Importance of relationships >>>
Here is 38 of 1 sku where I’m making 40% + ROI / total profit of: $570+
Manager at a local outlet pulled these from the back for me. Would not have even known they had them if it wasn’t for developing a solid relationship with the manager
1 year ago at this time, my sneaker business of selling hype shoes on IG was failing
So in my free time I resorted to going door to door asking if people if they wanted there house numbers painted for $30
It sucked getting rejected, having doors slammed in your face, and
Bought 10 units to get sent to prep center from Nike
Only 2/10 got delivered and the other 8 have been missing for 2 weeks
Contacted Nike about this & this is the email I received. Lesson learned, making a new account with jigged info & shipping to home address going forward
This was my second best month on amazon and so much has been learned up to this point in my 9th month on amazon. My ROI has been the best it’s ever been as I have now been buying products that aren’t as prone to price tanking as I have in the past and have been staying a lot more
Absolute facts if you are a young man the time to grind is NOW
Most of us at this age don’t have kids, a serious job, & likely not paying a full mortgage w/ utilities and other random bills
Dont be the average, bust ur ass in your early 20’s to live comfortable in ur 30’s
2 years ago today, I had my last day working a 9-5 job
I remember dreading waking up at 6:30am to drive to this job that I was only making $14 an hour at
At the time I was working as a physical therapy technician (pretty much an assistant to physical therapists)
On a daily
You could pay 10’s-100’s of thousands of dollars for a college degree that will keep u in a 9-5 for 20+ years that u hate
Or u can pay a small fraction of that to learn how to sell on Amazon, not have a set schedule, make more than a degree would ever give u & be able to travel
Just sold my first fbm item to a celebrity
Joe La Puma with complex, who does all the sneaker shopping episodes on YT💀
Was curious on who would pay $50 expedited shipping
Quick tip for those that do RA at Nike outlets
Don’t sleep on Nike refurbished section of the store, these sold within 2 hours of listing them on Alias.
Easy $120 profit on one shoe
Is this a normal amount to spend for amazon business insurance?
I think it might be this high because I said I expect to do 1,000,000 in sales
over the next 12 months
Any advice appreciated
What is y’all’s opinion on best value / use for Amex points?
And if you say travel how are you converting ur points to other platforms for maximum value?
Amex Maxed out
Cap One Maxed out
Been focusing on spending unused discount gift cards, selling removal orders on eBay / Mercari, setting up seller board, ungating, and repricing
Always something to be done even when you don’t have any more capitol to source
A little over two years ago I had my best ever thrift haul
I was sitting in school and got the text from someone who runs local estate sales to come shop early for their private sale. I waited for my break between classes and drove over
I ended up spending 2 hours digging
12k spend RA roday, really high roi on a lot of the products I picked up
All I’ll say is relationships compound and simple meaningful conversations with employees go a long long way
Successfully did my first reimbursement claim from a scam return I had someone try and do to me
Def going to start doing this more often was a quick and easy process
Mom is seriously the goat
Works as a teacher dealing with kindergarteners from 8am-4pm. Comes home makes dinner. And helps me prep for a few hours as well.
Going to give this woman everything she ever wants just need a couple years
8 hours of prep work but finally finished,
Crazy as just two months ago I was averaging 3-5k shipments and now doing 20k+ shipments weekly. Beyond happy with how this amazon journey is going so far
Just had $2500 worth of kohls cash get voided and canceled
Called and said they voided it for me being deemed a reseller
They said only option is for me to write a letter to them as to why it was a mistake for them to do that
If anyone has any advice on how to get this
Always check ur pairs before sending out. Bought this “brand new”
And if this ever happens to you be sure to contact the retailer u bought from via phone about what happened
Can usually get a partial refund, account points, or coupon for next purchase
Deleting old photos from my camera roll and found these old memes from my stock days where I thought I was gonna get rich off amc stock and GameStop.
Such a young delusional entrepreneur back then
Beyond looking forward to switching back to FBA to prep center
Early January will be focused on teaching the VA admin tasks to free up my time, getting seller investigators setup, disputing any a to z claims from lost packages, working on bad reviews and begin learning
Just had amazon prevent me from creating new shipments due to a shipping box being 2.80 inches to big for the height of the box 💀
Already resolved the issue but learn from my mistake and don’t use Home Depot large size boxes
Great day spent at a local trade show
Had some solid conversations with brands and got to practice the whole pitch of becoming a partner and the benefits I can provide with listing optimizations, ppc, other sales channels opportunities etc
Just went through my amazon returns
Sold someone a new pair of Nike trail running shorts received back a used pair of underwear
These people give no fucks
Anybody ever have this happen before or got any advice
Amazon wants to do a video interview for an inauthentic complain I received. They had previously denied my invoice 2 times and now I have to schedule a zoom call with them.
So doing OA
A website works with no VPN (but blocks after 4 orders), tried using vpn but it cancels all orders
Is there a VPN out there that works perfectly to bypass this issue?"
Just now hit me I haven’t used a debit for 8 months now
Really is no point in using one if you can be a responsible human and pay your statements off in time
If I sold something FBM and customer created an A to Z claim but amazon withdrew the money from my account despite usps losing the item…
Should I contact Amazon to reimburse me or USPS? Below is what the tracking number is showing. No movement in almost two weeks
2 years ago I would have watched 20+ hours of TV & YouTube videos leading up to the nfl draft to see who my favorite team will draft
A complete waste of time for something that is meaningless
As for today only reason I even knew it was today was because it is on the gym TV
This goes to show what it takes sometimes
Jordan brand is now hard gated for new sellers and there is no knowledge if they will allow new submission anytime soon either
The importance of this is taking action because you never know when something like this may happen