eCommerce Momentum Podcast

Kristen is very clear: She is a Mom and Wife first and an entrepreneur second! Her clarity has allowed (maybe forced) her to create a limited time business model. She is willing to give "X" amount of time and the family stuff  has to come first. Does this interest you, do you think there is a "Life" style business that you can do? Kristen will tell you there is a way to create a business you will love and it can let you be a part of your kids life! In this segment we also talk about the method of using wholesale to create a poor man's bundle, your own bundle! Having a listing that you own as you created it with items that are hard to put together gives you the same effect. Kristin's sales are 80% bundles and most of this stuff comes frm wholesale!

 

Mentioned:

Mommy Income Q 4 Jump start Course

Mommy Income Wholesale Class

Mommy Income Bundle Class

Mommy Income

Kristin's Facebook

Kristin's Previous Interview # 5

 

Questions we answer-

Q - Do you think it is too late to send in any more "Back to School" supplies? (Recorded 1st week of August)

Q - Can you explain the notice from Amazon we all got in regards to higher fees in October, November and December?

Q - Does anyone ever pay someone to create a listing for them?

 

 

Quotables:

"Baby steps are still steps"

"What would be more convenient spending times chasing retail arbitrage to bundle items or having someone put together wholesale items that are delivered to your door in a bundle"

"What would be more convenient to but together versus chasing down each one?"

 

 

Rob has a large You Tube following with almost 10,000 subscribers and approaching his 1,000,000th download! Wow, he has the ability to connect with his viewers as he is genuinely interested in your success. His personal story of running an inherited business and having to shut it down due to the recession forced him to find another business and lucky for us he found FBA. Get ready for some real guidance, some real life experience talking where he can help you get more focused. His focus on multiple revenue streams has paid him off and allowed him a true "Life" style business.

Mentioned:

Dollarmoves.com

Jim Cockrum's My Silent Team Training Course

Rob's Youtube Channel

 

Quotables:

"In my experience, the rich people I met took the time to find out about everyone, got invested and interested in us and treated us really well"

"Have the courage to step off the ledge and get started"

"Give yourself a date to get started"

"The work is front-loaded, it does get easier"

 

Get ready to talk about Merch by Amazon with Matt Carlett. Matt is a stay-at-home dad who was brought home by Jim Cockrum's My Silent Team course and has absolutely made the most of his time with his kids. We spend some time catching up since our last interview (#9) from about a year ago and then answer some questions from Sam Cohen's ACE- Amazon Consulting Experts and then we move on to discuss Merch by Amazon. Merch by Amazon is really a perfect business model with very little out of pocket, and a real ability to scale up to advanced tiers where royalties can become significant. I also like that you don't need to know Photoshop, art, design as you can outsource all of these if you desire.

Quotables:

"Every Shirt I create or Design is an Asset, I create it once and let it go"

"I have sold more than 600 shirts of one design alone since I started"

Mentioned:

Matt's First Interview we did together

Matt's Facebook contact

Chris Green's Merch Book

Merch by Amazon Facebook Group

Jim Cockrum's My Silent Team Training Course

 

 

Questions we discuss:

Q: We have noticed that in the last week all of our shoes are going to a California warehouse and this is taking 10 additional days for stuff to get up for sale and a lot more expensive. Is there a way to prevent this?

Q: Any guidance on getting your brand restricted?

Q: Spending some time repricing, how often do you reprice?

 

John Dugan, aka the Resale Rabbit has hit the road hard. He has experienced America and spent a lot of windshield time and takes you along with him on his Youtube channel: Resale Rabbit where he gives great advice given really cheap (free), so check him out.

Mentioned:

Resale Rabbit Youtube account

John's Facebook Account

Johns solid advice:

1- Give up control! Use FBA, use a repricer, get local help

2- Compete with yourself not others- Others success is their success, look inward rather than outward

John Dugan, aka the Resale Rabbit has hit the road hard. He has experienced America and spent a lot of windshield time and takes you along with him on his Youtube channel: Resale Rabbit where he gives great advice given really cheap (free), so check him out.

 

Mentioned:

Resale Rabbit Youtube account

John's Facebook Account

 

Johns solid advice:

1- Give up control! Use FBA, use a repricer, get local help

2- Compete with yourself not others- Others success is their success, look inward rather than outward

 

Georgia Fun You have to laugh at yourself! Warehouse deliveries

John Bullard is an ecommerce  megaseller, operates a family run prep company, fulfillment center, manages liquidation/bulk buys, many Facebook groups and now is getting into software. We spend some time catching up and he gives updates on how his business is doing. Understand his business is a good barometer of how the selling world is doing. If he is busy, sellers are busy! We spend time talking about Long Term Storage fees and other options you should consider, we discuss getting suspended because you use a particular prep service and we answer questions from Chris Green's Scanpower Facebook group.

Mentioned:

Pro-Seller Talk

Empower U Co-op

My Inventory Team

CES VIP Free Tickets - MyInventoryTeam is giving away 2 FREE tickets to Jim Cockrum's CES IV Event.  Enter for a chance to win a VIP ticket to Jim Cockrum's CES IV Nashville, TN event September 8-10, 2016.  Tickets are sold out, so now is your last chance to attend this event! After signing up you will receive a survey which we will use to determine which 2 people will receive VIP tickets! You must fill out the survey completely to be eligible for a chance to win. Please note this does not include Hotel and Airfare for this event

Questions we answered:

Q - I dislike people posting gross sales figures without showing net profit. Isn't it misleading?

Q - Counterfeit issues. What are my responsibilities? How serious of an issue is this?

Q - What tool(s) are missing from the eCommerce marketplace?

John Bullard is an ecommerce  megaseller, operates a family run prep company, fulfillment center, manages liquidation/bulk buys, many Facebook groups and now is getting into software. We spend some time catching up and he gives updates on how his business is doing. Understand his business is a good barometer of how the selling world is doing. If he is busy, sellers are busy! We spend time talking about Long Term Storage fees and other options you should consider, we discuss getting suspended because you use a particular prep service and we answer questions from Chris Green's Scanpower Facebook group.

Mentioned:

Pro-Seller Talk

Empower U Co-op

My Inventory Team

CES VIP Free Tickets - MyInventoryTeam is giving away 2 FREE tickets to Jim Cockrum's CES IV Event.  Enter for a chance to win a VIP ticket to Jim Cockrum's CES IV Nashville, TN event September 8-10, 2016.  Tickets are sold out, so now is your last chance to attend this event! After signing up you will receive a survey which we will use to determine which 2 people will receive VIP tickets! You must fill out the survey completely to be eligible for a chance to win. Please note this does not include Hotel and Airfare for this event

 

Questions we answered:

Q - I dislike people posting gross sales figures without showing net profit. Isn't it misleading?

Q - Counterfeit issues. What are my responsibilities? How serious of an issue is this?

Q - What tool(s) are missing from the eCommerce marketplace?

One of John's Warehouses Product getting ready for shipping

 

 

Look at the love in this couples faces! They work together, live together and can still have that love! How you ask? It's because they built a Life in their Lifestyle business and Jamie believes they can help you get there too. Jamie offers courses that show you how they built a multiple seven-figure business (as high as 7 Million) with very deep and inclusive videos, that are guided towards a passive income model with many steps and touchpoints outsourced.

Does this resonate with you:

We both are “mindset”, “lifestyle” and “purpose” driven.  These are the core areas we are passionate about and therefore, integrate into all of our courses.  While others only teach skills and hard work, we complement those by mentoring our clients on mindset and purpose driven work.

We don’t just build businesses; we design systems and processes to support them as part of our commitment in designing the lifestyle we want to live.  The only way we believe in building businesses is to design them in such a way that we take ourselves out of the work sooner than later through automation and outsourcing.

 

 

 

Look at the love in this couples faces! They work together, live together and can still have that love! How you ask? It's because they built a Life in their Lifestyle business and Jamie believes they can help you get there too. Jamie offers courses that show you how they built a multiple seven-figure business (as high as 7 Million) with very deep and inclusive videos, that are guided towards a passive income model with many steps and touchpoints outsourced.

Does this resonate with you:

We both are “mindset”, “lifestyle” and “purpose” driven.  These are the core areas we are passionate about and therefore, integrate into all of our courses.  While others only teach skills and hard work, we complement those by mentoring our clients on mindset and purpose driven work.

We don’t just build businesses; we design systems and processes to support them as part of our commitment in designing the lifestyle we want to live.  The only way we believe in building businesses is to design them in such a way that we take ourselves out of the work sooner than later through automation and outsourcing.

 

Bob is the inspiration for us raising our goal for this year. It seemed paltry compared to Bob's success, after all Bob is only a part time seller. Yes part time and he will crush 7 figures and had his first non Q4 6 figure month in June! Yes it can be done, you don't have to quit your job "That you Love" to do this business, with outsourcing and learning what not to buy Bob has fine tuned his operation into a real scalable business. By the way he is not done, he will get bigger...the question is will he ever retire from the job he loves?

Mentioned:

Bob's Facebook Contact

OAxray

EPS-Elite Product Source

VA Rentals

Questions we answer:

Q- Tip from UPS store employee. Did you know you can order boxes to help you pack your more fragile items to go to FBA? You need to have an UPS account but they are free.

Q- Someone pointed out they notice that the larger sellers seem to have their repricers focus on their profit rather than chasing revenue only. How is your repricer setup?

Q- Would you spend $25.00 to profit $5.00 per unit if you could sell 50 of them in a day?