Silent Sales Machine Radio

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Voted the #1 podcast for Amazon sellers in late 2024! Still the ONLY Amazon seller podcast that features 100's of RECENT, REAL stories and strategies for Amazon FBA sellers around the world! Welcome to the most listened to and success filled Amazon/Walmart/eBay seller podcast on the web! This is the official podcast of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course. Inside the free 78,000+ member Facebook group for fans of the show (SilentJim.com has a link) you'll MEET and INTERACT with an amazing community that uses the strategies taught on this show to grow incredible businesses. This show features "real people" from all walks of life who pull back the curtain on the struggles, victories and strategies that come with WORKING HARD to build a beautiful business online. Nothing worth having comes easy, but prepare to be inspired by those who are charting a course towards building an amazing business online. The hundreds of featured guests on the show are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students as well as some of the 7,000+ coaching students from our Ecommerce coaching program that's been operating with a great reputation since 2003. The host, Jim Cockrum (SilentJim.com) has had a reputation as one of the most credible sources of eCommerce strategy advice to be found since 1999. Bottom line: Regardless of experience level, you'll learn proven online business strategies on this show and become an Amazon selling NINJA! This show applies timeless, proven strategies to modern eCommerce challenges. This podcast is for anyone who is looking to build or start an online business the RIGHT way with advice from one of the most trusted names in online marketing. With over 6.3 million downloads on iTunes heading into 2025, you've found the right place to launch and grow the online business of your dreams. NOTE: This show and related content are not related to or endorsed by Amazon.com, nor are the success stories you'll hear representative of typical or average results you can expect. Results discussed are provided for demonstration of what is possible, but are not intended to imply that you'll achieve similar results or any results.

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#880: If you have sold anything on Amazon, do this today. Automate the reimbursements Amazon owes you.

If you've sold even a few thousand dollars of inventory on Amazon, odds are you are owed some reimbursements. There are about 30 ways Amazon can cause an issue inadvertently in you account and overcharge, or fail to reimburse their errors. There's an ZER0 C0ST industry leading service that can automate the process of getting that cash for you. This is a time sensitive issue for anyone who does not already have their Amazon reimbursements automated because there are new policies coming! This epis...

Aug 15, 2024•26 min

#879: Today Brian and Robin Joy interview a young lady who's hired her sisters to help run a super successful business

Today's guest has been on before but is interviewed with Brian and Robin Joy. She started her Amazon selling adventure as a young teen and now she has a beautiful, growing business on Amazon based on wholesale and replens strategies. When she first found our community she doubted the legitimacy of our ProvenAmazonCourse.com course, because it was priced too low for her to consider it credible. Her business took off and she loved our community so much that she joined as a coach on our team! Ammi ...

Aug 14, 2024•55 min

#878: Turn 150+ popular retail websites into Amazon inventory goldmines

Wouldn't it be cool if you could scroll around on a retail website and see with clarity in REAL TIME as of RIGHT NOW which of the items on your screen would make good products to sell on Amazon? For the first time ever, a tool like that exists - and today I spent some time talking to the creator and how he pulled off this incredible tech that makes OA (online arbitrage sourcing) possibly as easy as you can imagine. The creator was with us at our last conference and now many coaches on our team a...

Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min

#877: A live Q/A with our Facebook members and PAC students

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We captured the the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Here's the topics of the clips in the Q&A: How is the Canada Amazon platform different than US and how do we get sales data there Secrets about the Buy Box and how to completely disregard pricing around it How long do we typically wait...

Aug 09, 2024•30 min

#876: What are the skeptics saying about the Amazon selling opportunity right now?

Is the Amazon selling opportunity viable? What concerns do you have? We've heard all the skeptical voices and we have facts and data to help you make up your own mind! On today's new podcast episode we address: Is Amazon saturated with sellers? Is it too expensive to get started? Where can I store inventory? Is selling on Amazon too complex for you? What if I can't afford a coach? What if I REALLY don't want to use a course? Bottom line - the opportunity is BIGGER today and more available to you...

Aug 08, 2024•59 min

#875: Today Robin Joy & Brian Interview a coach who runs a successful business from Canada

Today on our all new episode Brian and Robin Joy interview one of our team coaches, Debbie Shadlock. Debbie lives in Canada but sells in the US and in Canada. You can do the business models we teach here from anywhere. We've got students of the Proven Amazon Course who buy and sell in the United States for a living as their full -time income on Amazon without ever seeing or touching their inventory because they're doing it from another country. Our special guest at the conclusion of today's show...

Aug 05, 2024•48 min

#874: Selling LEGO at scale on Amazon while building his passion business online as well

On today’s episode we have a guest who has sold millions of dollars of Legos on Amazon and WOW he comes loaded with practical tips! He’s the creator of the LEGOS course we built a few months ago at ProvenBrickInvesting.com (We say “brick” because Legos doesn’t want their name on any websites) FYI: the ProvenAmazonCourse.com library now contains the full ProvenBrickInvestimg course! RIGHT NOW - Summer, is a fantastic time to buy up all of the toys that are being marked down on retail shelves ever...

Aug 05, 2024•39 min

#873: A live Q/A with our Facebook members and PAC students

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We captured the the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Here's the topics of the clips in the Q&A: Why hear from the successful folks rather than the beginners who are struggling Which repricers do the pros use Underserved ASINs explained Touch on the proven product partnership opportunity ...

Aug 03, 2024•30 min

#872: Conversation with the $400 million wholesale guy

Many users in our community who are using the wholesale strategies they learned in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com training modules are big fans of SMART SCOUT (Our community discount and affiliate link for that tool is found at SilentJim.com/ss ) Today I got to spend some time in a conversation with Scott Needham - the creator of the software as well as the owner of an Amazon account that has done $400 million in total wholesale and private label sales on Amazon. It's a candid conversation between a...

Aug 01, 2024•50 min

#871: The journey to your first $15K month with the ProvenAmazonCourse REPLENS strategy

On today’s episode we meet a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who had surgery on his back in Feb. this year which was about when he started his ecommerce career! In spite of the limitations of his intense recovery, he’s plowing forward and building a phenomenal business online! He’s a coaching student as well who came on board earlier this year and has already built a beautiful business as you'll soon hear. He talks on today's podcast episode about the reality of the different stages of his experi...

Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 8 min

#870: The best Walmart seller training in the world is now LIVE - let's talk about it

On today’s new podcast episode, we discussed the Walmart selling opportunity. If you can sell on Amazon or eBay, you can definitely sell on Walmart as well -and it's exploding! Walmart. com, while significantly smaller that Amazon .com is growing far faster - and that means huge opportunities for sellers like us! Did you know that Walmart has a program for third party sellers that is nearly identical to Amazon? They do fulfillment as well like Amazon (meaning they'll hold your products for you i...

Jul 29, 2024•30 min

#869: A live Amazon Q/A with our Facebook members and PAC students

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We captured the the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Here's the topics of the clips in the Q&A: Keep Calm and Find More ASINS Why using coupons and discounts aren't necessary in obtaining products to sell Is it necessary to create an LLC with your business and how to go about it How long...

Jul 27, 2024•29 min

#868: 7 Core Competencies of an Amazon seller part 3 - PREPPING

How are your prepping skills when it comes to building your Amazon business? On today's all new podcast episode we cover a core skill that we could all benefit from improving - PREPPING! Discussed: Guidance on finding prep instructions Conducting drop tests Understanding the importance of SKU, FNSKU, and UPC codes Managing expiration dates, including shelf life and correcting errors Use of prep centers. This episode is part 3 of a 7 part series on the core competencies of being a REPLENS seller ...

Jul 24, 2024•55 min

#867: Aiming for seven figures on Amazon with creative partnership and REPLENS strategies - while living outside the U.S.

Today's ProvenAmazonCourse.com success story is a student using the REPLENS method and creative partnerships to grow a multiple seven figure biz on Amazon at nearly 20% gross margins - all from OUTSIDE the U.S. (he sells on ".com" from outside the US without ever seeing his inventory!) We spend time talking about the two month trip that he and his family just took to the US in order to attend our TheProvenConference.com event in May (our next one is May 2025 - that website will soon have details...

Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min

#866: A live Q/A with our Facebook members and PAC students

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We captured the the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Here's the topics of the clips in our recent Q&A: What makes our community different How is proven "proven" with our courses and how can you be part of that in our podcast How important is it to compete with Buy Box and what strategy w...

Jul 20, 2024•25 min

#865: Selling on Amazon in the US hands free from Australia

On today’s new episode of the podcast we feature a student turned coach who has built a beautiful business on Amazon(.com) in the US... from Australia! While Amazon does have a presence in Australia, it's so small there that most of our Australian-based students decide to sell only in the United States. The strategies we teach will work for you regardless of where you live! Today you’ll hear how this married couple went from students, to coaches and how they manage the logistics of having a busi...

Jul 17, 2024•50 min

#864: Overcoming life threatening challenges while building a beautiful ecommerce business

Today's guest has likely overcome more physically challenging illnesses and circumstances than anyone you know - and he's managed (with constant help and heavy lifting from his wife of course) to build a fantastic and diversified ecommerce business! Benji and his wife Angie who is now a coach on our team, have been in our community several years and have been ProvenAmazonCourse.com students the entire time. They've used the strategies they learned in the course along with the connections with ot...

Jul 15, 2024•57 min

#863: Highlights and recap of powerful business lessons

In today's weekend episode we have highlights of a prior show. We covered Episode #816: Couple with full time careers started in 2024 and have a growing REPLENS business already. You can listen to the full episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast Silas and Christine are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students who quickly jumped into our coaching program and they are doing great! As you'll hear, they have made incredible progress in a very short time! This episode is especially encouraging to the beginne...

Jul 13, 2024•44 min

#862: From REPLENS to launching his own product - another ProvenAmazonCourse story

We have an all new podcast episode for you today. It's an interview with a ProvenAmazonCourse.com REPLENS student. It's about a homeschool family who has spent considerable time travelling in their fifth wheel trailer while raising five kids while growing their business. They've built a very nice income (their only income) by selling on Amazon helping fill the underserved shelf space at Amazon's 100s of warehouses (we call this selling model "replens"). Our guest Jared is also well on his way to...

Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 2 min

#861: Fully updated Amazon training on our REPLENS system & why we are liking Walmart more every day!

Today on our all new episode Coach Brian and Robin Joy interview Jimmy Smith. This is a great episode that covers a lot of ground but here are some of the highlights: Replens 2.0 - Course Update Adding Walmart as a platform Inventory Management (Replen Dashboard) The importance of community Future trends in ecommerce Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com discusses the most important policy violation remedies for sellers who have a suspended account. Watch...

Jul 10, 2024•54 min

#860: Lessons learned building towards a multiple seven figure Amazon REPLENS business

On today’s new episode we hear from a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student named Andrew who has been in our community for a few years now. He’s well on his way to having a multiple seven figure business as a one man show. He's moving away from tedious spreadsheets and complex tracking systems for his catalog of products into using "the system" which we’ve been talking about a lot recently. You can learn more about "the system" , our complete workflow software for Amazon sellers here: SilentJim.com/the...

Jul 08, 2024•1 hr

#859: A live Q/A with our Facebook members and PAC students

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We captured the the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Here's the topics of the clips in the Q&A: Testing one ASIN for multipacks Business advice form Coach Nathan Bailey Is there a recommendation in how many hours a week to work on your Amazon biz What compliance documentation works for a...

Jul 06, 2024•40 min

#858: Get better at shopping for Amazon inventory

How are your shopping skills when it comes to building your Amazon business? On today's all new podcast episode we cover a core skill that we could all benefit from improving - SHOPPING! Discussed: How to avoid products that tank in price Improving your shopping competencies Defining your spending goals Making sure your products are truly matching the ASIN you're selling against. This episode is part 2 of a 7 part series on the core competencies of being a REPLENS seller as taught in the ProvenA...

Jul 03, 2024•45 min

#857: A coach on our team talks about what comes after Amazon REPLENS

We spend a lot of time in our community and our our podcast talking about the Amazon selling model that is used by virtually all of the new Amazon sellers in our community. That strategy of course is called the "Amazon Replens" system - the system that teaches you how to identify and fill the underserved shelf space at Amazon's 100's of warehouses (as taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course) Today's new podcast episode however is a little different because we talk to a coach on our team who ...

Jun 30, 2024•38 min

#856: A live Q/A with our Facebook members and PAC students

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We had a long session last time so we captured the remainder of the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Here's the topics of the clips in the Q&A: Selling on a listing that Amazon is on The timeline from sending in a product, making a sale, to the Amazon disbursement Which tools are necessa...

Jun 29, 2024•44 min

#855: Lessons learned from ProvenAmazonCourse conference

In today's episode we have Brian and Robin Joy from Coaches Corner giving us advice for those who recently attended The Proven Conference in Florida and those who are using our strategies taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com Finding success on Amazon takes time and persistence. Focus on understanding ASINs rather than just finding them, and don't expect immediate six or seven-figure success. Believe in your ability to succeed, stay committed, and accept that there will be challenges along the wa...

Jun 26, 2024•28 min

#854: The latest insights on building Branded Bundles on Amazon

Imagine using the power of popular, recognized brands to sell your OWN listings on Amazon! That's the power of Branded Bundles. At our recent annual conference we had nearly 50 break out sessions! Today's new podcast episode is a session about Branded Bundles on Amazon presented recently by a fantastic coach on our team Leanna Crocco. A branded bundle is a listing on Amazon that belongs only to you and contains a popular brand named product (one that you are eligible to sell) along with other it...

Jun 24, 2024•42 min

#853: Today's highlights and recap of powerful business lessons

In today's weekend episode we have highlights of a prior show. We covered episode #803: From restaurant management and full-time ministry roles to Amazon REPLENS warrior. You can listen to the full episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast Today's guest has a very healthy six figure per month REPLENS business based on the ProvenAmazonCourse.com strategies. His prior work includes restaurants and ministry roles, but now he enjoys the flexibility of an Ecommerce lifestyle. Show note LINKS: My Silen...

Jun 22, 2024•31 min

#852: If you're new to Amazon selling or if you've yet to earn anything significant, please listen to this

On today’s new episode of our podcast I discuss the landscape of opportunities that are available to any/all of the sellers who grasp the basics of the Amazon REPLENS selling system that we've taught to thousands of our students. The opportunity is expanding faster than we can keep up! If you’ve yet to earn a significant income online, this is a "must listen" episode. We are seeing more success stories than we’ve ever seen before, and our forecast for the future of the models we teach is as brig...

Jun 19, 2024•43 min

#851: Law enforcement officer leaves his career to pursue ProvenAmazonCourse.com strategies

On today’s show we meet a former law enforcement officer who went full-time online in September of 2023 after learning the Amazon replens model from our community through the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course. He's built a beautiful business that is continuing to grow to new levels with the help of his family by his side. His only prior e-commerce experience was selling a few items on eBay about 20 years ago. The success of their family business has allowed this homeschooling family to recently move...

Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 6 min

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