The Official E-Commerce Tips and Tricks Thread (Shopify, Amazon, EBAY)

[loki]

Appreciate the reply.

What happens in this kind of situation though? If Amazon lists something for you, and it sells, you get money. If the buyer then wants to return it, it gets returned to the Amazon warehouse. But you don't lose money or have to give a refund here, right?

Wrong. You will lose money and have to refund. They will just take the money out of your balance (whether or not you have any money in your Amazon account) and charge you at a later date.

The number of scammers and refunds I was giving, wasn't ridiculously high. I was getting 1 or 2 per 100 sales. Because of Amazon's A to Z guarantee, you will definitely have to deal with scammers, returns and refunds.

 

[NAUGHTY]

What are some books, videos and other sources any of you would recommend as far as getting started off the ground?

 

[El_Mero_Mero]

Wrong. You will lose money and have to refund. They will just take the money out of your balance (whether or not you have any money in your Amazon account) and charge you at a later date.

The number of scammers and refunds I was giving, wasn't ridiculously high. I was getting 1 or 2 per 100 sales. Because of Amazon's A to Z guarantee, you will definitely have to deal with scammers, returns and refunds.

So even if I send in something that's in perfect condition, and then the customer wants to return it , they can still claim that it was messed up by the Amazon delivery person or at the Amazon warehouse, right?

Also, do I name the price on an item, or how does the price get placed? I mean, because if I decide to sell a branded item that is not found in stores, but that is not necessarily a collectible, how could the price be determined other than me deciding what to charge for it

 

[LeVraiPapi]

So even if I send in something that's in perfect condition, and then the customer wants to return it , they can still claim that it was messed up by the Amazon delivery person or at the Amazon warehouse, right?

Also, do I name the price on an item, or how does the price get placed? I mean, because if I decide to sell a branded item that is not found in stores, but that is not necessarily a collectible, how could the price be determined other than me deciding what to charge for it

Breh, like I tell everyone aint no half assing this if you want success. Take tour time and learn and read and watch the videos. You been at this for about 2 weeks and by now you shoukd have all those answers. Just watch some toutube vids and ask us because you are not even scraping the surface yet.

A to Z means the customer can claim anything and tou will lose the money no matter what.

Yes you decide the price. Depends if you find somebody to pay for it

 

[LeVraiPapi]

What are some books, videos and other sources any of you would recommend as far as getting started off the ground?

IU recommend watching STeven Meyer for AMazon. As for ebay, there are plenty of sellers that make dope vids

 

[NAUGHTY]

IU recommend watching STeven Meyer for AMazon. As for ebay, there are plenty of sellers that make dope vids

Good looking out

 

[TXTrill1]

What are you guys thoughts on vintage items? I read somewhere that vintage items sell the best on Ebay so I've been thinking about going to this thrift store/resale shop that sells a lot of antiques. Also thinking about purchasing a few throwback jerseys?

 

[Silkk]

Been straight fukking myself using these flat rate priority boxes

About to hop on Uline and place an order.

@LeVraiPapi Any other places to get boxes from?

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Been straight fukking myself using these flat rate priority boxes

About to hop on Uline and place an order.

@LeVraiPapi Any other places to get boxes from?

Go to a supermarket and ask them to give you boxes. Or go to a hospital and they will give them for free. You can also buy boxes and envelopes on Alibaba for cheap. Theast method works if you ship a lot.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Nything new for anybody ?

 

[Silkk]

Nything new for anybody ?

Products coming in next week im feeling REALLY good about.

300 units of one (3 variations)

Hoping to sell at $19.99 a piece but can go as low as $9.99 per unit and still make a great profit. Total order cost me $385

250 units of another (5 variations)

Hoping to sell these for $15-25 but again can drop the price to $9.99 if need be to undercut the competition. Total order was $475.

Definitely gonna have to sign up for FBA cause it’s no way in hell im about to be doing all this shipping and customers definitely prefer prime anyway. Probably send 80% of the inventory to Amazon and keep the rest for Ebay sales.

Credit score getting ready to jump in July, so if this shyt goes as planned i’ll apply for a few cards and use one to scale this shyt

 

[Silkk]

Definitely gonna have to create a website for long term sustainability cause these Amazon & Ebay fees are a lil greedy.

@LeVraiPapi @Grizzly @MMS

For the orders that you ship yourselves, do you buy shipping from the website like Ebay/Amazon/Stamps.com?

Not sure if it works but I know ebay works with ebates, so im wondering if i’d get cashback buying shipping through them. They already give a 5% discount anyway.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Definitely gonna have to create a website for long term sustainability cause these Amazon & Ebay fees are a lil greedy.

@LeVraiPapi @Grizzly @MMS

For the orders that you ship yourselves, do you buy shipping from the website like Ebay/Amazon/Stamps.com?

Not sure if it works but I know ebay works with ebates, so im wondering if i’d get cashback buying shipping through them. They already give a 5% discount anyway.

Tes you will. Also once you have the ebay tape it gives you way more of a legit business look.

Shipping is always cheaper through AMZ and Ebay. Beware that shipping on your own may look cheap but there will still be some FBA or ebay sale fees. Made it not worth it to me.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Products coming in next week im feeling REALLY good about.

300 units of one (3 variations)

Hoping to sell at $19.99 a piece but can go as low as $9.99 per unit and still make a great profit. Total order cost me $385

250 units of another (5 variations)

Hoping to sell these for $15-25 but again can drop the price to $9.99 if need be to undercut the competition. Total order was $475.

Definitely gonna have to sign up for FBA cause it’s no way in hell im about to be doing all this shipping and customers definitely prefer prime anyway. Probably send 80% of the inventory to Amazon and keep the rest for Ebay sales.

Credit score getting ready to jump in July, so if this shyt goes as planned i’ll apply for a few cards and use one to scale this shyt

I offered you my advice for free but you dis not take it.

Whats the CPC on those products? Whats the CAC ? Whats your RPR? Whats your profit margin? Whats tour ROI? How many sellers on the first page ?

Amazon customers actually err on low prices breh.

 

[Silkk]

I offered you my advice for free but you dis not take it.

Whats the CPC on those products? Whats the CAC ? Whats your RPR? Whats your profit margin? Whats tour ROI? How many sellers on the first page ?

Amazon customers actually err on low prices breh.

I got that, just ain’t feel like typing it lol.