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Seller_8CVNs3AbwpbM6
FBM not a best choice for me. i have a small sales volume and love going to usps most every day to meet friendly salespeople.
plus i bike it and need the exercise. fits my lifestyle.
my big "wish i'd done it different" was not buying amzn stock after 2000 tech crash.
$5 share, dunno split adjusted. one thing i remember well is amzn always in motion, always changing.
Seller_ELk68BgEyZ4FD
Don't give up! Rather change up your style and see what works for sales. Keep it simple and mix it up until you find the right formula that sells! I still can't find it with the Lufalok!
Seller_51OAcT7O8SuWA
Dont feel discouraged about everything being gated at first, theres plenty auto ungatted items to start selling
Seller_StIonEjpfDv13
post.hi
I am new here but looking forward for good terms of relationship
Seller_79TF6Rzesbvzz
One thing I wish I knew during my first spring season is the importance of analyzing seasonal trends early. Understanding what products peak in spring and preparing inventory accordingly can make a huge difference. Also, don't underestimate the power of optimizing your listings with spring-related keywords to boost visibility. For newcomers, focus on staying ahead of inventory management—stockouts can hurt your momentum. Good luck, everyone!
Seller_PgPO1RrhvIiPA
I'm a 6-year FBA-only seller and it was the only viable solution for the entire time given my personal circumstances, limited resources, and selling from my bedroom apartment. My products are category-specific and/or seasonal, and I wish I knew the following my first spring:
- how often and sudden Amazon policies would/can change and how dramatically they'd impact sales and operations
- how costly investing in inventory can be long-term, especially if they're held in storage
- how listings can be suddenly altered with minimal capabilities to preserve/change them back
- how some things are entirely out of your control, or even outside of Amazon's control or that of the brands you retail for
- how successful FBA can be for any single person and how much you can learn about business, scaling, the economy, and finance and how successful companies are built
- and at the same time, how difficult maintaining that success can be, and how important it is to have the right help and how much harder it is to find the right help as time goes on
- how problematic a mega-cap scale company can be
- how Amazon helps keep a close eye on everyone. Definitely very much still customer-obsessed
- how quickly the world can change and affect everyone and every business, big and small
Seller_J0jTyCj4zxZqA
The thing I wish I knew in my first spring season, but now understand, is that if there’s a path without turning right or left, continuing is the answer to all your questions.
good luck
If you’re a new seller and want to build an online store with thousands of reviews like the big stores, the only thing you need to do is keep going. The field is vast, and you need to explore every corner of it.
Seller_AJxxLujbGDqaW
As experienced sellers at the start we all had great hopes and expectations and were full of enthusiasm to grow our businesses and make some money and have Amazon work with us to achieve this goal.
Unfortunately, bit by bit Amazon have made it more and more difficult to do anything with no help whatsoever, and putting up hurdles wherever possible, so we are still here, hanging on, but if we had known that this would be the situation at the beginning, I am not sure we would have ever started.
Amazon need to have a root and branch review of all departments, starting with seller support, catalogue team and compliance team.
Sorry to not be more positive, but this is what it is, Spring is fresh and full of hope, Autumn may be beautiful, but it is the start of the long winter.
Seller_n1mh65Ij2NT7L
Our first contact with Amazon came from a phone call from Amazon asking if we wanted to sell on their platform. There was no FBA at the time. Due to the shipping reimbursement issue- they gave you book rate only- we tried it, but didn't like the results. We should have gone FBA as soon as it was available and when the shipping was fixed. Meanwhile, a couple competitors noticed the change and jumped on it. It's very painful starting out, but stick with it. You will gain enough feedback to be trusted in time. We should have just stuck with Jeff Bezos' suggestion to hang in there. So to answer the question, despite everything, hang in there. The fees and costs are more than made up with volume by selling on the best platform in the world.
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I wish I knew I had to have 4 stars to keep the " Amazon's Choice"
Seller_ck2FPvbusT6ng
New Amazon seller here. I wish I'd have paid more attention to reading on Seller University information and learning about Amazon Ads/coupons before I made my listing. It would have helped get traction sooner and gain visibility to my product.
