Clear the Shelf with Chris & Chris

In this episode we discuss some of the pervasive myths that, seemingly, don't die no matter how many times they are busted.  They include: Arbitrage is Dead Amazon Hates Third Party Sellers You Can't Scale an Arbitrage Business Amazon Won't Accept Retail Receipts and more... We hope you enjoy the episode and we look forward to growing an arbitrage focused podcast with you.  Please let us know topics or guests you'd love to see covered in the show and we will do it. Here are some resources for you: ClearTheShelf.com (The Blog) OAChallenge.com 🧰  Repricer Challenge (Free) - https://cleartheshelf.com/repricer-challenge 🧰  RabbitTrailChallenge (Free) - https://cleartheshelf.com/rabbit-trail-challenge Where to Find us on Social: Chris Grant - @ClearTheShelf on IG Chris Racic - @chris_oal247 Thanks so much for listening!

Today we discuss Amazon Bookkeeping with Nathan Hirsch of EcomBalance.  Nathan Hirsch is a lifelong entrepreneur and currently the CEO of EcomBalance and Outsource School. Nathan started his first business in 2009 from his college dorm room buying and selling textbooks on Amazon. In the next 5 years, he expanded into other products and scaled it to over $25 million in total sales.    ----------------------------------------   Interested in two free months of Bookkeeping services?  Just mention you heard about EcomBalance from Chris Grant here and they will hook you up.  ➡️  https://www.ecombalance.com    ----------------------------------------   After scaling his Amazon business and hiring hundreds of virtual assistants from sites like Upwork and Fiverr, he and his business partner, Connor Gillivan, co-founded and scaled FreeUp.net with an initial $5,000 investment to $12 million in yearly sales. FreeUp was acquired in 2019 by The Hoth.    In 2020, Nathan co-founded Outsource School to offer his exact online hiring and management methods to business owners looking to build a remote team. Nathan scaled Outsource School to hundreds of members and it continues to grow today.    In 2021, Nathan co-founded EcomBalance, an online bookkeeping service to help eCommerce business owners better master their finances and bookkeeping. After interviewing 100+ eCommerce business owners, it was clear that there was a need for a better solution in the market. Nathan decided to tackle it and the company is growing quickly.    Originally from Massachusetts, Nathan now lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife and two dogs.    ----------------------------------------   Interested in two free months of Bookkeeping services?  Just mention you heard about EcomBalance from Chris Grant here and they will hook you up.  ➡️  https://www.ecombalance.com    EcomBalance is on a mission to help eCommerce businesses selling on Amazon, Shopify, Ebay, Etsy, and other marketplaces master their monthly bookkeeping so they can better understand their numbers and make smarter business decisions. EcomBalance specializes in eCommerce, but also caters to other online businesses.

In this episode of Clear The Shelf we interview Eli Gluckowsky of OALeadsPro.com We discuss his new beauty list and why he is going a bit of a different direction using higher profit items that have a lower ROI and why it's important not to be too stringent in your sourcing guidelines. We cover the power of outsourcing your prep and reclaiming your time and how you can essentially do it for free. We also dive into the topic of sourcing better, we demystify replens for everyone, and discuss the importance of doing the work. Finally, we cover the topic of scaling utilizing virtual assistants and how to find and keep good people. We recorded this in front of a live audience so there will also be some questions that pop up to take the time to answer. I hope you enjoy this episode.  We should have a full transcript available soon over at ClearTheShelf.com soon.