order 10/13 for two different items, they contacted me and said they had to cancel all of one of them. So I just reordered it the next day, and that went fine. But not only did they never credit me back for the cancelled order, they never shipped the other items on the order. I just called them and they said they processed me refund as "cash". On an online order. I'm on hold trying to sort it out right now, but that is some seriously shady dealings. Also every time they ship something the email says "tracking #:" and the field is blank so it makes it even harder to trace what the fuk is going on.

I'm finding the hardest part of OA is keeping track of how much of what I buy actually gets shipped and what I'm charged for. I've made purchases that just don't show up, no cancellation emails, and I have to go through all the transactions on my statement to see I wasn't charged. Or
items show up in lesser quantities, and again I have to find the transaction, do the math to see whether or not the actual charges make sense.

start marking all your orders on an excel sheet or google doc. include item info and order number

[bh4tmannn]

Just found this thread, pulled the trigger and invested $6k-7k

[RICKY_BOBBY]

Dunno how you bros make it with OAXRAY. I checked Walmart, Target, Kohls, Hasbro, Lego barely anything with 30%+ ROI and then you gotta factor in tax and shipping to AZ, not to mention all the bottom chasers that will probably jump on those items too.

This is my best month ever with RA but I'm about burnt out because its so hard to scale. I'm sold out of all my good inventory and gonna have to bust ass all over again this month to meet goal. I know it would be better doing PL and growing a real business, but for some reason I can't stop RA'ing. I like the thrill of the hunt and that feeling when you find items with 3x return.

Feel you bro. RA is hard work but finding profits feels good man.

[Insanity247]

Which months are FBA's biggest in terms of Volume?
Oct, Nov, Dec?

Im hoping NOv and Dec kill.
I did 5400.00 in Oct and Im itching for a 5 figure month now.

[Inavan]

Which months are FBA's biggest in terms of Volume?
Oct, Nov, Dec?

Im hoping NOv and Dec kill.
I did 5400.00 in Oct and Im itching for a 5 figure month now.

Black Friday up until a couple days before Christmas is the best time. The peak season is Nov, Dec, and Jan. There are lots of gift cards given out and people tend to spend them through January. People also tend to spend the most money on themselves, so people will also buy the things they wanted but did not get for Christmas.

[playsintrafficc]

start marking all your orders on an excel sheet or google doc. include item info and order number

i'm doing that, but when stores cancel orders, change quantities, and wait weeks to ship without any notice the only way (that i know) to keep track is to compare what shows up at the prep company to what's on my sheet to what i actually got charged.

[amazonbrah]

i'm doing that, but when stores cancel orders, change quantities, and wait weeks to ship without any notice the only way (that i know) to keep track is to compare what shows up at the prep company to what's on my sheet to what i actually got charged.

yeah its a pain in the ass. sitting on 500 in return i need to make atm

along with 1k worth of stranded inventory

[mike.hunt]

Which months are FBA's biggest in terms of Volume?
Oct, Nov, Dec?

Im hoping NOv and Dec kill.
I did 5400.00 in Oct and Im itching for a 5 figure month now.

It's really picking up now. I saw a huge increase in sales this weekend, can't imagine how things will be during December. My body is ready