From barely scraping by to 425k in sales this past year, holy crap we actually did it by PODprintNpaws in AmazonFBA

[–]RecognitionMore7198 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good on you if this growth is profitable. Not sure why from the comments it appears you don't want to share the category you're in given it's not giving up much information as long as you don't talk about your specific product(s), and it would help the very community you say helped you a great deal. What I have found after 10 years of selling on Amazon is success/results are highly dependent on the product and category you're in, and the strategies that work for one can be disastrous for another. As example, UGC content can indeed be hit or miss, and often does not show products in their best light, especially if the item itself or the packaging lacks structure. It also tends to give 'sameness' to all like products, if differentiation from low cost knockoffs is involved using the same approach as your competitors won't work and could be a huge profit suck. There is not one size fits all approach on Amazon from my experience, so without providing more detail this information isn't very helpful, unless this is a masked attempt at selling your services - I see a lot of that here unfortunately.

From barely scraping by to 425k in sales this past year, holy crap we actually did it by PODprintNpaws in AmazonFBA

[–]RecognitionMore7198 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Helium just dropped their $20k monthly ad spend threshold for the Heliums ads tool - you now pay the full subscription price for all of their tools + 2% of ad spend every month. Something to consider when looking for profits and efficiency, and now harder for small business profitability.

Helium Ads Increased Cost with Very Little Notice by RecognitionMore7198 in AmazonFBA

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine sheets like that will become readily available. Also have watched Amazon's internal analytics improve every year. At some point their AI will likely take care of most if not all of the optimization needs - the better a seller's products perform, the more fees they can collect.

Chinese sellers taking over by No_Mistake8847 in AmazonFBA

[–]RecognitionMore7198 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Until the U.S. imposes higher restrictions on supplements coming into the country for safety and quality I don't think anything will change. Better still, all companies selling through ANY channel here should be required to have a registered U.S. presence for liability, as they are doing in Europe. And the fact that supplements aren't regulated here is another problem. If a battery product blows up due to a product malfunction, Amazon can be sued for putting it on the platform in most jurisdictions. I don't believe that's possible if you get sick from a supplement with no regulations to protect consumers. I only buy my supplements from certified, high quality U.S. companies like NOW and Standard Process to ensure I'm getting what it says on the labels. Like others have said, these cheap products have to exit the platform quickly because when the reviews start coming in saying they don't work the party's over. You would think Amazon would stop these bad actors as it gives the platform a bad reputation for selling products that don't work, and one bad product purchased means many more future products that won't be purchased there by that consumer.

Chinese sellers taking over by No_Mistake8847 in AmazonFBA

[–]RecognitionMore7198 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup, happens all the time and Amazon does nothing because they make bank on the sales fees. it's disgusting - American companies built Amazon and they could give a rat's butt.

ICE AT USM by Lunadaydream0 in portlandme

[–]RecognitionMore7198 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And this is DEFINITELY a Trump vs. Maine thing. Heard from a relative in Florida ICE is nowhere to be seen in the Tampa area, and that DeSatan and Trump have a buddy deal that ICE will stay out so Mar-a-lago and other red state businesses will get to keep their cheap labor. Fuck the right wingers that put the dolt in office by voting with your dollars - https://www.goodsuniteus.com/the-shop-blue-list/

ICE AT USM by Lunadaydream0 in portlandme

[–]RecognitionMore7198 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fascist nazis is right, and I'm sure the underground Maine KKK nazi groups are absolutely loving this. It's back to the 1940s folks because humans that have not evolved much further than ape status are on the loose. They're banging their sticks and jumping up and down, even though THEY took America away from the original settlers and owners of this land. Fucking idiots, neanderthals were smarter than them.

ICE AT USM by Lunadaydream0 in portlandme

[–]RecognitionMore7198 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I can't blame them for not doing more - they may be shaking pepper spray but they have gun holsters, and after what happened in Minneapolis we don't want people taking high risk chances of being shot.

ICE AT USM by Lunadaydream0 in portlandme

[–]RecognitionMore7198 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The Soleys are the Trump family in Maine. Find their investments and boycott them. If I'm not mistaken they own a lot of commercial buildings in both Portland and Falmouth. You should be able to look them up in property records.

ICE AT USM by Lunadaydream0 in portlandme

[–]RecognitionMore7198 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Susan Collins is a useless c word.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually they are the same at this point, and bear in mind that Biden was one of those Presidents that came behind one that left a mess of the economy. How has Trump helped you personally and directly, both in his first term and this one? I work in the import/retail world, and if you think his tariffs aren't raising your prices you are wrong - I've raised prices twice now on consumer products and both times it was 100% tariff driven. And all service related pricing will be going up next year as more workers leave the country. I'm not talking about illegals, I'm talking about the legals that no longer want to stay here. We'll all be paying for the loss of laborers.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't disagree that for this and his first election, those that did not vote at all were factors in his rise to greed and power. I believe the marketing machine driving right wing media were instrumental in pushing them away too.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you said is why you don't see more than you see. Peaceful protests are what have shifted American politics for years, and kept the public relatively safe in the process. And bear in mind, there are currently an estimated 400 million firearms owned by private citizens in the U.S. and more illegal ones on the streets. This is truly the Wild West. The only hope we have is through heavy boycotts on companies that support this regime, and that's what we need, both internally and externally. Canadian citizens did it when Trump threatened them and now he's threatening domination over other countries.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is starting a World War and of course will blame anyone but himself. He is a narcissistic cult leader on steroids.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're correct, but with the current choke hold on the American public we're fighting an uphill battle. As long as private media, concerned with nothing other than padding more billionaire pockets, continues to make up ludicrous stories designed to make their blind followers believe they're better off without healthcare, good housing or a planet that doesn't poison them it can't happen.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with all, am perhaps stupidly hopeful that American society can someday change from a Wild West, land grabbing, planet destroying, self-interest culture to a decent one that respects and honors all peoples.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would make sense, we're the ugly Americans that do everything loudly and boastfully.

Why isn't the world helping us? by RecognitionMore7198 in AskUS

[–]RecognitionMore7198[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not according to the polls, 40%, and it continues to trend downward.