Online Product Marketing Tips: Marketing Outside Amazon

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In our experience, most product entrepreneurs who sell on Amazon rely exclusively on the Amazon PPC system of advertising. Yet, in today’s world of internet marketing, we have access to so many other resources that can also help our products reach potential customers. Are you…

What Should I Sell? The Top Product Ideas Trending RIGHT NOW

Business Tips, How to Sell Online, New Sellers, Online Selling, Private Labeling For Retailers, SourcingLeave a comment

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Perhaps you’ve asked yourself these questions before: What product(s) will actually make me money? What product(s) will bring in the kind business I’m looking for? Where can I even find my perfect product(s)?!? We have recently conducted extensive research on Amazon, Ebay, Shopify, Alibaba, Ali…

5 Ways to Securely Send Your Payment Overseas

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] So you have finally found your perfect product and now you’re wondering, what’s the perfect way to send money overseas? We’ve recently had one of our payments held by a bank in Shanghai for over 40 days! Listen to the full story here. Because this…

Chinese new year

3 ways Chinese holidays can affect your business

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3 ways Chinese holidays can affect your business If you do any manufacturing, design, exporting, supply chain, shipping, or other type of business in China, understanding Chinese holidays is a must. Knowing the Chinese calendar is just the first step – if you don’t plan ahead, there are several cultural nuances that could be devastating…

Is “Free Shipping” really FREE?

Amazon, Business Tips, China Supplier, Importing, New Sellers, Private Labeling, Private Labeling For Retailers, ShippingLeave a comment

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Let’s cut right to it: No. “Free Shipping!” is an attractive offer to most of us, but unfortunately, shipping is never free. If anything, free shipping is getting more expensive every year. The history of free shipping. In the early days of online retailing, many…

You Have the Advantage as a US-based Amazon Retailer

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In a previous post we discussed the increased competition from Chinese companies selling directly to consumers on Amazon and eBay: Is Your Chinese Supplier Now Your Competitor on Amazon? As we said in that post… “While some who sell products on Amazon and eBay are…

Is Your Chinese Supplier Now Your Competitor on Amazon?

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Here’s the latest buzz in the product importing business: The Chinese manufacturers that many online retailers buy from are now selling directly on Amazon and eBay. Naturally, these retailers are asking, “How do we compete?” In fact, Amazon reported that direct-merchant sales by Chinese companies…

How NOT to Find a Product Supplier You Can Trust

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] What is the ONE THING we have learned from being in the product importing business for more than 35 years? Whatever you do: Assume nothing – all the time! Take nothing for granted – all the time! Be skeptical – all the time! OK, so…

How NOT to Find an Importer You Can Trust

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] We said it in a previous post, How NOT to Find a Product Supplier You Can Trust, but it must be said again… When you want to import products to sell online: Assume nothing – all the time! Take nothing for granted – all the…

Incredible Event In California

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Wow, is all I can say!!  What an incredible event we had in California. Our booth looked fabulous and was ALWAYS busy with amazingly creative inventors.  We met so many incredible people and made wonderful contacts.  Our calendars are filling up as we offered to those at the event, an incredible incentive that could not…