Wholesale 101

A good friend of ours just sent us an email he received from Amazon regarding his recent purchase.  This email details that Amazon is taking extra measures to eliminate counterfeit merchandise from their site AND even issuing full refunds (without needing to return the product) to those who have been duped into investing in fake brand name merch.  Here's the email in full: -----------------Dear Customer,We're contacting you about order for the following item(s):Grill Cover 7130 fo …

If you're an Amazon seller, or buyer for that matter, this made me smile because as an online seller, scammers like this person really hurt businesses and drive up cost to consumers.  Here's the story, Enjoy!An Amazon shopper named Hudson Hamrick made expensive purchases for five years.  These pricey Amazon items included a high end iMac Pro, Fuji products, Asus and other luxury electronics.  After receiving the merchandise, Mr. Hamrick would file for a return through Amazon …

We have a lot of people contact us to ask if we can ship their order to Amazon for Amazon FBA.  Almost all of these inquiries are from brand new Amazon sellers that don't really understand what specifically they need, so today I am going to explain what specifically you need if you want to buy wholesale and have Amazon fill your orders at their warehouse(s). First, you can't just buy anything via wholesale and have it shipped to a random Amazon warehouse because the merchandise has to …

We are often asked if we are an “Amazon Approved Wholesaler” or an "Amazon Verified Wholesaler". Here’s what you need to know:Amazon does not “verify” wholesalers. What I mean is that there is not a process for wholesale companies to become “approved” or “verified” through Amazon. If any wholesaler tell you Amazon "verified" them, they're lying.  HOWEVER, there are wholesale companies that Amazon ALLOWS invoices from as well as wholesale companies Amazon does NOT ALLOW invoices from. Ama …

Let me start by saying, I am not against ordering anything online. We have ordered meat through all kinds of sites ranging from Omaha Steaks, Kansas City Meats, Whole Foods (via Amazon), Crowd Cow and more. We have bought packages ranging from budget deals to the Crowd Cow premium Wagyu steak (<--- no joke, this was one of the best steaks I have ever had in my entire life). Anyways, when I came across steak listings on Amazon, I have to admit, I was intrigued. I spent quite a bit of time …