tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post6526945482229017205..comments2010-07-12T03:32:52.326-07:00Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-91136079548449828062010-07-12T03:32:52.320-07:002010-07-12T03:32:52.320-07:00Hello, I&#39;m new to this blog.<br />Randy do you have employees?Nikkicutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16282409322959216022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-56923008807124794762010-02-01T07:59:10.864-08:002010-02-01T07:59:10.864-08:00Martin,<br /><br />I&#39;m a little confused about what you are asking.<br /><br />There are two labels required by FBA:<br />1. Condition label and barcode for each book you send them.<br />2. In-bound shipping label for UPS to put on box you are sending the individual boxes in.<br /><br />For in-bound shipping to FBA you only need to print one shipping label per box you intend to send to FBA. If 20 books will fit in one box than you only need one label and you can just print it our on plain paper and use clear box tape to stick it to the box.<br /><br />If you are talking about the labels for each book so they can be managed by FBA then you just need to buy the Avery 5150 labels or whatever number label Amazon suggests.<br /><br />Hope that helps.Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-83023363679793845282010-02-01T02:43:06.318-08:002010-02-01T02:43:06.318-08:00In regard to your using FBA, I was just wondering how some of you go about printing the Carrier labels, i.e., UPS and FBA, Amazon provides in PDF format, especially if you need to print 20 or more for shipping large quantities. I&#39;m assuming that everything that&#39;s purchased requires a shipping, i.e., 20 books, 20 shipping labels. Any feedback regarding this subject matter is appreciated.martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08090386695680490611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-75696079850809094322008-12-19T12:02:00.000-08:002008-12-19T12:02:00.000-08:00Thanks Kelly,<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear FBA worked out well for you. You have a Merry Christmas also.Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-66121307424170354642008-12-19T11:58:00.000-08:002008-12-19T11:58:00.000-08:00I have been sold on FBA for a while now but the past several weeks only reinforced my impression of FBA program. In retrospect I could not have been as successful without it.It is best business decision I have ever made. Kelly<BR/>PS Have a nice Christmas, Randy!krlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13322812502818805616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-1130962910362812702008-12-16T09:04:00.000-08:002008-12-16T09:04:00.000-08:00Amazon FB woulda come in REAL handy during this ICE STORM.<BR/><BR/>Rain was warm, ground temp was freezing.... coat after coat of ice went onto everything, trees bowed, bent and power poles snapped. LOTS of power poles. All night long you could just hear pop popp pop then BOOM and the sky turned purple as the main transformer in town blew itself to bits.<BR/><BR/>Never understood why they dont cut the power as things start to get hairy... and save some equipment. but thats just me :)<BR/><BR/>The mayor gets on the radio and says "I dont get it, we sent a man to the moon but we still transmit power over wooden sticks"<BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>"We are going to cut power to everyone who complains that they dont have cable!"<BR/><BR/>very funny guy.<BR/><BR/>Will look into this FBA of yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-35882076381977452662008-12-16T07:54:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:54:00.000-08:00Hey Cliff,<BR/><BR/>I hate that InetMediaSource guy :) I'm not sure the FBA competition will be huge in 2009 until Q4 and by that time hopefully the economy will have turned around.<BR/><BR/>At some point though the same pricing pressures that affect the marketplace right now will affect FBA, though the real large sellers will not commit much inventory to FBARandy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-61570845911329769202008-12-16T07:46:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:46:00.000-08:00Very happy to have received emails this morning that Amazon has both received and checked-in my latest shipment. Each of my last two shipments has left here on a Thursday and been available for sale on Amazon by Tuesday, which is excellent.<BR/><BR/>I think the key point (this minute) is this one: "With FBA they can buy my stuff up to the 23rd and have it delivered next-day for $3"<BR/><BR/>I also agree these are huge benefits:<BR/>I haven't been to the post office one time in the last 3 months.<BR/><BR/>I only use one room in the house for business<BR/><BR/>No hunting through 1600 different DVDs and CDs to pick and pack. (I like this one a lot actually).<BR/><BR/>I'd also like to say that the FBA storage fees are still negligible. I was charged $4 and change this month for hundreds of items including many bulkier VHS that I'd tried out. I'd imagine that tiny fee would be even lower if my stock was 100% DVDs and CDs.<BR/><BR/>And let's not forget one that you've implied but didn't outright say, I love that I shipped out just 1 box to Amazon instead of 80+ little packages to customers this week.<BR/><BR/>And from my last statement others can tell that I use Prime on a much smaller scale than Randy--it works for big and small sellers alike.<BR/><BR/>One statement that while I agree with I also see potential downside is this: "... but there will also be more Amazon Prime customers next year as well, so my sales should benefit from growth in the program."<BR/><BR/>--This works the other way as well. There will be more FBA sellers as well, leading to more challenges in moving product. I couldn't help but to notice this "inetmediasource" guy popping up as competition on a few items I sent out this week--he prices low enough where I didn't feel my effort was best spent in competing, but instead priced my items a few bucks higher hoping his would sell first and there would be enough demand for mine later on. I also, for the first time, ran into a couple of more common items which had 3 or 4 fellow FBA sellers competing--that's certainly going to grow. So I'd expect to see any advantage of being an early adapter decrease somewhat in '09.<BR/><BR/>Still, rather that viewing this as a total negative, spin it around: the time to try FBA is now! For the very large majority of my items I'm still the only FBA seller on the SKU, advantaging me in small but real ways over other Amazon sellers. Give it a shot!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, CliffCliff Alipertihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791559437928473638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-77280117410493208782008-12-16T07:37:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:37:00.000-08:00Stefan,<BR/><BR/>What kind of reaction do you get from those eBay customers when they receive the order in an Amazon box.Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-75053605412097664512008-12-16T07:34:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:34:00.000-08:00Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>eMail me and I'll spill the beans. rksmythe at yahoo<BR/><BR/>You are right, some of the larger sellers on Amazon like ImportCDs and DeepDiscount will have no reason to stay away from eBay when there are no listing fees. Caiman is NARU so they would have to deal with that before they came back.<BR/><BR/>I think they will adopt the half.com approach to displaying product. (Which is a bad idea) 5 listings per condition.Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-47903402943201382008-12-16T00:16:00.000-08:002008-12-16T00:16:00.000-08:00Free listing fees in media? Please write a post about what you are hearing. <BR/><BR/>Of course, if this happens, you know, this would mean many of your old readers will be toast. <BR/><BR/>A few large corporate retailers, so big, they buy DIRECT from the STUDIOS in bulk, will come in and own the dvd market on ebay. I used to work for one of these companies and believe me, they have the means to do this. They follow ebay and amazon more closely than you may expect....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-61638739545348420352008-12-15T21:59:00.001-08:002008-12-15T21:59:00.001-08:00They are going to have free listings in the media category in February but I'm not sure if they will expand that to other categories.<BR/><BR/>I think auctions will always have listing fees.Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-19778796653242829332008-12-15T21:59:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:59:00.000-08:00We have actually used Prime quite a bit this Christmas to fulfill eBay orders. If an eBayer buys an item from us and wants next day or second day air shipping, we just Prime it over to them and keep the difference.<BR/><BR/>Of course Amazon&#39;s price is higher than our wholesale price, but when the eBay customer pays $15-$20 for 2nd Day Air shipping and it costs us nothing to ship it, it all works out quite nicely.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, enjoy the home stretch of the shopping season Randy &amp; all you FBA sellers, this is your time to shine!Stefannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-17243275441312549812008-12-15T21:53:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:53:00.000-08:00Randy, do you think eBay would ever really get rid of listing fees in all categories? <BR/><BR/>I have heard rumor this off and on for the last few years and wonder what your take is on this and what the positives and negatives might be.2009 or Bust!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-73991724753522346502008-12-15T14:54:00.000-08:002008-12-15T14:54:00.000-08:00Hi Joseph,<BR/><BR/>Right now I only sell on Amazon and my WebStore. As soon as eBay gets rid of listing fees I'll be back selling on eBay and hope to be selling on Buy.com and overstock as well.<BR/><BR/>Yes, an order made on eBay would arrive in an Amazon box. Wouldn't that be funny?Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-12199467874526965082008-12-15T14:50:00.000-08:002008-12-15T14:50:00.000-08:00Hi Randy,<BR/><BR/>Just to clarify, you sell on both eBay and Amazon, right, but all items are fulfilled by Amazon?<BR/><BR/>In other words, if I buy an item from you on eBay, it'll arrive on my doorstep in an Amazon box.Josephnoreply@blogger.com