This is not another private labeling course. Private labeling is a capital heavy venture and very risky. If you have money to play with, then go for it. If you don't, then you're in the right place to learn how to create massive amounts of cash flow so that you can one day launch your own private label products.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a store on the biggest E-commerce platform in the world?
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This is not another private labeling course. Private labeling is a capital heavy venture and very risky. If you have money to play with, then go for it. If you don't, then you're in the right place to learn how to create massive amounts of cash flow so that you can one day launch your own private label products.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a store on the biggest E-commerce platform in the world?
This is not another private labeling course. Private labeling is a capital heavy venture and very risky. If you have money to play with, then go for it. If you don't, then you're in the right place to learn how to create massive amounts of cash flow so that you can one day launch your own private label products.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a store on the biggest E-commerce platform in the world?
In this course you'll learn how beginners can start an Amazon business. There are many ways to do it. Wholesale, retail arb, and private label are just a few examples of the different ways sellers have leveraged the rise of Amazon and have managed to build life changing income for themselves. Each option has its pros and cons which I won't go into here.
Books are a great way to start because the inventory is cheap and plentiful, the demand is high, and the margins are great.
This is a home based business and selling your books through the Amazon FBA program gives you the freedom to travel while Amazon fulfills your orders for you.
Books are a great way to get started on your journey into the world of selling on Amazon and we've created this step by step guide to teach you everything you need to know to get started in this business and how to thrive.
*This is a business, and like any other business, it has overhead. Students will need to have capital to invest in tools, supplies, and monthly subscriptions to follow the system I teach.
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Learning objectives
- Your complete formula to making life-changing income from selling used books on amazon
- How to get started
- How to find inventory
- How to list and price books
- Repricing your books
- Know your numbers
- 12 in-depth video training modules
- How to apply to get unrestricted in movies
- Most profitable book categories
- Your complete formula to making life-changing income from selling used books on amazon
- How to get started
- How to find inventory
- How to list and price books
- Repricing your books
- Know your numbers
- 12 in-depth video training modules
- How to apply to get unrestricted in movies
- Most profitable book categories
Syllabus
Introduction
In this video you'll learn what you should expect from this course and I share some of my personal experience with this business model.
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Syllabus
In this video you'll learn what you should expect from this course and I share some of my personal experience with this business model.
In this video you'll learn how much of a time investment it's going to take in order to make this business work. It's very flexible!
In this video you'll learn how much money is needed to start this business. This includes software subscriptions, equipment, and supplies.
In this video you'll learn what type of income is possible and how you can make a full time income from two to three days of work per week.
In this video you'll learn the importance of setting yourself up with a work schedule. This changed my life!
Learn what the buy box is, where to find it, and how to get. Getting the buy box will dramatically increase your sales.
In this video you'll learn the day to day tasks required to help your business succeed.
Learn what book categories are the most profitable. This is great knowledge for highly competitive situations like library sales.
Learn about your soon to be new favorite app. The amazon seller app lets you check daily sales and communicate with customers.
In this video you'll learn how to manage the feedback that you get from customers which will help you keep a good average.
Learn how to find out if some of your inventory has been stranded and how to deal with this issue.
In this video you'll learn where you can find your payout reports. Amazon pays us every two weeks.
Learn where to find your historical sales reports so you can keep a finger on the pulse of your new business.
Learn how to find out if you're restricted from selling a book from within the Amazon Seller Central dashboard.
ScoutIQ was created by an experienced book seller. Learn about ScoutIQ and take a walk through all of the different features.
Custom Keepa link - This is the custom link that you add within ScoutIQ settings so the ScoutIQ app can integrate with Keepa correctly https://keepa.com/#!product/1-###buck
This is where all the magic happens. These are the setting that determine whether or not you should buy a book.
This is a very important step and must be done each night before you go out and source.
Learn how to navigate through the ScoutIQ app to the Amazon seller central page where you can check book restrictions.
Two people cannot use the ScoutIQ app at the same time. You must add a team member and in this video I show you how.
In this video you'll learn what Keepa is and how it can be used to help you make important buying decisions.
Here we are going to learn what you're actually looking at when you are reading a Keepa chart.
Learn what information is important and how you can use it to determine what you purchase and how you price inventory.
Learn how I sort my books before I list them. This includes temporarily recording my source, buy cost, and amount of inventory for each source.
Learn how to spot restricted inventory from within the ScoutIQ app and with Accelerlist. I also share how you can still make money with this inventory.
Learn what you can and can't get away with when it comes to cleaning and prepping your books.
Learn the best way to quickly remove price sticked and any other stickers that you may come across.
Books can be dusty and dirty and so in this video I teach you how I clean and get them ready for their new home.
The title basically explains this lesson. Learn what to look out for in books and potential treasure you can find!
These are annoying and you should take the extra time to try find and fix them.
Some books make it through the quality check before checkout. Learn what types of books are better off in the trash.
In this video I go over what you'll need to do in order to link Accelerlist with your Amazon account.
Learn what condition notes are and how you can optimize them to satisfy your customer who pay attention to details.
Here I will show you where you can find the condition note guideline that Amazon has created for books.
SKU's help you too identify when you purchased an item, how much it cost, and where you sourced it.
Learn how to add suppliers to your Accelerlist account so you can keep track of where your inventory were sourced from.
In this video you'll learn how to add a shipping address so that Amazon knows where you'll be shipping your items from.
Creating a batch is the first step towards finishing your shipment.
This could be the most important step in the whole process. It's where you scan your books into Accelerlist and price them.
This is where I teach you how to use Accelerlist to send a shipment request to Amazon.
Learn how to correctly list book sets when listing on Accelerlist.
In this video I go over what FBA box content is and why you should be using it. It's free with every Accelerlist subscription.
Here you'll learn how to take the .TSC file from your Amazon account and upload it into FBA box content.
In this video you'll learn how to use your Tao Tronics usb scanner to scan your inventory into the FBA box content platform.
In this video you'll learn what a 2D barcode is and when you should be sticking it to the outside of your box.
Let's go through the final steps of completing your shipment. Once you complete this step then the only thing left is to ship!
In this video I go over what you need to do if your entire shipment will fit into one box.
Thrift stores are a great place to find inventory at really good prices. The best thing about thrift stores is that they're everywhere!
Yard sales are my second favorite sourcing spots. They are a lot of fun and you never know what you're going to find.
Estate sales are easily my favorite sourcing spots. They're usually unpicked and you can come across entire library's of great books.
Library sales are a lot of fun and most of the time you get to go head to head with other scanners.
These can be hit or miss as far as pricing goes, but if you find the right one then you can be there for days collecting profitable books.
This is a great way to form business relationships with library's, thrift stores, and your own personal scouts.
If you're short on funds then this is a great way to start getting inventory for your new business for free.
Learn how to get people to talk to you about what you do and how you can help them liquidate their book collections.
This is a great place to find textbooks, large book lots, large DVD lots, and large music CD lots at great prices.
This is more of a business model rather than a sourcing strategy, but I thought I'd bring it up as it may appeal to some.
Learn the steps you need to take in order to apply to remove selling restrictions on your account.
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Step-by-step guide to selling books on amazon
Offers a clear path for newcomers to FBA books.
Provides actionable strategies for finding books.
A complete guide covering the full FBA process.
Activities
Review Amazon Seller Central Basics
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Familiarize yourself with the Amazon Seller Central interface and policies to avoid common pitfalls and ensure smooth operations.
Browse courses on
Amazon Seller Central
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Explore the Amazon Seller Central dashboard.
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Review Amazon's seller policies and guidelines.
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Watch introductory videos on YouTube about Amazon Seller Central.
Read 'The $100 Startup'
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Learn about starting a business on a shoestring budget, which is relevant to the course's emphasis on low-capital ventures.
View
The $100 Startup
on Amazon
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Read the book and take notes on key concepts.
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Identify actionable steps applicable to your Amazon book selling business.
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Implement one or two strategies from the book.
Practice Scanning and Pricing Books
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Improve your speed and accuracy in scanning books and determining profitable pricing using the Amazon Seller app and ScoutIQ.
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Gather a collection of used books.
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Use the Amazon Seller app to scan each book and check its sales rank and pricing.
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Use ScoutIQ to analyze the book's data and determine a profitable selling price.
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Repeat this process with different books to improve your speed and accuracy.
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Document Your Sourcing Process
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Create a video or written guide documenting your book sourcing process, including where you find books, how you assess their value, and your cleaning/prepping techniques.
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Choose a sourcing location (thrift store, library sale, etc.).
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Record your process of finding, scanning, and evaluating books.
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Document your cleaning and prepping steps.
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Edit your video or write your guide, highlighting key insights.
Build a Book Sourcing Network
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Develop a network of contacts who can help you source books, such as library staff, thrift store employees, or estate sale organizers.
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Identify potential contacts in your area.
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Visit libraries, thrift stores, and estate sales to introduce yourself.
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Explain your business and ask if they have any books they'd be willing to sell or donate.
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Maintain regular contact with your network to build relationships.
Develop a Repricing Strategy Spreadsheet
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Create a spreadsheet to track your book inventory, costs, and pricing, and to automate the repricing process based on market conditions.
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Design a spreadsheet with columns for book title, ISBN, cost, list price, sales rank, and competitor prices.
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Research and implement formulas to automatically calculate repricing based on sales rank and competitor prices.
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Test your spreadsheet with sample data and refine your formulas.
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Integrate your spreadsheet with your Amazon Seller account for real-time data updates.
Read 'Online Arbitrage'
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Learn about online arbitrage, which is relevant to the course's emphasis on finding inventory.
View
Putting Knowledge to Work
on Amazon
Show steps
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Read the book and take notes on key concepts.
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Identify actionable steps applicable to your Amazon book selling business.
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Implement one or two strategies from the book.
Review Amazon Seller Central Basics
Show steps
Familiarize yourself with the Amazon Seller Central interface and policies to avoid common pitfalls and ensure smooth operations.
Browse courses on
Amazon Seller Central
Show steps
- Explore the Amazon Seller Central dashboard.
- Review Amazon's seller policies and guidelines.
- Watch introductory videos on YouTube about Amazon Seller Central.
Read 'The $100 Startup'
Show steps
Learn about starting a business on a shoestring budget, which is relevant to the course's emphasis on low-capital ventures.
View
The $100 Startup
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read the book and take notes on key concepts.
- Identify actionable steps applicable to your Amazon book selling business.
- Implement one or two strategies from the book.
Practice Scanning and Pricing Books
Show steps
Improve your speed and accuracy in scanning books and determining profitable pricing using the Amazon Seller app and ScoutIQ.
Show steps
- Gather a collection of used books.
- Use the Amazon Seller app to scan each book and check its sales rank and pricing.
- Use ScoutIQ to analyze the book's data and determine a profitable selling price.
- Repeat this process with different books to improve your speed and accuracy.
Document Your Sourcing Process
Show steps
Create a video or written guide documenting your book sourcing process, including where you find books, how you assess their value, and your cleaning/prepping techniques.
Show steps
- Choose a sourcing location (thrift store, library sale, etc.).
- Record your process of finding, scanning, and evaluating books.
- Document your cleaning and prepping steps.
- Edit your video or write your guide, highlighting key insights.
Build a Book Sourcing Network
Show steps
Develop a network of contacts who can help you source books, such as library staff, thrift store employees, or estate sale organizers.
Show steps
- Identify potential contacts in your area.
- Visit libraries, thrift stores, and estate sales to introduce yourself.
- Explain your business and ask if they have any books they'd be willing to sell or donate.
- Maintain regular contact with your network to build relationships.
Develop a Repricing Strategy Spreadsheet
Show steps
Create a spreadsheet to track your book inventory, costs, and pricing, and to automate the repricing process based on market conditions.
Show steps
- Design a spreadsheet with columns for book title, ISBN, cost, list price, sales rank, and competitor prices.
- Research and implement formulas to automatically calculate repricing based on sales rank and competitor prices.
- Test your spreadsheet with sample data and refine your formulas.
- Integrate your spreadsheet with your Amazon Seller account for real-time data updates.
Read 'Online Arbitrage'
Show steps
Learn about online arbitrage, which is relevant to the course's emphasis on finding inventory.
View
Putting Knowledge to Work
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read the book and take notes on key concepts.
- Identify actionable steps applicable to your Amazon book selling business.
- Implement one or two strategies from the book.
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