eCommerce Momentum Podcast

Bryan is a very sharp businessman and a great family Man who has taken a foundational corporate approach to training and outsourcing that has brought him incredible success and significant growth (4X) this year. He walks us through his start, his Aha moment ("Taste of this incredible Amazon thing"), and his step-by-step approach to outsourcing his business in a win-win model. His use of business segments, training manuals, training videos, Facebook Private Groups has allowed him to create a model where process is driving his incredible success. We discuss profit-sharing, draw versus commission plans and detailed expense tracking. We spend some time discussing the lack of true Entrepreneurial spirit missing from many sellers, not that there is not a place for this, rather that if you really want to have a Hands-off Passive Income Stream business, you need to replace yourself. Bryan walks us through how he has been able to do just that!

Michael & Sherry Markuson really struck me with their knowledge and more importantly they way the addressed each other. I could tell they are a couple ( clearly a couple of Entrepreneurs). We struck up a conversation and when he mentioned the way they are using Bonanza (Yes it still exists) to add 150 additional sales this year, I realized I need to interview Michael. In this interview we talk about moving from a warehouse job into Ebay, then Amazon and eventually adding Bonanza. I think this is a great thing for Amazon sellers to consider, learning how to sell your Amazon items on other channels gets you the experience now, ready as other (yet -to-be-created) channels come on line.

David is a "Mega-Seller" of Shoes. He has mastered the art of Identifying and sourcing shoes in a very short time. He credits the MM8 group and specifically Ken Kelly's course on Shoe selling for bringing him to this level this quickly. We have a great discussion of his forays into the DVD vending machine bringing him into the Amazon world. He walks us through his model from sourcing through processing and moving into wholesale, he talks about using buyers that travel throughout the US sourcing for him, how he pays them and how the inventory gets into Amazon.

R-E-A got his start buying from Ebay and selling on Yahoo auctions. (Remember them?) We spend time going through his progression (kind of natural progression) from Ebay to Amazon and then to FBA. R-E-A spends much of his time focusing on outsourcing, right-sizing, and paying attention to what matters for him: he sees this as a side-hustle. With a large family, a taxing-important job, he has found a way to bring others into the business to do the day-to-day work so he can keep his perspective. He has mastered the time-management formula by outsourcing: Sourcing, Buying, Prep & Ship. He is not touching the product and yet is levels over most sellers. He talks about how he has been able to focus.

You will quickly recognize Joy in a room, she shines in every way. Her light shines in every aspect of her life too: being a mom of eight and a grandmother of six, a loving wife, a large six-figure seller that is willing to tackle the everyday challenges by breaking them down and tackling them one by one. Her enthusiasm and expert knowledge will help you if you are interested in getting into the Amazon game. She will help you identify your "Why", the real reason you get into eCommerce, that you will need to remember when the challenges come (and they will), to help you get past your fear.