Traditionally, bluetooth scanners are used out in the field at library sales and thrift stores to scan books. However, many people have asked me if you can use those scanners to list on Amazon. The answer is Yes. You can use a bluetooth scanner to list on any third-party listing program like ScanLister, InventoryLab, or Read More
How to Collect Book Donations for a Good Cause
Here’s a way that I’ve been getting used books for (almost) free and making a difference in the community. In short, I ask people to donate their books, and in return, a percentage of the profits go to charity. Here’s how it works. Put an ad in the local paper offering to pick up unwanted Read More
Does Amazon owe you Money?
FBA Inventory Reimbursements are difficult to find. If you sell on Amazon with FBA, you are owed money for destroyed, lost, and others due to Amazon errors. AMZRefund is an Amazon seller tool designed for this problem. Here’s how it works: 1. Sign up and give your Amazon credentials 2. Generate a report 3. The report will Read More
Hiring a Book-Lister and Renting Office Space
For the first time in 10 years as an Amazon seller, I decided to rent some office space and hire an employee to list books. In this video, I go over: A tour of the office space The cost of the office space The benefits of working outside the home Why I didn’t want an Read More
Going Broke and Listening to Podcasts to Recover
Back in 2012, I was in a really big financial slump for my online business. I had just moved to a new town, and all the thrift stores seemed to be dry. I lost my confidence, and I wasn’t sure where I was going. I wasn’t making enough to pay the bills, and I was Read More
The $900 FBA Markup
Last July, I had a couple crazy FBA book sales. One book sold for $969 and the other sold for $395. The kicker is that the lowest merchant fulfilled price was low (very low). Meaning that the customer could have saved a lot of money buying the merchant fulfilled book. Here are the books: Title: Beyond Read More
Profits from Hiring a Book Sourcer
Here are my latest numbers from hiring a book-sourcer. It’s been about one year, so I thought it would be a good time to post an update. In this video, I show: Profits Percentage of Books Sold How to Track the Numbers FAQ’s like, “What prevents him from starting his own FBA book business” If Read More
ScanLister’s Box Content Solutions for Amazon FBA Sellers
On November 1st, 2016, Amazon will be requiring sellers to provide box content information for their FBA shipments. What is box content? Basically, Amazon wants to know the exact units in each box. If you have more than one box per shipment, you will need to provide this information. Or you can can opt-out and Read More
How to Embed the Sales Rank into your SKU Number
Have you ever checked your Amazon sales and wondered what the sales rank was at the time of listing? For this post, I’m going to show you how to do that. Plus, I’m going to show examples of books that sold recently with a bad sales rank. Embed the Sales Rank into your SKU Number Read More
Financial Results from Hiring a Book Sourcer
Last November, I hired somebody to go to thrift stores and buy books for me. To date, he as now brought me over 7000 books. Here are some of the financial results. 1. What is a book-sourcer? 2. Profits, ROI, percentage of books sold 3. Pros and cons of hiring somebody to source 4. How Read More