How to Approach Book Flipping When You're Gated
Published on: December 1 2022 by Bryan Guerra
How to Approach Book Flipping When You're Gated
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How to Approach Book Flipping When You're Gated
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| 00:00:00 | 00:00:03 | so one of the things i saw in the last |
| 00:00:02 | 00:00:06 | version of the course |
| 00:00:03 | 00:00:08 | was a lot of people in the book module |
| 00:00:06 | 00:00:10 | saying i'm gated for books right |
| 00:00:08 | 00:00:12 | and one of the things i notiked about |
| 00:00:10 | 00:00:15 | every single one of these people |
| 00:00:12 | 00:00:16 | was they were brand new sellers so how |
| 00:00:15 | 00:00:17 | then |
| 00:00:16 | 00:00:19 | do you approach book flipping when |
| 00:00:17 | 00:00:21 | you're a new seller okay |
| 00:00:19 | 00:00:23 | well you want to understand that when |
| 00:00:21 | 00:00:24 | you're a new seller a lot of products |
| 00:00:23 | 00:00:27 | will be gated for you |
| 00:00:24 | 00:00:28 | that's completely normal a lot of top |
| 00:00:27 | 00:00:30 | branded textbooks |
| 00:00:28 | 00:00:32 | and a lot of top ranked books so low |
| 00:00:30 | 00:00:32 | bestseller ranked books right so high |
| 00:00:32 | 00:00:35 | ranked |
| 00:00:32 | 00:00:37 | uh like below bsrs and just items in |
| 00:00:35 | 00:00:39 | general not just books will be |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:41 | gated for you that's to be expected |
| 00:00:39 | 00:00:42 | right the best way to get ungated for |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:45 | these things |
| 00:00:42 | 00:00:48 | is to simply sell products okay |
| 00:00:45 | 00:00:48 | sell anything you can you honestly just |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:51 | need to build |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:53 | some credibility with amazon basically |
| 00:00:51 | 00:00:55 | by selling items in the beginning |
| 00:00:53 | 00:00:57 | you'll build seller credibility with |
| 00:00:55 | 00:00:58 | amazon so that's like your amazon sales |
| 00:00:57 | 00:00:59 | metrics and they'll solely improve so |
| 00:00:58 | 00:01:01 | that's your |
| 00:00:59 | 00:01:03 | your feedback your sales your seller |
| 00:01:01 | 00:01:04 | history your customer satisfaction |
| 00:01:03 | 00:01:06 | the fact that you ship out fast if |
| 00:01:04 | 00:01:08 | you're doing fbm obviously |
| 00:01:06 | 00:01:10 | um if you're shipping into fba then that |
| 00:01:08 | 00:01:11 | doesn't really matter that you always |
| 00:01:10 | 00:01:13 | list and sell the right items |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:15 | right any of these things are potential |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:17 | indicators and obviously |
| 00:01:15 | 00:01:18 | go towards your sales metrics not |
| 00:01:17 | 00:01:20 | specifically but i'm just trying to |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:22 | open your mindset to like why amazon is |
| 00:01:20 | 00:01:23 | vetting you right |
| 00:01:22 | 00:01:25 | think of this as your initial gating |
| 00:01:23 | 00:01:26 | phase and your |
| 00:01:25 | 00:01:28 | think of the initial gating phase excuse |
| 00:01:26 | 00:01:30 | me as your test period |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:32 | and basically what this is is amazon's |
| 00:01:30 | 00:01:33 | way of seeing if you're a reliable |
| 00:01:32 | 00:01:34 | seller or not |
| 00:01:33 | 00:01:36 | or if you're someone that's just listing |
| 00:01:34 | 00:01:38 | whatever you can to make a quick buck |
| 00:01:36 | 00:01:40 | and does not care about the amazon |
| 00:01:38 | 00:01:42 | customers because |
| 00:01:40 | 00:01:44 | amazon hates this they are customer |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:46 | obsessed okay |
| 00:01:44 | 00:01:48 | so in short the best way that you can |
| 00:01:46 | 00:01:48 | ungate it that you can get ungated for |
| 00:01:48 | 00:01:51 | top brands |
| 00:01:48 | 00:01:52 | top books or top pro like products of |
| 00:01:51 | 00:01:55 | any kind |
| 00:01:52 | 00:01:57 | in any category is to simply build your |
| 00:01:55 | 00:01:59 | seller metrics by selling okay |
| 00:01:57 | 00:02:01 | so easy ways to do this are to get free |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:04 | and cheap books from craigslist |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:05 | offer up facebook marketplace etc you |
| 00:02:04 | 00:02:07 | can literally go there |
| 00:02:05 | 00:02:08 | search for free and search through the |
| 00:02:07 | 00:02:10 | like the free listings |
| 00:02:08 | 00:02:12 | and get some things and sell them for |
| 00:02:10 | 00:02:14 | free this is something that i'm not just |
| 00:02:12 | 00:02:16 | telling people to do i literally went |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:17 | out and did myself to prove to people |
| 00:02:16 | 00:02:19 | that were complaining in like i think it |
| 00:02:17 | 00:02:20 | was version two or three of this course |
| 00:02:19 | 00:02:21 | now |
| 00:02:20 | 00:02:22 | that we're complaining like oh like |
| 00:02:21 | 00:02:24 | you're saying that but like i doubt you |
| 00:02:22 | 00:02:24 | ever did it so i was like you know what |
| 00:02:24 | 00:02:26 | i'm gonna go do it |
| 00:02:24 | 00:02:28 | and i did like i think i grabbed like |
| 00:02:26 | 00:02:29 | over i think it was like 1500 books |
| 00:02:28 | 00:02:30 | roughly |
| 00:02:29 | 00:02:32 | and i list them all and i showed |
| 00:02:30 | 00:02:34 | examples of how this was improving my |
| 00:02:32 | 00:02:36 | seller metrics i showed examples of a |
| 00:02:34 | 00:02:38 | specific book that i think was called |
| 00:02:36 | 00:02:38 | the rape of lock or something it was |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:40 | like purple |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:42 | and it sold for over 800 bucks i got |
| 00:02:40 | 00:02:44 | that book for free in that lot right |
| 00:02:42 | 00:02:45 | as well as countless other books that |
| 00:02:44 | 00:02:47 | increased my seller metrics and were |
| 00:02:45 | 00:02:48 | profitable right some of them weren't |
| 00:02:47 | 00:02:49 | profitable |
| 00:02:48 | 00:02:51 | some i only made like 10 cents on |
| 00:02:49 | 00:02:51 | writers someone i only made like a buck |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:53 | on |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | some i lost money on but they improved |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:57 | my seller metrics the whole point here |
| 00:02:55 | 00:02:58 | is when you're on gate when you're gated |
| 00:02:57 | 00:03:00 | for a lot of things |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:02 | one of the best ways to do it is go out |
| 00:03:00 | 00:03:04 | and get a lot of free and cheap books |
| 00:03:02 | 00:03:06 | because they'll be used books that are |
| 00:03:04 | 00:03:08 | low best seller ranks or sorry |
| 00:03:06 | 00:03:09 | high best seller ranks so they're not |
| 00:03:08 | 00:03:11 | ranked very well |
| 00:03:09 | 00:03:14 | and they'll sell slowly obviously but it |
| 00:03:11 | 00:03:15 | will increase your seller metrics right |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:17 | and so another way that you can do it is |
| 00:03:15 | 00:03:18 | source and sell online arbitrage |
| 00:03:17 | 00:03:20 | products so that's something i go over |
| 00:03:18 | 00:03:22 | in the bulk and retail website module |
| 00:03:20 | 00:03:24 | as well as literally sell anything from |
| 00:03:22 | 00:03:26 | around the house i had used books at my |
| 00:03:24 | 00:03:28 | house i had used movies |
| 00:03:26 | 00:03:29 | i sold them all and they all helped |
| 00:03:28 | 00:03:31 | improve my seller metrics |
| 00:03:29 | 00:03:32 | honestly you don't need a lot of sales |
| 00:03:31 | 00:03:33 | to start getting ungated and building |
| 00:03:32 | 00:03:35 | your metrics |
| 00:03:33 | 00:03:37 | you just have to start selling things |
| 00:03:35 | 00:03:39 | and prove to amazon |
| 00:03:37 | 00:03:41 | that you are a serious seller and that |
| 00:03:39 | 00:03:42 | you're not going to screw their |
| 00:03:41 | 00:03:44 | customers over |
| 00:03:42 | 00:03:46 | their biggest concern is the integrity |
| 00:03:44 | 00:03:48 | of their platform and that their |
| 00:03:46 | 00:03:50 | customers will lose trust |
| 00:03:48 | 00:03:51 | buying on it they've spent decades |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:52 | building that trust |
| 00:03:51 | 00:03:54 | and now we literally just go to amazon |
| 00:03:52 | 00:03:55 | and we don't even check to see if our |
| 00:03:54 | 00:03:56 | products coming |
| 00:03:55 | 00:03:58 | or check to see if there's going to be |
| 00:03:56 | 00:04:00 | an issue because we know that we have |
| 00:03:58 | 00:04:02 | all the power when we buy on amazon |
| 00:04:00 | 00:04:03 | right we just inevitably like inherently |
| 00:04:02 | 00:04:04 | trust that the products can get |
| 00:04:03 | 00:04:06 | delivered to us |
| 00:04:04 | 00:04:07 | and you know if there's an issue then we |
| 00:04:06 | 00:04:08 | can take it up then and amazon will |
| 00:04:07 | 00:04:10 | solve it for us right |
| 00:04:08 | 00:04:12 | they've spent decades building that |
| 00:04:10 | 00:04:13 | trust and so their biggest concern with |
| 00:04:12 | 00:04:15 | you as a new seller |
| 00:04:13 | 00:04:17 | is that you're going to screw their |
| 00:04:15 | 00:04:19 | customers over so slowly sell things |
| 00:04:17 | 00:04:21 | anything you literally can and i just |
| 00:04:19 | 00:04:21 | gave you countless examples of what you |
| 00:04:21 | 00:04:22 | can do |
| 00:04:21 | 00:04:24 | and this is not just stuff that i'm |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:26 | selling i'm telling you you can do |
| 00:04:24 | 00:04:28 | it's stuff i've literally done and have |
| 00:04:26 | 00:04:31 | battle tested myself okay |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:33 | so slowly sell some things build some |
| 00:04:31 | 00:04:34 | trust and they'll ungate you very |
| 00:04:33 | 00:04:36 | quickly okay |
| 00:04:34 | 00:04:38 | so if you're one of the people saying |
| 00:04:36 | 00:04:39 | i'm gated for books |
| 00:04:38 | 00:04:42 | well chances are you're a brand new |
| 00:04:39 | 00:04:44 | seller without much seller metrics so |
| 00:04:42 | 00:04:45 | go through this process maybe go out and |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:47 | get free and cheap books from craigslist |
| 00:04:45 | 00:04:49 | offer up in facebook marketplace |
| 00:04:47 | 00:04:51 | or start sourcing online arbitrage |
| 00:04:49 | 00:04:53 | products and sell a few of those |
| 00:04:51 | 00:04:54 | or literally list anything that you can |
| 00:04:53 | 00:04:56 | around the house |
| 00:04:54 | 00:04:57 | just make sure that you list it under |
| 00:04:56 | 00:04:59 | the correct listing |
| 00:04:57 | 00:05:01 | and you will slowly get ungated and it |
| 00:04:59 | 00:05:02 | will happen a lot faster than you think |
| 00:05:01 | 00:05:03 | and then you'll be able to sell a lot of |
| 00:05:02 | 00:05:06 | the top |
| 00:05:03 | 00:05:06 | ranked textbooks |
