My First Year Selling On Amazon FBA - The Honest Results

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Travis Marziani

Travis Marziani

Күн бұрын

Calvin shares the HONEST results of his first year selling on Amazon, including his revenue/profit, Amazon fees, mistakes, and the TRUTH ABOUT AMAZON FBA!
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Calvin's Product
1:39 How Did Calvin Start his Business
2:32 Branding
2:46 Product Design
3:14 Setting Up Business Legally
3:54 Production Run
4:33 Shipping
5:14 Product Listing
5:25 UPC
5:51 Trademark
6:41 Monthly Numbers
12:58 1st Year Numbers
13:51 3 Big Mistakes
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@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
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@CaliVapor
@CaliVapor Ай бұрын
Thank you for putting so much effort into these videos. I really appreciate it.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Glad that I could help! Thanks for watching!
@chrismurphy7922
@chrismurphy7922 18 күн бұрын
Travis, maybe you should start doing videos on how many people tried and failed. Maybe we can all learn from the mistakes of others
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 12 күн бұрын
I do have a playlist on that. You can check it out here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fuCcbMVp2djdlIk.html
@BonVoyageWorld
@BonVoyageWorld 7 күн бұрын
I like the most to hear that he went back to help his family. Beautiful story brother, wish you all the best!
@S-u-r-e-n
@S-u-r-e-n 21 күн бұрын
Oh wow man. Can't wait to start!
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 19 күн бұрын
Awesome! You can do this!
@wilsonfelixhernandezcasado8505
@wilsonfelixhernandezcasado8505 17 күн бұрын
Thank you Travis for running these numbers. I am quite impressed on how much money he made as a beginner.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 15 күн бұрын
Thanks Wilson! It is possible if you use the right method.
@omidnoorshams4280
@omidnoorshams4280 Ай бұрын
2nd month, he ran out of inventory. I assume he did in the middle of the month and he placed an order. You are subtracting the order which is for the future sell from the monthly revenue which does not make sense. If you run out of inventory you may lose the opportunity, amazon ranking, and etc but you do not directly lose money. I am not an accountant but well that did not sound good. One reason that he lost money is because of returns, so the first month he actually did not make that amount since the returns would hit the second month.
@octvius9448
@octvius9448 27 күн бұрын
This success will be mine too!!! ❤❤ thanks for this video Travis
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 25 күн бұрын
Awesome! You can do this!
@myobjectivescoding
@myobjectivescoding Ай бұрын
thank you travis love these videos
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Great to hear that! Thanks for watching!
@maykelsanchez8259
@maykelsanchez8259 7 күн бұрын
Brother, I like your videos, but the truth is that there are many gaps in this video that are very important to know the reality. Many people who have never sold on Amazon may get excited and, in the end, may get disappointed when they realize that reality is not as you describe in this video. For example, when you start showing the numbers month by month, you don't include the PPC costs, and I don't think that person could have launched their product without PPC. Assuming they didn't use PPC and sent external traffic to start, that also involves significant expenses. You don't talk about returns. That's also an important cost that Amazon takes from your pocket, among other things. In short, it would be very useful for new sellers if you provide more realistic data in another video. Thank you.
@enzoleva1
@enzoleva1 13 күн бұрын
Hello Travis, does the person you hire for quality control in china check the quality of your specific ready-to-ship bulk run of products?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 12 күн бұрын
It depends on what your agreement is with the inspector but it is possible
@SAlamdarBokhari
@SAlamdarBokhari 7 күн бұрын
Which shipping company did he use to ship his product from China to the US Amazon warehouse??
@cleoong17
@cleoong17 Ай бұрын
Hey Travis! How would you suggest going about looking for a product controller?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Thanks for the question! This needs a more in-depth answer, I'll get back to you on this!
@abdulrahmanmohamed6624
@abdulrahmanmohamed6624 13 сағат бұрын
@@TravisMarziani its been one month
@fabiobalan3583
@fabiobalan3583 5 күн бұрын
But do I need to have a stock of products at home?
@aryanasmith4426
@aryanasmith4426 19 күн бұрын
I extremely like the video, man. Very helpful and informative. Thank you very much. It is presented so well too. Great, positive work.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 18 күн бұрын
Glad you think so, Aryana! Thanks for watching!
@faryalkhan1563
@faryalkhan1563 Ай бұрын
Informative video. One question Was he selling only one product? If yes , is this the right strategy to sell one product only?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
You can use this method even if you're selling multiple products. However, I would recommend starting with one first and then adding more later on
@ahrarahrar7416
@ahrarahrar7416 28 күн бұрын
Hi how we can whole sale fba model selling in uae market with out LLC and company???
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 27 күн бұрын
I'm actually not a fan of that method. I talk more about that here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLRpdtaG38C5iH0.htmlfeature=shared
@gogemusicimprov4421
@gogemusicimprov4421 24 күн бұрын
I checked "Chef's Haven," the product this guy is selling. It says 200+ units sold last month. That means less than 300 sold per month. That is revenue of $15000 or less. So why is discrepancy?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 22 күн бұрын
There's no discrepancy here. Did you check all the other variations?
@shewasnumber1
@shewasnumber1 Ай бұрын
Good for him! Se nota que es un muchacho humilde 😊
@bizssnl
@bizssnl 7 күн бұрын
Was PPC spent considered in profits? It is the most important thing to be considered while calculating profits.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 5 күн бұрын
Yes it was
@kaalamanathiwaga4889
@kaalamanathiwaga4889 22 күн бұрын
Does Amazon FBA has its own customer service and we were just the that will upload the product?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 18 күн бұрын
Yes, they have their own customer database. You can check out this video to know more about it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbpjht2oluDVl3k.htmlfeature=shared
@markhagen3559
@markhagen3559 Ай бұрын
Travis, at 15:06 you said that you can hire a quality control agent around for around $100. What is the name of the quality control company that you recommend?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Thanks for the question! I'll get back to you on this
@pinayfay
@pinayfay 16 күн бұрын
Same question
@jordansmith9483
@jordansmith9483 15 күн бұрын
@@TravisMarziani answer this question please. 🙏
@BabaLoochi
@BabaLoochi 12 күн бұрын
@@TravisMarziani Travis, I would greatly appreciate the answer to this question. Or at least how to go about finding a good one.
@ecomlyfe
@ecomlyfe Ай бұрын
Why would you not just up the price instead of always running out?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
i wouldn't recommend that
@MuhammadWali-ot6vg
@MuhammadWali-ot6vg Ай бұрын
Hey we are launching a product in us market it was grocery catogory would you help me to scale that product❤
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
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@PaulKitsos
@PaulKitsos Ай бұрын
you guys don't mention ppc costs for the month. that is the biggest cost
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
You don’t have to spend money on PPC, it’s optional. If I remember correctly he wasn’t using ppc
@PaulKitsos
@PaulKitsos Ай бұрын
@@TravisMarziani look at the 8:39m mark of video. He c learly mentions keywords and using ppc. you know you can't sell anything n amazon without ppc today's age. I am selling 5 products right now and without ppc they might as well not be there
@alexiathemistocleous2493
@alexiathemistocleous2493 Ай бұрын
Indeed he mentioned ppc. Doing my research it is so difficult to be successful without using PPC.
@TWENTY6ENTERPRISE
@TWENTY6ENTERPRISE Ай бұрын
When doing these videos can you ask how much time and effort each interviewee did per month/week. Some people work 40 hrs a week trying this and give up when really the *magic* number is 60 hrs 2 make $40k per month. Knowing how much time and effort needed will really demystify more of the Amazon selling process. Also, some people dont realize that you may make a profit of say 10K in a month but some of that will be used to buy inventory for the next month due to rolling inventory costs. Talking about rolling inventory costs will also be a big help. I alpreciate this video, very informative.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion!
@amalik441
@amalik441 20 күн бұрын
I need to contact this guy !
@daniyal5082
@daniyal5082 Ай бұрын
Show the money spent on PPC/Amazon Advertising also next time, thanks!
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
He wasn't using ppc if I remember correctly
@ImranHussain-kd1vm
@ImranHussain-kd1vm Ай бұрын
You showed how much he spent on ppc
@DanielaGrande-Koren
@DanielaGrande-Koren Ай бұрын
@@TravisMarziani you said in your video he used PPC.
@cheyenne3380
@cheyenne3380 27 күн бұрын
@@TravisMarziani how he generated the sales?
@eco8842
@eco8842 Күн бұрын
@@TravisMarzianiyou are bullshitter man. You cannot bullshit real amazon sellers.
@PowerfullMotivation26
@PowerfullMotivation26 Ай бұрын
Hello brother your content is super helpful but why editing quality is low I can help you out by editing High quality videos ☺❤
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Thanks for the offer but I'm good
@tariqs2072
@tariqs2072 2 күн бұрын
I'm left scratching my head after hearing his manufacturer couldn't keep up with his 400k in sales. It's not that much for a manufacturer. I'm curious why he encountered this problem 😮
@LeanAgile
@LeanAgile 21 күн бұрын
PPC Fee?
@discoverybubble1481
@discoverybubble1481 20 күн бұрын
Pay per click
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 19 күн бұрын
You can check out this video to know more about that kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpafZL10sJfek4E.htmlfeature=shared
@Russell0
@Russell0 Ай бұрын
wow
@akshaysharma30498
@akshaysharma30498 24 күн бұрын
I am a software developer making decent income and I am used to this lifestyle now, but I do not wish to continue doing a job, I just want to have something of my own, have a source of passive income. I am not creative tho and everything seems saturated :/
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 22 күн бұрын
You might want to try out the passion product method. This is what I did to make a passive income business on Amazon FBA
@vishnu2699
@vishnu2699 Ай бұрын
No traffic getting to work or 9-5
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Agreed!
@blindluckproject1217
@blindluckproject1217 21 күн бұрын
Running inventory as a startup isn’t a mistake. It’s part of learning. Imagine ording $40K out of the gate on a product that flops?
@JavierTorres-ng6ct
@JavierTorres-ng6ct 11 күн бұрын
I think the key is to, lets say you order 4k worth of inventory and if you run out maybe bump it to 6k, and if that runs out bump it to 8k and just finding the sweet spot? I could be just yapping since ive never sold on amazon BUT i will start very soon, just getting capital atm.
@Platelunchexpress
@Platelunchexpress Ай бұрын
Amazon takes a huge chunk
@brandondeakins564
@brandondeakins564 Ай бұрын
Ya, you can avoid that by starting your own online marketplace, growing it to 100s of millions of buyers, spending millions on advertising, investing in 100s of warehouses, 1000s of delivery trucks, and paying 1000s of employees. Just do all of that and you can skip paying Amazon a cut....
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
It's just right don't you think since they are basically doing a lot to get your product to the customers. You also have to consider the amount of money, time and effort that Amazon spent to get where they are now
@ImranHussain-kd1vm
@ImranHussain-kd1vm Ай бұрын
Doesn't matter how much you pay them, key points is you gey freedom
@Submersed24
@Submersed24 27 күн бұрын
@@brandondeakins564cool eventually when this becomes the only way of business and it’s making record profits while you make nothing remember that
@Chris-n5v4s
@Chris-n5v4s 8 күн бұрын
Can you resell branded products for example Samsung products?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 7 күн бұрын
You need to provide proper documentation for that showing you are authorize to sell the brand
@amalik441
@amalik441 20 күн бұрын
$997 for course ? not free then ?
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 19 күн бұрын
There is a free version as well as a paid one.
@beautifulllandescapes7849
@beautifulllandescapes7849 25 күн бұрын
Amazon take my funds without any notice or reason the funds are not showing I was trying to call seller support the option also been disabled
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 25 күн бұрын
Is it not for the fees? You can open a case on this so seller support can address it
@InspireToTravel2023
@InspireToTravel2023 22 күн бұрын
this is way far from reality, first that they haven't talked that most knew seller faced is Amazon Ads that consumed lots of your revenue. do not fell in this trick, as they all want to make video and make money from this interview nothing else. not easy to make money from Amazon there are lots competitors that you can't even come close to them with your 4-5000 dollars.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 18 күн бұрын
We did talk about PPC in the video. Did you watch until the end?
@InspireToTravel2023
@InspireToTravel2023 18 күн бұрын
@@TravisMarziani well, you have but wasn't the reality, you can launch a product and with one product you become rich. first when you launch a product until you don't do ppc ads, people will not find you even in the 50 pages of Amazon so you can sell. second, when you do ppc you have to have more than 1000 in stocks and you can do with 250, and selll 20 items in a day. however, the Jungle scout and Helium is bull sh*it, it shows the product that selling more but when you launch that product even with very low price no one purchase that, now you may tell me that listings and pictures and blah blah, don't worry every thing we done correctly even better than the one who sell more but the reason some thing else which review and having control of the market. you can not compete with 5000 dollar cash with the who has 50,000 dollar investment including experience. so I suggest be realistic and help people show the reality and tell the dark side too as you say the good side. thanks
@moshah2
@moshah2 Ай бұрын
Hard to believe. I have product with 4.1 stars I’m luck to break even after PPC and Amazon taking all the money. He’s making all this money with 3.5stars and very little review.
@aaronsandberg21
@aaronsandberg21 Ай бұрын
Your margins suck then
@venkputta271
@venkputta271 Ай бұрын
same i feel like half his videos have made-up numbers. But speaking about your product, do you spend too much on PPC's? or is your product not priced very high, I could be wrong but you should at-least have a 10% profit margin at the very least, and comfortably around 22%.
@morphanok6932
@morphanok6932 Ай бұрын
@@venkputta271 Would that figure be after PPC?
@venkputta271
@venkputta271 Ай бұрын
@@morphanok6932 ya profit should be minimum 10% realistically between 18-22%, after PPC, selling fee, p&p fee, product costs etc. I had a few products do well over covid but I stopped since i went back to school for masters. I'm graduating this summer and want to get back into FBA that's why I commented under the video. what's ur story
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Maybe you should consider adjusting your margins
@ahmedmustafa6493
@ahmedmustafa6493 Ай бұрын
Can you give me this course for free
@noulafrantz8589
@noulafrantz8589 Ай бұрын
Why
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын
Hey man! Here's a free guide you can check out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc15Zaiir6eliZs.htmlfeature=shared
@clothchair
@clothchair 20 күн бұрын
Too bad, Temu, I mean Amazon will be selling them for $14.99 in a few months.
@leetuitamo7782
@leetuitamo7782 12 сағат бұрын
Yall .... I am an amazon seller and let me tell you - Selling $400,000 and getting only $100,000 in profit for the year sucks when you look at how much work and headache is involved with dealing with crap quality from China, competition from copycats that come up and steal your sales, customers who lie and return stuff defective, etc. These videos fool you into thinking it is a great no-brainer but the reality is it is real work and it just sucks. Go explore more profitable ways to do business. You have to sell massive amounts in order to make money on Amazon and deal with a ton of BS on all sides. Is 25% profit good to you? This video makes it sound like it but it leaves out many of his other costs. I didn't see it talk about the loss of money in returned product because of poor quality. Plus he got a California business license but lives in Florida? Anyway - TAXES! especially in CA. This dude quit his job. Is he really living off $100,000 a year (less if you take out even more costs of doing business). He will have to work hard to beat down the copycats especially since he just revealed his business on this video. He's gonna have to get back on Helium 10 to find a new product to sell. More research time. And he even admitted that he just copied someone else selling the same product and just did a better job with marketing. Like I said - Amazon is flooded with copycats! It's a very tough market! You can only make money by starting a KZfaq channel and talking about selling. People like MyAmazonGuy have admitted that they have scaled back their selling on Amazon BUT STILL DO VIDEOS because that's where they are really making the money now.
@H3ll4Flush
@H3ll4Flush 21 күн бұрын
he never tell your name when how he started his business
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 18 күн бұрын
Huh? Did you even watch the whole video?
@toptips4880
@toptips4880 27 күн бұрын
cool🎉
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 25 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@Platelunchexpress
@Platelunchexpress Ай бұрын
Woaaaah that’s terrible though, he isn’t keeping much of his earrings
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 22 күн бұрын
It's understandable though with the costs and fees of selling on Amazon, but you also get what you pay for so it's all good
@naramehti9861
@naramehti9861 23 күн бұрын
omg speaking so fast, impossible to understand
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 22 күн бұрын
You can adjust the speed in the video to suit you. Anyway, thanks for the feedback
@FBATEAM247Agency
@FBATEAM247Agency Күн бұрын
We don’t see his ppc cost 😂😂😂 which can be higher then his earnings 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani Күн бұрын
Did you not watch the whole video?
@jabeddh
@jabeddh 23 күн бұрын
Gosh, you are annoying. Can you please let him talk and also talk as an interviewer, not translate everything as if you are talking about someone third person.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 18 күн бұрын
I am letting him talk. Did you not watch the video?
@BabaLoochi
@BabaLoochi 12 күн бұрын
@@TravisMarzianiYou did a good job. Don’t worry. I’m learning lots of great info from these videos. I like that you control it so the points you are trying to make are concise.
@asadmuhammad2469
@asadmuhammad2469 10 күн бұрын
Sorry but no offense Travis! You talk more with less useful content. You need to increase the content proportion with less amount of talk making yourself more inspiring and look mature as well. I mean the content delivered in 16 mins could be within 6 mins but more side talks, emotional and marketing stunts made it lengthy, boring and childish.
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 7 күн бұрын
I disagree but thanks for the feedback nonetheless
@samira-uq9lm
@samira-uq9lm 25 күн бұрын
HI Travis , I just started my amazon seller account and I'm really in need of help from adding product to finding product and mu h more I would like your help please I don't want to keep paying Amazon monthly fee and not having product to sell. please if you could be my mentor for little bite and help me out to get my first product out would be very nice of you. please
@TravisMarziani
@TravisMarziani 25 күн бұрын
Hey Samira! would be happy to be your mentor. I do have a program where I help new sellers create their Amazon FBA business, from finding a product to sell to launching it on Amazon. You can sign up to the waitlist here www.effectiveecommerce.com/amazoncourse
@samira-uq9lm
@samira-uq9lm 20 күн бұрын
@@TravisMarziani Hi, Thanks for your response. I have quick question regarding LLC and EIN number for the Amazon seller account. I have not open that yet I want to make some sells first and then open a LLC with EIN number is it ok to wait and do that after couple of sells? Or can I use my husband business EIN number and open a DBA under his LLC would it be ok with amazon please answer my question. Thank you inn advance.
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