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Stepping into the world of Amazon FBA can be a minefield of beginner mistakes. The excitement of starting your own online business often overshadows...

If you’re an Amazon seller looking to expand your business by selling books, understanding the ins and outs of how to label books is...

Understanding Amazon FBA poly bag requirements is essential for sellers looking to optimize their product packaging and ensure a smooth fulfillment process. In this...

As an Amazon seller, choosing between sourcing wholesale vs private label products can be a crucial decision that impacts the success of your business. Comparing...

Selling products on Amazon with Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) requires the use of barcodes. Knowing and understanding Amazon’s barcode requirements is essential for successful...

If you’re selling on Amazon and you’re competing with other sellers on the same listing, it’s inevitable you’ll run into a situation where you...

Are you looking for Amazon FBA niche ideas that are both profitable and low competition?  Finding a great niche to sell in can be...

For many aspiring entrepreneurs, selling on Amazon with Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) seems like an easy way to start selling online. However, if you’re...

I talk about a lot of different topics having to do with selling on Amazon with FBA, but one of the most impactful things...

“As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall; when Rome falls, the whole world will fall.”...

Learn about the risks of buying an Amazon FBA business and why due diligence is so important!

If you’re thinking about selling on Amazon, you might be wondering if it’s too saturated. After all, everyone’s heard of Amazon, and many people...

When you become an Amazon FBA seller, there are a lot of things to keep track of. One metric that can be easy to...

If you’re going to sell things on Amazon, you’ll eventually need to put products in packaging to protect them on their journey to the...

Starting a new business is exciting.  It’s a chance to make some extra money, or maybe even change the direction of your professional life....

I’ve compiled a list of the best books to help new or experienced Amazon and ecommerce business owners improve their businesses and themselves. These...

There are millions of products on Amazon, which means as a seller on Amazon, you’ve got a ton of competitors. Sometimes, you can beat...

Of all the software tools I use in my Amazon FBA business, the one I use the most, and get the most value out...

When selling books on Amazon, it’s important to know about the different book condition guidelines that are in place.  Why?  Because you need to...

Would you like to be your own boss?  Or maybe you’re looking to generate some extra income while keeping your full-time income like I...

How much inventory do you need for Amazon FBA?  Using the knowledge gained from my years of experience growing my own Amazon FBA business,...

When I first started my Amazon FBA journey, the Best Seller Ranking (BSR) figure didn’t concern me as much as other factors, such as...

With April fast approaching, it’s an appropriate time to talk about meltable products and the policies, management, and other requirements around this subject. Perhaps...

I’m a big fan of using thermal printers to help prep my FBA shipments.  They’re fast, and since waiting around for labels to print...

When it comes to selling with Amazon FBA, some people assume there won’t be any cons, and it will be easy to start using...

The short answer to, “Can I sell on Amazon without a store?” is yes. But what does it mean to sell on Amazon if...

Are you wondering if you can try out selling with Amazon FBA as an individual seller, without having to pay the monthly fee for...

On my way to becoming an experienced and profitable Amazon FBA seller, I certainly had my own reservations when I first started out. One...

Amazon FBA sellers have to make sure their shipping boxes are the correct shape, size, material, and weight and that they are properly labeled...

I found this great video from CNBC about how Amazon is building out its logistics capacity, both in response to the supply chain crisis,...

Amazon sent an e-mail to sellers today, November 16th, discussing fee changes taking effect January 18th, 2022.  If you have a Seller Central account,...

There are many fulfillment centers for FBA located in the US, with almost every state having at least one. Unfortunately, the list available on...

As an Amazon FBA seller, labels are an important part of your business. And how do you go about printing the labels you need?...

On October 11th, Amazon announced on Seller Central News the launch of a new tool for brand owners for communicating with customers.  It allows...

If you’re interested in selling using Amazon FBA, one of the first questions to ask yourself is “How do I figure out how much...

If you’re wondering whether selling with Amazon FBA is right for you, one of the first questions to ask yourself is, “How much will...

As of today, July 1st, 2021, Amazon now collects sales taxes for sellers in all states (where necessary) except for one:  Missouri. I last...

Amazon shared this last month on the Seller Central news site, and I wanted to make it available to anyone who has never seen...

Whether you’ve just sent your first shipment to Amazon, or you’ve been sending shipments for years, you’ll eventually have a shipment where some of...

While I usually talk about my own experiences with Amazon FBA here at fbajourney.com, I thought it would be valuable to share this letter...

Amazon sent an e-mail to sellers on March 16th discussing fee changes for 2021.  If you have a Seller Central account, you can see...

It’s been over a year since I last wrote about which states Amazon collects sales tax for, so I’m going to update my list...

I’ve been spending a lot of time reading the Amazon FBA sub-Reddit recently, because it’s a great resource for anyone interested in selling with...

In this post, I’m sharing details about my own Amazon FBA journey.  While I have a short introduction to my journey on my About...

If you’re interested in starting to sell on Amazon, you’ll need some low-cost inventory to get you going.  When I first started my Amazon...

I recently read an interesting post on Reddit about someone’s failed experience trying to sell gaming mouse pads online.  It interested me, because one...

I recently went on a retail arbitrage sourcing trip to do an experiment.  I wanted to see how much product would be available in...

It’s almost the start of income tax season, and if you have an Amazon FBA business like I do, you’ll need to collect the...

Back in September, I wrote about Amazon adding more states to the list of states where they handle sales tax collection for FBA sellers,...

As a full-time Amazon FBA seller, I’m super busy this time of year, but I wanted to take the time to provide an update...

Here at FBA Journey, I normally offer advice about selling with Amazon FBA.  In this post, however, I’m going to talk about my own...

Now that it’s November, we’re in the middle of the best time of the year to be a seller on Amazon: the 4th quarter. ...

With the 4th quarter of the year upon us, Amazon increases their FBA storage fees as shown in the table below: Storage month Standard...

If you’ve been an Amazon FBA business owner for any amount of time, you’ve thought about dealing with sales tax charged on the products...

I recently added my Tools You Need page to provide a detailed overview of the tools that you should have for selling with Amazon...

So far here at fbajourney.com, I’ve covered topics about Amazon FBA that are applicable to people, especially beginners, thinking about selling on Amazon.  However,...

It’s the last day of July!  Hopefully you’ve had an opportunity to enjoy some fun summer activities like going to the beach, camping, or...

Want to know where you can find products (known as product “sourcing”) today to re-sell on Amazon FBA?  These are all “retail arbitrage” locations—I...

Today I’m going to discuss 2 pros and 2 cons of making a living selling products on Amazon via the FBA program.  While I...

Today, I’m going to discuss the best way to start selling using Amazon FBA, by describing the method known as Retail Arbitrage.  Retail Arbitrage...

One of the most important considerations of selling a product on Amazon is choosing what price your product will sell at.  There are several...

If you are interested in selling products on Amazon, you first need to find something to sell.  Finding products to sell is called “product...

You may have heard a lot about Amazon’s “Fulfillment by Amazon” (FBA) service, and are wondering if it’s right for you. I’m going to...

Added the menu item “About FBA Journey” today. This shares my own beginnings with Amazon FBA. For a full breakdown showing how my business...