Episodes
Aug. 29, 2018
Where Can I find Wholesale Products to Distribute #178
Where Can I find Wholesale Products to Distribute Wholesale Products If you are looking for products to wholesale here are some places where you can find them: Aliexpress - on Aliexpress you can find wholesale products n smaller quantities but higher price Alibaba - On Alibaba, you can find a wholesale product with an MOQ (minimum order quantity) and you don't need to brand or label any of those products DHgate - One of the first Chinese websites I used to import half a sea can of pocket motorcy...
Aug. 28, 2018
Can I sell on Amazon Anonymously #177
Can I sell on Amazon Anonymously #177 If you are talking about your personal information, then Yes In North America it is still possible to do so. Basically, you as a person will remain anonymous to the buyers. They will only see the name of your store, your brand, company phone (if you enter one). But you will have to give Amazon your personal information during the account creation, and banking information to get paid. Most other marketplaces like Germany or Japan will NOT allow you to remain ...
Aug. 23, 2018
How To Sell Your Product To Retailers #176
How to sell your product to retailers and get your product on store shelves Today's guest came from nothing, at the age of 14 she was left by her mother who thought that being a mom was too hard! Well... Some people break, Others bend. Our guest is the one who bends. Instead of going off the rails, she worked hard to do the best she could with what she had been dealt. Today she is a multi-award winning business woman who has built a hugely successful chain of retail stores, a far cry from being ...
Aug. 22, 2018
How to ensure your work gets visibility in the company?
How to ensure your work gets visibility in the company? Lots of people that listen to the podcast have a full-time job working for someone else, and in their spare time, they try to build an online empire. Well, if you are one of them, you should know that, for one, you are not alone, and two, not everything is smooth sailing on either side of the workforce! Meaning, being a business owner has a lot more headaches than you can imagine. But working for someone else that doesn't see what you do, o...
Aug. 21, 2018
How I can leverage my marketing skills to create change?
Marketing skills Alexandra’s message to you: "I am a new grad who is looking to work internationally in marketing, facilitation, and engagement for socially conscious businesses. How I can leverage my skills to create meaningful change?" Hi Alexandra, Excited to be connected with you to help you leverage your marketing skills The fact that you already know exactly what you want is in itself an amazing start! One advice I can give you is to never be comfortable. If you don't feel a rush of adrena...
Aug. 17, 2018
What To Do When My Product Isn’t Profitable #173
What To Do When My Product Isn't Profitable #173 When you are selling online and your product isn't profitable here is what you can do: Talk to Quin Amorim at QAsellingonline.com Press that contact Quin button and leave him a message This does not have to go live on the Podcast What To Do When My Product Isn't Profitable Product Isn't Profitable
Aug. 16, 2018
Advantages and Disadvantages of Amazon FBA? #172
Do you advise me to invest in Amazon FBA, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of Amazon FBA? Consider Amazon FBA a tool for your online business. So technically you won't be investing on Amazon FBA, but you will be investing in your own business using FBA and selling on Amazon. The greatest advantage of all that Amazon has is the incredible amount of traffic and insane high conversion rates. The high conversion rates are due to the fact that Amazon is highly trusted, and the fact that ...
Aug. 15, 2018
Freight Forwarder from Europe to USA | E.p. #171
Freight Forwarder from Europe to USA | E.p. #171 Europe to USA This question came from Luis in Portugal, and since the message and the reply were in Portuguese I will leave the show notes in Portuguese. Although the show is in English :) "Boa tarde Quim, Estou a falar de Portugal,mais concretamente do Montijo. Cheguei ao teu contato através do grupo de Facebook, Amazon FBA High Rollers. Se possível, pedia-te uma recomendação: Necessito de um freight forwarder de confiança para DDP de Lisboa para...
Aug. 13, 2018
Products on the wrong Sub-Category with low BSR #170
Products on the wrong Sub-Category with low BSR wrong Sub-Category
Aug. 7, 2018
Selling Handmade Products Online Amazon UK #169
Amazon UK Congratulations on making your own product, I always wanted to be able to make something myself. I'm guessing you are also in the Amazon Handmade program, but if you are not I highly recommend applying for it. If you are living in the US and want to sell in the UK there are a few things that you need to do and need to know. Although I'm not an expert when it comes to the UK or even FBM, since the only FBM I ever did was in Canada. The approval from Amazon, after you are able to fill th...
Aug. 6, 2018
How to get images for eBay/Amazon with a white background?
On Amazon, the main image is mandatory to have a pure white background, and on top of that, the product needs to take up more than 85% of the picture. How do people get professional images for their eBay/Amazon product with a white background On eBay, the white background is not mandatory, but it does look better There are a few ways to do it: Fiverr - You can go to Fiverr and hire someone for $7 to make your backgrounds all white Amazon Seller App - The Amazon seller app has a picture setting t...
Aug. 3, 2018
How Can I Get Reviews On Amazon Without Incentivizing 167
For many years, we were allowed to incentivize reviews on Amazon, but the review needed to have a disclaimer saying “I received this product in exchange for a review…”How can I get reviews on Amazon for new products without incentivized reviews?Nowadays, as you know, we are not allowed to do so, and that makes it harder to get the happy customers to leave one. But the people who are not pleased will always go out of their way to leave a bad one.But… Do not risk your account’s selling privileges ...
Aug. 2, 2018
Selling on Amazon Canada – Amazon FBA Canada Storage Fees
Selling on Amazon Canada - Amazon FBA Canada Storage Fees FBA’s twice-yearly inventory cleanup is scheduled for August 15, 2018. Units that have been in a US or Amazon FBA Canadian fulfillment center for 181 to 365 days on August 15 will incur a long-term storage fee on that date: $11.25 USD per cubic foot for US inventory or $400 CAD per cubic meter for Canadian inventory. Units that have been in a US fulfillment center for more than 365 days will incur a fee of $22.50 USD per cubic foot. For C...
Aug. 1, 2018
Can I use affiliate link from my own products with my SuperURL
Not only double dipping but triple! The sale of your own products, algorithm trigger of Super URL and affiliate link commission! double dipping with an affiliate link and a super URL Question from Bruce
July 31, 2018
Selling on Amazon FBA listings which are no longer being used #164
Can I sell on Amazon FBA listings which are no longer being used by companies which left the marketplace? This is not a simple yes or no answer, depending on a few things: - If you are selling the same item with the same UPC, yes you can sell on the existing listing. But that cannot be a brand gated listing. A brand gated listing means the official manufacturer has presented Amazon with their Trademark and requested to lock that listing. An easy way to check this is to download the free Amazon s...
July 30, 2018
Amazon FBA Canada Lightning Deals Change 163
Amazon FBA Canada A quick episode to explain the difference in lightning deals on Amazon FBA Canada, and how the price is less than 10% of the lightning deals in amazon.com Amazon FBA Canada
July 27, 2018
Launching with Social Media Influencers #162
How to launch products using Influencer marketing on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Youtube Social Media Influencers How to find Social Media Influencers that are willing to advertise your product, who to use, how to pay and how much to pay. Launching with Social Media Influencers Please make sure to listen, as today we don't have show notes top 50 social media influencers Quin
July 25, 2018
All About Failing Fast With Quin Amorim #161
Quin Amorim explains the meaning of Failing Fast How do you fail fast, and what is the meaning of failing fast? In systems design, a fail-fast system is one which immediately reports at its interface any condition that is likely to indicate a failure. Fail-fast systems are usually designed to stop normal operation rather than attempt to continue a possibly flawed process The goal of the fail fast idea is avoiding spending time, money and resources pursuing something that isn't working. People te...
July 24, 2018
Update from Amazon’s Main Image on Listing #160
Update from Amazon's Main Image on Listing #160 Message from Amazon "Thank you for selling on Amazon. Your success is important to us, and we are working continuously to identify opportunities to improve both the selling and buying experience. Images that meet our Image Guidelines improve the customer experience. To ensure the best possible customer experience, Amazon will hide (suppress) listings that do not meet our main image requirements. By September 2018, you may see items suppressed due t...
July 23, 2018
How to make the main picture of my Amazon FBA listing stand out #159
How to make my main picture stand out Bruce got a new listing for a Pl Private Label product, and right or wrong it's a copy of an existing product, but he made it much better. He is looking for a way to make his main picture stand out. Thank you, Bruce, I really appreciate receiving these voice questions. And this is a very good one. Launching a product that looks exactly like a competitor's is not always a bad thing. sometimes we got to do what we got to do, in order to get quicker to market a...
July 20, 2018
How to liquidate a losing product #158
How to liquidate a losing product We currently have a product on our Amazon store that we are looking to liquidate. What would you advise would be the best way to do that? Alysha Hello Alysha, Liquidating a product is never fun, not only because we know there will a monetary loss, but because that money could have been growing with a winning product. And, there is also a bit of ego being hurt haha Here are a couple things I do when that happens. First thing I do is create a looser account, with ...
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July 19, 2018
The risks or rewards of selling electronics on Amazon
I recently found your podcast on Spotify so please excuse me if this has been addressed already, I have a lot of catching up to do! I live in Australia and am researching a home electrical appliance to be sold through Amazon Australia FBA. I believe there is a high demand and little competition particularly from sellers native to Australia. Before I do the hard numbers I would like to know your thoughts on whether an electrical product is too ambitious for a new seller to take on ie. Is the risk...
July 18, 2018
Why do YOU GUYS build online stores in USD #156
E-commerce stores are built using default currency of USD and people get confused Why do YOU GUYS build online stores in USD #156
July 16, 2018
Low competition and high sales product to private label #155
Low competition and high sales product to private label Looking for the right product to private label "Hi quin I'm from Jacksonville, Florida. I'm 55 yrs old, 4.5 year to retirement from Anheuser Busch. I have a drop shipping business with printful.com my website: gorillawarwear.us.com. I started this business to some of the working of e-commerce like ad on Facebook, ad words, social media. I have almost 100 designs and I have sold 20 shirts and 6 of those was to myself. I started in February. ...