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When we have a problem, a burning desire, or an idea we need validated, we turn to Google. And if we’re lucky, Google sends us to amazing blogs, the kind that answer our query and keep us coming back for more.

FBA seller blogs should do more than make you feel like you’re not alone. They should set you up for success, help you track your goals, and give you clear operational tips that you can employ. Here are our favorite FBA seller blogs made by and for Amazon FBA Sellers.

1. The Selling Family

Great for new sellers

Jessica Larew is a top FBA seller blogger. Her blogs, courses, and closed Facebook group are heavily credited by other sellers for their success with FBA. On The Selling Family Blog, she and her husband Cliff deliver honest advice.

In addition to tips, tutorials, and how-tos, this blog covers new updates to the FBA program just as soon as they’re announced. If you ever get an email from Amazon that sends you into a panic (like the addition of more restricted brands or the temporary closure of the Small and Light Program), then chances are that The Selling Family can help you understand the news and what to do about it.

2. Refunds Manager

Great for learning about recovering FBA fees

Over here on the Refunds Manager blog, we primarily focus on the various Amazon FBA fee reimbursements you can get due to order discrepancies and unprocessed refunds. However, we take care of all of that for our clients, so marketing team creates plenty of marketing-related content to help you grow your brand and get sales with SEO and PPC.

3. Full Time FBA

Great for retail arbitrage sellers

In need of incredibly detailed step-by-step tutorials for all the nitty gritty tasks that come along with FBA? Stephen Smotherman has you covered. Over at Full Time FBA, he’s recently presented tips for providing box level details, prepping shoe inventory, and how to improve your skills at fee calculations—all with an incredible amount of precision.

Plus, Stephen often films YouTube videos and embeds them in his posts, which appeals to all the visual learners out there.

4. Side Hustle Nation

Great for new sellers

Side Hustle Nation isn’t just for FBA sellers, which isn’t a bad thing. Put some FBA-only blogs on your regular reading list to make sure you’re keeping up with news and updates, but also incorporate more widely focused entrepreneurial blogs like this one, which can help you develop long term strategies (especially if you’re a multi-channel seller).

To get the content you’re looking for, simply select “Amazon FBA” from the sidebar, which asks “What’s Your Side Hustle?”, and you’ll see all the posts in that category.

You’ll get updates on the progress of real sellers, interviews with top sellers, and growth hacks that can apply to FBA and beyond. There’s tons of content on every online entrepreneurial side hustle imaginable.

5. Online Selling Experiment

Great for new sellers

Ryan Grant from Online Selling Experiment is a godsend for so many FBA sellers. Why? With extreme transparency, he covers topics in so many different product categories using a variety of FBA strategies. His blog (with tons of graphs and number crunching) showcases the fact that he was once an accountant.

Ryan not only posts his own financial results but guest posts others’ as well. In addition to basic tips and advanced tutorials, he enjoys making predictions on the future of selling with Amazon, instead of just trailing behind the changes.

If we missed out on any of the top blogs for FBA sellers, please let us know in the comments below!

This post is the first in a series. Stay tuned for our top pick of podcasts, books, and other resources for sellers.

6. AdBadger

Great for learning Amazon PPC

Are you using Amazon PPC to move products? Then you should probably be reading AdBadger’s blog.

This Amazon FBA blog doesn’t just cover any topic related to selling on Amazon. In their blog and podcast episodes, they only cover Amazon PPC best practices, tips, updates, and optimization tutorials.

Some of their recent content includes updates to how you can target different products, ways to go deeper into the search terms your ads are showing for, and optimizing your PPC account structure.

7. Seller’s Choice

Great for FBA marketing advice

Seller’s Choice is a marketing agency that works exclusively with Amazon sellers and ecommerce brands. On their blog, they post a ton of highly actionable content like how to do split-testing, how to syndicate your products, and how to grow and protect your brand on Amazon. While much of their content focuses on ecommerce branding and marketing, they have tons of articles on the business and financial side of things as well.

8. Startup Bros

Great for new sellers

The Startup Bros are Amazon FBA masters who sell 8 figures worth of product on Amazon each year. Their Amazon and ecommerce blog contains very up-to-date information about what currently works on Amazon. While plenty of blogs still preach outdated methods for product research, they show sellers how to innovate new products that have a real need in the market.

9. Feedvisor

Great for experienced sellers looking for analytics and business intelligence

The Feedvisor blog offers lots of data and insights to help you optimize your pricing and your advertising. Because their SaaS platform uses AI to generate business intelligence, their blog tends to focus on analytics, which is great for experienced sellers looking to scale.

10. Privy

Great for Amazon sellers who want to build a brand off Amazon

Privy is an email marketing tool for ecommerce sellers. This blog is a great resource for learning about email marketing and brand building. So, it’s a fit for Amazon Sellers who want to also grow sales on their own Shopify or BigCommerce store.

11. Channel Advisor

Great for established, large brands

ChannelAdvisor is a fully featured SaaS platform offering fulfillment management, inventory management, brand analytics, and digital marketing management. As such, their blog is perfect for large brands and enterprises that sell on multiple channels, and are looking for content to help them succeed not only on Amazon, but everywhere.

12. Seller Engine

Great for FBA marketing advice

The Seller Engine blog is great for dealing with the nitty gritty details of selling on Amazon. Their products and services include account monitoring, account rescue, business coaching, and listing reinstatement, so naturally their blog covers all sorts of unfortunate issues that can happen when sellong on Amazon (and how to fix them).

13. Foundr

Great for new sellers and those looking to build a brand off Amazon

Foundr has tons of super high quality content for online business owners. Experts, consultants, freelancers, and ecommerce store owners can all find something here. But don’t let the broadness fool you. All of the ecommerce- and Amazon-related content is created only by people who have physical product based businesses themselves.

14. Sellics

Great for FBA marketing advice

Sellics is a great blog to turn to for learning how to optmize your Amazon PPC ads and for getting other marketing tips. Plus, they occasionally cover other topics relevant to Amazon sellers like FBA trends and how to optimize your expenses.

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With every new year, it’s time to rethink our strategies, forget our bad decisions, and prepare for a new year in business. In this post, we explore the best Amazon PPC strategies to use in 2021.

Amazon PPC lets you pay to play. If your products aren’t getting the organic traffic you’d hoped for, you can pay for exposure. When you do it right, and you can turn one dollar into three. Do it wrong and you’re out even more money than what you spent on inventory.

To stay sharp on your Amazon PPC skills, you need to keep up with changes to the platform and try the best, most current strategies.

Are you running Amazon PPC ads in 2021? Check out our list of tips and strategies for the coming year.
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Amazon is THE place for a good deal, so why not excite your buyers with something a little more special than just a sale price?

Amazon promotions are a great way to increase sales on an entire line of complimentary products or on just one item. To learn how to succeed with a temporary promotion on Amazon, read on.

Amazon has three different types of promotions:

• Money Off: This promotion works by incentivizing customers to buy more products from your brand in order to receive money off of their total (either a percentage or a specific dollar amount)
• Buy One Get One: Customers can receive a free item if they meet the qualifications–note that customers will have to add that item to their cart to receive it, as it won’t automatically be added if they qualify
• External Benefit: You can offer customers some other type of benefit to be received after the order, such as membership to a private online community or an instructional video

Tips for creating promotions within Amazon

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Are you looking to sell products and grow your business online? Well, Amazon is currently one of the best options when considering going online. Several software tools have been developed to help Amazon sellers avoid minor calculation errors with respect to their products.

This article explores some of the best options when looking out for free FBA calculators and the peculiarities of each of them. However, before going too deep into these tools, it is important to have background in what Amazon FBA is.

What is Amazon FBA?

Amazon FBA is a phrase that is quite popular when selling online. FBA stands for Fulfilment by Amazon and is a service offered by Amazon to help make the logistics process much easier for Amazon sellers. GBA takes off the pressure involved in selling online and makes the process much more seamless.

With Amazon FBA, Amazon is responsible for storing products and logistics involved in servicing orders. However, these services are offered at an affordable cost.

Why is an FBA Calculator Important?

Considering the amazing level of opportunities the Amazon marketplace offers, using the FBA option is, without a doubt, a suitable choice for a business owner looking to expand and grow their business on Amazon. Apart from this, it is also important for sellers to keep tabs on the latest trends in the Amazon marketplace.

The Best Free FBA Calculators

Here is a list of some of the best FBA calculators available for free online. Each of these calculators offers a unique selling point to sellers.

IO Scout

IO Scout free FBA calculator offers users almost all the information they need and helps them grow their understanding of how FBA works. IO Scout does everything from helping you find the best products to sell on Amazon to help you ensure you choose the most profitable products on Amazon.

Apart from its free FBA calculator, IO Scout also offers a range of other features, although you might need to pay a monthly subscription fee to access some of these features.

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Amazon offers almost every kind of product, which means you have plenty of choices when deciding what category you want to sell in. That being said, some categories are definitely better than others, so you’ll need to choose wisely.

One of the most popular ones for sellers is Home & Kitchen. Today we’ll be taking a closer look at this category to show you why so many Amazon businesses offer these types of products.

We’ve also assembled a list of the top 10 products in Home & Kitchen to give you a better idea of the types of items that are currently popular.

Why is Home & Kitchen a Good Category to Sell In?

There are a number of factors that make a category attractive for sellers, and Home & Kitchen features most of them.

Here are a few reasons why you should consider selling these products:

• High Demand: Home & Kitchen is consistently one of the highest-selling categories. These are the types of products almost everyone needs so there’s always a high demand for them.
• It’s Not Gated/Restricted: Some categories require approval from Amazon to sell in them, but this one is open to everyone.
• Good Prices: Most Amazon sellers agree that the best products to sell are priced between $15 and $50, and this category has plenty of those.
• Lots of Simple Products: It’s also recommended that you stick to simple products that aren’t electronic and don’t have a lot of moving parts. Again, there are lots of these types of products to choose from in Home & Kitchen.
• Great for Gifts: A number of these items are purchased as gifts, making it even more popular during the holidays.

If you’re just starting to sell on Amazon, Home & Kitchen is one of the best categories to choose. You can get a few more tips for getting started by reading this article about how to start an Amazon business.

The 10 Best Home & Kitchen Products

Now that we’ve discussed all the reasons why you should sell in this category lets go over the top 10 products in Home & Kitchen (*This is based on sales data tracked by AMZScout) :

Scented Candles

With people spending more time at home due to the pandemic they’re putting more effort into making their house comfortable and inviting. Because of this, one of the most popular products has been scented candles. Candles are a great way to set the mood, and a wide variety of scents provide a welcoming aroma that makes staying inside a little more enjoyable.

Reusable Food Bags 

More and more people are moving away from disposable products and want items that are reusable. So it’s no surprise that reusable food bags are becoming a trend. Think of these like tupperware, but in the form of a bag. Use them to store leftovers or for packing food with you on the go. After you’re done simply wash them and use them again.
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Ever wanted a more in-depth break down of the FBA fees? In this article, we’re covering the ins and outs of FBA fees and giving you tips on how can pay less of them!

Read on for all of the details.

The value in the FBA fee structure

Before you complain too much about the FBA fees, remember that they are designed to foster entrepreneurship. Across America, there are thousands of people like yourself making a fantastic living on their Amazon sales.
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Your Amazon FBA profits are the lifeblood of your business. They’re the reason you’re in business in the first place. Without high profits, you can’t scale—whether that looks like adding in more profits, hiring help, or growing your private label brand. 

This post is a masterclass in how to grow your profits and protect them. We’ve rounded up the best resources and expert advice to guide you on your way. 

How to calculate Amazon FBA profits

When calculating your Amazon FBA profits, you’ll need to factor in both your ongoing costs and startup costs.

Examples of ongoing costs:

• Products
• Shipping 
• FBA fees
• PPC spend
• Other marketing costs

Examples of startup costs:

• Samples
• Product photography
• Giveaways
• Package design
• Launch marketing, like email list growth

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