Amazon Sellers: Avoid These Mistakes in 2025 with a Business Post-Mortem

Is your Amazon business ready for 2025?

Before diving into the new year, it's critical to perform a year-end review—or as we call it, a "business post-mortem."

In this episode of The Clear the Shelf Podcast, Chris Grant and Chris Racic break down the exact steps to analyze what worked, what failed, and how to prepare your Amazon FBA business for its best year yet.

What you’ll learn:

• The importance of knowing your numbers and avoiding costly financial mistakes

• How to identify your most profitable products and eliminate low performers

• Practical tips for setting KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to track success

• Strategies to optimize sourcing methods and improve inventory management

• How to adapt to Amazon policy changes and market trends in 2025

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0:00 - Introduction: Year-End Review for Amazon Sellers
3:20 - Why a Year-End Business Post-Mortem is Critical
7:10 - Reviewing Financial Performance: Key Metrics to Track
11:30 - Identifying Your Most Profitable Products
16:00 - How to Spot and Eliminate Low Performers
20:45 - Setting Goals and KPIs for 2025
25:20 - Lessons Learned from Sourcing Strategies in 2024
30:15 - Improving Inventory Management to Reduce Stockouts and Overstocks
34:50 - Analyzing Amazon Policy Changes and Adapting Your Business
39:10 - How to Plan for Seasonal Trends in 2025
43:30 - Scaling Your Arbitrage Business Without Overextending
48:20 - Tools and Resources for Better Business Tracking
52:15 - Managing Cash Flow and Reinvesting Profits
56:40 - Building Resilience for Market and Policy Shifts
1:01:20 - Closing Thoughts: Making 2025 Your Best Year Yet