#819: As a new Amazon seller, what am I approved to sell?
Silent Sales Machine Radio
Jim Cockrum
4.8 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Today's all new episode tackles common questions and challenges faced by newcomers to selling on Amazon, specifically around restrictions and approved categories. It begins by addressing the concerns of many new sellers who find themselves confused by the limitations placed on what they can sell, noting that initial approval typically includes categories like Home and Kitchen, Arts and Crafts, Office Products, and Pet Supplies (excluding pet food).
Even with all the initial restrictions that Amazon has though, there are a significant number of available ASINs (products) in these approved categories that total over 50,000 products—that meet specific criteria such as having some past or current FBA offers, being non-hazmat, having no Amazon sales in the past 30 days and experiencing at least 30 or so sales rank drops in the past month.
Further, the episode provides strategic advice on how to expand your list of potential ASINs by selecting trustworthy sources.
Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: "If I get some 'free stuff' from a supplier or elsewhere, can I sell it safely on Amazon?"
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, business building warrior. Welcome to the silent sales machine radio podcast where we |
| 0:07.9 | discuss creative ways to use the internet to launch and grow multiple income streams. |
| 0:13.3 | We love the internet lifestyle around here, seamless streams of income flowing in and the |
| 0:18.2 | efforts that you've put into your business allowing you to live life on your own terms, put your business in your pocket and go |
| 0:23.5 | where you want to, when you want to go there. |
| 0:25.6 | It's a beautiful lifestyle that thousands of listeners to this show have developed for |
| 0:29.5 | themselves and for their families. |
| 0:31.1 | And we love to help others achieve the same thing. |
| 0:34.5 | That's what we do here. |
| 0:36.1 | And if you're brand new to e-commerce, specifically if you're |
| 0:39.2 | brand new to Amazon, today's show is going to be a good one for you because we're going to spend |
| 0:43.8 | some time with two of the great coaching directors on our team, Brian and Robin Joy Olson, who are going to |
| 0:49.3 | give you some really good advice about diving into Amazon as a new seller. The basic lessons that we teach to |
| 0:56.1 | all of our new students, they have a lot of the same questions, and they're going to dive |
| 1:00.0 | into a couple of good ones today. One of those questions is, it doesn't feel like I'm approved |
| 1:04.0 | to sell many products on Amazon. What's going on? There's only a few categories that I can sell in as a |
| 1:08.9 | new seller. I feel very restricted by that. |
| 1:12.4 | We hear that a lot. |
| 1:13.5 | We answer that question a lot. |
| 1:14.7 | We've got some great answers for you on that. |
| 1:16.4 | We've actually got a link in the show notes today as well. |
| 1:19.3 | Brian and Robin Joy didn't mention it in the episode, but I'm going to stick it in there |
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