158: How to Find Your First Amazon FBA Private Label Product (Tips from 7-Figure Amazon Seller Greg Mercer)
The Side Hustle Show
Nick Loper
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2016
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
I'm happy to introduce Greg Mercer, who is the go-to guy for Amazon product research. His own ecommerce empire has grown to $400k per month in revenue -- yes, per month -- and he's the founder of the popular Jungle Scout software tool that helps make the product research process faster and easier. In this call we dive into his specific sales criteria and next steps in evaluating a product's profit potential and how to bring it to market on Amazon.
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| 0:00.0 | Side Hustle Show 158, how to find your first Amazon FBA private label product. |
| 0:04.4 | These are tips from a seven figure Amazon seller. |
| 0:07.1 | Welcome to the Side Hustle Show, where aspiring part-time entrepreneurs learn how to turn their side-housled dreams into reality, |
| 0:16.0 | because your 9-to-5 may make you a living, but your 5-9 makes you alive. |
| 0:21.0 | And now your host host Nick Loper. |
| 0:28.0 | What's up Nick Loper here? |
| 0:29.3 | Welcome to the Sidosel show |
| 0:30.8 | where it's all about ideas, action, and results. This week is part two of. This is a |
| 0:33.8 | all about ideas, action, and results. |
| 0:33.5 | This week is part two of a back-to-back punch |
| 0:35.9 | of Amazon FBA lessons. |
| 0:37.7 | Last week we heard from Usad Siddiqui, |
| 0:39.9 | a part-time Amazon seller who took his retail arbitrage business from zero to six figures in less than a year |
| 0:44.9 | And today I'm joined by Greg Mercer an Amazon seller doing 400 grand a month in revenue. Yes per month |
| 0:52.2 | We're gonna chat private labeling and his criteria for finding |
| 0:55.1 | your first private label product. In addition to Greg's successful e-commerce empire, he's also the founder of Jungle Scout, an Amazon product research tool. |
| 1:04.0 | It's kind of like Longtail Pro is for keyword research. |
| 1:06.0 | There's something that can make your life a lot easier when evaluating potential products. |
| 1:10.0 | So grab a pen and paper because Greg is about to get really specific on the exact categories he likes for newbies and the concrete metrics he uses to determine if a product idea is worth pursuing or not. |
| 1:20.0 | If you're not in the position to take notes, no worries at all, just remember to head over to |
| 1:23.5 | sign hustle nation.com slash jungle to download a free PDF highlight reel with all of Greg's top tips from this episode. And a quick thank you to today's sponsor before we dive in. |
| 1:33.2 | This week's episode is brought to you by teachable.com, |
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