Dad, Tom-Tom, and husband are my favorite jobs. FBA since June 2023 working on giving the best life to my wife and kids.
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TommyFlipsAMZ retweeted
I know Amazon Sellers want to give game away to make money and get followers and expand their brand.
But I’m old school somethings you have to learn on your own. Just giving away things that makes its harder for sellers to run a legitimate business makes no sense.
Getting un-gated secrets
Leads that tank listing
Just to name a few few
This new age everyone is a COPY CAT it’s not frowned upon it’s welcome. Look at IG TikTok even Amazon. When the cats out the bag everyone does it.
But at what risk to everyone else.
You don’t think Amazon is reading and looking at these tweets.
Some game is to be sold not told.
Some game has to be earned by putting in the work on your own. It’s how you learn.
If you’re in paid group don’t go blast 💥 the info you got for free or to make yourself seem like big shot. It’s not fair to the people in that group who paid and trust your integrity to be loyal to the group.
When game or knowledge is for FREE IT GETS ABUSED then BANNED or They make changes to make it more difficult to do.
I’m not saying don’t share or help others out. Just be careful what you blast 💥 on social media. In the end you could be hurting your own business or someone else’s.
All peoples intentions are not the same.
Wishing all Sellers much success moving forward.
Lets goooooooooo – at Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Good sales day or bad sales we are truly blessed to be able to do what we do. Don’t ever give up, you never know what tomorrow will bring without the effort.
Put together a shipment of FBM products that weren’t moving fast enough. On the way to feed the beast…
@RFAfitness @thebuyboxio @LeoDoesFBA @Josh_Flips @TylerDeVerseFBA @fba_engineering
Sunday… take the day for rest and for focusing on what you want to accomplish this week. Reflect on the wins and try to correct the failures.
TommyFlipsAMZ retweeted
Want to start sourcing A2A (Amazon to Amazon) flips? Here are the top 20 answers to the most asked questions I get:
1. A2A is not against TOS.
2. You cannot use prime shipping when purchasing something to resell.
3. You cannot use multiple buying accounts to get around quantity limits.
4. You can and should have a personal account and business account for flips (just don’t buy the same thing on both).
5. Quantity limits can vary depending on the account type you’re buying from, so it’s worth checking both.
6. All your information on your buying accounts should be real. Treat it as any other OA account that you’ll want to link back to you for invoices.
7. Amazon invoices can work for ungates. Amazon just added language to the approval process for this. Still TBD if this will change and you should expect to submit it multiple times.
8. You can have your buying account shut down for returning too many items.
9. Quantity limits reset every time an item goes out of stock and restocks again.
10. At checkout when available you should request Amazon ship your products in boxes and not in the retail packaging.
11. Purchases can stay pending for 12+ months.
12. Shipments will get lost coming to you. Track what’s been shipped and request refunds if it’s well past due.
13. You can use Amazon invoices to beat IP and authentic complaints.
14. You can use subscribe and save for A2A.
15. You can purchase from 3rd party sellers. Do your diligence though and check the seller and product thoroughly.
16. Amazon will screw up on your shipments. It is okay to return items that arrive to you damaged or missing parts.
17. Amazon can change listings after you purchased. Double check all listings between delivery and your sale.
18. You can compete with Amazon on a listing.
19. You shouldn’t flip warehouse deals as new.
20. FBM sellers may mark something shipped and have it never arrive to you. Follow up and open claims if necessary.
Bonus:
21. Amazon drops the price by at least 40% on 20,000+ items every day.
Have a question I missed? Drop it below and I’ll get you answer 🙂
Want to start but are unsure how? Check the replies for my starter guide on use Keepa deals.
TommyFlipsAMZ retweeted
Growth is NOT linear.
In Q4 of 2023, we encountered some bumps in the road (more like potholes) that were bigger than anything we've faced so far.
First 5 figure loss on a product flip.
30k in inventory was delayed multiple months by a supplier.
We still sold a ton of other inventory profitably and maintained a positive cash flow.
But man was it challenging.
January was about recovering, reseting, and laying out a strategic plan for the rest of the year.
Our revene might have been down but we'll see the fruit of the lessons learned and new strategies in the rest of 2024.
Our average monthly revenue in Q4 of 2023 was 121k.
Our January revenue was 55.8k ↘
This was our lowest revenue month in almost a year.
Whether you just launched your business, or you're doing over 7 figures, you'll encounter bumps in the road.
It's very easy to feel like you're failing or taking a step back when you're orange bars aren't growing every month. But that's not the case.
February we're on track to do close to 6 figures in revenue again. In Q2, we're planning and taking action to consistently do between 150k-200k revenue per month.
Your business can grow in more ways than just revenue.
Make a new hire
Write a new SOP
Get new funding
Learn a new strategy
Cut unnesccesary exepenses
Open a new supplier account
All of these things contribute to growth and don't neccearily show up in revenue or profit right away.
Yet, they're extremely valuable in getting you to the next level.
Don't let setbacks demoralize you or take you out.
Let them be lessons that grow you into the business owner that's capable of reaching the next level.
TommyFlipsAMZ retweeted
It’s been a good day over here!! Fba shipments have been strong these last two weeks! @fba_engineering @TylerDeVerseFBA @tommydarch @RFAfitness @tonafba @flips4miles @CajuaRobinson
TommyFlipsAMZ retweeted
When you say yes to something you’re saying no to something else.
Burn this into your brain. It’s the simplest concept but changed the course of my business and personal choices.
It works when:
Buying inventory
Hiring a team
Taking a meeting
Launching a new brand
Partnerships
Etc
You only have so much time and physical resources. You can’t do it all, so understand what your yes means and then move with conviction.
Great episode.. listen if you want learn something… thank you guys…
@SaulSellsStuff @thebuyboxio @PrepTalkPodcast @peternelson