Wholesale 101

What could possibly be better than shopping amazon? How about shopping the online Amazon Outlet?!  Sounds amazing, right?  I thought the same so last night I spent my evening flipping through the outlet offerings and here's my opinion:First, let me answer the questions you have:Yes, it is owned by AmazonYes, it is part of PrimeYes, shipping is still free on all Prime itemsNo, you do not pay any extra for itNo, there is no catch. Seriously, noneYes, it's available every day of the …

The other day we wrote about eBay sellers being sentenced to prison, so today we have to follow it up with Amazon sellers and buyers who have gotten busted. July 2021: According to court documents filed in Knoxville, TN, David Camp was charged with conspiring with others to fix prices of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs sold through Amazon Marketplace. The price-fixing conspiracy was ongoing from at least as early as May 2018 until at least Oct. 29, 2019. Camp is the first individual to be …

Many Amazon sellers look for extra help by Google searching Amazon Consultants or Amazon Marketing, but the seller can quickly end up tangled up in the "Black Hat" industry, which ultimately leads to a permanent ban from Amazon. What is "Black Hat" Marketing?If you haven't heard this term, Black Hat Marketing is marketing that employs the use of unethical (and sometimes, but not always, illegal) strategies to promote online business. In contrast to ethical “white hat” strategies, black …

We have noticed that something interesting, perhaps strange, is going on with Amazon.  Here's what we know:The other day my buddy who owns a wholesale company in New Jersey asked me if our wholesale company is still getting nailed with Invoice Verifications from Amazon (which is how Amazon Ungates new sellers. You can learn more about how the Ungating Process works BEHIND THE SCENES here.)  When my friend asked this question, it dawned on me that the amount of invoice validations …

Amazon’s long battle to clear its shopping site of bad actors came to a head when a federal indictment in Washington state charged six people with conspiracy for allegedly sabotaging competing product listings and bribing internal company employees to remove negative reviews, leak information about the company’s product review algorithm and reinstate suspended accounts to gain an upper hand on the sprawling marketplace.The group of individuals — Ed Rosenberg, Joseph Nilsen, Kristen Leccese, Hadi …