Introducing an online arbitrage (and wholesale) sourcing tool Stephen and Rebecca both love. Listen today to hear all about the mechanics of using RevSeller, and how having all the information together in one place helps us to make better sourcing decisions. You’ll also hear about the additional information RevSeller offers in the form of parent/child variation sourcing, sales trends and patterns, as well as quick results on whether you are approved to sell any particular item. We touch on ways ...
Jul 18, 2022•10 min•Ep. 145
Did you know it's totally possible to have multiple streams of income via Amazon? Join us today to hear the benefits of having more than one source of income and how Amazon can provide that for you in many ways. First off, we unpack the four main Amazon strategies that we have used to bring in some very lucrative income streams. We discuss which stream is best for beginners and which ones are better for more experienced sellers. We also dive into a few income streams that we haven’t used extensi...
Jul 11, 2022•18 min•Ep. 144
We all know that our listeners are smart Amazon sellers purely based on the fact that you want to learn and grow! However, even the best sellers make mistakes sometimes. Today on The Full-Time FBA Show, we are listing 10 mistakes that even smart Amazon sellers make. These mistakes are broken down into two categories; sourcing mistakes and mistakes in running your Amazon business. Listening today, you’ll hear about mistakes such as not checking current stock levels, only sourcing within your comf...
Jul 04, 2022•23 min•Ep. 143
Today we are discussing how to increase your profits by thinking like an Amazon customer. We find out why Amazon is considered one of the most customer-friendly companies and how they achieve this. Looking at their return policies, user-friendly website, and customer reviews, we understand why they are a successful company. When reflecting on our own journey of selling on Amazon, we teach the importance of minimizing making assumptions, scanning products and source data (even if you don’t think ...
Jun 27, 2022•16 min•Ep. 142
There are six pillars to achieving long-term success with Amazon FBA. Today, we learn about the them all, including the importance of setting a strong foundation, the right foundation. Stephen and Rebecca guide us through the necessity of upgrading both your Amazon skills and your non-Amazon skills. In addition, we get a ton of reasons as to why outsourcing is important and why it is essential to develop a Full-Time FBA mindset. We round out the episode with how you can maintain success and cont...
Jun 20, 2022•17 min•Ep. 141
All Amazon sellers deal with pitfalls that can cause their growth to slow down and, for some, even screech to a halt. Today we'll be tackling five of these pitfalls that may be pushing you to give up on your Amazon reselling business. Today, you will hear multiple reasons why your Amazon growth is being limited. From not understanding certain key business numbers, to having bad sourcing habits, we'll show you why you might not be experiencing the growth you probably expect. We aren’t only here t...
Jun 13, 2022•19 min•Ep. 140
Whether you want to believe it or not, your mindset is crucial to successful sourcing of profitable inventory to sell on Amazon. We'll discuss today how your mindset can influence your actions and lead you to successes -- or it could sabotage your business and lead to failures. From shifting your mindset to help find new inventory, to changing your mindset on a good versus bad store experience, we learn all about the importance of removing assumptions and the power of adjustment. This episode pr...
Jun 06, 2022•14 min•Ep. 139
Let's talk sourcing hacks, strategies, and helpful tips for sourcing profitable inventory items to sell on Amazon. We are going to push you out of your comfort zones, inspire you to make new decisions, and hopefully kickstart the mindset change you’ve been needing. We'll use our own experience of selling on Amazon to give you advice and insider tips on how to expand the range of products to sell, where to look for these products, and the nitty-gritty technicalities of Amazon sales. Listen now fo...
May 30, 2022•14 min•Ep. 138
Nobody likes to lose money, but are you allowing profits to leak as an Amazon FBA seller? In today’s episode, we discuss 5 more ways profits could be leaking out of your business and how to stop these profits from leaking. We go into detail about what tools can help you know your numbers, and we discuss how procrastination makes you lose out on opportunities. We also help you overcome the potential fear of negotiating a better deal, explain the risks of using debt to run your business, and discu...
May 23, 2022•17 min•Ep. 137
How can you sell at the highest possible price while still getting consistent sales? Today on The Full-Time FBA Show, we are unpacking four of the most important manual repricing strategies and comparing them to automatic repricing tools to help you make the most profit on your Amazon sales. We also talk about how repricing doesn’t necessarily have to be downwards -- and when to reprice upwards. We discuss the pros and cons of using Amazon’s free Automate Pricing tool and explore the reasons BQo...
May 16, 2022•17 min•Ep. 136
Who is your biggest competition as a seller on Amazon and how can you be victorious? In this episode of The Full-Time FBA Show, Stephen and Rebecca help you figure out who your biggest competition as an Amazon seller is and home to overcome it. Today we unpack all types of competitors in the Amazon space, including competing against Amazon as a seller, competing against other 3rd party sellers, and finally competing against yourself! We dive into the most strategic and effective ways to help you...
May 09, 2022•17 min•Ep. 135
The Amazon customer search algorithm is something that many resellers assume they don't need to know or understand. But when a reseller discovers how customers actually find their products in Amazon's search results, they can make the right chioces to better position their inventory to show up earlier (like page 1) in the search results. Understanding how the Amazon search algorithm works is essential to being a successful Amazon reseller. In today’s conversation, we dissect Amazon’s search algo...
May 02, 2022•14 min•Ep. 134
One of the best sources for profitable inventory with a low buy cost and high ROI are garage sales (also called yard sales). With the abundance of ROI opportunities garage saling is a skill that few people have mastered! Join us as Stephen and Rebecca break down their top six tips on garage sale sourcing. From why a sourcing app is essential, to costly assumptions, to why being nice will get you far in both garage sales and life, this episode is packed with pearls of wisdom. We also hear some ex...
Apr 25, 2022•16 min•Ep. 133
Selling board games, both new and used, on Amazon can make you big profits! Board games are an underrated item to sell in your Amazon business. The return on investment that can be made by selling board games ranges from 100% to 2000%, and they can be sourced from retail stores, online stores, thrift shops, and garage sales. However, there are some tips and tricks that you need to know to ensure your success. In today’s show, we learn about the profit potential of board games on Amazon, the best...
Apr 18, 2022•25 min•Ep. 132
Are you confused about product variations as an Amazon reseller? Then today’s show is for you! This week we discuss the complexities of researching, sourcing, and pricing product variations on Amazon. Product variations are often not taken into consideration by resellers, causing them to either miss out on opportunities or lose money on a product they cannot sell. Today we cover the dos and don’ts of product variation sourcing and tools you can use to help you find gaps in the market. We'll even...
Apr 11, 2022•14 min•Ep. 131
If you love to read, then this episode is especially for you. If you don't like to read that much, then maybe this episode will give you the inspiration to pick up a book that might help take your Amazon business to the next level. This week we discuss eight books to help you improve your FBA business, important aspects to consider for long-term success, the importance of mental well-being, and much more. Finding out ways to better your business in an ever-changing market should be a priority fo...
Apr 04, 2022•20 min•Ep. 130
We often talk about success in business, but what about failure and mistakes? If you are new to Amazon selling as a career path, it can be difficult to avoid the mistakes that newcomers almost always make. The best way to gain insight into the industry would be to hear from people that have learned the hard way to help you avoid the same mistakes. Well, you’re in luck! In today’s episode, we talk to three Amazon sellers to hear the mistakes they made early on and find out how to avoid them. Make...
Mar 28, 2022•10 min•Ep. 129
Time is your most valuable asset, but it can also be your most wasted asset if you don’t make the most of it. Last week on The Full-Time FBA Show, we talked about ROI. This week, we're talking about ROTI: Return on Time Invested. How resellers handle their time can be a deal breaker and might even cause some people to become frustrated with their Amazon business and quit because they feel like they just don't have enough time. That’s why in today’s episode we share five time management strategie...
Mar 21, 2022•12 min•Ep. 128
Return on Investment (ROI) is a really important concept to wrap your head around when you’re deciding how to structure your Amazon business. Concepts like the "rule of three" can be a good starting point to guide your decision-making process to help you receive 100% ROI every time. During this episode, we discuss why it’s helpful to make room for 100% ROI, why it can be beneficial to try out different ROI percentages, and how lowering your ROI threshold will enable you to expand the amount of i...
Mar 14, 2022•12 min•Ep. 127
There’s a lot of people who think it’s really complicated to do wholesale, but we’re here to tell you it might not be as tricky as you think. On today's episode, instead of advising you on what you need to have to sell wholesale successfully on Amazon, we’re telling you what you don’t need to succeed. Now, there are things you need for sure, but there are also things you may think you need that aren’t completely necessary. During today’s episode, we bust some commonly-believed myths around shipp...
Mar 07, 2022•14 min•Ep. 126
Find out exactly what The Wholesale Formula course is actually like as I interview one of the course's students, Rebecca Smotherman. That's right, Rebecca took the course in early 2021 and has experience not only with the course, but also what it's like to put her new wholesale knowledge into action in real life. During Part One of this discussion, Rebecca shares what motivated her to move from mainly OA to wholesale sourcing, what she hoped to get out of the course, and what she loved about it....
Mar 01, 2022•25 min•Ep. 125
Amazon sellers are all bound to make mistakes as we begin to navigate our way through the world of wholesale, and boy did we make a few! Today, we share the six biggest beginner mistakes that Stephen made with our first wholesale order, so you don’t have to fall into the same traps. In this episode, you’ll find out just how conservative you should be with your first order and how to ensure you’re ordering goods that will stand you in good stead year-round. We also share some of the costly assump...
Feb 21, 2022•17 min•Ep. 124
There are multiple wholesale sourcing strategies out there, and we’ve tried them all! In today’s episode, we break down the pros and cons of each respective strategy. The most common go-to for most things is Google, and wholesale sourcing is no exception. We explain why Google isn’t a particularly strong strategy, and why we absolutely love reverse wholesale sourcing! So as not to leave you shortchanged, we delve into all the strategies in between and fill you in on all you need to know about tr...
Feb 14, 2022•14 min•Ep. 123
Today we talk about the nuts and bolts of increasing your average selling price (ASP) to create long-term success in your Amazon FBA Business. We share practical tips on how to progressively raise your ASP through setting a minimum selling price parameter, selling multipacks or bundles, and sourcing higher-priced items. These changes require a different mindset when it comes to sourcing and pricing. Drawing from our own experience, we’ll equip you with some amazing tools to raise the bar and fin...
Feb 07, 2022•13 min•Ep. 122
If you want your Amazon business to be a successful one and not just a hobby, you need to raise your average selling price (ASP). In this episode, we delve into all the benefits of raising your ASP and you’ll discover the direct link between long-term success selling on Amazon and having a higher ASP. We talk you through how to find your current ASP and explain why raising your ASP makes it easier to scale your business and make greater profits. For those of you who are starting out and feel ner...
Jan 31, 2022•12 min•Ep. 121
Today, we’re tackling our all-time LEAST favorite topic: Scams! As unpleasant a subject as it may be, unfortunately there are scammers out there targeting Amazon sellers, and it’s important to keep our wits about us. In this episode, we cover the three main scams that Amazon sellers could fall prey to: course scams, personal information scams, and scammers posing as lawyers or brand owners in an attempt to knock you off a listing. Listen today to find out how to identify these scams, what Amazon...
Jan 24, 2022•15 min•Ep. 120
Most people believe that you need to be a brand owner or private label seller to benefit from advertising on Amazon, but today we discover just how beneficial it can be for your FBA reseller business. If you're someone who gets their inventory via retail arbitrage, online arbitrage, or even wholesale, advertising your inventory is a great way to separate yourself from your competition and increase your sales. This week on the Full-Time FBA Show we welcome back our friend Jo Ann Zimmerman to talk...
Jan 17, 2022•29 min•Ep. 119
Today we hear about Stephen and Rebecca’s predictions for Amazon in 2022 and what they mean for FBA sellers like you. The first five predictions are covered in-depth, with the potential impacts (positive and negative) on FBA sellers discussed for each. These include changes to Amazon seller guidelines, an increase in online buyers, why retail arbitrage is not dying, why Amazon is building more fulfillment and distribution centers, and how Amazon is going to improve its advertising in 2022. Next,...
Jan 10, 2022•16 min•Ep. 118
Today we’ll discuss how to start 2022 with a BANG! Q4 was a crazy awesome time for sellers with sourcing tons of inventory to cater to a time of gift-giving and holiday getaways, while also dealing with the holiday expectations for your family and friends. One of the biggest challenges in starting a new year is the mindset shift, from a frenzied holiday period to a much quieter time in Q1. In our conversation today, we discuss our top tips for how to prepare for Q1, like why you need to keep up ...
Jan 03, 2022•12 min•Ep. 117
After 100+ episodes, with each one between 15 and 30 minutes long (on average), we’ve had our fair share of bloopers. Tune in to hear the moments we messed up, the times we couldn’t stop laughing, and how many times Rebecca asked Stephen if he was still recording (spoiler alert: it happens a lot). We could all use a little laughter during the festive season. Join us to get a glimpse of all the fun we have behind the scenes and how we react when things go hilariously wrong.
Dec 27, 2021•12 min•Ep. 116
