Today I am joined by John Cavendish to chat about some key things to remember with dealing with Seller Support. For most, Q4 is an important time for Amazon Sellers.   John Cavendish is the CEO & Founder of Seller Candy. Through his ecommerce journey, John owned and operated multiple 7-figure brands on Amazon, leading him to start a full-service Amazon agency. While running this agency, he quickly realized that there was a gap in the market, and pivoted the business into what is now known as "Seller Candy". Seller Candy acts as the technical arm of your Amazon business, bridging the gap between you and Seller Support. No more templated responses, complicated POAs or being bounced between departments - they deal with all of that and free up your time and energy to focus on growth.

The 132nd Canton Fair is now Live - Online. In today's podcast, Sharon Even does an in-depth Tutorial on navigation around the 132nd Canton Fairs Website. The 132nd Online Canton Fair Website will be live until March 2023 - you will have access to all exhibitors, products, and exhibitors information and contact information however from October 24th the Live streaming option and the scheduling of a meeting with the exhibitors option will be closed. If you are listening to this on the podcast it is recommended you find the tutorial video on the seller sessions youtube channel. 132nd Canton Fair Website Link: https://www.cantonfair.org.cn/ Happy Sourcing!

Steve Simonson joins me today,  to chat about the current climate and the impact on sellers. Patterns often repeat themselves, focussing on PNL per product and dialling in on the products with a strong profit profile. With consumer uncertainty, we need to focus on “not being” over leveraged, turning trash into cash and being lean on inventory. Rigouse economic scrutiny is a must and budgeting by justifying and approving all expenses for each accounting period, rather than basing it on your past spending.

Protecting Yourself From Blackhat in Q4 with Howard Thai   Howard and I chat about the 5 most common blackhat tactics and how to counter and deal with them.   Howard Thai is a former top 50 Seller on all of Amazon, and his origin story as a Seller is an epoch itself. Between selling thousands of units of hoverboards daily and battling with Apple Inc. on Amazon, the story of his humble beginnings is a story too long to tell. But this is all you need to know about Howard…   Signalytics.ai Elitesellersociety.com https://howardthai.com/

Why Ranking Premium Priced Products Is A Misnomer   Today I breakdown Premium Priced Products and why most of the time they fail to get, or maintain the top three keyword placements.   This is one of the most common issues sellers face when speaking to them.    They ask me either in person or online. "Why is my product is not converting"  I ask them, to do a search with their main keywords and 9 times out of 10, their product is priced higher than the average price of the page and / or the top three positions. Normally 50% or more... So we broke down some of the key data points to explore this.   Youtube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS8amvL1Cz8

In today's podcast, Sharon Even Speaks with Refael Elbaz, Founder of Unicargo to chat about the current Q4 2022 Shipping and Logistics Updates. Shipping prices are down, back to pre covid rates - but what are Shipping Carriers trying to do to fight these low spot rates? What Can We Expect this Q4 and how can we plan in advance for the Chinese New Year? We discuss all of this and more in this podcast.   About Refael: Refael Elbaz is the founder of Unicargo, a modern freight forwarding company that focuses on creating advanced solutions for e-commerce companies and entrepreneurs. Unicargo is leveraging technology to consolidate all the data points of international shipping, thus creating services and tools for E-commerce businesses enabling them to make intelligent, data-driven supply chain decisions. Refael is an e-commerce logistics advisor to the Israeli export institute and a public speaker in Amazon, international logistics, and supply chain conventions.

Today I will be talking about where we are going next with Seller Sessions and what is in store for 2023.  I spent most of 2022 on tour covering the UK, EU, US and Australia. Now I am back home for the next 6-8 months. We are closing in on 1000 episodes and it is important to keep things fresh and I want to keep all our listeners in the loop of what to expect and thank them for their loyalty over the last 5 years.

For the last two years Izabela has been with us on Mondays with her Inspired with Bell show, covering all things mindset. But now is the time for her work on new things, and today we will take a look back and discuss what she has in store for the future.   Also, we will have some surprise guests jumping on throughout the podcast.

AMC (Amazon Marketing Cloud) For Amazon Sellers Brent Zahradnik returns to the show to go technical on the benefits of AMC and how you can get the most out of it. What we will cover on Today’s show… - What is Amazon Marketing Cloud and why does it matter? - What does AMC do and who can use it? - The major benefits and insights you can get from using AMC - Some of the new metrics in AMC and their definitions - How can you access AMC?    Brent is the founder of AMZ Pathfinder, an advertising agency that since 2015 has worked with businesses selling on the North American and EU Amazon marketplaces helping them maximize their outcomes for all advertising-related goals.

Today on Thursdays with Sharon, Sharon Even welcomes back Elson Zhou, Founder of BD Inspections to give us an "on the ground" update on the current Pandemic restrictions in China, Supply Chain updates, and Tips + Predictions for the coming months. We cover: * The current situation with daily testing all over China, Zero c0vid tolerance, restrictions, etc, and how this impact the manufacturing sector. * Current situation with the Chinese Economy + Tips and Predictions * Possible Issues and Risks for sellers with solutions on how to handle these issues. And more! Elson based in Shenzhen has been in the manufacturing scene for over 15 years and founded BD Inspections 14+ years ago. BD Inspections is a Chinese Based 3rd Party Inspection Company with over 100 inspectors around China, they offer multiple Inspection Services including Factory Audits, Sample inspections, Mid Production Inspections, Pre Shipment inspections, Shipment Loading Inspections, and more.   Note from the Host - Sharon: It was very interesting interviewing Elson who I have known for years, A Chinese businessman based in China, and hearing his perspective on life in China - the good the bad, and the ugly, especially on how it is to own a business in China and the hardships that come with it, I highly recommend anyone who deals with China Supply chain to watch this interview! Contact BD Inspections: Email: info@inspection.com.cn & elson@inspection.com.cn Whatsapp/ Wechat: +86-13423991319