Author: Kevin

China has been the home of many Amazon suppliers. In fact, if you look at the U.S. import records, you’ll see that China-sourced products dominate every import category accounting for over 41% of all U.S. imports! And with this data, it isn’t a surprise that most Amazon sellers turn to Chinese suppliers to manufacture their first Amazon products. For one, it’s very easy to find them. All you need to do is go to Alibaba and you’ll find thousands of Chinese suppliers willing to cater to your sourcing needs. Two, it’s cheap. China has the lowest labor costs in the…

Here’s an undeniable fact: Product reviews trigger shoppers to buy. Admit it, you probably have fallen in love with an Amazon product before… Only to get turned off by the lack of reviews. And I get it. In such a buyer-centric platform like Amazon, items that don’t have any reviews are barely viewed by customers… Making it hard to make a sale and get more feedback. Going back to the first time I heard about Amazon, my initial impression was that selling on the platform is pretty straightforward. You build an Amazon store, launch your products, and sales would automatically…

https://player.vimeo.com/video/466532542 Way back in 2002, the convenience store chain 7-Eleven started celebrating Slurpee’s unofficial birthday craze (which later turned into an annual event) where they gave away roughly 4.5 million mini-sized Slurpees. Everyone was invited to get their hands on as many mini Slurpees their brains could handle for FREE without being forced to buy something else in return! Logically speaking, this event could’ve been a big loss to the company considering the massive amount of Slurpees they gave away for free… But wanna know a secret? 7-Eleven profited even more from this GIVEAWAY which skyrocketed the store’s sales by…

No money down for your Amazon FBA business but have the technical expertise to get an Amazon store off the ground? Don’t let money get in the way cause your dream Amazon FBA business is still within your reach even if you don’t have enough cash (just yet)! As we all know, the traditional way of doing business in the Amazon marketplace is through selling your own products. And as the Amazon marketplace continues to grow, so does the number of sellers! And more often than not, mostly newcomers and overwhelmed sellers who need help to get their stores off…

“BIGGER IS BETTER”. Growing up, we’ve always been made to believe this old adage. So it has become second nature to us to have this desire for bigger things… Bigger TV sets. Bigger car. Bigger house. While this might be true in some cases, it certainly doesn’t apply to everything. Take the sneakers business as an example. It’s a pretty big market cause practically everyone needs a pair, right? And to fill in this huge demand, it’s quite tempting to sell to everyone that comes in the pipeline. Sure, you can do exactly that… But the most successful sneaker companies…

https://player.vimeo.com/video/457676756 Warning Amazon Sellers! You are Now Publicly Exposed!   Last Wednesday, July 8th, Amazon issued a statement that’s making sellers worldwide jump off their seats!   Beginning on September 1, 2020, we will display a seller’s business name and address on their Amazon.com Seller Profile page. For individuals, we will display the individual name and address. This is consistent with Seller Profile pages across Amazon stores in Europe, Japan, and Mexico. Okay, so what’s the fuss about?   Before we dive deep and discuss more about this Amazon change, let’s discuss the current situation first.   If you’ve been…

Have you heard the news? As the largest online retailer prepares for Q4, Amazon began rolling out inventory restrictions that make Amazon sellers around the world freak out! And among these restrictions is putting a limit of 200 units for the maximum inventory required for new products. Which means that for every NEW ASIN, you’re only allowed to store a maximum of 200 units in the Amazon warehouse. And if you’re about to launch a new product, this might have put you in hot waters. What will I do with the excess inventory? Can I order an MOQ (minimum order…

https://player.vimeo.com/video/457677724 To date, the COVID-19 confirmed cases have already spiked to 21.9 million, claiming roughly 775 thousand lives around the world. In the US alone, 5.58 million people got infected while 173,000 already succumbed to the virus.  And while we’re all waiting for the vaccine to be available… One way to keep us safe and limit the spread of the invisible enemy is this: WEARING FACE MASKS.Studies have found that speaking alone is enough to spread virus-carrying droplets.   And what a face mask does is to act as a simple barrier preventing respiratory droplets emitted during coughing, sneezing, or…

In 2019, worldwide ecommerce sales topped $3.5 trillion USD. Up by a whopping 18% from the previous year. Simply put, ecommerce accounted for 14.1% of the TOTAL global retail sales. And although ecommerce is growing much faster than physical retail, it’s still a relatively small piece of the pie as brick and mortar store sales still account for nearly 90% of the total global revenue. But wait… This was the scenario BEFORE the COVID-19 pandemic. Now with the virus spreading globally, quarantines and lockdowns were implemented and even the world’s leading financial hubs weren’t spared. And when people were told…

Selling on Amazon is profitable but it’s a tight race there. So, if you want to scale your business, then you must give it your best shot. Every seller is in a race to make sales on Amazon. One of the best ways to do this is to drive external traffic to your listings. But if you’ve ever tried to do this, then you’ll know how frustrating the process can be. Usually, when potential buyers click on your landing page or ad, they’re redirected to your listings and that’s about it. You get cut off the cycle, so you’re left…