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TAS 031 : Amazon’s deleting 1000’s of reviews – they’ve gone too far this time. Hong Kong Trip, FBA Forward Closes and more.

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In this short episode I’m flying solo. Have been moving house and super busy trying to pack up and then unpack a lot of boxes.

Today I wanted to discuss the impact Amazon’s super aggressive review deletion program is having on 3rd Party Amazon sellers. This is wholesale carnage.

I’ll be in Hong Kong late October speaking about Amazon Australia at the Glocal Sources Summit. I have trepidations about doing this speech as I’m still on the fence about Amazon’s chances of success here. Hopefully I’ll be eating my words in a year or 2.

Details of the trip:

Global Sources Summit: www.globalsources.com/summit

  • Regular price US$799 / ticket
  • Early Bird Price is now on…. Be quick
  • Special offer for The Australian Seller Podcast listeners: Use promotional code TAS100 for a US$100 discount / ticket here: www.globalsources.com/summit

Come to our meetup in Melbourne on the 30th August: www.theaustralianseller.com/meetup

FBA Forward went out of business! So sad, they were great until a month or 2 before they closed the doors. I’ve signed up with www.riversourcelogistics.com – I’ll report back on my experiences with them in the coming months.

Next week I have Hamish Conway from www.sellglobal.co.nz coming on the show!

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TAS 030 : OA, RA, PL and Amazon Prep Centers! Heather Jackson explains all from Oregon Buy, Prep and Ship

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Great to be back!

I’ve been on leave for the last 5 weeks and it’s good to be back in the saddle.

In today’s episode, Heather Jackon from Oregon Buy, Prep and Ship comes on the show to talk about how 3rd Party Prep Centers work in the USA, what services they offer and traps to watch out for. Heather lived in Australia for 24 years before heading back to the USA with her husband 18 months ago.

Heather was selling very successfully on Amazon with her sister and Mum using a combination of Online Arb, Retail Arb and some Wholesaling. She explains what those methods of selling on Amazon are all about.

Hope you enjoy today’s podcast!

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TAS 029 : Meghla Bhardwaj from Global Sources chats all things sourcing from China.

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Meghla Bhardwaj joins us today to help us navigate through the shark-infested waters of sourcing from China.

I really love her tips on preparing for a tradeshow visit and how to maximise your opportunities, both sourcing at a tradeshow and online.

As we discussed, I’ll be speaking at the event this October (2018) and I’m thinking of taking a group of people along for the ride!

If you’d like to come along and keep me company in Hong Kong (my old stomping ground), shoot me an email at chris @ christhomas.com.au – we’ll have a blast at the tradeshow, the conference and I’ll take you sightseeing around Hong Kong. It is a truly magical city and I can’t wait to take you on and off the beaten track for food, views and surf! (yes, surf).

Here are the details from today’s episode:

  1. Vetted sourcing agents and inspection companies: http://www.smartchinasourcing.com/service-providers-page/
  2. Trade show eBook: http://www.smartchinasourcing.com/asia-tradeshows-101-ebook/
  3. Global Sources Summit: www.globalsources.com/summit
    • Regular price US$799 / ticket
    • Super Early Bird price until July 31: US$599 / ticket
    • Super Early Bird Group Discount (2 or more tickets): US$499 / ticket
    • Special offer for The Australian Seller Podcast listeners: Use promotional code TAS100 for a US$100 discount / ticket here: www.globalsources.com/summit
  4. Global Sources trade shows: www.globalsources.com/exhibitions

 

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TAS 028 : Liran Hirschkorn from Amazing Freedom discusses Amazon Australia and his unique tactics for getting reviews legally!

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Liran Hirschkorn drops some real value bombs today.

He’s part of an Amazon Training team, www.Amazingfreedom.com and works with Nathan and Andy Slamans.

We met a few weeks back at Retail Global and after our chat, I knew I had to get him on the show.

If you’re looking for whitehat techniques to get more reviews on your products, Liran has some amazing strategies.

He also shares his thoughts on Amazon Australia’s future and offers recommendations for folks who are considering selling on Amazon.

Enjoy!

Don’t forget to join my Facebook Group!

If your business needs help setting up on Amazon, or indeed an Amazon strategy, visit my consulting website over at www.amaznsales.com

Lastly, my new ‘beta’ course can be found here. Be sure to sign up asap as I will be putting the price up in a short while when it’s completed.

 

 

 

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TAS 027 : Will Amazon be redirecting traffic back to Amazon.com.au? – Scott Kilmartin comes back to discuss the implications!

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Short sharp episode today with Scott Kilmartin who comes on to discuss the Amazon vs. Treasurer Scott Morrison situation!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know already that Amazon will be redirecting Australian users away from the likes of Amazon.com, amazon.co.uk et al. and back to amazon.com.au.

This is all in response to the Government requiring Amazon to collect GST for it, on any sale that any Australian makes on any of its global platforms.

Amazon’s response caught everyone off guard so I’ve got Scott on the show to try and work through what it means for Australian consumers and Australian Amazon sellers!

Enjoy.

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TAS 026 : From Backpacking in Australia to a $350K exit in 18 months – How falling in love led Leon to Amazon.

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On today’s show, Leon shares his story about backpacking around Australia as a young German tourist, falling in love with a local girl, but then had to head back to Germany before returning back again to be with his girlfriend.

Leon needed to build a location independent business he could run from anywhere in the world and settled on Amazon. He grew rapidly throughout Amazon Europe and after 18 months is about to exit his Amazon business for $350,000.

Not a bad result for 18 months work!

Did I mention Leon is in his early 20’s?

Hope you enjoy Leon’s story.

Here’s Leon’s new venture www.men-of-tomorrow.com

Don’t forget to join my Facebook Group!

Join our meetup! We have an upcoming Amazon Q&A event on Thursday 7th of June 2018 here in Melbourne at RMIT.

I’ll be up on the Gold Coast next week for the Retail Global conference, come say ‘hi!’.

 

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