eComWhiz Podcast

Zack Leonard from Gembah talks about Amazon white label products vs creating your own amazon products to sell on amazon. Zack also covers the steps that Gembah has in order to be successful when going through the process of designing, creating, and manufacturing your own product to sell on amazon.

Also covered on the Zack Leonard interview is: What are the benefits of both white labeling a product and creating your own product from scratch? What are the steps to launch a new product from scratch? Give us an example of a scrawl on a napkin to a product? What about an NDA when sending you my idea for a new amazon product? What does it cost for Gemnah to create my unique amazon product for me? How does Gembah find quality factories and what about quality control? What about shipping and logistics to get it to my country? How many products has Gembah created? Why not re white label your own amazon product? What is the next step for Gembah that will help keep you different from other competition? How did you come up with the name Gembah? What did Zack Leonard do before starting Gembah? How to contact Zack Leonard and get started with using Gembah.

About Gembah - https://www.gembah.com/ 

Gembah empowers and enables product innovation. Gembah is democratizing and demystifying the product creation process by helping entrepreneurs, e-commerce sellers, and small-to-midsize businesses research, design, and manufacture products. Gembah has a team of designers/engineers that have worked at places like Under Armor and Weber Grills and on products like the Tickle Me Elmo. Gembah also has a factory network of over 700 factories in 7 different countries.

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com/

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

Seth Kniep from just one dime talks about easy steps for Amazon FBA beginner's success in 2020. Seth also talks about the 4 steps for amazon success when beginner amazon sellers get started. He also covers if it is still a good time to sell on amazon, how he came up with the idea for "Just One Dime", and his struggles when starting to sell on amazon.

Also covered on the Seth Kniep, Just One Dime interview. Understand the Amazon getting started process? How do you find products with high demand and low competition? What is the best way to find a trustworthy supplier? Differentiate your product. Video Chat on WeChat with Suppliers. Pay for Samples. Look at oversized items. Amazon Best Seller List. Amazon Best Sellers Rank. Minimum 5,000 BSR on Amazon. Is this a good time for someone to start selling on Amazon? Do not follow the ME TOO strategy and be unique. How do you follow or look up to in the entrepreneur space? Tell me the story of how you came up with the idea of starting off with a dime? After the Dime reached $400 how did you transition to selling on Amazon. What were some of the struggles you had when starting to sell on amazon? What is covered in just one dime course? and How do you pick the coaches that represent just one dime? How many students have you trained that have done over 1 million in a month? How to contact Seth Kniep? 

About Seth Kniep - https://www.justonedime.com/start

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Frustrated in his corporate job and struggling in his marriage, parenting, and finances, Seth Kniep dreamed of doubling a single dime 20 times which is over $100,000. Living the death-by-paycheck cycle and $24,00 in debt, he set out with just ten cents, dead set on doubling his dime, to create freedom for him and his family.

Today, just a few years later, he has built multiple multi-million dollar businesses from his original 10 cents. He is the founder of Just One Dime, the premier coaching company for Amazon FBA sellers, has trained newbie entrepreneurs into millionaires, was flown to Amazon’s headquarters to be consulted for improving Amazon’s third-party platform, was asked by the company of one of the sharks on Shark Tank to run their online Amazon and ecommerce division, runs a sourcing team in China, and was requested by two countries to train their top businesses.

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

Having your Amazon account suspended is a scary possibility for any seller, and the Amazon Terms of Service can be confusing. But on today's podcast we will talk with Henson Wu CEO/Co-Founder of FeedbackWhiz on what to look out for and ways to avoid being suspended.

Over the past few months, Amazon has been strongly enforcing their TOS (Terms of Service). Therefore, it is imperative that sellers understand how to communicate with buyers via the Amazon messaging platform without violating any rules.

If you have seen the following message in Seller Central then you have been restricted:

“This message was not delivered because your account was temporarily restricted from sending proactive messages. For more information please check the email inbox associated with your account for detailed error notification.”

In this podcast, we cover the following topics: What are the consequences of an Amazon account suspension? How do I avoid an Amazon seller suspension? Using [Important] in your email subject line. Sending marketing or promotional emails. Incentivizing or manipulating feedback and reviews. Asking for the same review repeatedly. Sending links or attachments that are not necessary to complete the order. Sending excessive emails. Order shipment email for FBA orders. Next steps for appealing or lifting an Amazon account suspension. What is the difference between the review request button and buyer-seller messaging? Review request integration inside FeedbackWhiz without Chrome Extension.

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

Amazon seller Kevin King talks about effective amazon selling strategies for success when selling on amazon. Kevin King also covers myths of the quick win amazon product, public perception of amazon platform, and is this a good time to be an amazon seller? Do you feel that some new sellers are looking for a quick win on a product? How strong is the public's overall trust in the Amazon platform in 2020? Is this a good time to be a seller on Amazon? What are some of the pitfalls for new sellers when starting to sell on amazon? What do you look for when researching a "good product" to sell on Amazon? Do you feel Amazon is responsive enough to sellers' needs right now? Can you tell everyone about this new venture that you have going with Steve Simonson? How much time goes into selecting this winning product and factory that provides it? What was ecommerce like in the late '90s and early 2000s? What ecommerce platform did you start out on? Kevin King talks about when he used direct mail for marketing. What mistakes did you make along the way that you learned the most from? Kevin King coaches people that do over half a billion in sales yearly. Who does Kevin King look up to? How to contact Kevin King?

Kevin King Bio - https://www.amzmarketer.com

Kevin King has been involved in internet marketing and e-commerce since 1995. It's been 30+ years since he last received a paycheck from someone else. He’s traveled to all 7 continents and 90 countries. He was named one of the Top 40 Direct Marketers by Target Marketing magazine, has been featured on Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous and Entertainment Tonight national TV shows as well as the front pages of prestigious newspapers like USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. 

He sells millions of dollars of products on Amazon.com. He has been a recurring guest on over 30 FBA and e-commerce podcasts and is a highly-sought-after speaker at Amazon conferences worldwide (spoke at more than 30). He also mentors sellers collectively doing over half a billion US dollars per year on Amazon.com in the Freedom Ticket and Helium 10 Elite Masterminds. He also organizes the Billion Dollar Seller Summit. 

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

Emma Schermer talks about how to identify your amazon target audience to help drive more sales to your product listing. Emma Schermer Tamir also creating great amazon listings, using amazon to build your brand, how to have your brand show up on google search, and common mistakes amazon sellers make.

In this interview we also talk about; How to find Your Amazon Target Audience? How to create best-selling listings in 2020. Using Amazon to build your brand. Branding and copywriting for e-commerce. Should your brand also show up on google search? Does what you write on your listing even matter? No one reads anymore. Top mistakes that newer sellers make. What are some of the most common mistakes you see? Can small brands really compete against the big brand names? How can you stand out from the competition when your product is nearly (or completely identical)?  About Emma Schermer and how to contact her.

Emma Schermer Tamir, Co-Founder of Marketing by Emma - https://www.marketingbyemma.com

Create conversion-spiking Amazon listing and website copy that makes people want to click "Add to Cart!" Since 2016, Marketing by Emma has proudly helped over 700 businesses from around the world to boost their sales and build their brands. Through our commitment to exceptional quality, we've also proudly earned recommendations from some of the top names in the eCommerce and Amazon space.

Free listing analysis: https://www.marketingbyemma.com/freeanalysis

Free branding and listing optimization worksheet: https://www.marketingbyemma.com/fw

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

Carlos Alvarez gives advice on how to drive effective converting traffic to your Amazon listings. Carlos Alvarez also talks about using polling services, Alexa, Shopify, insert cards, and more for driving traffic to your Amazon FBM product listing. Carlos Alvarez, Founder of Blue Bird Media and Founder of the Largest Amazon Meetup Group in Florida called Wizards of Amazon. Using Alexa to drive traffic to your Amazon listings. Using Trivia, Polls, and Contest to drive amazon traffic. What is Carlos using for email marketing? Using Warranty Cards and Insert Cards with Amazon Products. Creating a brand website along with the brand you sell on Amazon. What should be on the brand website? Dealing with Amazon Essential taking over a category. How do you leverage the success of a product to find the next big seller? Using product videos on your Amazon listing and YouTube video marketing. How many businesses have Carlos Alvarez created and sold? Carlos Alvarez's first business and the crazy story around it. Wizard of Amazon meetup group. How to contact Carlos Alvarez.

Carlos Alvarez has more than 20 years of combined experience as a successful Amazon retailer and as a consultant and marketing expert for online sellers. He entered the Amazon Marketplace when it was in its infancy, and quickly mastered non-traditional marketing and selling strategies while organically achieving first-page rankings. Since the late 90s, he has built, invested, and sold several brands in many Amazon categories including grocery, apparel, kitchen & dining, beauty, electronics, supplements, coffee, and patio & garden. Now, Alvarez teaches others how to achieve success selling online.

Wizards of Amazon podcast: https://wizardsofamazon.com/podcast/

Online Seller Success Tips Alexa Flash Briefing: https://wizardsofamazon.com/online-seller-success-tips/

Amazon Seller Meetup group: https://www.meetup.com/South-Florida-FBA/

Amazon Seller Chat Group: https://www.wizardsofecom.com/Amazon-Seller-Group-Chat-Telegram

*Paid* Amazon Video Vault: http://wizardsofamazon.mykajabi.com/amazon-meetup-videos

Wizards of Amazon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WizardsofAmazon/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wizardsofamazon/

Entrepreneurs Book Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EntrepreneursUniteBookClub/

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

Amy Wees founder of amazing at home on how to do amazon product research without software. Amy Wees also talks about Amazon FBM (amazon Fulfilled by Merchant), challenges sellers faced during COVID-19, and how to do amazon product research without using any tools or software. 

She also covers in the interview: Is this a good time to sell on Amazon? How has the Coronavirus been a challenge for amazon sellers? Will we see more amazon sellers shift to FBM besides Amazon FBA. How to study the market instead of using software to do amazon product research. When is the right time to use software and tools to do amazon product research? What makes up or defines a "good product" to sell on Amazon? Example of an exercise for people that say they are not creative to find a new product to sell. Are there some product categories that have more success than others? What is the biggest mistake you see new sellers do when they first get started? How do you launch a unique amazon product? How to contact Amy Wees. 

About Amy Wees - https://www.Amazingathome.com

Amy Wees is the CEO of Amazing at Home Business Consulting. Her coaching focuses on helping brands develop unique products, validate them in the marketplace, a source at profitable margins, and launch those products in E-Commerce with amazing brand messaging, copywriting, and search engine optimization.

Background: Amy is an Expert Planner with 18 years of military planning experience, she holds 3 Undergraduate and 2 Graduate Degrees. She is an Entrepreneur with 3 brands in the marketplace and more on the way, a Brand Builder, Inventor, and Patent holder. She’s also a Teacher and Public Speaker, Search Engine Optimization Expert, and Copywriter.

Her Story: I invented a product from scratch and brought it to the market along with an entire line of products for my brand. I’ve been flipping products as a hobby on eBay and Amazon for close to 15 years. I figured out how to build my brand, launch, and grow my sales simply by studying the market, writing a business plan, and becoming a master copywriter and advertiser. Now I teach these skills to other entrepreneurs and coaching has become my new passion. My goal is to discover your passion, build your confidence, and help you build a brand that will knock your customer's socks off!

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

An interview with Jeff Lieber founder of TurnKey Product Management on how to help Amazon sellers grow their sales right now on amazon. Jeff Lieber also talks about challenges for amazon brands, how reviews impact your amazon sales, what works best on amazon, and what does not. 

Jeff Lieber also covers the following questions in this interview: Is this a good time to be a seller on Amazon? Coronavirus – Challenges for brands, what to do about it! Have the primary ways that a seller can build trust with its audience changed at all? How does customer service and reviews impact Amazon sales? What can you do about it? What makes up or defines a "good product" to sell on Amazon? What’s working on Amazon right now to help companies grow? Are there some product categories that have more success than others? What are pitfalls or biggest mistakes that new sellers make? Do you have to lower your margins to stay competitive on Amazon? What’s working on the advertising side of things? Quick Backstory on Jeff and Turnkey  - (started with pet product business 2014), sold it a few years later, started TurnKey Product Management. Where to find us or free resources.

Jeff Lieber - https://www.TurnKeyProductManagement.com

TurnKey Product Management helps companies quickly grow their sales on Amazon and save them time so you can do what you love by offering the following. Whether you’re selling $20k/month or $200k/month, TurnKey will help you scale through: Full-Service Amazon Channel Management, Amazon PPC Advertising Management, TurnKey’s online training programs, and TurnKey’s Inner Circle 1-on-1 Coaching Program. 

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

An interview with Kamaljit Singh founder of AMZ One Step on how to create converting Amazon product listings that get more sales. Kamal Singh talks about Amazon listing optimization, enhanced brand content, videography, and more. 

Kamal Singh also covers the following questions in this interview: How important are keywords in Amazon listing titles? Content design for CTR ranking. What restriction is there regarding the first image shown on an Amazon listing? How important are bullet points in an Amazon description? Check your spelling on both the Amazon Title and Description. Be aware of any certifications that are used on your product like FDA, UL, and more. Ways that people could enhance their brand's content. How important are not only those lifestyle images but also kind of pointing out of key features in the image? Tips people need to kind of know about when they're doing a video. Should you create an Amazon product video your self? What did Kamal do before he started AMZ One Step? If you hadn't started AMZ One Step, do you think you would have probably started another amazon brand? How to contact Kamal Singh and AMZ One Step.

Kamaljit Singh - https://www.amzonestep.com

At AMZ One Step, We strive for excellence in each area of product listing optimization. Our work is to make sure that we exceed your expectations and add value to your brand. Your product idea is worth millions, Let us make it look like one.

We are a group of experienced e-commerce experts with an astute understanding of the online business framework’s dependence on quality-driven listing creation and optimization. Product photography is considered its prime real estate and is given the utmost priority by our team of experts. Enhanced images can increase the click conversion and translate into accelerated sales. In a highly competitive market like Amazon, product visibility determines the market share and if your listing is not enticing to the customer, it will not be able to compete. Keeping all this in mind, we hold ourselves to a high standard and are committed to delivering on our mission:

We started providing services for different e-commerce platforms in 2009 with some very successful product launches, and have the first-hand experience of how impactful the presentation of a listing is on the product’s performance. We know exactly what features to highlight from your product to make sure the message is conveyed within second using eloquent words and stunning visuals. With us, your product is in safe hands!

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.

An interview with Richard "Rich" Goldstein principal Attorney for Goldstein Patent Law on how to protect your Amazon products and brand. Rich Goldstein talks about using trademarks and patents to protect your products and brands when selling on Amazon. 

Rich Goldstein also covers the following questions in this interview: What the difference between a patent and a trademark? What can be protected with a patent, trademark, or copyright? If I take pictures of my own product that I created, are those pictures automatically copyrighted? Are videos that a seller creates protected? If some on Amazon use my images or videos does that violate my copyright? When is the best time to get a trademark for your business? When creating a trademark what is a "wordmark"? What about trying to trademark a font from my computer? How different does a product have to be to patent it? At what point should I be coming to you or somebody who handles patents? Can I create a patent without having to physically create the product? What is the process for a patent and trademark? What is required to protect my trademark? why is it important to get patents and trademarks? Book: The ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent. Before Rich Goldstein became an attorney what did you do? Give us a funny story about a trademark or patent? How to contact Rich Goldstein.

About Rich Goldstein - https://www.goldsteinpatentlaw.com

While most patent attorneys do not work with individual inventors, Rich Goldstein has built a career in working with both individual inventors and start-up companies. His approach includes listening to and understanding their goals and needs. Providing custom-tailored representation. Offering specific guidance to keep their project moving toward their individual goals. He has given critical advice to more than 10,000 inventors and has obtained nearly 2,000 patents for his clients. He has educated thousands more about the patent process through his seminars, educational videos, and best-selling books: The ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent. He also works directly with executives to help them make effective decisions to protect their IP, meet their business goals, and leverage the value of what they have already created. Rich regularly attends a wide variety of entrepreneurship and innovation events and actively explores new ways to help his clients achieve their business and personal goals.

About FeedbackWhiz - https://www.feedbackwhiz.com

FeedbackWhiz helps Amazon sellers monitor, manage, and automate emails, product reviews, orders, and feedback. Build professional email templates with gifs, emojis, buttons, and attachments. A/B test subject lines and view open rate analytics. Send or exclude emails based on triggers such as refunds, shipment, delivery, feedback, and repeat buyers. Track and manage all product reviews. Instant notifications whenever a review is posted. Monitor all product listings and get alerts when critical events such as hijackers, buy-box loss, and listing changes occur.