Starting an Amazon FBA Business - Please advise!

Hi Matt,

You would be best to look up Jim Cockrum and join his forum or facebook group.- My Silent Team

Get his PAC - proven amazon course as it has everything you need to know and then some.

I think included for the price of admission is Walter Hay's Sourcing from China Book which is also worth it's weight in gold.

Walter is part of this forum as [importexport] - search out his posts.

The above advice from me is free but you would need to pay Jim for his training.

You will save yourself so much time and headaches if you get PAC and if you don't get PAC get Walter's book on product sourcing as it will save you a ton of money and help you avoid the pitfalls when product sourcing.

Best regards,

Ozi

i think you need to join war room for getting perfect tips.

I am in complete agreement with Ozi above as Jim Cockrum's Proven Amazon Course was instrumental when I started my Amazon FBA business. Just a couple of thoughts. Starting with private labeling is a bit more complicated to simply starting to sell already well known products. I use camelcamelcamel to learn of a products sales history. Also - start small and learn to operate under Amazon rules and procedures. They are not too complicated but they need to be followed. You can build your business once you learn how to operate your FBA business. Your Amazon seller account will have a lot of features to assist you and Amazon's support is outstanding, very helpful.

I was also checking into Amazon FBA, what threw me off of it was that "LEGALLY", you have to have a sales tax license AND collect and remit sales tax to EVERY jurisdiction that Amazon has a "presence" in. In other words, Amazon has warehouses all over the country...Have fun with that...

For Amazon software tools, try out all the ones you're interested in, most will offer a free trial (avoid the ones that require your credit card details), and assess which is the best value for what you need.

Also take advantage of free tools! Ones I use regularly would be Google Keyword Planner + Sonar ( Amazon keyword research)& CamelCamelCamel (BSR history)

There are several topics to understand that can't be covered in one answer. So, start by taking baby steps and take one step at a time.

eCommerce sales in the US are exploding and a huge chunk of online revenue is coming from Amazon. Check out this article on to have some of your questions answered, how startup can begin selling on Amazon. Start with 1 product to get yourself familiar with the whole process, learn through it and then work your way up by continuously adding more products. You can introduce private label products anytime once you have hands on experience of Amazon selling,

AMZ Insight is one of the best Amazon sellers software for the newbies as well as pro sellers that leads you through your journey to become a successful seller on Amazon. Explore the downloads and blog where you can find tons of free resources, eBooks, guides, tips & tricks from setting up Amazon account, product research, sourcing, listing, marketing to the customer support.

Hey great you planned to start Amazon business but just to keep you informed based on Web retailer Research data ** only 9% of Amazon Sellers make less than $10,000 per year, 16.7% of Amazon sellers make over a million dollars. And a very small 2.1% make over 10 million per year in revenue from Amazon's marketplace.
63% only sell on marketplaces
There are many advantages to selling through online marketplaces, but there are also risks.
So do your homework well.

And to answer few of your question:
1) you can use JS or SellerPrime to do product research.
2) you can use any landing page site design for your website and make sure to register your brand.
3) Alibaba can be best sourcing option but try 1688 also to get wholesale prices in Chinese market so you can bargain better.
4) Make sure you optimize listing and focus more on getting organic sales. Use trending keywords with less competition.
5) Use tool to track every progress you are making in your Amazon business few tools where you can try out are SellerPrime, camelcamelcamel, JS etc

Happy Selling!

I thought some of the translated stuff from 1688 might be of interest to Warriors, so here are some examples:

This skirt and fire, who wear the United States!
The thigh is not only a woman's patent
The bra picks from 6 o'clock
Teach you a simple method of nursing water purifier
Socks with these types do not miss
Electrolytic capacitor knowledge of the whole solution!

Good luck in buying from suppliers on 1688 !!!!

Walter Hay
Provenchinasourcing