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Amazing FBA Amazon and ECommerce Podcast, for Amazon Private Label Sellers, Shopify, Magento or Woocommerce business owners, and other e-commerce sellers and digital entrepreneurs.

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Amazon Private Label and eCommerce Interviews with Experts in Amazon product chooosing, Amazon listings, sourcing private label products, importing from China, and Amazon product listings. We serve new Amazon sellers and 7-figure Amazon sellers with specialist content.

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How does Retail Arbitrage work for Private Label Sellers?

August 23, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 17.8 MB

Private Label Strategy (step 2 of 10) What is Retail Arbitrage and how is that going to help me create a Private Label business? It’s like buying apples from a fruit and veg stall in the East End for £0.10 each, then selling them for £0.50 each in a posh shop in Hampstead (Americans insert own cultural references here!) Arbitrage, in general, is the basis of all successful trading, in fact - domestic or international. Retail Arbitrage. Means buying a product in a retail store like Tesco, Ar...

Amazon ads advertising profit margins with Mike Zagare

August 22, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes - 24 MB

Amazon advertising strategy comes in many forms. Today we talk with Mike Zagare on his tips on ads advertising and profit margins. Background: Mike Zagare is a recovering physical therapist. 2016-2017 he went all-in on Amazon. Learned PPC. Helped scale his business. He started PPC entourage in order to handle the PPC across multiple (stock-keeping units) SKUs. The connection between margins and PPC In the summer of 2017, they were getting overcharged by thousands of dollars. He had his Vi...

Amazon product Launch Strategy for 2019 with Mike Zagare

August 20, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 28.2 MB

What is your basic launch strategy? Every Amazon product launch strategy should be “Stick the landing” (make sure the product keeps the keyword ranking after the launch) Build a great foundation.  Make sure it’s a strong listing Put targetted keywords in targetted places. Great keyword research Title, bullets, backend keywords Search terms - exact search term Target 2-3 keywords at a time. Use lower competition keywords. Eg: Helium10 and viral launch. Look at CPR tool on Heliu...

How to minimise Amazon suspension Risk with Joshua Price

August 15, 2019 05:00 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MB

What is your Amazon Suspension Risk? If you think you might be at risk of Amazon account suspension, we advise you to use the “Suspension calculator” on Joshua’s site right now. It might just help save your account! To learn how to minimise Amazon suspension risk, the first thing is to read the main Amazon policies. Policies on suspension risks have changed over time. If you’re doing something and you don’t know what the rules are, you’re bound to risk it! What are the main areas of rules t...

GBP steady, Amazon France Tax & "Amazon Choice" under Fire (Amazon Newsday)

August 14, 2019 05:00 - 10 minutes - 8.66 MB

GBP Latest: Strong Wage & Employment Data Provides Support, but Expect Any Strength to be Limited The latest UK labour market data has beaten expectations, and should provide Sterling with some short-term support but we remain of the view any strength in the currency should ultimately remain limited in nature. According to the ONS, Average Earnings - excluding bonuses - read at 3.9% in June, ahead of economist forecasts for a reading of 3.8% and the previous month's reading of 3.6%. This i...

Amazon Account Suspensions with Joshua Price

August 13, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes - 24.5 MB

Amazon account suspensions create numerous headaches and affect a lot of businesses around the world. Find out what Amazon Account Suspensions Expert Joshua Price has to say on today's episode. Are you at risk of Amazon Account Suspension? If you think you might be suspended, you could use the “Suspension calculator” on Joshua’s site Joshua’s Background Working with Amazon for about 6 years  Worked on suspensions for 4 years.   Suspensions Likelihood of suspensions Almost everyone has exper...

Outsource Amazon tasks – with Connor Gillivan of Freeeup

August 08, 2019 05:00 - 55 minutes - 45.2 MB

Outsource Amazon tasks - with Connor Gillivan of Freeeup www.Freeeup.com - why did it start? The experience of Scaling their Amazon business. They tried to outsource Amazon tasks and got frustrated. They hired people for Amazon tasks and were unimpressed with existing hiring platforms, like: Upwork Fiverr Freelancer Found amazing people to outsource Amazon tasks to, but frustrated with the hiring process: Too much time posting jobs, interviewing and vetting 20 people Turnover ...

US tariffs on china, Hong Kong Protests, Brexit

August 06, 2019 14:52 - 12 minutes - 22.9 MB

US tariffs on china PLUS: Hong Kong Protests, Brexit Latest (Amazon Newsday) US Trade Tariffs on Chinese Goods US President Donald Trump has said he will impose new US trade tariffs on Chinese goods. A fresh 10% tariff is set to be imposed on a further $300bn (£247bn) of Chinese goods, in a sharp escalation of a trade war between the two countries. (Read here about the original US tariffs on Chinese goods) It came after the latest round of bilateral talks showed little sign of a breakthrough....

Sales tax for Shopify with Paul Rafelson

August 06, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 30.9 MB

Sales tax and Shopify/ non Amazon e-commerce with Paul Rafelson What about sales tax for Shopify or other e-commerce business owners? The Amazon marketplace vs. Shopify Sales tax for Shopify business owners (or any similar system) is a different situation to that for sellers on marketplaces. Amazon tries to play both sides of the fence with - they want to avoid bad things like sales tax by saying “sold by Joe Seller”,  but they want to keep the customer relationship and branding. Otherwise,...

Tax Nexus with Paul Rafelson of eCommerce Attorneys

August 01, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes - 22.6 MB

Tax Nexus with Paul Rafelson What is “Tax nexus”? And is this relevant? Tax Nexus is a question of whether a government has jurisdiction over you, ie, can they make you do things? Eg The State of Alabama has little jurisdiction over you if you live in UK. If you engage in certain activities, you may get “nexus”. Does Tax nexus matter? It depends! States that don’t have “marketplace facilitator laws” including Maine, Vermont, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida might chase up individual Amazon s...

#343 Rebates for Amazon with Paul Harvey of Seller Chatbot

August 01, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MB

Rebates for Amazon with Paul Harvey of Seller Chatbot  What are rebates for Amazon about? In the e-commerce world, rebates for Amazon are another way to get good keyword ranking for new products when launching. It works especially well because the ranking effect of each reduced-price sale is much less than that of full-priced sales. Basically it means giving a customer a rebate after they buy an item. Are Rebates Amazon TOS compliant? Back in the day, you could sell products by using incenti...

#342 Chatbots for Amazon with Paul Harvey of Seller Chatbot

July 30, 2019 16:30 - 33 minutes - 61.4 MB

Chatbots for Amazon - What are they & How to Launch with them What are chatbots for Amazon and why do they matter to Amazon or e-commerce sellers? Chatbots for Amazon are definitely an on-trend topic for Amazon sellers and e-commerce marketers. The question is whether they are really worth investigating and using. What are Chatbots? They are like instant messaging meets automated email marketing (email autoresponders). Facebook wants Messenger to be the WeChat of the west Facebook Messenger ...

Sales Tax Law with Paul Rafelson of eCommerce Attorneys

July 30, 2019 05:00 - 26 minutes - 21.8 MB

Sales tax law with Paul Rafelson of eCommerce Attorneys part 1 What is happening with Sales tax law - simple summary? It’s been a developing issue of last few years. Sales tax law has been a driving issue of life being difficult for e-commerce sellers in the USA. However, things are looking up for Amazon sellers. A few years ago, some sellers were told to register and collect sales tax in every state. That isn’t really easy to do. Over the last year, most of the important states (for e-com...

Private Label Strategy (step 1 of 10) – Who do I learn Private Label from?

July 25, 2019 16:47 - 29 minutes - 53.7 MB

Private Label Strategy - Who do I learn from?   This mini-series is based on the  Amazing FBA “Build”  10 Step PDF Guide,  which is a Private Label Strategy guide. It's NOT tactical and immediate. It IS a framework you can hang your other Amazon business-building tactics on. Click here to download the free PDF The 10 steps to building an Amazon Private Label business Step 1 - what we all know - but don’t do! (More in a second on this) Step 2 - how to learn more from $600 than $6000 (launch ...

Selling on Amazon for Retailers with Will Tjernlund

July 25, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes - 25.6 MB

Selling on Amazon for retailers with Will Tjernlund of Goat Consulting Selling on Amazon for retailers is what you specialise in. What is the biggest learning from running your Amazon Agency (Goat Consulting)? Selling on Amazon for retailers can be a little confusing. Every retailer thinks they have a unique Amazon story. And they think they can’t solve the issues of Selling on Amazon. But more and more, retailers have the same issues selling on Amazon as each other. What are the typical is...

Competition on Amazon: how to evaluate it with Will Tjernlund of Goat in

July 23, 2019 05:00 - 57 minutes - 46.5 MB

Competitor Analysis on Amazon with Will Tjernlund of Goat Consulting People who eat sleep and breathe Amazon are focused on competitor analysis of Amazon e.g Best Seller Rank. Whereas Will wants to deep dive into the whole marketplace and analyze the seller as a whole: Do they have multiple products? One? Are they resellers or do they have own brand? Jungle Scout and viral launch don’t tell you who you’re competing with. Multinational brands often have no idea what individual custome...

#340 Hire a virtual assistant (for your existing day job)

July 19, 2019 22:32 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

Hire a virtual assistant (for your existing day job) Preparing to Hire a virtual assistant Measure before you Hire Before you hire a virtual assistant, use an app like toggl.com to measure your time usage Be realistic and ruthlessly honest! Define outcomes! Business as a whole Next year Next ¼ How this tasks feeds those goals - or whether it does actually not contribute to desired goals Eliminate before you delegate! If you wouldn’t be willing to pay someone $4 (£3.20) per hour to ...

Pricing Psychology with Paulina Masson

July 19, 2019 05:00 - 28 minutes - 23.7 MB

Pricing Psychology with Paulina Masson of Shopkeeper.com  Pricing psychology - is there a simple rule of thumb or complex? Pricing psychology can be somewhat complex. The biggest first thing to say about pricing is to keep it simple! If you make price plus discount hard to calculate that puts buyers off Think of $20 price plus $3 coupon Two options on amazon Round $ amount %age off Paulina usually uses amount, but if high price point, give % off It’s easier to calculate. Testing of...

#339 How to launch on Amazon USA (Sales Tax, prep centre, launch method) (Q & A Tuesday)

July 17, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes - 27 MB

How to Launch on Amazon USA for UK Amazon sellers "I am planning to launch my product on Amazon.com in the coming months, in connection with this I have a few queries…" Answers by Ashley Pearce (10K Collective mastermind member and $1 million per year Amazon sellers) and Michael Veazey, host of Amazing FBA podcast. 1. Is there a sales tax levied once turnover reaches a certain level etc on sales made on Amazon.com?, I have read this is charged on a state by state basis, therefore I assume Ama...

Amazon Pricing Strategies with Paulina Masson

July 16, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 29.3 MB

Amazon Pricing Strategies with Paulina Masson of Shopkeeper.com  How does using an app like Shopkeeper.com for Amazon pricing strategies fit into your overall e-commerce strategy? Amazon Pricing Strategies and managing cashflow - you have to decide strategically, especially cashflow. Background Software developer - looking for tools to make life easier. As entrepreneur it’s nice to stick to creative, best outsource or automate repetitive tasks. Did lots of online marketing, affiliate market...

Know, Like, Trust for Amazon Sellers

July 11, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes - 26.4 MB

Know - people need to know you/your product exist. On Amazon, this means ranking well (within top 6 slots, preferably top 3) for specific keywords. Which implies smart keyword targeting. Which also implies knowing your consumer. Information is not short online. What is lacking is attention. To get this, you need to be relevant and you need to appear as often as possible. “Visibility=Credibility” On Amazon, this means ranking organically for many relevant keywords (often long tail to start ...

#337 Amazon product liability for 3rd-party product; Day Prime Day to boost Consumer stocks; Hong Kong protests (Amazon Newsday)

July 08, 2019 21:58 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MB

Amazon found liable for 3rd-party product   Consumer discretionary stocks hit 52 week high Consumer Discretionary Stocks, traded in the exchange traded funds (ETF) world, could get another big boost next week after hitting a new 52-week high. CRFF research director, Todd Rosales, head of the ETF , said they were expecting prime day to be a record-breaking event for Amazon this year Amazon is still the chief innovator Jay Jacobs,  head of research at global X funds, said: “you have to ask wha...

Source Amazon products from China with Ash Monga of Imex Sourcing

July 08, 2019 05:00 - 23 minutes - 19.4 MB

How to Source Products from China for Amazon with Ash Monga of Imex Sourcing When sourcing Amazon products from China, do sellers/retailers need to have  staff on the ground in China? Do you need to have a native Chinese speakers and contacts? If so, how do you know who to trust? When you source products from China for Amazon, it does make a huge difference if you have native Chinese contacts - the majority of QC issues are down to communication issues. Communication is not just language, it’...

Getting Quality Products from China with Ash Monga of Imex Sourcing

July 05, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes - 27.6 MB

Getting Products Made in China with Ash Monga, Founder and CEO of Imex Sourcing, What are the 2-3 most important things you think a serious e-commerce, Amazon, ebay or seller needs to consider when try to getting products from China to sell? Know what you want Most important thing about getting Quality Products from China: know exactly what you want. Sellers often pick opportunities based on JS etc. You can order a sample, check components. Go to Youtube and look at production process for th...

Q & A Tuesday: Sales Tax for Foreign Amazon Sellers

July 03, 2019 12:48 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MB

Guys, Tax question from a foreigner I've got LLC registered in Dеlaware and I've talked to CPA, EA, and one consultant. CPA told me I shouldn't file 5472, EA told me I should. CPA and consultant told me file 1040NR, EA told me I shouldn't. I've paid 250$ commission to the consultant but I started to doubt his knowledge. Who should I listen to? Should I fill 5472? Should I fill 1040NR? How do you deal with your taxes? Thank you This is an excellent question. I've JUST interviewed Paul Rafels...

Amazon FBA customer returns with Benjamin Chambers

July 03, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

FBA Customer Returns Report- How to get your money back as an Amazon FBA seller! with Ben Chambers of Refund Hunter Amazon FBA Customer Returns are a tough area to get reimbursed for because of a few factors: Seller initiated refunds Simple thing is detecting when customer been refunded and not returned product Hard thing is to know whether Amazon initiated the refund or the customer Sometimes the seller will refund things themselves Amazon will say - you’re ineligible for a re...

Amazon FBA seller refunds with Ben Chambers

July 01, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

FBA seller refunds  with Ben Chambers (operations manager) of  Refund hunter Why do people need Refund Hunter/Refund Hunter?  Amazon FBA seller refunds is a real issue. Often sellers often have unclaimed funds. That's because they: Don’t have know-how Don’t have time to get that money back Who uses Refund Hunter? Wide range of customers need to get FBA seller refunds: Corporations doing $10’s of millions Lots of big Chinese manufacturers these days. Anyone who can’t scale out a...

Selling your ecommerce business ($5M+) -advice from Providium

June 28, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

How to Sell your Ecommerce business for a $5M+ valuation What do you need to do if you are selling your ecommerce business worth over $5 million? Buyer types for $5M+ businesses Selling your ecommerce business for a higher valuation is in some ways actually easier than selling a smaller business. Certainly, there are more buyer types for higher-value businesses. Buyer groups - individuals who pool their money - informal Investor groups Family offices Wealthy family has generational wealth - i...

How to choose products for amazon private label with Kevin King

June 27, 2019 05:00 - 46 minutes - 37.4 MB

Is Private Label still a viable business model in 2019? It is still viable - if you can invent something, it does give you a major advantage. PL still works but not in commodities. And you need to differentiate. You can’t just put your logo on something from Alibaba. Read the reviews and you’ll have to work with the manufacturer to fix that You can differentiate with packaging, bundling, etc. You have to put up a bit of a moat. Kevin has done both PL - He’s sold millions on Amazon - ne...

Selling your Amazon business with Chris and Jason of Providium

June 26, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

Selling your Amazon business with Chris and Jason of Providium  Chris Shipferling  & Jason Somerville of Global Wired Advisors/Providium Why sell your Amazon business? Is this really the main option for most people long-term? Selling your Amazon online business is always something you need to consider. Of course, tt’s an option to hang onto your business. Sadly, the  data says you’re very unlikely to  pass this to your kids. For nearly every person who owns business could make more money by s...

What is the need of pre shipment inspection? (Q & A Tuesday)

June 25, 2019 21:12 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

What is the need of pre shipment inspection? Question from a Facebook Group member: Hello! I would really appreciate some advice on Final Random Inspections [aka pre shipment inspection] I've been quoted 299 USD for a one man-day inspection in China for 200 units of my product which cost around 6USD per unit. So this would add a significant cost per unit. - What are the usual/acceptable costs for this service? - Do you think it's worth it? This is my first order of this product. [ie what is t...

Outsource for e-Commerce with Aaron O’Sullivan

June 24, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Outsource for e-Commerce Personal assistant (in person)vs. Virtual assistant  when you outsource ecommerce  Where you outsource for e-commerce depends on where you’re based! And Depends on your situation. Outsource to someone part-time to start - depending on your profit level. If based in UK, USA, when you outsource for e-commerce, you need to consider: Local (can connect virtually) Virtually you can hire amazing people Book keeping can all be done virtually Outsource for e-commerce vs...

Outsourcing ecommerce & Company Culture with Aaron O’Sullivan

June 21, 2019 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

In this episode, I talk with Aaron O’Sullivan of Systems Culture Impact, in part one of a two-part series. Aaron starting selling private label products on Amazon in 2013. He was growing quickly, but in 2014 the brand started to plateau and then took a dive. He realized that he needed systems and teams in order to continue to grow, and so he began outsourcing.  Finding the right people to add to your team can free you up to take your Amazon business to the next level. We discuss why outsourc...

Can you still Make money on Amazon in 2019?

June 20, 2019 05:00 - 42 minutes - 34.1 MB

Kevin King - is a 7-figure Amazon seller Hosts $5000 events - $1 billion summit in Austin, Texas Not part of Helium10 but friends of them Lead mentor in Helium 10 elite - used to be Illuminati Has spoken at 30 different events Background Quick resumé/CV: A lot of people try to get away from the corporate world but Kevin has always worked for himself as an entrepreneur. Direct marketing background - got into the internet - first sale mid-1990s. Started selling via “advantage on Amaz...

Term Loans for Amazon Sellers with Bruce Mack (Platinum Financing)

June 19, 2019 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MB

Amazon Seller Term Loans Term loans for Amazon sellers can be  a great way to increase  business growth and help avoid the dreaded Out Of Stock moments that come from a shortage of cash! Terms of loans: 12 months up to 60 months Varying APRs Term loans for Amazon sellers - the Fintech platform At a cost of $100Ks, Platinum Financing created a Fintech platform The key is that you can make a “Soft enquiry” with a lender for a term loan as an Amazon seller, which doesn’t show on credit file. ...

Business Credit for small business with Bruce Mack of Platinum Financing

June 17, 2019 17:40 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

Business Credit for Small business Amazon sellers This show is focused on those who already have revenue, and know how to do the basics and want to grow and are ambitious. And one of the things you need to do is money because this is an inventory based business. And that means it's capital intensive. Business credit for small business can be a solution to this. There have been many, many discussions at the 10 k collective mastermind around the question: "How do I get more money to fund my bu...

Amazon Product Research

June 14, 2019 05:40 - 27 minutes - 22 MB

Product research not equal market research Being product centred and focussed on numbers - using tools like Jungle Scout, Helium 10, etc. -  on Amazon is what everyone does. Hyper-competition = we HAVE to differentiate. “Zig when they zag” (Andre Chaperon) You need to have a differentiated business model to create a differentiated product. If everyone starts on Amazon - get off Amazon. Numbers vs. People Keywords as the start vs. People as the start “Grow where you’re planted” (Verne ...

Protecting The Product Design with Ryan Shaffett of XQ Manufacturing

June 14, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Protecting The Product Design The role of Patents in protecting your product design Protecting your Product Design doesn't necessarily start with  patent protections. One key is to minimise the chance of your supplier selling your product to other retailers.  Ryan's team works hard on the selection of and relationship with suppliers to ensure that their factories don't do that. If you have your own Mold,  nobody else will use that, so that creates a lot of protection against getting copycat v...

Custom manufacturing for Amazon with Ryan Shaffett of XQ manufacturing – part 1

June 13, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

Custom manufacturing for Amazon Ryan Shaffett's Custom manufacturing Background Ryan been living in China for 18 years - running biz there for 12 years. Started as a traditional manufacturer. XQ has a handful of clients - medium sized US companies, sporting goods industries. They’ve seen the trend towards FBA. Is Custom Manufacturing something that FBA Businesses are doing more of? XQ have one key client fully FBA based business. But they are increasingly tweak services to meet FBA clients ...

Amazon Business Marketplace is Growing and 50% of the Planet is Now Online (Amazon News)

June 12, 2019 22:43 - 14 minutes - 12 MB

Amazon News Amazon Business The Amazon Business marketplace is growing! Amazon announced a major milestone this week. 3rd party seller products are now available to more than one million business buyers including hospitals, universities, daycares, government agencies, restaurants, Fortune 50 companies and sole proprietors in the USA It also announced that sellers are offering a Business Price on millions of products making them more discoverable and appealing. This feature can be added in th...

Vision and Goals for e-commerce with Ashley Pearce

June 11, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

Vision and Goals for e-commerce It’s got to be lead by aspiration/vision and goals The aspiration was to be an employer of choice - this is a big aspiration for a small business. It sets a mindset - it’s not just about people as a resource to get a task done. If you can get them to operate within operating principles, that will be fantastic. But you need to live it, not just things on a powerpoint.   What are your goals for the next year? 3 years? And what is the time frame you plan in?...

What 10 learnings have you had about the 7 Habits since the book’s release

June 07, 2019 20:34 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MB

1. The importance of understanding the difference between principles and values.    Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior. Values govern people’s behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors. I have come to believe that humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in con...

How Ashley Pearce got to $1 million a year on Amazon

June 06, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

  How Ashley Pearce made his first Million on Amazon? What better way to kick off the $10k Collective podcast than by interviewing an incredibly successful member of the mastermind? In this episode, you will learn how to make $1 million a year on Amazon, or rather how Ashley made his success. Quick Background Engineering background Launched 2016 Improved in 2017 Has a part-time job that has parallels with Amazon business building 2018: $750K revenue which was predicted in May 2018 Ashley ...

#329 Building Relationships in e-Commerce (Based on “7 habits of Highly effective people”) Part TWO

May 30, 2019 16:36 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

THE EMOTIONAL BANK ACCOUNT “We all know what a financial bank account is. We make deposits into it and build up a reserve from which we can make withdrawals when we need to. An Emotional Bank Account is a metaphor that describes the amount of trust that’s been built up in a relationship. “ Six Major Deposits [in the emotional bank account]  Overview Understanding the individual Attending to the little things Keeping Commitments Clarifying Expectations Showing Personal Integrity ...

#328 Building Relationships in e-Commerce (Based on “7 habits of Highly effective people”) Part ONE

May 23, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MB

“Before moving into the area of public victory, we should remember that effective interdependence can only be built on a foundation of true independence. Private Victory precedes Public Victory.” “Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.” “There’s no way to parachute into this terrain. The landscape ahead is covered with the fragments of broken relationships of people who have tried. They’ve tried to jump into effective relationships without the...

#327 Amazon’s Deliveroo Investment & USA Monthly Storage fee discount (Amazon News)

May 21, 2019 22:47 - 10 minutes - 9.94 MB

Amazon's Deliveroo Investment Puts Amazon in Competition With Uber and Just Eat UK Amazon's Deliveroo investment, representing its latest push into the UK food delivery market,  was facing mounting opposition this week as critics of a $575m deal with Deliveroo voiced concerns about the control it will exercise over the UK business. The food delivery company Deliveroo announced its deal with Amazon on Friday. Saying that Jeff Bezos’ e-commerce empire was the lead investor in a giant $575m (£4...

326 Habit 3: First Things First – time management for ecommerce entrepreneurs (part 2)

May 16, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

Time Management for e-commerce is an absolutely critical skill area. Time management can be the single biggest block to even starting an e-commerce business. And for an established, busy e-commerce business owner,  managing time is just as critical. In this episode, we focus on the learnings from the wonderful book (and also audiobook) - "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Steven Covey Links to related podcast episodes/show notes around self-management for e-commerce entrepreneurs: Fo...

325 New Trade Tariffs imposed by USA on Chinese Imports

May 14, 2019 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

New Trade Tariffs from USA imposed on China [Trade War News] US Tariffs of 25% imposed on $234B worth of Chinese Imports New Trade Tariffs have been imposed by the US government on imports from China. President Donald Trump escalated the trade war with China on Friday, imposing new trade tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, now at 25%, up from the previous 10% rate. This set the stage for  Beijing to retaliate, with their own tariffs on American imports. The Trump administration h...

#324 Time Management for e-commerce (Habit 3 from “7 Habits” series)

May 10, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Time Management for e-commerce - wisdom from Steven Covey  Habit 3:  First Things First Time Management for e-commerce is an absolutely critical skill area. Time management can be the single biggest block to even starting an e-commerce business. And for an established, busy e-commerce business owner,  managing time is just as critical. In this episode, we focus on the learnings from  the wonderful book (and also audio book) - "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Steven Covey Links to ...

323 Amazon News: Trump Tweets New Threat in US-China Trade War

May 07, 2019 05:00 - 14 minutes - 9.83 MB

Trump Tweets New threat in China-USA Trade war There has been a new twist in the ongoing US-China Trade War. Trump said in a Sunday afternoon Twitter post (5 May 2019)  that the current 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods will increase to 25% on Friday. He also threatened to impose 25% levies on an additional $325 billion of Chinese goods “shortly.” Chinese Trade Delegation uncertain Chinese Vice Premier Liu He had planned to bring a large delegation to Washington on Wednesday...

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