My First Year Selling On Amazon FBA

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My First Year Selling On Amazon FBA - The Honest Results

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Travis Marziani

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@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

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@CaliVapor 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting so much effort into these videos. I really appreciate it.

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

Glad that I could help! Thanks for watching!

@margaritavernet 15 күн бұрын

@TravisMarziani Thanks for the info Travis! I didn't understand the second month, the amount he said he lost doesn't make sense to me. I must be missing some costs, can you please explain it?

@leetuitamo7782 Ай 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.

@EagleVet 27 күн бұрын

Yeah trying to find something myself. Any ideas dm my way. Thanks for the info.

@insubject9245 21 күн бұрын

💯 agree with you they never told you about the dark side of this business. what about return, negative reviews, fake buyers, ip complaints bla bla and one morning u'll wake up and find Amazon has removed ur listing all of ur inventory will go in drain and u already left the job ??? like seriously it's very easy to sit in an office and fascinate the peoples

@steve6375 17 күн бұрын

Agree.One of the major 'mistakes' he made was he 'ran out of inventory'. Well how is he supposed to order and pay for more inventory when he hasn't received the money from Amazon yet. He had about 5k in cash at the start, but he really needed at least 15k in cash in order to scale up in inventory once the product started selling well. Also, what about when the product stops selling well (due to competition, poor reviews, quality issues or whatever). He will be left with a lot of stock which he is paying Amazon to store every month. It just ain't that simple!

@Mohamad0311 14 күн бұрын

They make money of telling you how good a business is and how to do it while themselves don't make money of such business.

@wernerpijlman 14 күн бұрын

well i found it also strange why in the hell they want to tell evrything if its such a good business

@chrismurphy7922 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

I do have a playlist on that. You can check it out here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fuCcbMVp2djdlIk.html

@suzyc8317 27 күн бұрын

I believe that's not the right number of his profit. There is amazon storage fee.

@dcontreras22 27 күн бұрын

Great question. Example of numbers... out of 1000 people, only 5 make it big?

@VSL_babyface 26 күн бұрын

if he shown u the failed results, he cant make a dime off u 😂😂

@wilsonfelixhernandezcasado8505 Ай бұрын

Thank you Travis for running these numbers. I am quite impressed on how much money he made as a beginner.

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Thanks Wilson! It is possible if you use the right method.

@promentheusmaximusgearzone7787 26 күн бұрын

I know somebody who is an independent contractor engineer, he doesn't do 9-5, if he has a project he is very busy and has long hour to complete the project. Depends of the client, but honestly he has a repeat clients that he trust, for variety of reasons. He makes good money.

@TravisMarziani 23 күн бұрын

That's good but some of us just want the freedom that having a passive income business gives

@BonVoyageWorld Ай бұрын

I like the most to hear that he went back to help his family. Beautiful story brother, wish you all the best!

@TravisMarziani 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Zachhaze 23 күн бұрын

I was cracking up this whole video 😂😂. The guy would say “as you showed us in your course” and the host would give the nod of approval

@annmariesmith3697 9 күн бұрын

he got his friend go come on an act as if he used his course

@omidnoorshams4280 2 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.

@TheEtrepreneur 13 күн бұрын

man this format is killing it! conversational point by point, never seen before. 👏👏

@TravisMarziani 7 күн бұрын

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

@maykelsanchez8259 Ай 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.

@TravisMarziani 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! We did talk about PPC though in the video

@mattoates9050 11 күн бұрын

@@TravisMarziani Yeah without the costs which is an expense and impacts net profit. Pointless doing the expenses if you're not going to count them all.

@blindluckproject1217 Ай 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 Ай 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.

@tariqs2072 Ай 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 😮

@SabrososBrand 29 күн бұрын

There's no way he made 400K in revenue just from one single listing.... how exactly ?! none the less you earned a subscriber

@gogemusicimprov4421 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

There's no discrepancy here. Did you check all the other variations?

@ecomlyfe 2 ай бұрын

Why would you not just up the price instead of always running out?

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

i wouldn't recommend that

@daniyal5082 2 ай бұрын

Show the money spent on PPC/Amazon Advertising also next time, thanks!

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

He wasn't using ppc if I remember correctly

@ImranHussain-kd1vm 2 ай бұрын

You showed how much he spent on ppc

@DanielaGrande-Koren 2 ай бұрын

@@TravisMarziani you said in your video he used PPC.

@cheyenne3380 Ай бұрын

@@TravisMarziani how he generated the sales?

@eco8842 Ай бұрын

@@TravisMarzianiyou are bullshitter man. You cannot bullshit real amazon sellers.

@tammyrealty 13 сағат бұрын

I'm confused how everyone has 3 major mistakes that they make shouldn't all these mistake be covered in your course Travis so people don't make them?

@SamiKhan-di4vm 14 күн бұрын

no one can teach like you. thanks sir to you

@TravisMarziani 14 күн бұрын

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

@TWENTY6ENTERPRISE 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

@S-u-r-e-n Ай бұрын

Oh wow man. Can't wait to start!

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Awesome! You can do this!

@PaulKitsos 2 ай бұрын

you guys don't mention ppc costs for the month. that is the biggest cost

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

You don’t have to spend money on PPC, it’s optional. If I remember correctly he wasn’t using ppc

@PaulKitsos 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Indeed he mentioned ppc. Doing my research it is so difficult to be successful without using PPC.

@aryanasmith4426 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

Glad you think so, Aryana! Thanks for watching!

@octvius9448 Ай бұрын

This success will be mine too!!! ❤❤ thanks for this video Travis

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Awesome! You can do this!

@bizssnl Ай бұрын

Was PPC spent considered in profits? It is the most important thing to be considered while calculating profits.

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Yes it was

@mattoates9050 11 күн бұрын

@@TravisMarziani No it wasnt

@shewasnumber1 2 ай бұрын

Good for him! Se nota que es un muchacho humilde 😊

@567Patt 13 күн бұрын

I think i going to keep my Uber jobs. Thank. Nice work

@myobjectivescoding 2 ай бұрын

thank you travis love these videos

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

Great to hear that! Thanks for watching!

@SAlamdarBokhari Ай бұрын

Which shipping company did he use to ship his product from China to the US Amazon warehouse??

@cleoong17 2 ай бұрын

Hey Travis! How would you suggest going about looking for a product controller?

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the question! This needs a more in-depth answer, I'll get back to you on this!

@abdulrahmanmohamed6624 Ай бұрын

@@TravisMarziani its been one month

@travelnaturelover9325 3 күн бұрын

How can you run out of inventory, when you do listings dont you put how many you got in inventory? And also do you create listing? And you did advertising? Thanks

@TravisMarziani 21 сағат бұрын

This happens sometimes especially when you're just starting out and have no idea how much inventory you actually need

@Ovampa 12 күн бұрын

If I take your Course, will I get all the required knowledge to sell palm oil from Nigeria on Amazon FBA

@rosadeluna4262 12 күн бұрын

You should try to set up the shop on Amazon before you buy a course. It’s not too complicated.

@TravisMarziani 8 күн бұрын

Yes, the course can help you out with that. You can try it out and see for yourself if the course is right for you

@akshaysharma30498 Ай 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 Ай 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

@josuesuperstar 4 күн бұрын

@aks give me a call

@jayjay191 3 күн бұрын

Travis. Where can I find an independent quality inspection team in China to verify the quality of my product from the manufacturer? Thank you

@TravisMarziani 3 күн бұрын

Hey man! I talked about that in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5-gaLicmtqvhX0.htmlfeature=shared

@markhagen3559 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the question! I'll get back to you on this

@pinayfay Ай бұрын

Same question

@jordansmith9483 Ай бұрын

@@TravisMarziani answer this question please. 🙏

@NSTLgng Ай бұрын

@@TravisMarziani Travis, I would greatly appreciate the answer to this question. Or at least how to go about finding a good one.

@faryalkhan1563 2 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 2 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

@Platelunchexpress 2 ай бұрын

Amazon takes a huge chunk

@brandondeakins564 2 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 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter how much you pay them, key points is you gey freedom

@Submersed24 Ай бұрын

@@brandondeakins564cool eventually when this becomes the only way of business and it’s making record profits while you make nothing remember that

@enzoleva1 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

It depends on what your agreement is with the inspector but it is possible

@xst-k6 11 күн бұрын

wait, why was month ten cost of product 40% of revenue [$24K] when month one cost of product was only 29% or revenue [$2672]?

@TravisMarziani 7 күн бұрын

That's the cost of the products sold. It's higher in month ten as more products were sold then.

@HanaRosesHome 14 күн бұрын

What was his product? - I missed it.

@wendyyang10 10 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's a bamboo organizer

@manzoora8101 11 күн бұрын

Sure...

@vishnu2699 2 ай бұрын

No traffic getting to work or 9-5

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@PowerfullMotivation26 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the offer but I'm good

@kaalamanathiwaga4889 Ай бұрын

Does Amazon FBA has its own customer service and we were just the that will upload the product?

@TravisMarziani Ай 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

@Sales2024Maneger 12 күн бұрын

Is LLC legal support needed for non-US residents?

@TravisMarziani 8 күн бұрын

Yes, I would recommend that

@InspireToTravel2023 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

We did talk about PPC in the video. Did you watch until the end?

@InspireToTravel2023 Ай 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

@tublogcristino5883 15 күн бұрын

It’s crazy a lot of

@TravisMarziani 14 күн бұрын

Huh?

@MuhammadWali-ot6vg 2 ай бұрын

Hey we are launching a product in us market it was grocery catogory would you help me to scale that product❤

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

You can fill out this form if you want to partner with me effectiveecommerce.com/partner

@amalik441 Ай бұрын

$997 for course ? not free then ?

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

There is a free version as well as a paid one.

@ahrarahrar7416 Ай бұрын

Hi how we can whole sale fba model selling in uae market with out LLC and company???

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

I'm actually not a fan of that method. I talk more about that here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLRpdtaG38C5iH0.htmlfeature=shared

@LeanAgile Ай бұрын

PPC Fee?

@discoverybubble1481 Ай бұрын

Pay per click

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

You can check out this video to know more about that kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpafZL10sJfek4E.htmlfeature=shared

@astronautninja6369 9 күн бұрын

California's LLC is only $40. That's a bogus number. $800?

@TravisMarziani 9 күн бұрын

That's the annual franchise tax for the LLC

@amalik441 Ай бұрын

I need to contact this guy !

@Chris-n5v4s Ай бұрын

Can you resell branded products for example Samsung products?

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

You need to provide proper documentation for that showing you are authorize to sell the brand

@mukundchandrahasan5890 2 күн бұрын

3D render for $30??? I paid 600 for mine wtf

@TravisMarziani Күн бұрын

Where did you hire your designer from?

@fabiobalan3583 Ай бұрын

But do I need to have a stock of products at home?

@TravisMarziani 27 күн бұрын

You can keep some of your inventory at home to avoid paying a lot in storage fees. You can also send new stocks quickly in case you are running out

@clothchair Ай бұрын

Too bad, Temu, I mean Amazon will be selling them for $14.99 in a few months.

@beautifulllandescapes7849 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

Is it not for the fees? You can open a case on this so seller support can address it

@H3ll4Flush Ай бұрын

he never tell your name when how he started his business

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Huh? Did you even watch the whole video?

@moshah2 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Your margins suck then

@venkputta271 2 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 2 ай бұрын

@@venkputta271 Would that figure be after PPC?

@venkputta271 2 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 2 ай бұрын

Maybe you should consider adjusting your margins

@Russell0 2 ай бұрын

wow

@Platelunchexpress 2 ай бұрын

Woaaaah that’s terrible though, he isn’t keeping much of his earrings

@TravisMarziani Ай 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

@nm2368-o2e Ай бұрын

omg speaking so fast, impossible to understand

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

You can adjust the speed in the video to suit you. Anyway, thanks for the feedback

@FBATEAM247Agency Ай бұрын

We don’t see his ppc cost 😂😂😂 which can be higher then his earnings 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Did you not watch the whole video?

@asadmuhammad2469 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

I disagree but thanks for the feedback nonetheless

@raeeskhan6 18 күн бұрын

There is some catch here, these people always make it sound like a cash cow for their marketing needs.

@TravisMarziani 14 күн бұрын

Nope, nothing like that. This isn't a get-rich-quick scheme

@ahmedmustafa6493 2 ай бұрын

Can you give me this course for free

@noulafrantz8589 2 ай бұрын

Why

@TravisMarziani 2 ай бұрын

Hey man! Here's a free guide you can check out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc15Zaiir6eliZs.htmlfeature=shared

@toptips4880 Ай бұрын

cool🎉

@TravisMarziani Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@HasanRifino 17 күн бұрын

🕴❤💳

@HasanRifino 17 күн бұрын

🕴💳👈

@jabeddh Ай 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 Ай бұрын

I am letting him talk. Did you not watch the video?

@NSTLgng Ай 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.

@samira-uq9lm Ай 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 Ай 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 Ай 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.