Amazon vs. Shopify

Another week, another battle between Amazon vs. Shopify. Both are really great platforms to start your eCommerce business. But which platform is best to start with? Personally, we believe Amazon is the best platform to start with, especially when you're new to the eCommerce business world. Here's some great information on each platform, and towards the end you'll know exactly why we choose Amazon as your first stop.

Selling on Amazon is the best eCommerce platform to use hands down. Amazon has 100s of millions of customers. It’s the largest platform to date and has a relatively small learning curve with how we teach it. You don't need a niche or focus only on 1 product - this is limited thinking. You should sell in 1-2+ Major categories. You can sell thousands of products already ranked and selling on Amazon, which makes scaling your business much more simple. You can build a brand with Amazon and focus not only scaling the business quick, but scaling a long...

SEO on Amazon

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most popular ways of online marketing, and you can use it on Amazon too. SEO helps your products to show up on the first page of Amazon organically, over time and after being ranked. Needless to say, that it will boost your sales ranking.

The best way to use SEO on Amazon is finding keywords using the predictive search bar and cross-referencing it on a keyword tool such as MerchantWords and using the best keyword in the beginning of your title, and throughout the listing. Having multiple keywords throughout your bullet points and description is also a great asset. Amazon isn't the only one who ranks your item- search engines will also like your product listing if it is well crafted and full of easy SEO content.

Using keywords for SEO on Amazon is one of the most important ways to improve your products findability. When you're filling keywords for SEO on Amazon, you should first start with the most elementary information...

Amazon Selling Tricks

Need some tips and tricks to increase sales on your Amazon store? Or maybe you need some advice before you start listing your items. Here are four Amazon selling tricks you can change or implement on your existing or future product listings.

1. OPTIMIZE PRODUCT DETAILS FOR SEARCH
Just having a generic and most basic details about the product you are selling is not enticing to potential customers. You cannot sell a customer your product with generic and basic details, especially when they cannot hold and feel the product. The customer can only view it online. This is why optimizing your product details is crucial. Having an in-depth product detail will not only help sell the product to the customer, but they will have a better understanding. It is almost equivalent to asking a sales rep at a store about the details of the product they want to purchase.

2. USING COMPETITIVE PRICING
A great pricing strategy that you should be implementing in your business(es). This...

Grow a Business Fast with Amazon

In this video blog, Kevin goes over the fastest way to scale your Amazon business and which method that you should do to be able to grow a business fast with Amazon.

FBA and Private Label is the slowest way to grow your Amazon business AND it's highly capital intensive. It can also take 1-2 months for the products to arrive, to package, to label and to disperse to the proper warehouses. Essentially, you're putting all your eggs in 1 product basket. Although FBA is great, it has many pitfalls that FBM doesn’t.

The two methods that Kevin goes by is dropshipping and FBM. You can easily list 100s of products and start getting sales in the same time period as someone who lists one item for FBA. 

FBA can still be great but should not be the first method to do. All of this and more is explained in the video with a lot of great information and it can help you make a better informed decision on which route to take in terms to grow a business fast...

Why Dropshipping Is The Best Online Business To Start For New Entrepreneurs Amazon And Mentorship

In this video Kevin talks about how dropshipping is one of the best online business for new entrepreneurs that may not have a lot of funds to start with.

Dropshipping is less capital intensive which is helpful to those that are just starting off. It's also a methodology that's taught in some colleges and universities.

It's also one of the easiest and fastest way to scale and grow your eCommerce business. It comes down to investing in yourself and investing on training. It's also about finding the right coach and mentor. 

You can start off by getting free knowledge from Kevin's YouTube channel and the free coaching group - but it'll only get you so far. 

Take the time to watch this video as it goes indepth on dropshipping, business, mentorship, and coaching.

You can also check more of Kevin's YouTube videos here:
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Retail vs. Wholesale Dropshipping

Dropshipping is the best way to go when starting an eCommerce business within Amazon and eBay. In this weeks blog, it's the battle between retail vs wholesale dropshipping.

Many eCommerce business owners who dropship do retail dropshipping. The only problem is, many people are doing it and with low profit margins. Retail dropshipping isn't a sustainable way to grow your business longterm, and it's a grey area within Amazon TOS. Certain retailers will send invoices, packaging, and packing slips - which can leave a sour taste in your customers mouth. On top of that, a lot of retailers don't allow resellers. 

Best option to dropship is wholesale dropshipping, and a lot more sustainable for longterm growth. Gives you the opportunity to scale your business HUGE. You're in control of your business in terms of warehousing, packing and shipping. Prices from the manufacture doesn't fluctuate as much like retailers do. 

With wholesale dropshipping,...

10 Dropshipping Tips for Entrepreneurs

We teach our students dropshipping whether it's with Amazon, Shopify or eBay. Everything is taught step by step. However, here are some great tips when it comes to dropshipping if you're new at it.

1. FIND THE RIGHT SUPPLIER FOR YOUR PRODUCTS.
Any products that you want to sell, make sure you're getting them from a reputable supplier. While you're looking for a good supplier that works for you, you can also look at the prices that have a lower cost. Lower cost on the item you want to sell equals higher profit margins for yourself.

2. AVOID UNDER-PRICING YOUR PRODUCTS.
When customers are shopping around, they want to purchase items that have a great perceived value. By pricing your items at a good value, you will attract customers to your business. If you have under-priced items, customers may think that item isn't of great value or "cheap".

3. CREATE AN AMAZING OFFER.
Customers love receiving some type of offer. When creating an offer, it doesn't...

WHY ARE NO AMAZON SELLERS DOING THIS!? PART 2 - Biggest Amazon Newbie Mistakes

A continuation of last week's video blog of BRAND building with dropshipping and not doing FBA.

You don't have to purchase any items upfront- it's VERY low risk, and you only place an order AFTER you make a sale. However, if the item starts selling consistently and it's proven then you can make the executive decision if you'd like to start FBA.

Keep in mind before you start FBA also consider the margins before jumping the gun. 

Make sure to watch part 1 if you haven't already!

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WRITTEN BY: Kevin Edgar

Selling On Amazon BRAND Building Without FBA | WHY IS NO ONE DOING THIS PART 1

You're able to build a brand without having to do FBA. FBA is capital intensive if you're sourcing your own products. Dropshipping is less capital intensive, and you can prove validity and get a product to sell without ordering 500 or 1000 units and spending money upfront.

Once a product is proven and is consistently selling you can send it to FBA. However, before you do, you also want to take a look at if it's worth sending to FBA based off if the margins are higher than dropshipping.

Over 90% of Amazon sellers don't do this. This video goes in depth with all that great knowledge. 

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WRITTEN BY: Kevin Edgar

What Is Dropshipping Explained Step By Step Tutorial For Beginners | eCommerce 2020

This video covers what dropshipping is, how it works - step by step in UNDER 5

minutes. Why would we waste 40 minutes of your time unless I was providing you

some real value? So when you see a 30-45 minute video on our channel - believe that

it's PURE value :)

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WRITTEN BY: Kevin Edgar