Product research: Analysing products and finding opportunities

Predicting what products will sell is a challenging task. However, there are many different data sources available to consult when building a picture of the marketplace and identifying opportunities. Search Queries By looking for popular and trending keyword searches, you can establish market trends and popular products. There are some are free products that provide […]

Product Sourcing: Finding Products to Sell

Your product choice is fundamental to your business, so it is essential to think about it carefully. It will directly affect the following: Profitability. Product sectors are different in terms of margins, returns, logistics and customer requirements. Branding. Your brand should complement the products you sell. For inspiration, research your competitors and the brands they […]

Introduction to BQool

In this video, Trevor and Florian discuss BQool and how it can help Amazon sellers. We cover: Repricing Review collection Researching products and Florian’s tips for being a successful Amazon seller! Exclusive discounts on Bqool: 50% OFF 1st month for 50$ plan code: 7QSTLEWQ 50% OFF 1st month for 100$ plan code: 136GGFXL Sign up: […]

Managing Multi-channel eCommerce sales with Steve Jones from Veeqo

In this week’s episode of the Ecommerce Odyssey Podcast, I interview Steve Jones from Veeqo (www.veeqo.com). Veeqo is a leading e-commerce platform helping multi-channel e-commerce businesses to manage their sales. Questions covered include: Can you give me a brief background on Veeqo What kind of merchants can you really help Do you consider yourself to […]

Launching an eCommerce startup with Steve Folwell – Founder of Muddy Trowel

Vendlab has launched a podcast (!) and in our first episode, Trevor talks to Steve Folwell from Muddy Trowel, an e-commerce startup that delivers easy to use plant kits which will make your garden beautiful in no time at all. Trevor and Steve talk about how he got the idea for the business, his plans […]

Vendlab’s Amazon Course is Live!!!

Our ‘How to sell on Amazon’ course is now live on Udemy. To get access for free for 31 day use the link below: https://www.udemy.com/course/selling-on-amazon-complete-course-fba-fbm-sponsored-ads/?couponCode=EEF47D088F5544E952C4 Any feedback would be gratefully received!

What think I know about importing parcels into the EU after Brexit*

Lots of people have been asking us what we know about the tax arrangements for Brexit. Now that the eggs have been unscrambled from the omelette, here is what I think I know* Items under 22 Euros (intrinsic value) No import VAT is due on orders < 22 Euros. Note this will all change on […]

How to use Amazon promotions

Promotions Promotions can help your products stand out from the competition and stimulate sales. Promotions are most effective when your offer wins the Buy Box. Promotions are either money off or Buy-one-get-one-free offers which are run on a subset of your Amazon invntory products. Setting up promotions requires the following steps: 1.      Create a product […]

Launching a New Brand on Amazon

Brand Registry If a brand is not already on Amazon then to create listing under that brand it will need to be registered under brand registry. If there are already products under that brand on Amazon then the brand should be registered in any case as it will allow the brand owner to ‘own’ that […]

How to use Amazon FBA Inventory Planning

When selling on FBA you need to be able to plan how much inventory you need to send over the Amazon’s fulfilment centres.  Luckily Amazon has some tools to help in doing this.  Inventory planning which can be found under inventory > Inventory planning Restock inventory On this screen can be seen the sales by […]