You’ve found the show notes page for this episode of “Ask Scott” - the place where you can ask  your own real-life private label questions and receive answers. But there’s more benefit than just asking your questions - you get to hear the answers Scott Voelker gives to other people’s questions. It’s like learning from the problems and mistakes others are making so that you don’t have to experience them yourself. So make sure you take the time to listen to this episode to get an education from the experience of thousands of Amazon sellers, in one episode.

How can I add my product to different subcategories inside the Amazon interface.

When you set up your product listing on Amazon you’ll be able to choose the individual categories that you feel best represent the niche your product is in. However, you won’t always be able to select all of the subcategories that you see when searching for items on Amazon. Where can you find those mysterious subcategories and how do you get your products listed there? On this episode of The Amazing Seller Scott is going to walk you through the steps he’s taken over the years to get his products into subcategories, and so far they’ve worked every time.

I’m getting overwhelmed by the Alibaba listings. Is there a way to filter the results?

When you are doing product research for private label products to sell on Amazon there are a lot of options. One of the common sources of good products is Alibaba. But when you search for something on Alibaba you’ll often see the same company multiple times in the listings. It’s enough to make your head spin! How can you narrow the search results to get a simpler view of the product offerings that are available? On this episode Scott gives some tips about how to do product research in the simplest ways so that you can avoid overwhelm.

I’ve never done Amazon FBA but want to get started. At what point should I invest in software?

There are lots of software tools out there to help with almost every aspect of running a private label sales business on Amazon. For somebody starting out it could seem like the costs of subscribing to all of the tools will mount up pretty quickly. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott walks a newbie through the steps he would personally take if he were starting all over, and he includes his opinions about a handful of software tools and tells when he’d look into purchasing them for us in his business. If you’re new to the private label game you’ll get a lot out of this answer.

Amazon private label sales is not the only viable online business.

As you listen to the Amazing Seller you naturally are going to get lots of tips and tricks for approaching the private label sales world. But Scott takes a few moments near the end of this episode to point out that much of what he talks about are simple business principles that apply across the board in any online business enterprise. If you want to start your own online business but don’t want to be limited to private label sales on Amazon, you might want to hear what Scott’s got to say about how to transfer many of the concepts he teaches into your other online businesses.

OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER

[0:03] Scott’s introduction to the podcast!

[0:45] How to get your questions answered.

[1:10] How to get Scott’s free private label course.

[2:55] QUESTION ONE: How can I add subcategories to my product listing?

[10:55] QUESTION TWO: Is there any way to filter by company in Alibaba?

[15:28] QUESTION THREE: Should a person use Amisuite as a person who hasn’t begun?

[24:15] Using what you learn as an Amazon seller to build any kind of business online.

RESOURCES SHARED ON THIS EPISODE

www.FreePrivateLabelCourse.com

www.Periscope.tv (@ScottVoelker).

www.TheAmazingSeller.com/143 - Episode about tax tips and business entities.

www.Alibaba.com - sourcing website from China.

www.TheAmazingSeller.