Amy Feierman – Page 7

Back to Basics – Using Yard Sales to Source for Amazon FBA

Friday from April through October is one of my favorite days because I get to scope out the yard sales for the weekend. Here in Southeastern PA most of our yard sales take place on Saturdays with infrequent ones occurring on Friday or Sunday. Friday is when I sit down and scour Craigslist, local newspapers, etc to see where the sales are happening the coming day.

Here is a list of the resources I use to find yard sales in my area:

GSALR.com
Craigslist.org
Local Newspapers (I prefer their online websites to print versions)
Signs (some people don't post their sale online!)

I've been selling online since 2011 and garage sales have always been a great source of inventory for my eBay business. I've gotten away from garage sales as I've focused on switching over from an eBay focused business to an FBA-centric business. This weekend I'm going back to basics and using my yard sale adventures to source for Amazon FBA inventory.

Amazon FBA Prep Guidelines – Expiration Dates

This is my second post discussing Amazon FBA prep guidelines. Over the next few weeks I will continue to discuss the ins and outs of inventory prep including Amazon's guidelines, tools you can use to work more efficiently, and how to make sure your items get received quickly and correctly. Today I'll be discussing expiration dates. Understanding expiration dates can be the difference between having inventory immediately “destroyed” up warehouse arrival or being available for sale.

Expiration Dates

An expiration date, as defined by Dictionary.com, is “the date past which a product, such as food or medicine, must be sold or removed from availability because it is no longer expected to be fresh or effective.” Manufacturers add expiration (or best by, sell by, etc)dates to ensure the buyer uses the product within a determined freshness timeframe. This freshness timeframe is also referred to as the products shelf life.

Amazon FBA vs. eBay | Vacation Freedom

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Amazon FBA Prep Guidelines – Barcode Etiquette

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Amazon FBA vs. eBay | Getting Paid

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Amazon FBA vs. eBay | Customer Service

This is the fifth installment in my series about the differences between the eBay and Amazon selling platforms. For each of the next five weeks I will continue to discuss these areas and try to dispel some of the myths that surround selling on Amazon.com

I asked veteran Amazon sellers via Facebook what differences they found between selling on eBay and Amazon FBA. There were ten areas identified as noticeably different between the two platforms:

Customer service is another aspect of your business that Amazon takes control of when you sell via Amazon FBA.

Return Policy

First, you don't get to choose a return policy or shipping charges, but it also means no arguing with buyers about the return policy or shipping fees. Once an item sells via FBA, Amazon deals with all customer service including returns, refunds, customer questions, etc. Amazon's return policy is also very lenient. They are very customer focused and while there are always a few bad apples for the most part my return rate is less that 5% and many of those items get returned to inventory to be resold without having to be returned to me.