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Selling on Amazon with Andy Isom

#488 - How to Know If You’re Building a Business - or Just Running an Expensive Job

Selling on Amazon with Andy Isom

Andy Isom | Amazon FBA Seller & Agency Founder

Amazon, Business, Amazonfba, Selling, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Personalbusiness, Productbusiness, Ecommerce, Onlinebusiness

4.9816 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Are you building a business—or just working a really expensive job?

 

In this episode of Built by Business with Andy Isom, we dive into the trap many Amazon sellers fall into: creating a business that depends entirely on you.

 

You’ll learn how to spot the signs you’re operating as a solo employee instead of a true owner—and what to do about it.

 

If you want to stop trading time for dollars and finally build something sustainable, this episode is for you.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're selling on Amazon, you're making money, but be honest.

0:03.8

If you stopped working today, what would actually keep running without you?

0:09.1

In this episode, we're unpacking the brutal truth most entrepreneurs avoid.

0:13.2

Are you building a real business or just running a high-stress, low-flexibility job you created for yourself.

0:30.2

Welcome back to Built by Business. I'm Andy Isam.

0:35.6

And on this podcast, we talk about all things e-commerce, Amazon FBA, and building your online business. A few days ago, I did a podcast episode sharing a lot of

0:38.8

updates and wins from clients and students. I wanted to make sure that we brought you guys up to

0:43.6

speed on all the updates related to selling on Amazon. To give you guys a quick rundown of what is

0:49.8

happening in the world of Amazon News and Updates. There's a new Amazon Creator Connections

0:54.5

brand guide. That's a 17 page PDF to help you learn how to use the Amazon Creator

0:59.9

Connections program to get authentic reviews and content from influencers on social media.

1:06.7

There's less than two months until Amazon Accelerate. I attended this live last year and

1:11.3

I'm considering attending again live this year as well. A huge benefit of Accelerate is that

1:15.8

you can get one-on-one guidance at the Cellar Cafe from subject matter experts directly from

1:21.4

Amazon. These are limited availability, so if you get signed up for Amazon Accelerate now,

1:26.6

you can be among the first to be notified when these limited appointments open in August.

1:30.7

You can use vacation mode to protect your account health.

1:33.5

If you are doing seller fulfilled orders or Amazon FBM, we recommend that you update your vacation

1:38.8

status to prevent these new seller fulfilled orders if you plan to take time off in the coming

1:43.9

weeks.

1:44.6

There's a new AI brand name tool that now includes a personality field.

1:49.4

You can now input descriptive brand words in Amazon's AI-powered, create a brand name generator

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