How To Start Selling On Amazon (Part 2) | E.p #123 - Q&A Selling Online - From Amazon FBA to Shopify, Digital Marketing and Facebook Ads
Summary: On the previous episode, I explained the 4 ways you can use to start Selling On Amazon.<br> Today I want to let you know how to find the products, where to find the products and how to select them.<br> <br> First, I want to start by letting you know of the free tools available to help you start.<br> There are several tools that can make your life easier, so I will let you know of the free ones and also will mention the equivalent in a paid tool.<br> None of the links I share with you are affiliate links. I could use my affiliate links for Jungle Scout or Sellics, etc. But I won’t because I want full transparency that I am not recommending these because I will get a few bucks back.<br> So, let’s start with a tool that you can use to track the number of sales, from other sellers or any product in the Amazon catalog.<br> Actually, let me explain why you would want to know how many units of each product is currently selling.<br> You would want to know this because it allows you to know what people are interested in, what is currently being sold in high quantities, so you can source a product that you know almost for sure, will sell.<br> So to start with the free one:<br> <br> * Unicorn Smasher – This is a Browser extension, so all you have to do is search for the name Unicorn Smasher, it has an option to download and after you download it will attach to your Chrome browser. Now open Amazon.com find any product you can think of, and when you have the product page open, click on the extension to open it and see all the info.<br> <br> <br> Paid tools that do the same thing are:<br> <br> * Jungle Scout and Amaze Howl – Jungle Scout is the most used of all for sellers.<br> <br> Now before I tell you about more tools, I need to let you know that these tools are pretty accurate, but none have official numbers from Amazon. They are estimates by measuring the BSR changes and the 999 trick.<br> For those who don’t know the 999 trick, its a technique used to know how many units of something, another seller has. You ad the product you are looking at, to your cart, then go to your cart and click on the quantity until you see a drop-down, that goes from 1 to 9 and 10+, now click on the 10+ and enter a quantity of 999 units. Now Amazon will tell you something like, “sorry but the seller only has 126 units available…” or whatever the number is.<br> This lets you know how many units the seller has right now so you can take notes and check again in a day or 2 and see how many he (or she) has sold per day.<br> <br> Next, we’ll talk about a couple tools (both free) that allow you to see the history of each product.<br> So, why do I need to know the history of a product, you may ask?<br> Well, its because if you are looking at a product that is selling, lets imagine 200 units per day, you need to know if this product has a proven history of selling for a while, or if the seller just launched a week ago and gave away a bunch of free units to create sales velocity to excite the algorithm.<br> Another reason could be because the product is a seasonal product… like something that only sells during winter, or only during summer, or a mother’s day item, or even a Halloween item… So, you want to make sure you either stay away from those products or you control your inventory to run out at the end of that season. But, if its seasonal item and you are already looking at a spike in sales with Jungle scout or unicorn smasher, then you are already too late to this year’s party.<br> The tools are:<br> <br> * Keepa you can find it at Keepa.com<br> * Camel Camel Camel – You can find it at Camelcamelcamel.com<br> <br> After you source your product there are a few more tools you can use, some free and some paid tools… but when we get to that point I will let you know about them.<br>
