AS 33: Automating Your Amazon Business and Quitting Your Day Job

What’s up guys, its’ the Amz Secrets Podcast, with your Host David Aladdin. This is the podcast that drives all our businesses through the roof, from zero, to hero, from ground to space station outpost 235834, from mach 1 to mach 10. I believe in a continual optimization of our businesses, from PPC, to social media, to design, branding, differentiation and education through knowledge and immersion.

I recently heard someone say “There’s no such thing to secrets on selling on Amazon?”

Lets just be clear. Anyone who ever says that is either 1. Lying to you, or 2, Naïve of either their own skill level, or 3, aren’t do well on Amazon.  Saying there are no secrets to selling on Amazon is like saying theirs no such thing as secrets to business or strategies or tools.  I think this type of guy is the old school put your head in the dirt and just work. I like that, but why not work, smart.

If there were no secrets to businesses, or selling on Amazon, then everyone would have exactly the same businesses across all categories. Think about it. I would sell the same pencil as you, and the next guy. The fact is, there are 1000s of types of pencils. Some pencils sell better than others. Some sell vastly better than others, in the magnitude of millions.

Why is that? Well that seller has deployed strategies, secrets, wisdom, tools that they have leveraged over time to get their brand and business to where they are at. They constantly optimized their automation, improved their business savyness, lowered manufacturer costs, improved distribution, the list goes on.

I once sat down at a meeting with a guy across the table from me, wanting to buy a stake in my Amazon business as a partner. He said to me, “David, I see this completely different from you. I want to take this overseas, I want to put it in this retail chain, and sell it in mexico as well.” His mind was full of concepts, beliefs, ideas, secrets, strategies, that I did not possess. Even the way he said it made me wonder…what am I not doing in my business.

I believe we need to constantly optimize our businsess, using each other, using techniques, strategies, tools, ideas, concepts, and education to further better our busineseses. That’s why AmzSecrets is here.

WHEW, that was a long intro. And now for our 2 minute news flash briefing, to keep us up to date on all things Amazon:

So what’s this all mean David? I think Amazon is going to vastly expand it Private Label brands across all categories, and this will only be a matter of time. It’s interesting to see that they are testing their prices and not just trying to be the lowest cost product. Low costs doesn’t nnecessarily mean successful. I recently heard a seller say, You don’t need to provide the lowest cost product, the best customer service, and the best product. You only need to provide 2 of the 3. As Amazon expands it’s reach across PL items, it could do serious damage to other PL brands, but I expect will allow PL grow for years to come. A single product or two into the category won’t destroy another brand, but it can definitely take some of the cash flow away with Amazon boosting it’s own products ahead of others artificially. I’m sure they give more weight to their own products in their search algo.

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Today’s podcast, EP 33: Automating Your Amazon Business, Quitting your Day Job

I am a huge believer in automation. Everything I do I look to automate, simplify and create less work for me, my team, and my businesses.

Automation is king, and for those of you who’ve had a quick taste of it, know exactly what I mean. Even at my house,