I recently wrote a post about my first impressions of selling on Amazon.co.uk. My initial plan was to just stick with the UK and eventually translate all my listings once the UK site had really become established, but then Amazon.fr reached out to me and made it so easy that I went ahead and launched them all. I’ll break them…
Lot’s of tasks in e-commerce are very mundane. Processing orders, packing boxes, plugging in tracking numbers, and other daily tasks can become so repetitive that if you can feel like you’re wasting away. When I first started working in e-commerce these tasks took up 90% of my day, so I would go crazy out of boredom, these are my 3…
Normally acknowledging that you read a book called “Quitter” is not a good thing to do on the world wide web. At least while you’re still employed. Luckily, my current employer is also a partner so there is no conflict of interest. I also mainly picked this book up because I’m a fan of Dave Ramsey and Jon Acuff is…
Any serious marketplace seller understands the importance of not only keeping a positive feedback rating, but also having a ton of feedback. Your ability to appear reputable rests entirely on this little score unless you are a nationally known brand. If you started out on Ebay and then migrated over to Amazon like I did, then you’ll also notice that…
I’m currently flying through books due to the Christmas break, and I think I’m on a hot streak of great ones. I heard about 18 Minutes and Peter Bregman on a Podcast I like to listen to which you can check out here. Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m obsessed with time management, so I was eager to read…
For those of you that haven’t heard of 37Signals, they are a software company that has created revolutionary software such as Basecamp, Highrise, and Campfire. These tools are a breath of fresh air in the software world and it’s worth your time to check them out. They also have an excellent blog that can be found here. We’ve modeled much…
Several months ago representatives from amazon.co.uk reached out to me and asked me if I’d like to sell on amazon.co.uk. They were willing to convert all my existing amazon.com data for free so I couldn’t refuse the offer. We’ve been up and running for some time now and it’s thrilling to see its growth rate. I’ve compiled a list of…
Like the majority of Amazon sellers I was too busy trying to grow my existing amazon.com store to look into the international opportunities. It wasn’t until they actually reached out to me that I seriously considered it, and boy am I glad I did. The UK store is already huge considering how long it’s been live, and Italy, Germany, and…
Fair warning on this post: If you’re not currently structuring your inventory or thinking of redoing it then this might be the most boring thing you’ve ever read. You might want to skip this one. For those of you that are, though, I’ve listed my top 7 things to keep in mind when building out your SKUs. Every single one…
Recently I spent a few hours listening to interviews with successful entrepreneurs. Every once in awhile I’ll get really into it and spend something like 4 hours doing this. On this specific day I heard this book mentioned and recommended by three different entrepreneurs that I really respect. Walter Isaacson, the author, also wrote a biography on Einstein, and is…
