How To Sell On Amazon FBA For Beginners (Step By Step)
Published on: November 30 2022 by Carter Maxwell
How To Sell On Amazon FBA For Beginners (Step By Step)
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How To Sell On Amazon FBA For Beginners (Step By Step)
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| 00:00:06 | 00:00:17 | so |
| 00:00:21 | 00:00:27 | what's up everyone carter here i'm with |
| 00:00:24 | 00:00:29 | the milo 19 year old six figure amazon |
| 00:00:27 | 00:00:31 | seller and in today's video we're gonna |
| 00:00:29 | 00:00:33 | break down exactly how you can start |
| 00:00:31 | 00:00:35 | selling on amazon as a complete beginner |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | and before we get into those exact steps |
| 00:00:35 | 00:00:39 | milo a lot of new viewers that might not |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:40 | know who you are do you want to give a |
| 00:00:39 | 00:00:42 | quick minute to tok about yourself kind |
| 00:00:40 | 00:00:44 | of how you got started selling on amazon |
| 00:00:42 | 00:00:45 | and what you've been able to accomplish |
| 00:00:44 | 00:00:47 | so far what's up guys my name is milo |
| 00:00:45 | 00:00:49 | kubichuk i'm 19 years old i've been |
| 00:00:47 | 00:00:51 | selling on amazon for about a year now |
| 00:00:49 | 00:00:53 | and i started off selling books and we |
| 00:00:51 | 00:00:55 | slowly moved up to bulk so right now i |
| 00:00:53 | 00:00:56 | pretty much run a bulk book operation |
| 00:00:55 | 00:00:58 | and that's worked pretty good for me so |
| 00:00:56 | 00:01:00 | far so mile you're 19 years old right |
| 00:00:58 | 00:01:02 | now when did you start selling on amazon |
| 00:01:00 | 00:01:04 | and what kind of numbers have you done |
| 00:01:02 | 00:01:06 | in sales so far so we started about a |
| 00:01:04 | 00:01:08 | little bit over a year ago obviously the |
| 00:01:06 | 00:01:09 | beginning is always rough you know |
| 00:01:08 | 00:01:11 | finding out what works best for you of |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:13 | course those first few months you don't |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:14 | always start out going full speed and |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:17 | getting a lot of sales so we've done |
| 00:01:14 | 00:01:18 | about 150 000 and used books so far on |
| 00:01:17 | 00:01:20 | amazon i figured out that's kind of what |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:21 | starts good for me it's a great entry |
| 00:01:20 | 00:01:24 | level it doesn't cost that much to get |
| 00:01:21 | 00:01:25 | into it and it's very scalable once you |
| 00:01:24 | 00:01:27 | find out what works best for you we just |
| 00:01:25 | 00:01:28 | moved up to bulk probably about three or |
| 00:01:27 | 00:01:30 | four months ago and kind of just now |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:32 | getting the hang of it last month or two |
| 00:01:30 | 00:01:34 | we've done around 20 000 in sales in the |
| 00:01:32 | 00:01:35 | last few months we finally figured out |
| 00:01:34 | 00:01:36 | our niche what we kind of want to go |
| 00:01:35 | 00:01:38 | after and it's just about being |
| 00:01:36 | 00:01:39 | consistent so now that we've introduced |
| 00:01:38 | 00:01:41 | milo let's go ahead and get into the |
| 00:01:39 | 00:01:43 | exact steps that you need to take so |
| 00:01:41 | 00:01:45 | step number one is obviously you need to |
| 00:01:43 | 00:01:47 | create your amazon seller central |
| 00:01:45 | 00:01:48 | account we're not going to dive too deep |
| 00:01:47 | 00:01:50 | into this but as you know there's you |
| 00:01:48 | 00:01:52 | know two different seller plans on |
| 00:01:50 | 00:01:53 | amazon there's an individual seller plan |
| 00:01:52 | 00:01:55 | a professional seller plan i would |
| 00:01:53 | 00:01:57 | recommend using the professional center |
| 00:01:55 | 00:01:58 | plan it's 40 per month and it has a few |
| 00:01:57 | 00:02:00 | more beneficial features that i |
| 00:01:58 | 00:02:01 | recommend you paying up a little bit for |
| 00:02:00 | 00:02:03 | especially when you're starting out and |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:05 | that process doesn't take too long |
| 00:02:03 | 00:02:07 | amazon just wants to verify your |
| 00:02:05 | 00:02:09 | identity your address a little bit more |
| 00:02:07 | 00:02:10 | information about you before they allow |
| 00:02:09 | 00:02:12 | you to sell on your platform so that's |
| 00:02:10 | 00:02:14 | step number one so step number two to |
| 00:02:12 | 00:02:16 | selling on amazon is you want to select |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:18 | your business model now there's a ton of |
| 00:02:16 | 00:02:21 | different models i know milo's tried a |
| 00:02:18 | 00:02:23 | few you know there's reselling retards |
| 00:02:21 | 00:02:25 | on arbitrage wholesale drop shipping |
| 00:02:23 | 00:02:27 | milo and your experience for someone |
| 00:02:25 | 00:02:29 | who's just getting started on amazon |
| 00:02:27 | 00:02:31 | what business model would you recommend |
| 00:02:29 | 00:02:33 | well as a beginner i would totally |
| 00:02:31 | 00:02:34 | suggest doing used books you know you |
| 00:02:33 | 00:02:36 | get to put in some of the manual work |
| 00:02:34 | 00:02:37 | going to the thrift stores sourcing the |
| 00:02:36 | 00:02:39 | books kind of figuring out the whole |
| 00:02:37 | 00:02:41 | process of how once you find a |
| 00:02:39 | 00:02:42 | profitable book what to do with it how |
| 00:02:41 | 00:02:44 | to send it into amazon how to create |
| 00:02:42 | 00:02:47 | shipments and get it really into amazon |
| 00:02:44 | 00:02:50 | and get it active on amazon 100 in my |
| 00:02:47 | 00:02:51 | opinion reselling is by far the cheapest |
| 00:02:50 | 00:02:53 | business model for beginner to get |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | started with like i said milo started |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:56 | with used books right on amazon i |
| 00:02:55 | 00:02:58 | started selling used books on amazon |
| 00:02:56 | 00:03:00 | it's a very cheap model to get started |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:01 | with then you can kind of work your way |
| 00:03:00 | 00:03:03 | up from there you've got your reta |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:05 | arbitrage online arbitrage wholesale a |
| 00:03:03 | 00:03:07 | couple more business models that require |
| 00:03:05 | 00:03:10 | a little bit more capital but are also a |
| 00:03:07 | 00:03:12 | little bit easier to scale so by far the |
| 00:03:10 | 00:03:13 | easiest business model for beginners is |
| 00:03:12 | 00:03:15 | reselling but you can choose whichever |
| 00:03:13 | 00:03:17 | one you want that brings us to step |
| 00:03:15 | 00:03:19 | number three which is product research |
| 00:03:17 | 00:03:21 | so after you have your amazon seller |
| 00:03:19 | 00:03:23 | account set up and verified and you've |
| 00:03:21 | 00:03:25 | chosen your business model now you have |
| 00:03:23 | 00:03:28 | to go about the process of actually |
| 00:03:25 | 00:03:30 | finding profitable items to add to your |
| 00:03:28 | 00:03:32 | amazon business so mile i know you |
| 00:03:30 | 00:03:33 | started with reselling selling used |
| 00:03:32 | 00:03:36 | books do you want to tok a little bit |
| 00:03:33 | 00:03:38 | more about what goes into the process as |
| 00:03:36 | 00:03:40 | far as finding profitable books like |
| 00:03:38 | 00:03:42 | what app do you use do you have a |
| 00:03:40 | 00:03:43 | scanner to help you scan more items |
| 00:03:42 | 00:03:45 | where are you finding these books from |
| 00:03:43 | 00:03:47 | do you want to quickly break that down |
| 00:03:45 | 00:03:48 | for someone who's maybe just learning |
| 00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | about it so when i first started i |
| 00:03:48 | 00:03:51 | actually used a software called scout iq |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:53 | it's a software you can download on your |
| 00:03:51 | 00:03:54 | phone it's an app and it's a monthly |
| 00:03:53 | 00:03:56 | basis subscription which is does not |
| 00:03:54 | 00:03:58 | cost that much you could use your camera |
| 00:03:56 | 00:04:00 | on your phone to scan books or if you |
| 00:03:58 | 00:04:01 | would like to be more efficient you can |
| 00:04:00 | 00:04:04 | buy a bluetooth bar scanner off of |
| 00:04:01 | 00:04:07 | amazon it's around 20 30 40 and it will |
| 00:04:04 | 00:04:09 | speed up your productivity a ton some of |
| 00:04:07 | 00:04:10 | the locations that we actually have been |
| 00:04:09 | 00:04:12 | had a lot of success in finding used |
| 00:04:10 | 00:04:15 | books would be such as a thrift store |
| 00:04:12 | 00:04:17 | like a goodwill or even garage sales or |
| 00:04:15 | 00:04:19 | you can even post ads on like facebook |
| 00:04:17 | 00:04:20 | and different marketplaces saying hey |
| 00:04:19 | 00:04:22 | free book pickup a lot of these people |
| 00:04:20 | 00:04:23 | they just want to clean out their house |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:25 | liquidate a bunch of books so you can |
| 00:04:23 | 00:04:26 | post ads like that and then that's a |
| 00:04:25 | 00:04:28 | great way to get started because you get |
| 00:04:26 | 00:04:30 | a lot of free books and some could be |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | very profitable and that's a perfect |
| 00:04:30 | 00:04:33 | breakdown it also really depends you |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:35 | know on what business model you choose |
| 00:04:33 | 00:04:37 | you know a private label business model |
| 00:04:35 | 00:04:38 | on amazon is very different from |
| 00:04:37 | 00:04:40 | reselling but reselling you have a lot |
| 00:04:38 | 00:04:42 | more opportunities you can go to places |
| 00:04:40 | 00:04:44 | like thrift stores garage sales you can |
| 00:04:42 | 00:04:45 | even start reselling stuff around your |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:48 | house you can go to places like retail |
| 00:04:45 | 00:04:50 | stores walmart target the whole business |
| 00:04:48 | 00:04:51 | model of reselling is just buy low sell |
| 00:04:50 | 00:04:54 | high so that leaves you with a lot of |
| 00:04:51 | 00:04:57 | opportunities now what kind of items |
| 00:04:54 | 00:04:58 | would you recommend resellers start for |
| 00:04:57 | 00:05:00 | outside of books because there are |
| 00:04:58 | 00:05:03 | certain categories certain brands on |
| 00:05:00 | 00:05:05 | amazon are restricted and gated for new |
| 00:05:03 | 00:05:07 | sellers were there any other categories |
| 00:05:05 | 00:05:08 | or products that you had success with |
| 00:05:07 | 00:05:11 | outside of books so i had a lot of |
| 00:05:08 | 00:05:12 | success selling seasonal items or even |
| 00:05:11 | 00:05:13 | toys or even just going to your |
| 00:05:12 | 00:05:15 | clearance aisles in your stores just |
| 00:05:13 | 00:05:16 | going and scanning all the products and |
| 00:05:15 | 00:05:18 | trying to find something profitable |
| 00:05:16 | 00:05:20 | there or i highly suggest new sailors to |
| 00:05:18 | 00:05:21 | join like a bolo group like the selling |
| 00:05:20 | 00:05:23 | fastlane they have offer a bunch of |
| 00:05:21 | 00:05:25 | awesome great deals to go look for and |
| 00:05:23 | 00:05:27 | leads and a lot of great products out |
| 00:05:25 | 00:05:29 | there you can always find but if you'd |
| 00:05:27 | 00:05:31 | like to outsource your time join great |
| 00:05:29 | 00:05:34 | bolo groups so just like milo said i |
| 00:05:31 | 00:05:36 | actually have my own online community |
| 00:05:34 | 00:05:38 | called the selling fast lane in our |
| 00:05:36 | 00:05:40 | community we help brand new amazon |
| 00:05:38 | 00:05:42 | sellers get started and we also help |
| 00:05:40 | 00:05:44 | current amazon sellers grow their top |
| 00:05:42 | 00:05:46 | line revenue and how do we do this well |
| 00:05:44 | 00:05:49 | essentially just like milo said we have |
| 00:05:46 | 00:05:51 | team members and i actually post product |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:53 | leads in the community so we let you |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:55 | know what that item is what store you |
| 00:05:53 | 00:05:58 | can find it at what it cost and what |
| 00:05:55 | 00:06:00 | it's currently reselling for back on |
| 00:05:58 | 00:06:01 | amazon and obviously for newer sellers |
| 00:06:00 | 00:06:03 | or sellers that are looking to grow |
| 00:06:01 | 00:06:05 | being able to not have to spend any time |
| 00:06:03 | 00:06:07 | on product research and have a lead |
| 00:06:05 | 00:06:08 | posted directly on your screen that you |
| 00:06:07 | 00:06:10 | can take advantage of and make money |
| 00:06:08 | 00:06:12 | from has been super beneficial for our |
| 00:06:10 | 00:06:14 | members and also we we provide just more |
| 00:06:12 | 00:06:16 | than leads you know we have a whole |
| 00:06:14 | 00:06:18 | channel dedicated to helping our members |
| 00:06:16 | 00:06:21 | get ungated in different categories and |
| 00:06:18 | 00:06:23 | brands and also there's 500 plus amazon |
| 00:06:21 | 00:06:25 | sellers in our community that you can |
| 00:06:23 | 00:06:26 | network with ask questions with and |
| 00:06:25 | 00:06:28 | learn from so if you want to check out |
| 00:06:26 | 00:06:29 | that discord all you have to do is click |
| 00:06:28 | 00:06:32 | the link below in the description of |
| 00:06:29 | 00:06:34 | this video and use coupon code youtube |
| 00:06:32 | 00:06:36 | all caps to get 50 off your first month |
| 00:06:34 | 00:06:38 | now that leads us to step number four is |
| 00:06:36 | 00:06:40 | that you need to actually list your item |
| 00:06:38 | 00:06:42 | on amazon so you can sell it so let's |
| 00:06:40 | 00:06:43 | say you know you found your first couple |
| 00:06:42 | 00:06:44 | of items maybe let's say you found a |
| 00:06:43 | 00:06:46 | book you can show them the book we found |
| 00:06:44 | 00:06:49 | this book for a dollar and it's selling |
| 00:06:46 | 00:06:51 | for twenty dollars okay carter how can i |
| 00:06:49 | 00:06:53 | sell it on amazon and there's two |
| 00:06:51 | 00:06:55 | different ways you can sell an item on |
| 00:06:53 | 00:06:58 | amazon there's one that's known as fba |
| 00:06:55 | 00:07:00 | fulfillment by amazon and fbm merchant |
| 00:06:58 | 00:07:02 | fulfilled which is you so milo do you |
| 00:07:00 | 00:07:05 | want to tok a little bit more about the |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:07 | difference between fba and fbm and maybe |
| 00:07:05 | 00:07:09 | what's worked best for you fba is pretty |
| 00:07:07 | 00:07:10 | much fulfillment by amazon so you would |
| 00:07:09 | 00:07:12 | pretty much once you find your item you |
| 00:07:10 | 00:07:14 | would list it on your software you'd put |
| 00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | a f and sku on your item and then you |
| 00:07:14 | 00:07:18 | put in a box and then you would send it |
| 00:07:15 | 00:07:19 | off to amazon once it gets to amazon |
| 00:07:18 | 00:07:21 | they'll store your product until it |
| 00:07:19 | 00:07:23 | sells and then they'll mail it out and |
| 00:07:21 | 00:07:25 | do all the logistiks for you and the |
| 00:07:23 | 00:07:27 | second option is fulfilled by merchant |
| 00:07:25 | 00:07:28 | which is pretty much where once you find |
| 00:07:27 | 00:07:30 | your item you do all the logistiks |
| 00:07:28 | 00:07:32 | yourself once you find it you'll pretty |
| 00:07:30 | 00:07:33 | much list it on amazon and once it sells |
| 00:07:32 | 00:07:35 | you'll mail it out which is great for |
| 00:07:33 | 00:07:36 | like seasonal items that you kind of |
| 00:07:35 | 00:07:38 | have a deadline when you would want to |
| 00:07:36 | 00:07:39 | sell this item you want to kind of get |
| 00:07:38 | 00:07:41 | it posted on amazon and get it sold as |
| 00:07:39 | 00:07:42 | fast as possible so as you can see |
| 00:07:41 | 00:07:45 | there's kind of a lot going behind this |
| 00:07:42 | 00:07:47 | and scoot to the side we are actually |
| 00:07:45 | 00:07:48 | inside milo's warehouse which is in this |
| 00:07:47 | 00:07:50 | garage right now and he has how many |
| 00:07:48 | 00:07:54 | books back here so this is probably |
| 00:07:50 | 00:07:55 | around 1300 to 1500 yeah and this is |
| 00:07:54 | 00:07:57 | this isn't even all the books that he |
| 00:07:55 | 00:07:58 | has in his warehouse this is the section |
| 00:07:57 | 00:08:00 | that we set up to record the video but |
| 00:07:58 | 00:08:02 | he's got all you want to tok a little |
| 00:08:00 | 00:08:03 | bit more about like the setup here why |
| 00:08:02 | 00:08:05 | the books are organized like this so |
| 00:08:03 | 00:08:07 | each book we pretty much categorize so |
| 00:08:05 | 00:08:09 | if the book sells we know how we can |
| 00:08:07 | 00:08:12 | find it fast and efficient so this is |
| 00:08:09 | 00:08:15 | pretty much shell a shelf b and we have |
| 00:08:12 | 00:08:17 | shelf a1 shelf a2 shelf a3 and so on so |
| 00:08:15 | 00:08:19 | pretty much you want to stay organized |
| 00:08:17 | 00:08:20 | whenever you're running a business so so |
| 00:08:19 | 00:08:23 | we would pretty much just list the book |
| 00:08:20 | 00:08:25 | a one one and then so on all the way so |
| 00:08:23 | 00:08:26 | once you go on amazon seller central say |
| 00:08:25 | 00:08:29 | this book sold you can just go to your |
| 00:08:26 | 00:08:30 | orders tab look in your sku and you see |
| 00:08:29 | 00:08:31 | exactly where that book's at you'd come |
| 00:08:30 | 00:08:34 | in here grab the book and then pack it |
| 00:08:31 | 00:08:35 | and ship it off now obviously that's |
| 00:08:34 | 00:08:37 | really next level stuff like miles so |
| 00:08:35 | 00:08:39 | there's over 1300 books back there and |
| 00:08:37 | 00:08:41 | as a beginner you're probably carter why |
| 00:08:39 | 00:08:42 | do i need to know that well if you want |
| 00:08:41 | 00:08:44 | to get to that next level this is the |
| 00:08:42 | 00:08:45 | kind of you know ideas these are the |
| 00:08:44 | 00:08:47 | strategies that you need to be |
| 00:08:45 | 00:08:48 | implementing but it's really cool to |
| 00:08:47 | 00:08:50 | dive deep into someone's business |
| 00:08:48 | 00:08:52 | someone is young 19 years old who has |
| 00:08:50 | 00:08:54 | 1300 different items on amazon but |
| 00:08:52 | 00:08:56 | that's a pretty cool little tour so that |
| 00:08:54 | 00:08:58 | leads us to step number five which is |
| 00:08:56 | 00:09:00 | what do you do after your item sells |
| 00:08:58 | 00:09:02 | carter now obviously it depends on how |
| 00:09:00 | 00:09:03 | you sold your item what i mean by that |
| 00:09:02 | 00:09:05 | is did you sell it fba which is |
| 00:09:03 | 00:09:07 | fulfilled by amazon and once you sell it |
| 00:09:05 | 00:09:09 | through fba amazon's going to handle all |
| 00:09:07 | 00:09:11 | the shipping handling and customer |
| 00:09:09 | 00:09:13 | service now if you had a merchant |
| 00:09:11 | 00:09:14 | fulfilled order then you have to go |
| 00:09:13 | 00:09:16 | through the process of actually shipping |
| 00:09:14 | 00:09:19 | that item yourself so you're going to |
| 00:09:16 | 00:09:20 | take obviously your item you're going to |
| 00:09:19 | 00:09:22 | put it in something that you can ship it |
| 00:09:20 | 00:09:23 | in so maybe like a poly mailer or a |
| 00:09:22 | 00:09:25 | bubble mailer you're gonna take the |
| 00:09:23 | 00:09:26 | dimensions the weight purchase the |
| 00:09:25 | 00:09:28 | postage and then ship it to your |
| 00:09:26 | 00:09:30 | customer and that leads us to step |
| 00:09:28 | 00:09:32 | number six which is feeding the beast |
| 00:09:30 | 00:09:35 | sending as much items as you can to |
| 00:09:32 | 00:09:38 | amazon basically step six is steps one |
| 00:09:35 | 00:09:40 | through five repeated as many times as |
| 00:09:38 | 00:09:44 | possible the whole goal is to be able to |
| 00:09:40 | 00:09:46 | find buy list and sell as many items as |
| 00:09:44 | 00:09:49 | you can as often as you can to grow your |
| 00:09:46 | 00:09:50 | revenue and obviously make more profit |
| 00:09:49 | 00:09:52 | well i know a lot of you are going to |
| 00:09:50 | 00:09:54 | have some questions milo said that he's |
| 00:09:52 | 00:09:55 | open to answer any questions that you |
| 00:09:54 | 00:09:57 | guys might have you know regarding |
| 00:09:55 | 00:09:58 | starting on amazon you know selling used |
| 00:09:57 | 00:10:00 | books milo where can they find out a |
| 00:09:58 | 00:10:02 | little bit more about you so my |
| 00:10:00 | 00:10:04 | instagram is milo kubuchek no spaces |
| 00:10:02 | 00:10:05 | underscore so milo cuba check underscore |
| 00:10:04 | 00:10:08 | so if you guys want to check out his |
| 00:10:05 | 00:10:09 | instagram uh slide his dms ask him some |
| 00:10:08 | 00:10:11 | questions and just learn a little bit |
| 00:10:09 | 00:10:13 | more about his business model selling on |
| 00:10:11 | 00:10:15 | amazon click link below in description |
| 00:10:13 | 00:10:17 | this video and follow him on instagram |
| 00:10:15 | 00:10:19 | anyways that is it for today's video if |
| 00:10:17 | 00:10:21 | you have any questions regarding |
| 00:10:19 | 00:10:23 | anything i went over in this video feel |
| 00:10:21 | 00:10:25 | free to comment below i'll do my best to |
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