The Smartest Amazon Seller

In this episode of the Best Amazon Seller, we talk about how to improve your shipping process. Some of the topics we cover are figuring out how software can help increase productivity in your business and when it’s needed. We also give examples from my business and give an overview of what we use in our shipping process, things we avoid and products we lean toward. - Introduction 0:15 - Designing your own software 5:53 - Using Amazon’s API 7:05 - Our Shipping Process 8:35 “There’s one type of inventory that we just really steer clear of, and that’s seasonal oversize.” https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

In this episode of the Best Amazon Seller, we interview Albert Polanco, a founding member of Zon Product Photography. He gives us a wealth of knowledge not only on product pictures for Amazon but also on the subject of general marketing tips. - How did you start? 1:20 - The Primary Image 5:37 - Show Don’t Tell 11:55 - Good and Bad Lifestyle Photos 15:01 - Text and Badges 20:01 - Mistakes of Past 30:09 “If your product is stronger than the competition, don’t say that. Show your product doing something stronger than the competition. Demonstrate it.” 13:52 Link for 7 step framework. https://7steps.zonproductphotography.com/   Promo Code: BuyBoxer5   Contest for product photography. https://vyper.io/c/18009hhdyu https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

On this episode of the Best Amazon Seller we talk about the power of having good photography. With many people using the mobile app for amazon, people are looking for quick quality pictures that tell the story well. People often would prefer looking at a picture rather than looking at the bullet points to find information. We talk about different routes including hiring or doing it yourself. - How photography affects your business 1:21 - Few things to consider 3:56 - Rewards on Amazon 11:35 - Graphic Design 12:37 - Case Study 14:05 “Not only does a good picture increase the likelihood of selling but if you tell the story really well through some pictures, you probably reduce your return rate cause you’re showing how it’s used.” https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

On this episode of The Best Amazon Seller we talk about The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and how we can relate this to an e-commerce business. The book delves deeply into how our habits can rule our lives for the good or the bad. These habits influence practically all of our choices and understanding this can help our efforts in our online sales. - New Things within Buyboxer - The Power of Habit 2:50 - 3 Take Aways from Book 4:05 - Applying the Book to E-Commerce 9:35 “We are e-commerce professionals and have to understand shoppers behavior and tendency. In other words…tendencies is another word for habits.” https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

Refunding can depend a lot on your inventory. Depending on your inventory, this can vary a lot, but you really need to know your reports to even know if you are getting your product back. Figuring this out can impact your business, so listen in to this episode to learn more about refund percentages and how to optimize your business. https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

In this episode, Scott talks about the things he wishes he knew when he started out in Amazon FBA. No matter how large their business is, even the massive FBA businesses have issues selling on the Amazon marketplace. Amazon isn't a place where you can just set something up, leave it alone, and expect it to sell while you coast. Listen in and learn about some tricks and tips that you can start applying today. https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

In this episode of the Smartest Amazon Seller, Scott interviews Alex representing Payability. They talk about when it is appropriate to take out a loan or an advance, how to work in the ecommerce world with advertising, and financial products for ecommerce based companies. They also discuss the difference between a loan and an advance. Alex - When is it worth the risk of taking an advance or loan? 4:28 - financial products for ecommerce based companies. 9:20 - differences between a loan and an advance 16:43 - Payability’s work 23:17 - Coupon with Payability 32:37 “The shorter that you can create that time of when you made a sale to when you have money in your pocket, the smoothing you can kind of do over the rest of your expenses in your cash flow.”

This episode dives into the benefits of attending conferences and how this can help you sell on Amazon. Meeting and interfacing with other sellers can lead huge growth and connections. The episode also dives into the various conferences that Scott has attended including Amazon hosted conferences. Conferences there lead Scott to insights that give sellers an upper hand. Learning From Others 1:37 Meeting New Sellers 2:37 IRCE 6:12 Amazon Hosted Conferences 8:57

Today's subject is the Marketplace Growth Program / Strategic Account Services. One of the most useful things you can do to with Strategic Account Services is getting into an account that can benefit you and getting introduced to a particular team, which can be done by talking to an account manager. If you haven't heard of or used this before, this can be an amazing way to work with Amazon in very specialized ways. Account managers have a lot of experience and can maneuver through a lot of the issues that can occur when dealing with Amazon. This can even act as an insurance or a buffer for suspensions and other issues as well. https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/

Scott's full-time job is developing automation for his company's seller account, so this week he is sharing his insights about this kind of software development. The majority of the ordering processes, profitability analysis, and advertising automation is done by unique software that they have developed. What you want to consider when you hire someone to develop software or start to do it yourself is the API, or the connection point between you and Amazon. This is where you get reports, submit feeds, see your own data, and create FBA shipments. Really understanding the specifics of what is going on will inform a lot of your decisions in the long run. Listen in to this episode to get more information on the tech side of Amazon FBA. https://www.instagram.com/smartestseller/ https://www.buyboxer.com/