Wholesale 101

We get an absolute ton of inquiries about spreadsheets for people to upload to Amazon for the purpose of Dropshipping. Since we don’t have this to offer we refer people to our list of 59+ wholesale companies that do. With that being said, you may have noticed that many companies, although they do offer spreadsheets that have UPCs for dropshipping, they do not allow these databases to be uploaded to Amazon. But Why? Here’s the answer:Even though Amazon allows the use of dropshippers, a large …

This may sound like a stupid, crazy or even silly question however it is one of the most popular questions we are asked when a Lot contains socks, so here’s the answer:First, let’s define terms:This is a PAIR of socks:As you can see, a “Pair of Socks” contains one sock of the right foot and one sock for the left foot.This is a SET of socks:A set may contain 2 PAIRS, 3 PAIRS or even 10 PAIRS. Regardless, a SET contains more than 1 PAIR. In the Wholesale industry, 1 PAIR of socks counts as 1 item …

If you’re considering advertising a little but you don’t know where to start, today I am going to share with you my personal experience with Facebook and Google Ads.Let me begin by saying this post is not a “tutorial” about making ads. You can easily locate endless guides on YouTube and just about everywhere else. I just want to tell you which has worked best for us. Let’s go!Facebook Ads also include Instagram Ads because they are the same company. Typically this is one advantage because yo …

If you bought something online and you promptly received your tracking number (HOORAY!) but days or weeks have passed and it still isn’t updating (BOO!) you are likely beginning to wonder “What on earth is going on here?”, so let me tell you how to get to the bottom of it. If you read my blog post from last year called WTF eBay?! Letting Scammers Take Over Your Site you have already heard my rant about my son getting utterly scammed out of his allowance THREE TIMES in a row when simply t …

We have previously discussed competitors that pay for people to destroy your Amazon account by nailing you with negative reviews. We have also previously discussed My Journey to The Dark Side of Prime: Fake Positive Reviews. In this case, Amazon sellers pay for positive reviews on THEIR items so their items are boosted in search results. However there’s a flip side to this issue: A competitor tries to destroy you with POSITIVE fake reviews - I know, it sounds crazy, but hear me out because …