#1062: For over 10 years I've advised AGAINST Amazon seller LEADS LISTS-until now...
Silent Sales Machine Radio
Jim Cockrum
4.8 • 811 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
For over 10 years, I've given some pretty hardlined advice in regards to the use of "leads lists" and "buy lists" for Amazon sellers. My basic advice has been to only use them if you are extremely experienced or flat-out crazy.
These lists are compiled by those who claim they've "done the research for you," and you can just go purchase everything on the list and make money! Baloney!!
Today, I explain why I am now fully on board with using leads lists if you have the budget for them!
What's changed? I'll explain in the episode, but the bottom line is 3PMercury and ProvenAmazonCourse.com training have caused a disruptive earthquake of opportunity for sellers!
Leads lists are now paying off in big ways for those who know how to use them properly. I explain how to use them properly on today's episode.
Watch the episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/tXvwJDijZwI
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, fellow business building warrior. Welcome to Silent Sales Machine Radio. This is Jim |
| 0:07.0 | Gockram. It's just you and me hanging out today. Thanks for joining me. I know the audio sounds |
| 0:11.0 | a little weird. If you're used to the normal microphone setup that I have, something really weird |
| 0:16.3 | happened yesterday. It's being fixed. So bear with me for this one episode where it sounds a little like |
| 0:22.4 | I'm in a tin can. I get it. I'm sorry, but it's such good content. I couldn't wait. All honestly, |
| 0:27.8 | my dog chewed through. My microphone cord runs along the floor under my desk yesterday, |
| 0:35.3 | and I was in the middle of recording content. I heard a slav pop, |
| 0:38.9 | look down. Dog didn't get shocked. She's fine. But there we go. So it's just a tin can sound |
| 0:45.1 | for a short episode, thankfully today. But it's a powerful message that I think you're going to |
| 0:51.0 | really enjoy and benefit from. And here it is. For 11, maybe 12, or even |
| 0:56.6 | 13 years, arguably, I've had the same stance on the topic of how you source leads effectively, |
| 1:07.1 | if you're an Amazon seller, meaning I've given you advice specifically saying, |
| 1:12.5 | don't take leads from other people. Don't take Aesns from other sources besides your own research, |
| 1:20.8 | simply because if someone's in the business of generating leads for sellers, odds are that list is going to get shared and reshared and |
| 1:30.5 | passed around and won't be worth a lot to you. So it's been a big caution flag that I've waived over |
| 1:36.7 | the entire concept of buying leads lists. Some people call it a buy list of products from anyone. Do your own research. |
| 1:46.6 | And it's still very valuable to do your own research. It's a skill you need to learn. |
| 1:50.3 | That's what we teach you as part of the core concepts, by the way, in the proven Amazon course. |
| 1:58.5 | That's a core part of our curriculum. But my stance has shifted. Just in the past couple of |
| 2:04.8 | months, my stance has shifted dramatically on this topic. Now, instead of saying don't buy leads |
| 2:12.4 | lists, don't go out there and pay money for buy lists of products. |
| 2:18.0 | I'm now saying if it's within your budget to do so, |
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