The Full-Time FBA Show Podcast
Over 250 Episodes Featuring
Amazon Reseller Strategies & Stories
You’ve found the podcast that will help you unlock the secrets of turning part-time hours into a full-time income via Amazon FBA. Hosted by Stephen and Rebecca Smotherman, this podcast will include conversations about profitable Amazon reseller strategies, proven steps to growing your business, and how to actually make more money on Amazon while spending less time doing it.
On the podcast we’ll also feature occasional interviews with successful full-time Amazon resellers who will share their stories, how they got started, the obstacles they were able to overcome, and more about their journey to Amazon FBA success.
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2024 Episodes and Show Notes
- Episode 271 – What to do if a Seasonal Item Doesn’t Sell in its Season
- Episode 270 – Thrift Store Strategies for Sourcing Amazon FBA Inventory
- Episode 269 – The Holiday Survival Guide for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 268 – How to Earn Q4 Numbers in January
- Episode 267 – Another Four Incorrect Assumptions that are Costing You Profits
- Episode 266 – The Biggest Pricing Mistakes Most Amazon Sellers Make
- Episode 265 – Overcoming Frustrations Using OA Leads Lists to Source Inventory
- Episode 264 – Success Spotlight on Full-Time FBA Coaching Student Ciela Lewis
- Episode 263 – Why Q4 is an Optimal Time to Start Selling on Amazon
- Episode 262 – The 4 Most Important Habits to Develop as an Amazon FBA Seller
- Episode 261 – Is Selling on Amazon via FBA a Viable Business?
- Episode 260 – How to Double Your Q4 Sales and Profits
- Episode 259 – Maximize Your Inventory Sourcing with the Sourcing Success Worksheet
- Episode 258 – Online Courses vs Group Coaching to Boost Your Amazon Business
- Episode 257 – Outsourcing Amazon Back-End Activities – Interview with Karen Locker
- Episode 256 – FBA vs FBM – Which One is Better for Amazon Sellers?
- Bonus Episode – OA Success Leads Announcement – Tiger List Now Available
- Episode 255 – What to Avoid as a Beginner Seller on Amazon
- Episode 254 – The Right Mindset for Scaling an Amazon FBA Business – Interview with Jamie & Larissa Miralles
- Episode 253 – How to Overcome the Worst Aspect of Selling Wholesale on Amazon
- Episode 252 – The Blueprint to Running a Well-Balanced Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 251 – How Amazon FBA Can Create Certainty in an Uncertain Business World
- Episode 250 – Become an Amazon Athlete to Find Success with FBA
- Episode 249 – How to Increase the Longevity of a Successful Amazon Business
- Episode 248 – 3 Things No One Will Tell you About a Growing a Successful Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 247 – The Only Thing Better than Higher Profits
- Episode 246 – Growing Your Wealth with Amazon while Becoming Debt Free: Interview with Jeremy Krulikowski
- Episode 245 – How to Source Inventory that Will Sell Within 30 Days
- Episode 244 – Is Amazon FBA a Get-Rich-Quick Plan?
- Episode 243 – How Much Should You Pay Yourself in Your Amazon FBA Business?
- Episode 242 – Should You Create Your Own Amazon Product Pages?
- Episode 241 – How to Maximize “Free Trials” of Amazon Reseller Tools, Resources, & Software
- Episode 240 – More Book Seller Sourcing Tips for Amazon FBA Profits
- Episode 239 – The #1 Amazon Seller Newbie Mistake
- Episode 238 – Is Selling via Amazon FBA Passive Income?
- Episode 237 – This is Why You’re Not Making a Full-Time Income on Amazon
- Episode 236 – Building an Amazon FBA Business in an Unpredictable Economy
- Episode 235 – How to Sell Through Your Slow Moving (Aged) Inventory
- Episode 234 – Two Foolish Ways to Run an Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 233 – The Best Habits for Amazon FBA Sellers to Master
- Episode 232 – Incorrect Assumptions that are Costing Your FBA Business Profits
- Episode 231 – Best Practice for SOPs in Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 230 – How Not To Waste Your Time as an Amazon FBA Seller
- Episode 229 – Don’t Sign Up for Amazon’s New SIPP Program – Here’s Why!
- Episode 228 – When or If It’s Time to Fire Your Wholesale Supplier
- Episode 227 – Wholesale Sourcing Red Flags
- Episode 226 – Why We Avoid Stickerless Commingled Inventory at Amazon FBA
- Episode 225 – Are “Done For You” Automated Amazon Agencies a Scam?
- Episode 224 – How to Deal With Amazon’s High Price Error Alerts
- Episode 223 – Three Critical Components to Thriving on Amazon (Despite the Economy)
- Episode 222 – 5 More Mistakes Even Smart Amazon Sellers Make
- Episode 221 – Goal Setting for a Successful Amazon Business This Year
2023 Episodes and Show Notes
- Episode 220 – Christmas Episode Plus Bloopers
- Episode 219 – Items Beginner Amazon Sellers Should Focus on Reselling
- Episode 218 – Items Beginner Amazon Sellers Should Avoid Reselling
- Episode 217 – When to Hold or Lower Your Price in December
- Episode 216 – Top Gift Giving Ideas for Amazon Resellers
- Episode 215 – Last-Minute Q4 Strategies to Boost Profits on Amazon
- Episode 214 – Top Cyber Monday Online Arbitrage Sourcing Strategies
- Episode 213 – The Q4 Motivation Episode
- Episode 212 – Overcoming Failure in your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 211 – Why Do We Sell Courses If We’re So Successful on Amazon?
- Episode 210 – Five Amazon Coach Red Flags
- Episode 209 – How to Master Your Amazon FBA Reselling Skills
- Episode 208 – Should You Consider Selling on Amazon Internationally?
- Episode 207 – How to Get the Most from Your Online Arbitrage Subscriptions
- Episode 206 – How to Future Proof your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 205 – The Biggest Amazon FBA Failures We’ve Experienced in 10+ Years of Reselling
- Episode 204 – Creating a High-Productivity Schedule for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 203 – How to Transition from Sourcing One-Offs to Sourcing Replens for Lasting Success
- Episode 202 – How to Source a “Going Out of Business” Sale Successfully
- Episode 201 – When to Stock Up Your Amazon Inventory for Q4
- Episode 200 – The Full-Time FBA Show 200th Episode Celebration!
- Episode 199 – Outsourcing Prep/Pack/Ship Warehouse – Nathan Bindschatel of My Prep Center Interview
- Episode 198 – Six Critical Questions to Get You to a High Six Figure Amazon Income
- Episode 197 – Get the Most from The Amazon Income Accelerator Workshop
- Episode 196 – What’s Stopping You from Making a Full-Time Income on Amazon?
- Episode 195 – Amazon Seller Success Story – Interview with Kristy Winter
- Episode 194 – The Biggest Threats to your Amazon FBA Success
- Episode 193 – Our Best Bookseller Tips for Maximum Profits
- Episode 192 – Chris Green’s New Book, The Flip Game – Author Interview
- Episode 191 – Prime Day Tips to Maximize Your Sales
- Episode 190 – How Much Reseller Competition is Too Much?
- Episode 189 – 3 Amazon Seller Truths that Nobody Else is Going to Tell You
- Episode 188 – Overcoming Analysis Paralysis in Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 187 – How to Deal with Negative Seller Feedback on Amazon
- Episode 186 – Big Amazon Updates You Need to Know Today
- Episode 185 – Sucessfully Selling on Amazon During an Economic Downturn
- Episode 184 – The Bad Habits of Unsuccessful Amazon Sellers
- Episode 183 – Is Amazon Saturated with Too Many Sellers?
- Episode 182 – Dealing with Counterfeit or Intellectual Property (IP) Claims on Amazon (Part 2)
- Episode 181 – Dealing with Counterfeit or Intellectual Property (IP) Claims on Amazon (Part 1)
- Episode 180 – How to Earn 5 (or even 6) Figures a Month on Amazon
- Episode 179 – How to Follow Rabbit Trails to Find More Inventory to Sell
- Episode 178 – Things You Need to Give Up in Your Amazon Business
- Episode 177 – How We Grew a Wholesale Account to Six Figures – Case Study
- Episode 176 – Top 2 Secrets for Finding More Inventory to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 175 – What to Unlearn to Successfully Sell Wholesale on Amazon
- Episode 174 – Seven More Beginner Pitfalls to Amazon FBA Success
- Episode 173 – Seven Beginner Pitfalls to Amazon FBA Success
- Episode 172 – The Sneaky Mistake that’s Sabotaging Your Amazon Business
- Episode 171 – Overcoming Overwhelm in Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 170 – Amazon Reseller New Year Resolutions!
- Episode 169 – Happy New Year!
2022 Episodes and Show Notes
- Episode 168 – Christmas Greetings!
- Episode 167 – Why We Don’t Recommend Drop Shipping for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 166 – How to Handle Post-Christmas Price Drops
- Episode 165 – December Reseller Strategies for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 164 – How the Right Relationships Can 10x Your Amazon Profits
- Episode 163 – Q4 Mistakes Even Smart Amazon Sellers Make
- Episode 162 – Q4 Sourcing Strategies for the Busy Amazon Seller
- Episode 161 – The Top Five Toys to Resell on Amazon Every Q4
- Episode 160 – Reseller Secrets to Black Friday Profits with Kristin Ostrander
- Episode 159 – How to Best Handle Amazon Fee Increases
- Episode 158 – Top Q4 Pivots We Make in Our Amazon Business
- Episode 157 – The 2nd Most Expensive Sourcing Mistake You Could Ever Make
- Episode 156 – The Most Expensive Sourcing Mistake You Could Ever Make
- Episode 155 – Top Things to Ignore as an Amazon Seller
- Episode 154 – Why You’re Not Finding Any Inventory to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 153 – What Does an Amazon Sales Rank of Zero Mean?
- Episode 152 – How to Ruin Your Q4
- Episode 151 – The Q4 Snowball Effect for Massive Q4 Profits
- Episode 150 – Top Online Arbitrage Mistakes to Avoid
- Episode 149 – Wholesale Sourcing: How to Turn a No Into a Yes
- Episode 148 – How We Found Our Top 5 Wholesale Accounts
- Episode 147 – Creative Places to Find Profitable Inventory to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 146 – Strategies to Reduce Excess Inventory at Amazon FBA Warehouses
- Episode 145 – Tool Review – RevSeller Online Arbitrage & Wholesale Sourcing Tool
- Episode 144 – How to Have Multiple Streams of Income via Amazon
- Episode 143 – 10 Mistakes Even Smart Amazon Sellers Make
- Episode 142 – Increase Profits by Thinking Like an Amazon Customer
- Episode 141 – Six Pillars of Achieving Long-Term Success with Amazon FBA
- Episode 140 – Top Pitfalls for Amazon Resellers that Make Them Want to Quit
- Episode 139 – Mindset Hacks to Find More Inventory to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 138 – Sourcing Strategy Hacks to Find More Inventory to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 137 – 5 More Major Profit Leaks for Amazon FBA Sellers
- Episode 136 – The Most Profitable Pricing and Repricing Strategies
- Episode 135 – Overcoming Your Biggest Competition for Amazon Success
- Episode 134 – Understanding Amazon’s Search Algorithm as a Reseller
- Episode 133 – Garage Sale Sourcing Secrets for Amazon Resellers
- Episode 132 – Reselling Board Games for Big Money on Amazon
- Episode 131 – Understanding Variations on Amazon as a Reseller
- Episode 130 – Top 8 Books That Will Improve Your Amazon Business
- Episode 129 – Top Amazon Sellers Share Their Biggest Mistakes and Failures
- Episode 128 – Amazon Reseller Time Management Strategies for Success
- Episode 127 – What is a Good ROI for Amazon Resellers?
- Episode 126 – What You DON’T Need to Be Successful Selling Wholesale Items on Amazon
- Episode 125 – The Wholesale Formula Course – Student Success Interview
- Episode 124 – Biggest Wholesale Mistakes I Made with My First Order
- Episode 123 – Pros and Cons of Wholesale Sourcing Strategies
- Episode 122 – How to Increase Your ASP (Average Selling Price)
- Episode 121 – Why You Should Raise Your ASP (Average Selling Price)
- Episode 120 – Avoiding the Top Scams that Target Amazon Sellers
- Episode 119 – Reseller Advertising Strategies for Increased Profits (with Jo Ann Zimmerman)
- Episode 118 – Amazon FBA Predictions for 2022 (And Beyond)
- Episode 117 – Maximum Profits in the New Year – Q1 Success Strategies
2021 Episodes and Show Notes
- Episode 116 – Our Christmas Gift to You: Bloopers from Our First 100 Episodes
- Episode 115 – 5 Amazon FBA Strategies for After Christmas Success
- Episode 114 – Amazon Experts Share Their Top Reseller Resources for Success
- Episode 113 – Should You Take Out a Loan For Inventory to Sell on Amazon?
- Episode 112 – Six Q4 Pricing and Sourcing Strategies to Increase Your Profits
- Episode 111 – Should You Merchant Fulfill in Q4?
- Episode 110 – Understanding the Suppressed Amazon Buy Box (And How to Restore It)
- Episode 109 – Seven Things Not to Do In Q4 as an Amazon Seller
- Episode 108 – Ten Black Friday Sourcing Strategies to Maximize Reseller Profits
- Episode 107 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Buying Items with High Sales Ranks
- Episode 106 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Branching Out into New Amazon Categories
- Episode 105 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of an Empty Cart
- Episode 104 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Going Too Deep on a Buy
- Episode 103 – Top Google Chrome Extensions for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 102 – Avoid Burnout in your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 101 – What to Do Next in Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 100 – Top Amazon Reseller Lessons Learned from 100 Episodes
- Episode 99 – How to Increase Sales on Slow Moving Inventory
- Episode 98 – Is the Amazon Seller Marketplace Saturated with Too Many Sellers?
- Episode 97 – Seven Ways to Find More Inventory to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 96 – Why We Don’t Private Label (And What We Do Instead)
- Episode 95 – How to Handle Amazon Product Compliance Requests (Pesticides, Children’s Toys, Etc.)
- Episode 94 – Is The Wholesale Formula Course Worth It?
- Episode 93 – Wholesale Sourcing Mistakes Amazon Sellers Make – Dylan Frost Interview
- Episode 92 – 8 Things You Need To Start Selling Wholesale Items on Amazon
- Episode 91 – Maximize Learning with Free or Paid Reseller Trainings
- Episode 90 – Selling on Amazon: Easier or Harder Than 5 Years Ago?
- Episode 89 – Four Replens You Should Be Selling on Amazon
- Episode 88 – How Replens Boost Your Sales and Profits in Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 87 – Wrong Questions Amazon Sellers Ask (And What To Ask Instead)
- Episode 86 – Big Lessons From an Amazon Fulfillment Tour
- Episode 85 – Amazon FBA Growth Hacks (That Require No Sourcing)
- Episode 84 – Adding Wholesale Bundles to Your Amazon Business with Kristin Ostrander
- Episode 83 – Creating Profitable Bundles to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 82 – Six Things We Wish We Did Earlier in Our Amazon Business
- Episode 81 – How Sellers Can Compete Against Amazon and Win the Buy Box!
- Episode 80 – Spring Cleaning Profits for Your Amazon FBA Account
- Episode 79 – Using Tactical Arbitrage for Online Arbitrage and Wholesale Sourcing
- Episode 78 – Selling Seasonal Items on Amazon for Big Profits
- Episode 77 – How to Avoid the Race to the Bottom For Amazon Sellers
- Episode 76 – What To Do When Your Inventory Doesn’t Sell
- Episode 75 – Amazon Stats That will Blow your Mind
- Episode 74 – Working With a Partner or Spouse in Your Amazon Business
- Episode 73 – Time Management Tips for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 72 – How Ian Bower Averages $40K a Month with Wholesale Sourcing
- Episode 71 – The Biggest Wholesale Sourcing Myths – Interview with Dan Meadors
- Episode 70 – Why Add Wholesale Sourcing to Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 69 – How To Turn Your Returned Items Into Profits
- Episode 68 – “Why Are My Sales So Slow?”
- Episode 67 – Time vs. Money and How to Get More of Both!
- Episode 66 – The Secret Ingredient to Success with your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 65 – Is Amazon Trying to Get Rid of Third-Party Sellers?
2020 Episodes and Show Notes
- Episode 64 – Successful Goal Setting for Amazon FBA Sellers with Jo Ann Zimmerman
- Episode 63 – Life Skills for Amazon FBA Success with Peter Smotherman
- Episode 62 – How Not to Waste Your Q4 Profits
- Episode 61 – Top Strategies for Finishing The Year Strong
- Episode 60 – How Amazon Sellers Use Deal Lists For Maximum Profits
- Episode 59 – How Gratitude Impacts The Success of Your FBA Business
- Episode 58 – November Sourcing Ideas and Strategies for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 57 – Online Arbitrage Tips for Black Friday Sourcing
- Episode 56 – Clearance Sourcing Tips to Help Increase Amazon FBA Profits
- Episode 55 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Amazon Account Suspension
- Episode 54 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Hiring Help
- Episode 53 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Making Sourcing Mistakes
- Episode 52 – Fears Series – Overcoming Your Fear of Tanking Prices
- Episode 51 – Selling Oversized Items for Supersized Profits on Amazon
- Episode 50 – How to Prepare for Q4 for Maximum Sales and Profits
- Episode 49 – Five Major Profit Leaks for Amazon FBA Sellers
- Episode 48 – Halloween Profits for Amazon FBA Sellers
- Episode 47 – How an Automatic Repricer Literally Doubled My Amazon Sales
- Episode 46 – Is Buy and Hold a Good Strategy for Amazon Sellers?
- Episode 45 – From Retail Arbitrage to Wholesale – An Amazon Success Story With Dan Meadors
- Episode 44 – Reverse Wholesale Sourcing – Interview with Dylan Frost, Million Dollar Seller
- Episode 43 – How to Get Approved to Sell Restricted Brands on Amazon
- Episode 42 – How Amazon Sellers Can Use Poshmark For More Sales
- Episode 41 – How to Deal with Amazon Returns so They Don’t Ruin Your Business
- Episode 40 – The Three Keys to Long-Term Amazon FBA Success
- Episode 39 – Amazon to Amazon Flips – Online Arbitrage Strategies with Jo Ann Zimmerman
- Episode 38 – There Still Room for New Amazon FBA Sellers
- Episode 37 – Overcoming Your Fear of Starting to Sell on Amazon
- Episode 36 – Top Amazon FBA Myths You Need to Stop Believing
- Episode 35 – Why Some Amazon Sellers Sell at a Loss (And How That Impacts You.)
- Episode 34 – How the eBay App Can Help Amazon FBA Sellers Make More Money
- Episode 33 – Top 9 Free Tools for Amazon FBA Resellers
- Episode 32 – Online Arbitrage – Advanced Strategies for OA Success
- Episode 31 – Online Arbitrage – Beginner Strategies for OA Success
- Episode 30 – The Truth Behind Amazon’s Return Policy
- Episode 29 – Where to Find Profitable Wholesale Accounts for Amazon Sellers
- Episode 28 – Six Risky Amazon Strategies and Why We Don’t Teach Them
- Episode 27 – Behind the Scenes of the Full-Time FBA Amazon Business
- Episode 26 – Seven Things You Should Stop Doing in Your Amazon FBA Business
- Episode 25 – Gain Confidence and Overcome Imposter Syndrome
- Episode 24 – Inauthentic Claims and How to Respond, with Kim Coghlan
- Episode 23 – Amazon Announces a Temporary Pause for FBA Sellers
- Episode 22 – How to Respond to Coronavirus / COVID-19 as an Amazon FBA Seller
- Episode 21 – Amazon Sales Rank: The Top 8 Things You Need to Know
- Episode 20 – Improve Your Amazon Feedback Score the Easy Way
- Episode 19 – Find Profitable Inventory Even With Limited Funds
- Episode 18 – How to Earn More Sourcing Money to Buy Amazon Inventory
- Episode 17 – How to Find Profitable Inventory to Sell on Amazon When You’re Broke
- Episode 16 – How You Can Succeed on Amazon When Most Sellers Quit
- Episode 15 – Why You Should Be Excited About Selling on Amazon
2019 Episodes and Show Notes
- Episode 14 – How to Have Your Best Amazon FBA Q4 Ever
- Episode 13 – Communicating with a Seller Central Support Rep
- Episode 12 – Start Selling Wholesale on Amazon with Dan Meadors of The Wholesale Formula
- Episode 11 – Outsourcing Prep, Pack & Shipping – Amanda Sheppard of Brown Box Ninja
- Episode 10 – Outsourcing: Make More Money by Working Less on Your Amazon Business
- Episode 9 – How to Avoid the Summer Sales Slowdown on Amazon
- Episode 8 – Who is Rebecca Smotherman from Full-Time FBA?
- Episode 7 – How Your Mindset Impacts Amazon Profits and Sales
- Episode 6 – Interview with Chris Grant of Clear The Shelf about Retail and Online Arbitrage
- Episode 5 – The Top 7 Amazon FBA Profit Killers
- Episode 4 – The Top 6 Amazon FBA Profit Accelerators
- Episode 3 – Interview with Jessica Larrew of The Selling Family
- Episode 2 – How to Win the Amazon Buy Box for Increased Sales
- Episode 1 – Who is Stephen Smotherman from Full-Time FBA?
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