Today, we've got one of the OGs in the Amazon world.

He has one of the most widely read books about selling on Amazon.

And he goes back so far in e-commerce that he was one of the very first ever PayPal users.

He's going to bring us his experiences, success stories, and even tells us how sometimes you don't even need a tool like helium 10 to sell online.

Say what?

Yeah. a tool like helium 10 to sell online. Say what? How's it going, guys? Welcome to the serious sellers podcast. My name is Bradley Sutton,

and I'm joined today by Jim Cockerman. I'm very pleased to have on here.

Jim is the author of a book that's probably been read more times than any other book that

even has anything to do with Amazon at all in the history of books.

I think over one million people have read this book and you just have tons and tons of

history selling, not just on Amazon, but on other platforms and great insights on being an entrepreneur and a great story from what I hear. I'm going to learn about it for one of the first times here today, but Jim, welcome to the show. I'm happy to have you. It's so great to be here, Brodley. It's an honor to be invited. I'm looking forward to hanging out with you a little bit and the great listeners to this great show. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you again. So let's let you are not a new

seller. You did not even start on Amazon. Can you let myself and the listeners know kind of like your story?

What is the gym story here? Sure. I'm one of those ancient dudes that started

off on eBay back before Amazon was even in the picture. And I remember very well the days,

you know, we're coming up on 20 years ago now where you'd sign into eBay and some days it would

be working and some days it wouldn't. And it was a real random experience back then. Very

few people were actually doing it as a full-time living. And I got hooked early, though. I had one of

the first PayPal accounts ever set up. And I was all in on eBay going to those eBay live

events and just basically sharing the journey.

What year was this about?

You know, we're coming up on 20 years now, man.

So it's been, I've been doing this full time.

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