
Silent Sales Machine Radio
Voted the #1 podcast for Amazon sellers in late 2024! Still the ONLY Amazon seller podcast that features 100's of RECENT, REAL stories and strategies for Amazon FBA sellers around the world!
Welcome to the most listened to and success filled Amazon/Walmart/eBay seller podcast on the web! This is the official podcast of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.
Inside the free 78,000+ member Facebook group for fans of the show (SilentJim.com has a link) you'll MEET and INTERACT with an amazing community that uses the strategies taught on this show to grow incredible businesses.
This show features "real people" from all walks of life who pull back the curtain on the struggles, victories and strategies that come with WORKING HARD to build a beautiful business online.
Nothing worth having comes easy, but prepare to be inspired by those who are charting a course towards building an amazing business online.
The hundreds of featured guests on the show are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students as well as some of the 7,000+ coaching students from our Ecommerce coaching program that's been operating with a great reputation since 2003.
The host, Jim Cockrum (SilentJim.com) has had a reputation as one of the most credible sources of eCommerce strategy advice to be found since 1999.
Bottom line:
Regardless of experience level, you'll learn proven online business strategies on this show and become an Amazon selling NINJA!
This show applies timeless, proven strategies to modern eCommerce challenges. This podcast is for anyone who is looking to build or start an online business the RIGHT way with advice from one of the most trusted names in online marketing.
With over 6.3 million downloads on iTunes heading into 2025, you've found the right place to launch and grow the online business of your dreams.
NOTE: This show and related content are not related to or endorsed by Amazon.com, nor are the success stories you'll hear representative of typical or average results you can expect. Results discussed are provided for demonstration of what is possible, but are not intended to imply that you'll achieve similar results or any results.
Latest episodes

Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 3min
#653: Branded bundles on Amazon have changed her life
Learn how a successful Amazon seller in the UK is using branded bundles to aim for seven figures in sales. Discover the value of community and the power of creating unique bundles on Amazon. Explore challenges, handling lost parcels, popular tools for UK sellers, and the importance of persistence in entrepreneurship.

Jun 10, 2023 • 28min
#652: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons
In this segment, you'll hear exactly how this seller sources, business trajectory thoughts and what perks business owners get to enjoy. We covered episode #595 - Mom leaves behind nursing and teaching to pursue Amazon Replens https://silentjim.com/podcast The guest discusses how she sources using RA, OA and the help of a VA Jim and the guest discuss outsourcing to a prep center - see prepcenternetwork.com. Jim also discusses how sales tax can be recouped from the state but says this can be tricky based on where you live and what laws are in place. Using a tax free prep center eliminates this issue Jim discusses how the trajectory of the business is much more important than the day in and day out numbers. He reminds sellers to look at the overall picture and where your business is going! Jim asks the guest to explain her process of finding profitable ASINs and her parameters that she uses when searching Jim asks the guest to compare and contrast her background in nursing and teaching to selling on Amazon! They also discuss the perks and advantages of owning your own business!! The guest asks Jim specifically about growth and how to achieve that with her business. Jim mentions outside 3rd party funding - more information can be found at: https://silentjim.com/accrueme Show note LINKS: Learn exactly how to find profitable inventory you can sell right on Amazon in 20 minutes. We hold nothing back! Watch the video now: https://SilentJim.com/introvideo My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! https://PrepCenterNetwork.com Need a hand in prepping inventory? We have a list of all known Amazon seller prep centers worldwide. If you know of a prep center that’s not listed, please let us know! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!

Jun 8, 2023 • 1h 5min
#651: An interview with a PAC/coaching student who already has 500 products for Amazon
Today's podcast guest is another great coaching success story in the making! He started on Amazon with the REPLENS model (as taught in the provenamazoncourse.com course) earlier this year, and he's already found 500 products! He and his wife have two young kids and a service business that's doing OK, but it's not generating enough income for them to hit their family goals, so he's launched on Amazon...and that business is taking off! You'll hear how he finds his inventory, what tools he's using and his approach that's allowed him to have an amazing business just a few short months into the process. Stay in touch! Text the phrase "SilentJim" to 507-800-0090 to stay up to date on our latest FREE training events and other important updates! Opt-out any time of course! Emall and Facebook are so unreliable - we'd hate to lose touch with you! Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/Q7QW7Eq4Xvs Don't forget to check out Sellerboard, our awesome sponsor - THE accurate profit analytics tool for Amazon sellers that helps you calculate your profit precisely accounting for all hidden fees and in real time. Use our link and get a TWO month free trial: https://SilentJim.com/numbers Show note LINKS: Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of the selling data. Keepa is discussed in depth on episode 369 at https://silentjim.com/podcast Learn exactly how to find profitable inventory you can sell right on Amazon in 20 minutes. We hold nothing back! Watch the video now: https://SilentJim.com/introvideo My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! TheProvenConference.com - Mark your calendar for this July! Our LIVE event has more content and training than ever before .... ! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!

Jun 7, 2023 • 1h 2min
#650: Strategies to move you forward faster with your Amazon business
Today's new podcast episode is a three way conversation with three great success stories from our provenamazoncourse.com community! They've all three gone from "struggling newbies" to highly successful sellers to treasured leaders in our Amazon rapidly growing community of Business Building Warriors! You'll enjoy this interview update today with a guest who has become one of the highly influential and creative coaches on our team. They'll be discussing the basics of getting started, scaling, hiring, attending live events, deciding if you need a coach as well as many great tips for building your business faster and freeing yourself up from the duties of the business as you scale. Enjoy this "coaches corner" episode with Brian and Robin Joy Olson as they interview one of our great coaches, Susan Gilbert. Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: If Amazon asks to verify my ID, is that a big deal? Watch today's episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/C8EzWC_b2Xk Today's episode is sponsored by RevSeller - the business tool many of our coaches and students use to analyze and organize business data! https://provenamazoncourse.com/revseller Show note LINKS: Stay in touch! Text the phrase "SilentJim" to 507-800-0090 to stay up to date on our latest FREE training events and other important updates! Opt-out any time of course! Emall and Facebook are so unreliable - we'd hate to lose touch with you! My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! Join 72,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! TheProvenConference.com - Mark your calendar for this July 6th-8th! Our LIVE event has more content and training than ever before .... ! We expect hundreds of provenamazoncourse.com students and listeners of our podcast to be there! Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of the selling data. Keepa is discussed in depth on episode 369 at https://silentjim.com/podcast ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! PrepCenterNetwork.com - Need a hand in prepping inventory? We have a list of all known Amazon seller prep centers worldwide. If you know of a prep center that’s not listed, please let us know! SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode! Today's guest: Susan Gilbert - hosted by Brian and Robin Joy Olson

Jun 5, 2023 • 57min
#649: Selling branded bundles and building a seven figure empire
Our guest today was working in fast food until just a few short years ago. After a friend convinced him to try selling online so he got started with the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course. He loved retail sourcing and made some great progress, but he quickly pivoted into wholesale and then branded bundles (as taught in the Wholesale and Proven Brand Building modules inside the Proven Amazon Course learning portal) He now has 75 active bundles in the Household goods and Sports/Outdoors categories on Amazon and is doing a steady multiple seven figures at a great margins! Sponsored by Humnbird.com - the company Sebastian used to set up his brand registry on Amazon Show note LINKS: My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! TheProvenConference.com - Mark your calendar for this July! Our LIVE event has more content and training than ever before .... ! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! ProvenWholesaleSourcing.com (a module that’s included inside the PAC) ProvenBrandBuilding.com (the bundle strategy used by Sebastian - it’s a module inside the PAC) JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event! Sebastian mentions “Bundling Workshop” - those concepts are now integrated into our Proven Brand Building training. 7FigureFunding : https://www.7figurescredit.com/?a_aid=proven AccrueMe : SilentJim.com/funding Today’s guest Sebastian

Jun 3, 2023 • 30min
#648: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons
In this segment, which is targeted toward newer sellers, Jim discusses the different business model approaches of “high, high, low” vs. “low, low, high” and how that ties into the Replens model We covered episode #587 -Funding for the startup and growth stages of your Amazon business https://silentjim.com/podcast or the original YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/pOpqPaIJCQI Jim explains how once newer sellers are up and running, then funding for the business becomes something to look at. He talks about “gambling vs investing” from a Biblical standpoint and what makes them different from each other! Jim warns sellers about being confident in your ability to turn $5 bills into $10 bills before securing more outside funding! Jim mentions a favorite quote by Jim Rohn - “Set out to be a millionaire, not so you can have a million dollars, but so that you can become the kind of person who is capable of having a million dollars” as well as a favorite Dave Ramsey story - The Tortoise and the Hare! Sponsored by Payoneer! Payoneer helps sellers scale their businesses worldwide with multi-currency accounts, working capital, tax and VAT solutions and more. Pay your international suppliers in over 190 countries with ACH or credit card by visiting https://www.payoneer.com/industries/wholesale/. Or, skip the credit checks and learn more about bringing your eCommerce vision to life by visiting https://Payoneer.com/funding. Our podcast listeners get a special 10% fee rebate on their first offer! Show note LINKS: ProvenBotSourcing.com - our brand new course with online strategies to use on any website Tactical Arbitrage - use the link: https://silentjim.com/tacticalpb for their special offer for our community Learn exactly how to find profitable inventory you can sell right on Amazon in 20 minutes. We hold nothing back! Watch the video now: https://SilentJim.com/introvideo My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!

Jun 1, 2023 • 47min
#647: Our new "bot" strategy for finding great inventory for Amazon sellers
After several months of testing and some truly amazing results on our core team, we are finally revealing our brand new BOT sourcing strategy for finding profitable inventory on any retail website! It's launched at ProvenBotSourcing.com Today we discuss these new strategies with the coach on our team who has developed the concept. These are ideas that haven't been taught before anywhere else, and we can't wait to show you how to find "winning inventory" all around you! Watch this episode here on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/pCpFDNPfzfs Sponsored by JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! Show note LINKS: ProvenBotSourcing.com - online strategies to use on any website Tactical Arbitrage - use the link: https://silentjim.com/tacticalpb for their special offer for our community My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! TheProvenConference.com - Mark your calendar for this July! Our LIVE event has more content and training than ever before .... ! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! OAsimplified.com - Our online sourcing training that is now an included module inside the provenamazoncourse.com course collection. SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!

May 31, 2023 • 50min
#646: Create and celebrate the small wins on your way to a great Amazon business
Today we have a great "coaches corner" episode with Brain and Robin Joy Olson. They love to tackle the common challenges and questions we see among our JimCockrumCoaching.com students as they work side by side with so many of them daily! How do you stay focused on winning? How do you keep your "optimism fire" burning? They give plenty of specific "check points" and noteworthy achievements that deserve to be recognized and celebrated and we also talk about a simple mindset "hack" that puts you in a state of optimism as you work towards your goals. If you're ready to start your business journey on Amazon, you should know the provenamazoncourse.com is all you'll need - it's the training that's behind the 100's of recent interviews we've conducted on our podcast! Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: If Amazon asks to verify my ID, is that a big deal? Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/XKDI9HDNExI This episode is sponsored by the JimCockrumCoaching.com team! We have nearly 60 coaches currently. Set up a time to chat with us about coaching if you are ready to speed up your journey towards having a real business that you can be proud to own. Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) Show note LINKS: My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! Join 72,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! TheProvenConference.com - Mark your calendar for this July 6th-8th! Our LIVE event has more content and training than ever before .... ! We expect hundreds of provenamazoncourse.com students and listeners of our podcast to be there! Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of the selling data. Keepa is discussed in depth on episode 369 at https://silentjim.com/podcast ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! PrepCenterNetwork.com - Need a hand in prepping inventory? We have a list of all known Amazon seller prep centers worldwide. If you know of a prep center that’s not listed, please let us know! SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

May 29, 2023 • 1h 32min
#645: Young couple building their dream business on Amazon
We have a brand new podcast episode today for you! It's yet another of the dozens of fantastic recent episodes where we feature students who are succeeding with the provenamazoncourse.com REPLENS training! Today's guests are a married couple with a young family and big dreams. They are seeing great success with the PAC after trying several other business ideas over the years. They are now "all in" on Amazon! They also speak in very glowing terms about our JimCockrumCoaching.com coaching program - it's a motivating story for sure! We spend plenty of time talking through their challenges and sharing how they find their inventory as well as several other great topics. If you are looking for tips or motivation, this is yet another great episode! We have a special guest at the end of today's show Taylor with Arbitrage Card - Save cash with DISCOUNTED GIFT CARDS! He's a member of our community and has put together a free eBook on this topic which includes a basic introduction to gift cards as well as some tips and resources that can benefit even those who are already experienced with gift cards. Get the free report at: silentjim.com/giftcards Watch this episode on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/Q4F13ifO-P0 Show note LINKS: My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! Our recommended "on screen calculator tool": RevSeller -https://provenamazoncourse.com/revseller Inventory Lab - is a third-party inventory management software. It can enhance the product listing workflow for Amazon sellers. Composed of diverse solutions, the software efficiently aids in the many aspects of running an online business https://jimc.biz/2JY4w3a TheProvenConference.com - Mark your calendar for this July 6th-8th! Our LIVE event has more content and training than ever before .... ! JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of Amazon selling data. For more information, Jim goes into more detail regarding why we love KEEPA and why every replen seller needs it on episode 369 of this podcast at https://SilentJim.com/podcast SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event! Today's guests: Brittany and Mike Morriseau

May 27, 2023 • 45min
#644: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons
In today's episode, we have highlights of a prior show. This episode is ideal for newer sellers who are struggling to make the Replens Model “click.” We covered episode #585 - New Keepa Sourcing Strategies are here for Replens Sellers. Hear the whole episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast or view the original YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/H8IVKgMn6mo Today's highlights: Jim and the guests discuss the “Childbirth pains” of growing your Amazon business. They also discuss “before click” (BC) and “after click” (AC) in terms of the Replens sourcing and it all starting to “click!” Jim talks about how Creativity, Leadership and Relationships are the most important areas of your business that you cannot hand to anyone else! The goal is to work “on” your business and not “in” your business! The guest, Robin, discusses what the Kick Start program entails (within PAC). It’s designed to help new sellers learn the very basics of starting to sell on Amazon. Jim also discusses the importance of team work and everyone working together to help each other grow and succeed! Jim talks about Jeff Bezos and how he wrote about the time and money saved by shopping on Amazon - essentially trading dollars for time! Jim and the guests discuss the new proven Amazon course called The Advanced Keepa Training. The guests also share that new sellers can sell in the following categories: arts and crafts, office supplies, home and kitchen, pet supplies (not food) The guest, Brian, explains how it’s possible to use Keepa creatively with different filters to narrow down searches to find underserved ASIN’s (listings). Jim uses the brand Nike as an example This episode is sponsored by the JimCockrumCoaching.com team! We have nearly 60 coaches currently. Set up a time to chat with us about coaching if you are ready to speed up your journey towards having a real business that you can be proud to own. Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) Show note LINKS: ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! REPLENS KICKSTART program - Brand New to Amazon and REPLENS? All students of the provenamazoncourse.com course who've not yet made their first REPLENS sale will benefit greatly from this series of live (and recorded of course) zoom group sessions with a coach - it's only $39! Contact Support@SilentSalesMachine.com for details. Provenamazoncourse.com/Keepa - 10 Advanced Keepa strategies that will make you a product souring ninja! Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of Amazon selling data. For more information, Jim goes into more detail regarding why we love KEEPA and why every replen seller needs it on episode 369 of this podcast at https://SilentJim.com/podcast If you have any questions as a PAC student you should email Support@SilentSalesMachine.com My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam - 100% FREE! Join 72,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day