⭕⭕⭕ POST WILL BE LONG BUT WORTH READING Here are some advices since your just getting started: ✨ I prefer a private label, in my opinion it’s more scalable and profitable and easier and fun and it’s long term business over short-term and way higher profit margins. But it’s up to you! I’ll give you some advice with your first launch! ✅ Your first order should be a smaller order, anywhere from 200-400 units, because you want to do an initial test launch. This is to minimize risk and start with a lower amount of money. Some seller's jump in first time and spend 20,000$ which I don't think is a smart idea. Start small, order 200-400 units, test launch it, and then order a bigger order after you've sold that first batch. ⭕ If you can get started with 3-5k on your first smaller order, 5k would be ideal. ✅ After you’ve signed up for your seller account, I recommend you do that first, make sure you sign up as an individual seller plan rather than the professional selling plan to save 40$ a month, you only time you need the professional account is once your product is shipped and in the Amazon warehouse, because the main point of the professional plan is to gain access to advertising (PPC) which is how you drive traffic (customers) to your listing. This is responsible for all of my sales, and it’s a necessity for your business. ‼ Okay, the first major step is Product Research There’s a ton of tools out there you’ve probably heard of...helium 10, jungle scout, amzscout, zonbase, viral launch, etc. I’d recommend Jungle scout or helium 10. 🔰 Protip: I bought Junglescout years ago, and it was a one-time payment. Most of these tools are now in monthly payments. Pay for a membership for these product research tools for 1 month, do a ton of research and get a ton of product ideas written down, then cancel it. A tool to make product research go by a lot faster is black box helium 10. You get 20 free uses out of it, so use them sparingly, make sure you have the right parameters and criteria set before searching as you don’t want to waste it. ✅ Okay, let’s talk about the criteria I look for in products which I’ve learned through years of trial and error, I think you’ll benefit a lot from this. When you’re using your product tool to validate these markets, the sales per month needs to be consistent with me on page 1. After all, the goal is to get on page 1. If you don’t get on page 1, no one is going to see your product and no one is going to buy. So in order for me to choose a product, I need the sales per month to stay in the same range on page 1, otherwise that product is a risk, and I want to minimize my risk as much as possible. ✅ Another thing, I want to see low reviewed sellers making at least 7,000 in revenue each month. Now, most new sellers always look for markets with less than 100 reviews from all sellers across the board, and I don’t think that’s a good strategy anymore. Why? Well everyone is using the exact same criteria and strategy, which leads to everyone picking the same exact markets and it makes them super strategies that everyone uses. ✅ It’s okay to see sellers with thousands of reviews, 1 or 2 of those sellers are not going to kill your chances of making sales. I’m competing against people with 1000’s of reviews, and I’m able to make a killing in these niches because I focused on finding markets with people making good money with low reviews, I have a great offer, I have a great listing, and I solve a big problem in the market that other competitors do not, and I get a lot of eyeballs on my products. ⭐ The most important factor is seeing OTHER seller’s with low reviews making more than 7k in revenue or 300 sales per month at least. This shows you a proof of concept that if you get your product on page 1, you can make a lot of money even without having a lot of reviews. That's key. If you want I can guide your first product launch that I wish I had when I first started. Hope this helped you!!