Amazon FBA as a Private Label Business Launching Platform

In this lecture you are going to learn which types of private labeling exist and which are best applicable for this business model. These two types of private labeling will let you test markets fast and easy with minimal investments.

The most frequently asked questions and concerns that new students have when launching their first private label brand using Amazon FBA.

Use my custom calculator to find out how many product units you need to sell per day in order to achieve your yearly financial goal.

The big picture of main steps you'll have when starting private label on Amazon.

If you are from Kuwait, Bosnia, South Africa or any other country that is not accepted for seller registration, then I have a great and low cost solution for you. 

It will require a few additional steps, but it will give you an opportunity to sell on Amazon even if your country is not yet on Amazon's list. Keep in mind that Amazon is constantly expanding that list and adding new countries.

Learn how to sell on Amazon US and UK marketplaces even if your country is not on the list of countries accepted for seller registration. 

P.S.

It's not Payoneer!

In this lecture you will learn:

• The difference between Professional and Individual account. And which one to choose.
• How to register an Amazon seller account
• How to properly set up your one and only seller account (billing, tax, storefront, FBA settings)

Learn how to open a US Checking account and get paid by Amazon no matter where you live in the world.

Has Amazon removed your selling privileges? Tips from this lecture will help you get back in the game with a new Amazon seller account.

You need to be extremely careful from where you access your Amazon seller account. Because from one computer and internet connection you can access only one seller central account.

So one computer and internet connection can not be used for accessing multiple amazon seller accounts. Simply because Amazon forbids you to have multiple seller accounts. So accessing multiple accounts from same computer and internet connection can be a strong sign that you have multiple accounts and it can get your account in trouble.

Learn how to securely manage your Amazon business while you are on the go, from any computer and internet connection (even from hotel and public WiFi).

Learn how to easily pass the Payoneer's US payment service approval process by following this guide

EIN is not mandatory for importing products or selling on Amazon as a foreigner. However if you are using sea or air cargo it will be much simpler and cheaper to import products if you have an EIN number. 

Learn how to obtain EIN as a foreigner in just a few easy steps. 

P.S.

You will need to call the IRS over the phone, so make sure that you have Skype credits because this is not a toll-free number. 

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Choosing a niche to enter is one of the most crucial decisions you'll make in your Amazon brand launching journey. Simply because in order to make most out of a brand you will probably add new products down the line in the same niche to leverage the audience you have built. Off course if your first product was a success.

Competition is becoming tougher and tougher, and that is way you can not solely rely on product listing optimization. You will have to employ multiple marketing weapons, which include content marketing, social media marketing, video marketing etc.

And in order to know exactly what is the best angle of providing value to your potential customers you will need to pick a niche in which you are truly good at, that you understand, in which you are willing to learn and follow the latest trends.

Learn how to analyze trends of a niche that you want to enter and avoid getting into a niche at a wrong time.

Learn where to start researching which products you can add to your private label product line in future. 

Use this checklist to evaluate the potential of a niche you want to enter.

Ideal product checklist will help you determine whether a product you want to sell is a good opportunity.

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Not every product that has private label potential is a good opportunity. Learn what to look out for when choosing which product to sell in order to increase your chances of success.

Learn which 4 product selection mistakes many new Amazon sellers make. 

See what criteria I apply when brainstorming for new private label product to source.

If you sell the exact same product like your top competitor you will have much harder time competing and outranking them. You need to give a great reason why customers should purchase your product instead of an already established one from top competitors.

Selling identical products like everyone else will probably put you out of business in a year or two. Unless you have entered the market at early growth stage or if you have an established audience outside Amazon.

You NEED to differentiate as much as you can!

This exercise will help you find what customers desperately want in your product. And then use those features as main benefit and value proposition of your product.

Best seller rank shows you only how well a certain product is selling compared to other products in the same category. 

Learn which tool I use to roughly estimate how many sales to expect for each BSR number. 

Also learn how to easily calculate monthly revenue and profit of any product.

Best seller rank shows how a certain product is selling compared to other products in the same category. 

The main problem with BSR is that you can not see for which time frame it is. Amazon doesn't give you history of BSR numbers. However, BSR history is extremely important to see if a product/niche is seasonal and to see how consistent sales are for a product that you are analyzing. 

Learn how and which tool I use to analyze best seller rank history of a product.

Learn how to have a unique poduct offer without making a large investment and without having a unique product.

Is your product an accessory or main product? 

Still on the fence? Don't know which product to launch on Amazon?

This FRESH & UPDATED list of hot products to sell on amazon can help you uncover some of the most lucrative and high demand niches.

---> The list has been updated on September 2016

HURRY! The earlier you join the more opportunities you will receive, because the list is updated monthly, and previous lists are being replaced with new ones!

Use this list if you are not sure if private labeling is the right business model for you or you simply want to balance the risk and try how the whole process of private labeling works with least amount of money.

This list contains products that can be sourced for 200$. I have also included links to suppliers.

NOTE: The purpose of this list is only to show that you don’t need thousands of dollars in order to source your own private label product. However, it should NOT distract you from products you found during niche and product research. Some of these products are great opportunities and some aren’t. Make sure you do the product competition and demand analysis before sourcing one of these products.

This is just the tip of the iceberg...there are much more products that can be sourced with less than 200$. But please consider that I have not included additional costs such as shipping, inspection services, customs fees and taxes, legal protection, product launch and initial advertising costs.

Please, if you are on a really tight budget then consider other Amazon selling strategies. Private labeling is not only about sourcing products, it's about building a brand through external marketing efforts, which requires additional investments.

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From finding a supplier to shipping your products to the FBA. This graph will give you a better overview and bigger picture on how product sourcing works and which are the most important steps.

List of the most frequently used importing terms every Amazon seller needs to be aware of when importing products to the USA.

Learn how to find quality & high profit margin products that can be private labeled overseas.

Learn how Alibaba's free program Trade Assurance can add an additional layer of protection to transaction between you and supplier that you found on Alibaba. 

If a supplier fails to ship your product on specified date or if product quality is not as you specified you will be able to open a dispute and get full refund (to the maximum amount of trade assurance) 

Discover how big players find and source high quality products overseas. 

Learn how to easily find private label suppliers located in the United States.

Learn the fastest and easiest way to create a private label product and send it to Amazon FBA. Although this method has many disadvantages, and I definitely don't recommend it as a long term sourcing strategy, it will get you up and running in just a couple of days. 

With minimal investment and full control over the packaging you will be up and running very fast!

Learn how to spot unethical, fraud and scam suppliers using this supplier due diligence checklist. I highly suggest that you refer to this checklist whenever you are about to deal with a new supplier.

Detailed overview of the most important questions you should ask every potential supplier.

How to get setup with reliable third party service that will import, label and prepare products for Amazon FBA on your behalf, even if you don't live in the United States.

If you are not from the United States then you need to have someone to receive your products, inspect them and clear customs on your behalf. 

Learn how to get setup with third party inspection company to get this all done for you.

Learn which tool to use in order to estimate shipping cost for your inventory.

Learn the in's and out's of air shipping, which type of air shipping exist and who should use it. 

Learn the in's and out's of sea shipping and who should use it. 

Learn which website to use in order to find HS code for any product. Harmonized System (HS) of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. This code will help you calculate exact customs rate so you can estimate how much you will pay for customs taxes and fees. 

Learn what is the best time to order sample of a product that you want to source. This is a very important step in product sourcing!

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You will learn:

• How to brainstorm for a new brand name
• How to see if someone is already using a brand name that you want to use
• How to register cheap domain name under 2$

If you don't follow the exact Amazon FBA labeling requirements, receiving of your inbound shipment might be delayed for several weeks.

According to Amazon: "Failure to comply with these safety requirements and product restrictions may result in refusal or destruction of inventory immediately upon receipt at the Amazon fulfillment center."

In this lecture I will show you step by step what you MUST include on product packaging to avoid newbie mistakes.

Also I reveal what is necessary in order to avoid your products being seized by customs.

Learn how to get a free logo from professional designers for free. No software or do it yourself tricks. 100% free logo done for you!

Amazon FBA labels

FNKSU label should be only visible bar code on product packaging. UPC code is used ONLY for creating a product listing.

Learn how to download the FNSKU label so your designer can include it in product packaging. 

*If your product packaging already has a UPC barcode then make sure to cover it with FNSKU label

When you create an inbound shipment for Amazon FBA you will be able to take advantage of Amazon's great deal with UPS on cheap ground shipping within the United States. 

Learn how to generate, pay and download prepaid shipping labels so you can send them to your supplier or FBAInspection in the US. 

With prepaid shipping labels, you are basically paying for cheap shipping of your inventory to Amazon FBA within the US.

By default Amazon will split your inbound shipment into several smaller shipments and distribute your inventory across several warehouses. In this lecture you will learn how to disable this option and disadvantages of sending your whole inbound shipment to only one FBA warehouse instead of multiple.

Let's clear this confusion once and for all! 

Many new sellers very often ask me what is the difference between UPC and FNSKU label and which barcodes are necessary for selling on Amazon.

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This is lecture is one of the most important ones because we dive deep into finding the best keywords for your product listing. By targeting wrong and irrelevant keywords your product listing discoverability will suffer. That is why you need to uncover the most relevant main and long tail keywords and strategically insert them into your product listing: mainly in titles & search term fields.

In this lecture I show you the 3 best keyword finding tools.

Proven way to find the best converting keywords for your specific product.

These small product listing mistakes can get your selling privilages removed and seller account suspended.

Many sellers who are new to Amazon often make these mistakes. Make sure you take notes!

Beside search term fields, titles are one of the most important elements of a product listing page on Amazon.

However many sellers underestimate the power of well crafted keyword-rich titles.

In this lecture you will learn the two most important goals of titles and how to create titles that will increase CTR (click through rates) and generate more traffic by increasing discoverability of your product listing on Amazon search results.

Also I have included "copy & paste" formula for creating titles in the resource tab.

Learn how to properly enter keywords in your product listing's search term fields, attribute, intended use, subject matter and target audience fields. 

Shoppers rely heavily on product images to make purchases online, so images are your best bet when it comes to showcasing your product online.

Learn how to create high quality images like big players.

Simple trick on how to arrange images on product listing page in order to get 360 product experience.

Product listing should be treated as a sales letter and bullet points are crucial for engaging with potential customers.

Learn exactly what to include in bullet points in order to increase conversion rates and narrow potential customers down the Amazon's sales funnel.

Description is below the fold, which means that not every visitor is going to read it. But those who do are probably on the fence of buying your product. This is the perfect place to create interest and evoke desire for your product, while providing additional details and information.

Also because product description has 2000 character limit, you want to use every single character because it will help you with ranking your product listing on Google search results. Off course don't overstuff with same keywords. Create unique, keyword-rich & engaging content.

In the resource tab I give you proven template that you can use for creating engaging product descriptions.

In order to make your description text beautiful and easier to read you will need to apply some basic HTML formatting.

In this lecture I will show you how to manually enter some basic HTML tags. Also I will show you a free tool that will convert your formatting from Word document to clean HTML code, which you can copy and past to your product description.

Unlike on Google where you need to build your whole website from scratch, Amazon actually gives you structured information that they need for your product listing. Take advantage of that and fully complete your product listing.

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- The main difference between feedback and review

- Which type of reviews exist on Amazon

- What are the most trusted reviews

- 7 proven tactics for getting verified product reviews while staying 100% in compliance with latest Amazon policies

- The Snowball effect

Verified reviews are much more trustworthy compared to unverified reviews. 

Since you will be working on getting reviews from day one, learn whether a product unit that has been sent to an influencer through Merchant Fulfilled Order will be marked as verified review. 

Amazon has recently sued several paid services and websites that offered positive product reviews for sale. This also affected sellers who used these services, since their Amazon seller accounts got suspended.

Learn how to spot fraud review services and avoid getting your Amazon seller account suspended.

Getting as many targeted visitors to your product offer is crucial, especially in the beginning stage.

Being endorsed by an authority and influencer in your niche who has large and engaged audience is one of the most powerful ways of promotion.

Learn how to find influencers within your niche manually or using special software.

This strategy should be applied on a regular basis, not just for product launches.

Giveaways require promotion plan just like every product online. In order to get a decent exposure of your giveaway campaign use this list of free and paid sites where you can submit your giveaway entry page.

Learn how to write a compelling press release for your Amazon product and brand. Tips from this lecture can help you increase acceptance rate of your press release from journalists.

Also, I am giving you a list of newsworthy press release subject ideas, so you'll always know what to write about.

List of free and paid press release submitting services where you can send your press release. These services can increase exposure of your press release, Amazon product and private label brand.

Here are the most popular deal sites where you can submit your promotion codes and get external sales very fast.

This is by far one of the most effective way of improving product rankings on Amazon.

But, this tactic requires that you have an already established and engaged audience on social media or email list.

Learn how can an engaged email list help you grow your Amazon business.

It's extremely important to put a protection on your inventory when doing aggressive over 50% off campaigns. Unfortunately Amazon still doesn't have an option to limit the number of promotion codes (coupons) that can be redeemed. So if your promotion code goes vital on deal and coupon web sites your whole inventory could be sold in short period of time with a huge discount.

Learn how to prevent this from happening by protecting the part of the inventory that you don't want to give for a discount.

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