Arbitrage Ops

Discord community focused on launching & scaling your Amazon store. Retail/online arbitrage focused. $97/month

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Time to compile all of our Amazon knowledge into a single thread.

Reading through all of this WILL make you a 7/8 figure seller 👇

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The rumors are true. Amazon OA/RA is completely dead. Nothing to see here PLEASE GO AWAY!!

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Still here just grinding, not super concerned about posting on socials rn. Some major brands went full restricted so amazon could sell exclusively right before q4 and we've spent the last couple months trying to sell through all the blocked inventory and make as good of a q4 as possible

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@FBAFelon @AmazonASGTG @amznsellerhelp We got blocked from selling converse but so did everybody else. Doubt its what he is talking about

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@Bitcorn4eva a garage sale

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Retail price: $75
Resellers price: $53
Competitive price to bring buy box back: $36.93

This system is broken man

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@SaulSellsStuff "Half of retail price is competive" and we will not show customers the buy box if you dont bend to that
Thinking about how insane this is makes my blood boil

Can open a case, point to the brands site, and nothing.

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i mean i would assume that is because of your pseudo warehouse

Saying you have a cali warehouse when you dont would show california residents a 1 day delivery which wouldnt happen from anywhere else and your odtr would crumble

Seems like a bad long term play for short term gain???

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You guys have probably noticed a change in the Buy Box algorithm. Amazon heavily favoring price over everything else (including delivery times).

This is why you are seeing more FBM sellers steal buy box.

Amazon has realized it's customers are no longer loyal to anything but price. All the other platforms have caught up.

This is pushing sellers into unprofitable territory and they are leaving in droves. Amazon is blowing the biggest lead in history

Only fix is to start prioritizing sellers to the point they dont need to sell elsewhere

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@mattvandy6 90% of our posts are heres a shitty thing amazon is doing, here's how you get around it.

consider thinking about them instead of insta hating

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@mattvandy6 how is this cope im running laps around FBA sellers paying 2x in storage fees, getting reimbursed at cost for lost and damaged inventory, and with return rates 2-3x higher

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@ecommerit I think that was the case but other platforms have very much caught up
policy times cant be abused as easily, walmart can fulfill faster, amazon no longer seen as cheapest
its early but things are changing

for first part
https://t.co/SzDTz2GVTk

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@TheVillage_AMZ we price above FBM sellers specifically because of the bump in bb due to delivery times
FBA sales have slowed vs our FBM sales and we lose buy box to these fbm sellers more consistently now

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@JeffSendsIt possibly anecdotal for us but..
https://t.co/SzDTz2GVTk

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@TheVillage_AMZ we price above FBM sellers specifically because of the bump in bb due to delivery times
FBA sales have slowed vs our FBM sales and we lose buy box to these fbm sellers more consistently now

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@papa_smurf34 wouldnt the second part fuck up your odtr

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@TheVillage_AMZ we price above FBM sellers specifically because of the bump in bb due to delivery times
FBA sales have slowed vs our FBM sales and we lose buy box to these fbm sellers more consistently now

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You can make a lot of money selling on Amazon
You can make a lot of money selling a course about selling on Amazon

Be cautious of anymore making more money doing the second than they do with the first

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@wifithomas burn it to the ground

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@ChrisPotter361 Everyone knows it's impossible to score a wholesale account without flashing a Rolex

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Loving the @Amazon–@Nike partnership results so far. Listings that did thousands of units per month reduced to 0 because the little guys are kicked off Nike listings and AMZN can't even maintain stock for customers. Playing sloppy monopoly on the graves of small businesses 🤑

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@njelozu mix of a lot of things.
listings get screwed up
used returns get marked as fulfillable
amazon sends out products in plastic bags
customers know they can get away with murder when item has been fulfilled by amazon

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FBA vs FBM return rate over the last 3 months

It's a joke at this point. If you're sending money to Amazon fulfillment centers at this point you're lighting money on fire

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@RogueDarren id be entirely fba if that was the case. Wouldnt tell my worst enemy to get into shoes in 2025 lmao