👻**OFFICIAL Amazon FBA Thread**- AmazonBrah

[MetalLover]

Why don't you go back to the product that was crushing it in December? You proved it worked, granted I find December is 3-5x your normal sales, still sounds like it was a good product. Just plan better in term of replenishing before going out of stock.

Yeah I know, brah. I'm thinking of it. Trouble is, a few other PL'ers have moved into that space in the meantime, but none have thought of my bundle thus far.

[robertk232]

Sup brahs just started selling 6 weeks ago. Purchased about $9k of product so far, sold maybe half of my invetory, $10k in sales probably ~$4k in profit. Am I doin alright? Anyone cash in on graduation stuff? Thats been pretty sweet and is probably gonna go for another week

Yes, das it. How much inventory do you have left from initial order. Go your restock coming? Or was it graduation related so gonna be dead in a few weeks?

[ChosenBrah]

Yes, das it. How much inventory do you have left from initial order. Go your restock coming? Or was it graduation related so gonna be dead in a few weeks?

Well the inital order was 1K all of which sold except for 1 used ice cream maker. Just did some trials with prospective inventory so I'm going to put in some larger orders ASAP. I expect the graduation stuff to continue till the end of this week then slow down to a trickle (this one ******* keeps dropping his prices I assume to get rid of his inventory within the week).

[TR88]

Sup brahs just started selling 6 weeks ago. Purchased about $9k of product so far, sold maybe half of my invetory, $10k in sales probably ~$4k in profit. Am I doin alright? Anyone cash in on graduation stuff? Thats been pretty sweet and is probably gonna go for another week

are you doing PL or RA brah ?

[ChosenBrah]

are you doing PL or RA brah ?

Im guessing RA = retail arbitrage whats PL? I'm sourcing wholesale products

[Gsxr25]

Im guessing RA = retail arbitrage whats PL? I'm sourcing wholesale products

Private label

[McDoubles]

Ya'll brahs ready for mid-July sales boom?

[ChosenBrah]

Private label

O right not that advanced yet haha one day SOON

Ya'll brahs ready for mid-July sales boom?

Prime day? Whats the dealio with that aware me plz

[Mastermuffin]

Sales blew up for me and was selling 3x as much for the last week. Ran out of stock yesterday and my new order doesn't get here till Friday feels bad running out of stock...

[TylerDerpden]

Errm wtf...so a little while ago I was watching a live webinar with Mike Collins...he's opening his course back up for the next week so I guess he did a webinar to promote it and answer peoples questions and whatnot. Was a pretty good webinar...dude sounded super knowledgeable about Amazon...yada yada...I swear I was almost thinking about joining...

...then someone posts this link in the chat box lol

http://www.panama-guide.com/article....10517100557242

more

http://www.panama-guide.com/article....10518082522817

Wtf is this chit lol? Does anybody know anything about this?

[visionz1234]

I guess this is why I'm getting nowhere. I just cannot conceptualise the idea behind finding a good product. I've read all the advice, been given tips, but I just find things that are saturated to all hell, or just have nobody selling them and or have poor demand.

I just can't seem to come up with ideas for anything in between. It's honestly hell, because it's like 90% of the battle. The other 10%; writing copy, finding keywords, getting great pictures done, communicating with suppliers, etc, is all a doddle to me. But if you can't find the products, you're out of the game from the start.

So much fkn this.

[visionz1234]

What are you currently doing to research good products? Unicorn Smasher is a godsend when it comes to finding FBA products (not sure if it's been mentioned already).

Is UnicornSmasher really that much better or more useful than JungleScout?

[Broooseph]

Can I do this as a Canadian?

I'd like to sell on amazon.com, not just .ca

[TCKelsey]

Quick question for the guys that sell products on Amazon.

When your searching for new products to sell, does it matter if another seller has the same exact product already? Like the same generic product you find from China? Are you allowed to sell it also? Obviously it wouldnt be branded. Just the generic Chinese product.


Thanks!

[Mastermuffin]

Quick question for the guys that sell products on Amazon.

When your searching for new products to sell, does it matter if another seller has the same exact product already? Like the same generic product you find from China? Are you allowed to sell it also? Obviously it wouldnt be branded. Just the generic Chinese product.


Thanks!

Depends how many people sell it, if its just one you can take some of their sales if you get better pictures and copy, but my personal rule is to never sell the same thing as someone else. If you put your logo on it it does add perceived value (in most cases). The better bet is to find a creative way to modify it and make it much more appealing to a buyer.

[TylerDerpden]

Is Brian Johnson pretty much the GOAT boyo for Sponsored Products info?

That's more or less the impression I've been getting, since I keep hearing people mention his name in high regard, but I'm curious what you brahs think?

And if not, who is?

[Renegade83]

Anyone still doing online arbitrage because it seems like everyone switched to PL. I dabbled into this beginning of the year then got sidetracked on another project. Thinking about getting back into it.

[Rocawear11]

Is Brian Johnson pretty much the GOAT boyo for Sponsored Products info?

That's more or less the impression I've been getting, since I keep hearing people mention his name in high regard, but I'm curious what you brahs think?

And if not, who is?

He comes across very salesy and is always hosting webinars and selling programs that im guessing are pretty pricey.
I watched one of the webinars where he had some ppc "expert" on and it was an absolute bore fest.
Just my 2 cents.

[playsintrafficc]

He comes across very salesy and is always hosting webinars and selling programs that im guessing are pretty pricey.
I watched one of the webinars where he had some ppc "expert" on and it was an absolute bore fest.
Just my 2 cents.

That dude Brian Burt is a fukking clown, but Johnson knows his stuff. The key to PPC (and all advertising) is test/track everything and go from wide to narrow. Cut out what doesn't work and boost what does. Not rocket science.

[TylerDerpden]

Yea I guess in order to be a step above the rest, and have something unique to offer you'd need to have the knowledge and capability to be running tests on Amazon's Sponsored Ads platform, since from what I understand, the algorithm that controls it is kept secret, and is always changing to top it off. And I believe Brian Johnson claims that he/his company is always testing and trying to figure out the algorithm. So maybe a better question would be, which gurus (other than BJ) out there are actively testing this stuff out?

[TylerDerpden]

That dude Brian Burt is a fukking clown, but Johnson knows his stuff. The key to PPC (and all advertising) is test/track everything and go from wide to narrow. Cut out what doesn't work and boost what does. Not rocket science.

Maybe not rocket science, but it does seem time consuming to try to figure what is/isn't working all by yourself. Seems like your time would be better spent somewhere else, like sourcing products...

[McDoubles]

I had a product that was selling 20x a week.
I ran out of stock then the rankings went low and I wasn't able to go back, but on some days the ranking would go back to where it was. I'd still only sell one every other day.

This product is a bluetooth headset and I was selling 20x a week during 4th quarter in 2015.
Is it cause bluetooth headsets are highly saturated nowadays or am I just doing something wrong?

[TylerDerpden]

I had a product that was selling 20x a week.
I ran out of stock then the rankings went low and I wasn't able to go back, but on some days the ranking would go back to where it was. I'd still only sell one every other day.

This product is a bluetooth headset and I was selling 20x a week during 4th quarter in 2015.
Is it cause bluetooth headsets are highly saturated nowadays or am I just doing something wrong?

If you don't mind I'd like to use you as a case study, so that maybe we can all learn something So:

1) How long where you out of stock for?

2) Did you raise your price before running out of stock in an attempt to slow down sales?

[TylerDerpden]

but Johnson knows his stuff.

Do you agree with Brian's methods for choosing which keywords to use in your listing?

[McDoubles]

If you don't mind I'd like to use you as a case study, so that maybe we can all learn something So:

1) How long where you out of stock for?

2) Did you raise your price before running out of stock in an attempt to slow down sales?

1 - Ran out of stock late November then took a whole month for supplier to send everything. Ended up missing the whole December!

2 - I kept the price at a competitive rate where it was selling 20 a week.

[0p3rator]

I decided to try a test run with some yeti knock offs from walmart. They're going for about $20 FBA and the cup costs $10. After fees theres almost no profit. Are the sellers already in it doing huge numbers for like $2 per cup or am I missing something?

[Smoothies]

anyone got tips for ranking on to page 1 nowadays?

@playsintrafficc @fkerindapuss

[Gsxr25]

I decided to try a test run with some yeti knock offs from walmart. They're going for about $20 FBA and the cup costs $10. After fees theres almost no profit. Are the sellers already in it doing huge numbers for like $2 per cup or am I missing something?

inb4 now you get sued as well from Yeti like Walmart is right now.

[TylerDerpden]

I decided to try a test run with some yeti knock offs from walmart. They're going for about $20 FBA and the cup costs $10. After fees theres almost no profit. Are the sellers already in it doing huge numbers for like $2 per cup or am I missing something?

Boyo I'm not sure exactly what you mean by knockoff (but if Walmart's being sued for selling them then I'm pretty sure there must be some IP infringement going on), but just so you know, selling knockoffs on Amazon is giant no no If someone reports you to Amazon or whatever I'm pretty sure they're gonna ban your account. I'd take them down ASAP.

[playsintrafficc]

anyone got tips for ranking on to page 1 nowadays?

@playsintrafficc @fkerindapuss

Recently advertised a post to a custom FB audience of 12,000 AMZ buyers (from phone numbers, was paying like 0.09 per link click) got on page 1 in 3 days. Also blasted out 100 units to my email list to kick that off. That's the kinda chit you wont read about, but you need a strong brand.