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Reselling, the next frontier for Manufactured Spending

Whether you feel the golden era of manufactured spending has passed or not, the fact remains that opportunities tend to close faster than new ones open up. Pure manufactured spending (Read: Introduction to Today’s Manufactured Spending) is still viable, but it certainly has gotten harder. Reselling, which I propose to be the next frontier in manufactured…

Long Term Storage Fees, Fulfillment by Amazon

Resellers: Long Term Storage Fees hit 15 August!

This is your semi-annual reminder that Fulfillment by Amazon long term storage fees hit 15 August. There are a few key things to note as we approach 15 August. Long Term Storage Fees Assessed on All InventoryA change that Amazon announced at the end of last year, was that Amazon will be assessing long term…

Meltable Inventory 2017

Last Chance! Remove or Sell Amazon Meltable Inventory

Selling chocolate and other meltable inventory via Amazon is a great gig in the winter, however, during the summer months, Amazon doesn’t fulfill meltable inventory. This is primarily due to the fact that warehouses are hard to keep cool during the summer. As a result, Amazon marks anything “meltable” as “unsellable” from 1 May to…

Amazon Seller App

Amazon Seller App Enhancements – 2017 Edition

Earlier this week, Amazon rolled out changes to their Amazon Seller app. I call these changes because, I’m not entirely sure they are all enhancements. There are some new features though, which I’ll also cover in this post. You can see what the Amazon Seller App used to be like here and here. User Interface…

Amazon Restricts New Sellers from FBA Q4 2016

In what may be the first time ever, Amazon Restricts New Sellers from FBA Q4 2016. This is a huge deal, both for new sellers that have wanted to jump into Amazon but hadn’t yet gotten around to sending in inventory.All accounts indicate that Amazon has done this without any advance notice. Specifically if you…

Resellers: Welcome to Q4!

That time is upon us! Welcome to Q4! I know. If you’ve been following this blog, you already know what Q4 means. It is the time where we ramp up, send in as much of the stuff we’ve been finding over the past 9 months, and hope we sell before Amazon’s crazy storage fees kick…

More Changes to Fulfillment by Amazon Storage Fees

Amazon has clearly been working hard to free up space in its Fulfillment Centers. First, preventing folks from sending in units when “sufficient supply existed in warehouses,” then increasing storage fees in July.  Well, out today, Amazon has announced that they will no longer exempt one unit of each product, from the long term storage…

Are Amazon and Frequent Flyer Program changes similar?

With the latest news out of Amazon and Frequent Flyer Program both changes and programs in general, I can’t help but see the similarities, and I don’t mean that in a positive way. Background This past week, reports started of Amazon requiring sellers to provide receipts and in some cases, pay as much as $1,500…