Sending in Your First Amazon FBA Shipment [Roadmap to Your First Sale Series - 6]

Congratulations! If you have made it this far in the Roadmap to your First Amazon Sale series you are ready to send in your first shipment. 

You’ve made many stops along the way. You learned about the different selling opportunities on Amazon and set up a legitimate business. You’ve opened up your Amazon account and have gathered a few products to send in your first shipment.

Now it is time to get serious.

It is time for you to prep, label and ship your items into...

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How to Find Products to Sell on Amazon [Roadmap to Your First Sale Series - 5]

This seems to be the million dollar question…

What products should I sell online and where do I find them?

Great news! There are millions of products to sell on Amazon and even more places to find them. Figuring out what Amazon business model is right for you will determine what types of products to sell and where to get them. Which model should you choose? This is a more important question than the previous one. We will address this question in a minute but first, let’s get to...

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How to Open Your Amazon Selling Account [Roadmap to Your First Sale Series - 4]

If you have been following this series you are now ready to open up your Amazon selling account and get your business off the ground. Before we walk you through the process, make sure you have the following at your disposal

Setting up Your Amazon Account: What you will need:

  • Business Name & Address
  • Valid Phone Number (immediately verified)
  • Credit Card or Debit Card
  • Business Bank Account information
  • Tax Identification Number (EIN) Information (EIN or SSN: not recommended but acceptable by...
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Is Selling on Amazon a legitimate business opportunity? [Roadmap to Your First Sale Series - 3]

There are a lot of discussions and ads on social media right now about working from home. Every time we’re scrolling through Facebook or Instagram we see ads and posts about new opportunities. We all tend to have the same question that crosses our mind when we see them:

“This sounds awesome but is it legit?”

With new technology arising every day, starting an online business from home is easier than ever.

Or is it?

There is one thing we need to clarify before we go...

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How much money do you need to start an Amazon Business? [Roadmap to Your First Sale series - 2]

Have you ever been to a store where nothing has a price tag? 

You are browsing through different aisles and you see something you like. Grabbing up this great find you look for the price tag and NOTHING.

It's nowhere to be found.

You examine the shelf and still...no price is listed. UGH. 

Now, if you want to buy this item you need to find a sales associate, or take the item up to a register and get a price. By this time you probably annoyed. “What happens if I get all the way...

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This ONE THING is killing your business

Despite having that deep desire to grow, we struggle and fail to take the necessary steps to do so. Whether it’s trying to widen our skillset, learn something new, or grow our Amazon businesses, there’s that force that keeps us from moving forward. We procrastinate, get distracted, and delay making decisions for what we want to achieve.

What keeps us lazy? Why do we sit on the couch binging on Netflix instead of working towards goals we’ve set for ourselves?

In this episode,...

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Amazon FBA business tools: What do I need?

If you ever find yourself overthinking, chasing every shiny object or on the spinning hamster wheel of analysis paralysis, this is THE EPISODE you won’t want to miss. We are going to discuss what you really need and don’t need when running an Amazon FBA business.

Focus and confidence are two things every entrepreneur needs to successfully manage an online business. But with the variety of products and services marketers aggressively pressure business owners into buying, Amazon...

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Amazon FBA Business Organization

As the decade starts anew, many people will want to get more done in their Amazon businesses as part of their new year’s resolutions. But running an online business means running an overwhelming number of tasks such as admin, bookkeeping, and accounting, to name a few. Where do you even start? And to add to that, the world is full of distractions that could lull you into procrastination. The struggle is certainly real, and before you know it, entrepreneurs feel like they’ve failed...

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What do you want 2020 to look like [Amazon FBA Business Planning]

Whether you like it or not, 2019 is about to end. Not only are we about to turn over a new leaf - we’re turning over a new decade. It’s that time where people set new goals for the next year. What do you want 2020 to look like? How do you envision your life-changing, evolving, or improving? What are your goals for the new decade? More importantly, how do you plan to achieve those goals?

In this episode, we share some of the most important questions to ask yourself to guide you...

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Wholesale & Private Label Business Evolution with Nick Cox

With a keen mind and a love for mathematics, Nick Cox studied accounting and information systems in college. He began his career in IT & Financial Services after graduating, where he made use of his analytical mind. When he pivoted to running his own business on Amazon two years ago, Nick found that his knack for analysis is as useful in an ever-changing online marketplace. After educating himself and joining the Amazon Files’ Facebook community, Nick is now reaping the rewards of...

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