Author: Kevin

With 61% of American shoppers beginning their product searches on Amazon, it is safe to say that Amazon is fast becoming the number one shopping destination. And it’s not only because of the exciting deals and vast assortment of great quality products, it’s also because of the swift shipping service that the platform offers. (Source: Adlucent). As a matter of fact, 67% of Amazon shoppers say they pay for Prime membership because of its most exciting perk — fast and free shipping; typically about two days. (Source: Adlucent). Since fast shipping is what draws most shoppers to the platform, aspiring…

You’ve decided to sell on Amazon? Great! There’s no better time to sell on Amazon than now. Even if you cannot afford to make a huge capital investment, you can opt for cost-effective Amazon business models like Retail Arbitrage. Retail arbitrage allows you to source products in bits from physical and online retail stores. However, before now, aspiring Amazon sellers often avoid the retail arbitrage model because of how exhausting it was to confirm a product’s profitability as an arbitrage seller. Thankfully, this is no longer a challenge. With Amazon seller scanning apps, arbitrage sellers and other Amazon sellers can…

Amazon is fast becoming the first port of call for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start an online business for extra income, or even as a full-time hustle. As a result of the massive influx of sellers over the years, the competition in the marketplace has increased exponentially. Hence, to succeed on Amazon, you will need to constantly think of new ways to boost profit. This may involve expanding your product catalog, venturing into private labeling, or even expanding into other Amazon marketplaces. Sadly, none of this is possible without proper financing. And even though there are cost-effective Amazon business…

Selling on Amazon is one of the best things you can do for yourself. But there’s a lot involved in starting and scaling a successful Amazon business — from managing inventory, product pricing, and marketing operations. To run a successful business you need to ensure that all these areas are attended to and leave no room for errors that may have negative effects on your business. Sadly, most of these tasks are challenging and time-consuming, so they can be hard to keep up with. The only way around this is Amazon automation; or better put, building an automated Amazon store.…

To truly succeed on Amazon, you must constantly look for ways to expand your business. Whether by selling in other Amazon marketplaces or expanding across different niches, if you want to build a successful business on the world’s largest marketplace, you’ll have to scale your business over time. Sadly, business expansion is largely impossible when you do not have sufficient funding or capital. Taking out business loans is an option, but an even better option is managing your cash flow to ensure that your profit goes back into your business. This aspect of Amazon selling is one that is rarely…

Being one of the biggest players in the online marketplace, Amazon continues to offer sellers new ways to make a profit, expand their customer base and boost sales. One of the most impressive ways through which Amazon has revolutionalized eCommerce in recent years is with the Amazon Global Selling program. This opportunity enables sellers to have access to a larger customer base and better tools to make selling in the global marketplace seamless. The program gives sellers access to advanced tools for currency conversion, product listing, and customer support. Thanks to all these tools and assistance that Amazon provides, more…

Amazon offers both new and old sellers lots of opportunities to drive up visibility, boost conversion, and run a successful business together. However, there are many tasks involved in building a successful business and Amazon’s stringent policies and requirements do not make things any easier. Whether it’s updating product listing or inventory management, you can not leave any room for error else you’ll not only risk losing sales but could also end up losing customers. Some of these mistakes may be so dire that they may be difficult to recover from altogether. This is why it’s important to be aware…

Selling wholesale on Amazon is one of the best ways to join the marketplace. Although selling wholesale is not the only business model, it is one of the simplest and most reliable ways to start an Amazon business. Starting an Amazon wholesale business involves purchasing products in bulk directly from manufacturers and then reselling them in smaller quantities to retail arbitrage or online arbitrage sellers. The first step to launching your wholesale business is to find the best wholesale websites to buy in bulk from. There are many “buy in bulk websites” to choose from, but if your aim is…

It is common knowledge that the competition in the Amazon marketplace is stiff and to succeed there, sellers must come up with new strategies to sway buyers in their favor. One of the fail-proof strategies for sales on Amazon is competitive pricing. There’s nothing Amazon shoppers love more than a good deal. If you can give them that, you can be sure of getting their coins. Sometimes competitive pricing will mean offering discounts, coupons, and product bundles at slashed prices. But you cannot slash your profit point all through the year, so what better time to leverage discounted deals as…

If you sell on Amazon through Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), you’re going to have to ship your products to a fulfillment center. But here’s this thing, there’s a limit to how much inventory you can have at an Amazon warehouse at a time. Amazon storage limits, also known as Amazon inventory limits are Amazon’s way of regulating how much inventory sellers can store at a fulfillment center. However, as with everything else on the marketplace, Amazon storage limits are constantly changing and may be difficult for sellers to keep up with. Before now, Amazon mainly used weekly restock limits and…